Introduction to the Special Section on Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Sandberg, Jonathan G.

doi:10.1111/j.1752-0606.2011.00251.x

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“…Future research should systematically assess for which methods of EFT supervision and feedback are most beneficial to couple outcomes. An extensive body of research exists on EFT supervision and training that could be applied to this question (e.g., see Sandberg, 2011). Likewise, it could be productive to conduct process-outcome research on differences between low and high-fidelity EFT therapists correlated with follow-up outcomes.…”

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A comprehensive meta-analysis on the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy.

Spengler¹,

Lee²,

Wiebe³

2024

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

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Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), as developed by Greenberg and Johnson (1988) and Johnson (1996Johnson ( , 2004Johnson ( , 2020, is an evidence-based treatment that works with a variety of presenting concerns (e.g., depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, sexual dissatisfaction) and treatment characteristics, with good maintenance of treatment gains up to 2 years following treatment. In this first comprehensive meta-analysis of EFT, we evaluated the entirety of efficacy outcome research including randomized controlled trial (RCT), quasi-experimental, and dissertation studies. Previous meta-analyses of EFT analyzed solely RCTs (Beasley & Ager, 2019), Johnson's model of EFT combined with Greenberg and Goldman's (2008) conceptually different model (Rathgeber et al., 2018), or EFT embedded and not disentangled from other models of couple therapy (Roddy et al., 2020). Across 20 studies and 332 couples, we found medium to large random effects weighted ds for (a) pretest-posttest, d = .93, 95% CI [.75, 1.12], (b) EFT versus viable alternative couple interventions, d = .44, 95% CI [.03, .85], and (c) pretest to follow-up, d = .86, 95% CI [.56, 1.15]. Comprehensive sensitivity and moderator analyses were conducted. This meta-analysis provides support for EFT as an evidencebased couple therapy approach, where 70% of couples will be symptom free at the end of treatment and greater therapist fidelity to the model is associated with stronger couple gains. Limitations and implications are discussed in relation to research, training, and practice of EFT.This document is copyrighted by the American Psychological Association or one of its allied publishers.This article is intended solely for the personal use of the individual user and is not to be disseminated broadly.

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A comprehensive meta-analysis on the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy.

Spengler¹,

Lee²,

Wiebe³

2024

Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice

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“…EFT has been applied to older, culturally diverse, remarried, and same-sex couples as well as couples struggling with chronic illness, trauma, and depression (Bradley & Johnson, 2005; Furrow, Johnson, & Bradley, 2011; Kowal, Johnson, & Lee, 2003; Sandberg, 2011). EFT has been applied to a variety of relationships.…”

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Emotional Connection of Military Couples after 16 Years of War: Integrating Pastoral Counseling and Evidence-Based Theory

Cheney¹

2017

J Pastoral Care Counsel

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Sixteen years of war created significant challenges for military couples and seems to contribute to their relational distress. Military couples seek out pastoral counselors for assistance with their relational distress. Many of these pastoral counselors are military chaplains or pastors serving close to military bases. The integration of pastoral counseling with evidence-based theory is presented as an option to serve military couples in their relational distress. Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy is presented as an example.

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“…Despite these advances in supervision models, there is a paucity of research on the impact that specific training and supervision methods have on therapists over time (Montagno, Svatovic, & Levenson, ; Morgan & Sprinkle, ), especially training in a specific model of family therapy (Sandberg, ). We therefore decided to use an experiential, nonlinear teaching method that employed the basic principles of a specific therapeutic model, the McMaster Approach, to teach trainees a new model of family therapy.…”

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Using the Tenets of the Problem‐Centered Systems Therapy of the Family (PCSTF) to Teach the McMaster Approach to Family Therapists

Archambault

Mansfield

Evans³

et al. 2014

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This article describes the videoconferencing training of a group of family therapists in the McMaster Approach to evaluating and treating families. A discussion of the key tenets of the McMaster Approach lays the groundwork for how these tenets were applied to training in a residential treatment agency for adolescents. The article serves as an example of how videoconference technology can facilitate extended training, even from a distance.

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Introduction to the Special Section on Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Cited by 6 publications

References 18 publications

A comprehensive meta-analysis on the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy.

A comprehensive meta-analysis on the efficacy of emotionally focused couple therapy.

Emotional Connection of Military Couples after 16 Years of War: Integrating Pastoral Counseling and Evidence-Based Theory

Using the Tenets of the Problem‐Centered Systems Therapy of the Family (PCSTF) to Teach the McMaster Approach to Family Therapists

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