Attachment Theory in Practice

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families

De: Susan M. Johnson EdD

Narrado por: Mary Conway

Drawing on cutting-edge research on adult attachment—and providing an innovative roadmap for clinical practice—Susan M. Johnson argues that psychotherapy is most effective when it focuses on the healing power of emotional connection.

The primary developer of emotionally focused therapy (EFT) for couples, Johnson now extends her attachment-based approach to individuals and families. She shows how EFT aligns perfectly with attachment theory as it provides proven techniques for treating anxiety, depression, and relationship problems. Each modality (individual, couple, and family therapy) is covered in paired chapters that respectively introduce key concepts and present an in-depth case example. The sample dialogues are brought to life by multiple narrators. Special features include instructive end-of-chapter exercises and reflection questions.

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"A lucid treatise on psychotherapy that will prove useful to students as well as experienced practitioners. Drawing deftly from the wisdom of such pioneers as John Bowlby, Carl Rogers, and Harry Stack Sullivan—and from significant empirical research in emotional and interpersonal phenomena—Johnson has written an outstanding work that will have an impact on our field for a great many years."—Irvin Yalom, MD, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, Stanford University

"This book is a magnum opus that finally gives therapists a practical and very readable guide to using EFT principles across psychotherapy modalities. Johnson has made a valuable contribution that can guide the therapist toward a theoretically integrated and powerful method of doing therapy with a wide variety of clinical cases. A 'must read.'"—John M. Gottman, PhD, The Gottman Institute, Seattle, Washington

"In this wise and fascinating book, Johnson combines her deep knowledge of attachment theory and research, her well-researched approach to therapy, and her many years of clinical and teaching experience to demonstrate how best to conceptualize and conduct successful, life-changing therapy with individuals, couples, and families. The book is true to the scientific literature, skillful in comparing EFT to other therapeutic approaches, beautifully written, and rich with engaging, moving case examples. It will captivate clinical professionals, graduate students, and anyone who wants to understand the central role of emotions and close relationships in all our lives."—Phillip R. Shaver, PhD, Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of California, Davis

Excellent content, challenging listen

This book is full of theory and skills for therapists. Unfortunately, the reader does not appear to understand what she is reading. Her inflection, tone, timing, is very often off. Not sure I would recommend this as an audiobook.

Great narration and information for clinicians!

I’m so happy to see this book in Audible! As a busy community mental health therapist, I love to grab audiobooks that continue to help me grow. The narrator has a good reading pace and a nice voice to make this an easy listen. If you’re a therapist, you won’t regret this book!

Mary Conway isn't real...

The reason this is hard to follow and the narrator seems uncomprehending is because it's AI. You can Google the speech model "Mary Conway" to find the same voice selling shampoo.
Sue Johnson's work is a gift, but you may want a print copy instead. I couldn't finish the audiobook because I found the AI narrator unlistenable and I couldn't engage with the material. There's a lot of irony in an emotionless computer program narrating a book on Emotion Focused Therapy.

Swing and a miss (not content, but the reading)!

I love Sue Johnson, and EFT is already an important influence on my emerging therapeutic style (student therapist here).

The reading, however, is unlistenable. It uses inappropriate pauses and weirdly lilting speech patterns that emphasize the wrong words in sentences. That alone is very hard to listen to, having to reconstruct sentences in my mind so that they make sense - the worst case being the odd reading of EFT therapist responses that seem to inject a strange sassiness way out of line with Sue Johnson's tone and presence in therapy.

Grotesque.

Disappointing

Before retirement, I was a child psychologist who used Attachment Theory as part of my theoretical orientation. I strongly believe attachment is the foundation of basic personality, how we develop socially and of all relationships.

Susan M Johnson takes attachment theory from a developmental perspective to an ongoing, ever changing part of individuals and their relationships, expanding Bowlby’s theories which makes sense, though not to the extent Johnson theorizes. She combines Attachment Theory with Emotionally Focused Therapy (EMF) to help clients move forward in their lives.

I appreciated how she modifies the “empty chair” for clients to have reparative conversations, to an extent. Johnson’s focus on blaming others, placing others as victimizers is where I strongly disagree. I utilized Kohut’s Self Psychology in helping clients understand how they process experience within the parameters of every individual having flaws and two well-meaning people can have a disconnect without anyone being all right or all wrong. For example a parent might think she is being supportive by pointing out ways her child can improve but that child interprets those words as being told he wasn’t good enough. That the child may have felt victimized does not necessarily make the parent an abuser but a parent who didn’t have the skills to express love and support in a manner helpful to the child, who, as a result of being young, couldn’t express this to his parent. Johnson’s empty chair use of her client telling parents (siblings, spouse friends) they are wrong and bad and encouraging clients to use phrases like, “You were a bad spouse. You failed me.” You vs I statements don’t help the client develop language conducive to communicating in a way that allows the other person to react in a non-defensive manner. Johnson could still explore the client’s feelings of the parent as a bad person having failed him while coaching ways to communicate those feelings in a way they’ll both be heard.
The other reason for my low review is the speed reading rate at which the narrator read. With scientific information, people need a few seconds to hear and digest.