Emotion-focused therapy and the person-centred approach : past, present & future

Elliott, Robert (2011) Emotion-focused therapy and the person-centred approach : past, present & future. In: Counselling Unit Twentieth Anniversity Conference, 2011-05-20.

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    Abstract

    Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), also known as Process-Experiential (PE) psychotherapy, emerged out of the person-centred approach to psychotherapy in the late 1980’s, building on contemporary emotion theory and integrating elements of gestalt and existential therapies into its person-centred base. Over the past 20 years, PE-EFT has gone on to develop an impressive evidence base and to develop formulations for working with depression, relational difficulties in couples, post-trauma difficulties, social anxiety, and eating problems. In this presentation, I begin by discussing the origins of PE-EFT in the related concepts of process differentiation and process guiding and the early controversies and misunderstandings that surrounded PE-EFT’s so-called “directive” approach. Next, I describe PE-EFT’s current status and relationship to the rest of the person-centred approach, reviewing briefly its current theory and evidence base. I then offer some reflections on PE-EFT’s future directions and its evolving relationship to the person-centred approach, concluding with a summary of my understanding of what it means to be person-centred.

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    • Item type:Conference or Workshop Item(Paper)
      ID code:31333
      Dates:
      Date
      Event
      20 May 2011
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      Notes:Reference: Elliott, R. (May, 2011). Emotion-Focused Therapy and the Person-Centred Approach: Past, Present, Future. Paper presented at Counselling Unit Twentieth Anniversary Conference, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland.
      Keywords:counselling, emotion-focused therapy, person-centred approach, psychotherapy, research, Social Sciences
      Subjects:Social Sciences
      Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > School of Psychological Science and Health > Counselling
      Depositing user: Pure Administrator
      Date deposited:23 May 2011 10:17
      Last modified:14 Sep 2021 02:20
      URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/31333
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