Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Couples Facing Terminal Illness

Tie, Sarah; Poulsen, Shruti

doi:10.1007/s10591-013-9238-6

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“…EFT has been discussed by scholars as efficacious with a variety of populations and clinical issues (e.g. gay and lesbian couples, military‐related PTSD, terminal illness and medical conditions, depression, to name a few) (Blow et al , ; Hardtke et al , ; Schade, ; Tie and Poulsen, ; Wittenborn et al , ; Zuccarini and Karos, ). EFT has also been theoretically integrated with a feminist lens (Maier, ; Vatcher and Bogo, ).…”

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confidence: 99%

An integrated EFT‐contextual approach for couples therapy: suggested model and ideas for practice

Coppola

2019

Journal of Family Therapy

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Attachment theory (Bowlby, 1988) and contextual therapy (Boszormenyi-Nagy and Krasner, 1986) have conceptual commonalities relative to dialogue, trust, and creating new relational realities (Diamond, Siqueland and Diamond, 2003; Greenberg and Johnson, 2010; Hughes, 2007). Linking Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) (Greenberg and Johnson, 2010) and contextual therapy has also been conceptually proposed for couples therapy (Lyness, 2003). Both EFT and contextual therapy centre trust and dialogue as primary relational resources for change (Boszormenyi-Nagy and Krasner, 1986; Greenberg and Johnson, 2010). This article suggests integrating EFT and contextual therapy within couples therapy. A proposed integrated couples therapy model outlines EFT process steps and contextual therapy principles. Rationale for integration and suggested interventions are discussed. Case studies of two examples of this integrated couples therapy are included for illustration. Practitioner points • EFT and contextual therapy are distinct and yet converge on the constructs of trust, dialogue, reciprocal care and risk taking • An integration of EFT and contextual therapy begins with EFT enactments, then infuses the intervention of multidirected partiality • Family of origin work on entitlements may enhance attachment-based enactments in an integrated EFT and contextual therapy approach

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Section: Rationale For Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

An integrated EFT‐contextual approach for couples therapy: suggested model and ideas for practice

Coppola

2019

Journal of Family Therapy

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“…One study even found that some couples increased in their marital satisfaction from posttreatment to 2‐year follow up (Cloutier et al., ), highlighting the long‐term effectiveness of EFT in treating distress. EFT has also been successfully used to treat a variety of specific problems among couples, including trauma (Dalton, Greenman, Classen, & Johnson, ), terminal illness (Tie & Poulsen, ), attachment injuries such as infidelity (Makinen & Johnson, ), and having a chronically ill child (Walker, Johnson, Manion, & Cloutier, ).…”

Section: Marital Therapy As An Effective Treatment For Marital Distressmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Case for Insurance Reimbursement of Couple Therapy

Clawson

Davis

Miller

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J Marital Family Therapy

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A case is made for why it may now be in the best interest of insurance companies to reimburse for marital therapy to treat marital distress. Relevant literature is reviewed with a considerable focus on the reasons that insurance companies would benefit from reimbursing marital therapy - the high costs of marital distress, the growing link between marital distress and a host of related physical and mental health problems, as well as the availability of empirically supported treatments for marital distress. This is followed by a focus on the major reasons insurance companies cite for not reimbursing marital therapy, along with a discussion of advances in several growing bodies of research to address these concerns. Main arguments include the direct medical offset costs of couple and family therapy (including for high utilizers of health insurance), and the fact that insurance companies already find it cost effective to reimburse for prevention of other health and psychological problems. This is followed by implications for practitioners and researchers.

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“…There were many articles in a range of journals on emotionally focused couple therapy on issues such as its use in the treatment of survivors of sexual abuse (Dalton et al, 2013), generalized anxiety disorder (Priest, 2013), distress associated with terminal illness (Tie and Poulsen, 2013) and self-harm (Schade, 2013). There were also articles on processes in emotionally focused couple therapy such as forgiveness and reconciliation (Zuccarini et al 2013) and enactments (Tilley and Palmer, 2013).…”

Section: Emotionally Focused Couple Therapymentioning

confidence: 99%

Thematic review of family therapy journals in 2013

Carr¹

2014

Journal of Family Therapy

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In this article the contents of the principal English‐language family therapy journals and key family therapy articles published in other journals in 2013 are reviewed under these headings: models of family therapy, developments in family therapy practice, couple therapy, training, diversity, international developments, research and DSM‐5. Practitioner points Ecosystemic structural family therapy, FFT, MST, MDFT and other traditional systemic approaches, with recent adaptations, may be helpful for an increasing range of populations. Developments in research and practice support the value of father involvement in systemic therapy, conducting family therapy in medical settings and using family therapy to treat adolescent eating disorders. The integration of mindfulness into couple therapy, and new approaches to addressing infidelity are important developments to consider in treating couples.

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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Couples Facing Terminal Illness

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

An integrated EFT‐contextual approach for couples therapy: suggested model and ideas for practice

An integrated EFT‐contextual approach for couples therapy: suggested model and ideas for practice

The Case for Insurance Reimbursement of Couple Therapy

Thematic review of family therapy journals in 2013

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