Attachment Theory and Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson

Being Well with Forrest Hanson and Dr. Rick Hanson

Being Well

Health & Fitness, Education, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.8 • 2.4K Ratings

🗓️ 15 May 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Sue Johnson, the founder of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), joins Dr. Rick and Forrest to explore how insights from attachment theory can transform our relationships. They discuss how attachment theory provides a map for understanding relationships, the challenges of making skills learned in therapy stick, and the role of vulnerability in creating authentic and fulfilling relationships. In this episode you'll learn how to use insights from attachment theory and EFT to create secure and emotionally healthy relationships.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, welcome to Being Well, I'm Forest Hanson.
0:10.7	If you're new to the podcast, thanks for listening today, and if you've listened before, welcome
0:14.4	back.
0:15.6	I'm joined today as usual by Dr. Rick Hanson, Rick is a clinical psychologist, a best
0:20.0	selling author, and he's also my dad, so dad, how are you doing today?
0:25.0	I'm doing really great forest, and I'm especially psyched because we're going to be joined with
0:29.4	someone that I have revered, actually.
0:32.6	Dr. Sue Johnson, a world renowned psychologist for about 28 good reasons.
0:38.7	Yeah, Dr. Johnson is the founder of emotionally focused therapy, EFT, a gold standard evidence-based
0:45.1	approach to couples therapy that's based on the science of attachment.
0:48.8	And as you might guess from the name, EFT focuses on our emotions and emphasizes how the
0:52.6	strength of our emotional connections dictates the quality of our relationships.
0:57.6	She's widely regarded, as you said, as one of the best most influential couples therapists
1:02.3	in the world, and has written, I believe, at seven books, including the best selling
1:06.8	hold me tight and the recent primer for emotionally focused individual therapy, which applies
1:12.0	the insights from EFT to working with individuals.
1:16.1	And she's also the author of the wonderful Edgar and Eloise, an illustrated novel that
1:21.1	uses its narrative to teach important relational skills, and explore what it's like to be
1:25.9	human or, hey, a porcupine in an uncertain world.
1:29.7	So Sue, thanks for joining us today.
1:31.3	How are you doing?
1:32.3	Uh, thank you for that fascinating introduction, yes, okay.
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