Author(s): Leslie S. Greenberg; Rhonda N. Goldman; American Psychological Association Staff (Contribution by)

Clinical Psychology

Through Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), clients learn to rule their emotions, instead of letting their emotions rule them. This book illustrates for therapists how to help clients engage their emotions productively. With guidance from a skilled EFT therapist to help them identify, experience, accept, and tolerate difficult emotions, people can learn to regulate, explore, make sense of, transform, and flexibly manage their emotions. As a result, they become more skilled in responding adaptively to situations as they arise.