Philip Henein

Introduction In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Evocative Responding is a key intervention used to deepen emotional engagement and bring hidden emotions into awareness. It is a technique that amplifies and expands a client’s emotional experience in the moment, making it more vivid, real, and accessible. Unlike standard questioning, evocative responding calls forth implicit elements of

In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), intrapsychic interventions help individuals explore and process their internal emotional experiences before transforming their interactions with their partner. These interventions guide clients from reactivity to vulnerability, allowing them to recognize, regulate, and share their deeper attachment emotions. The goal is to help clients move beyond surface-level reactions (secondary emotions) and

In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, the ultimate goal is to repair emotional bonds and create a secure connection between partners. However, achieving this relational transformation does not happen solely through conversations between the two partners—it requires individual emotional work within the therapy room. Before couples can engage in new, secure interactions, each partner

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a process-oriented, experiential, and attachment-based model that helps couples move from disconnection to secure emotional bonding. To achieve this, we use two major categories of interventions: Both categories are essential throughout all three stages of EFT, but the way we use them evolves as therapy progresses. Let’s explore their functions,

As therapists move through the stages of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we engage in three primary tasks that guide our interventions: Each of these tasks is essential in helping couples break free from their negative cycles, access deeper emotions, and create new, secure patterns of relating. Our interventions must remain rooted in these three goals

The negative cycle is at the core of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), particularly in Stage One: De-escalation. Instead of viewing the couple’s issues as individual personality flaws or unchangeable dynamics, EFT therapists externalize the problem by framing it as the cycle—a predictable, repetitive pattern that keeps partners disconnected. Here are 10 reasons why working with