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EMOTIONALLY-FOCUSED MARITAL THERAPY [1 record]

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Record 1 2010-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

[Therapy that] enables couples to identify and break free of their destructive emotional cycles such as when one person criticizes and the other withdraws, [and also] helps couples build trust in each other.

CONT

Emotionally focused marital therapy (EFT), a marital therapy that particularly focuses on the creation of secure attachment, has proven in empirical studies to be effective for distressed couples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
CONT

L'objectif principal de la thérapie conjugale centrée sur les émotions est d'aider les partenaires à modifier leurs interactions dysfonctionnelles venant entraver la satisfaction de leur besoin d'attachement et à développer un modèle d'attachement davantage sécurisant, à l'intérieur d'un contexte relationnel où chacun se montre soutenant pour l'autre.

Spanish

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