Publications

The following publications illustrate our research and clinical application using the EFT model.

          Furrow, J. L., Edwards, S. A., Choi, Y., & Bradley, B. (Under review). Therapist emotional experience in successful blamer softening events in emotionally focused therapy. Submitted to Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Abstract (PDF)

          Furrow, J., Bradley, B. & Johnson, S.M. (Eds.) (Contract signed. 2009 publishing date). The EFT casebook: Current and emerging treatment applications. NYNY: Brunner-Routledge.

          Johnson, S.M. & Bradley, B. (In-Press). EFT: Emotionally-focused Couples Therapy. In James H. Bray and Mark Stanton (Eds.), Clinical handbook of family psychology. Blackwell Publishers.

          Bradley, B. (2008). Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Our Body of Common Knowledge: National Licensure Preparation Handbook. Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT).

          Goff, J. & Bradley, B. (Eds.) (2008). Our Body of Common Knowledge: National Licensure Preparation Handbook. Texas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (TAMFT).

          Furrow, J. L., & Palmer, G. (2007). EFFT and Blended Families: Building Bonds from the Inside Out. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 26, 44-58.

          Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2007). Inside blamer softening: Maps and missteps. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 26, 25-43. Article (PDF)

          Efron, D., & Bradley, B. (2007). Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) and emotionally focused family therapy (EFFT): A challenge/opportunity for systemic and post-systemic therapists. Journal of Systemic Therapies, 26, 1-4. Article (PDF)

          Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. (2005). Task Analysis in family therapy: Reaching the clinician. In D. Sprenkle and F. Piercy (Eds.) Research Methods in Family Therapy (2nd Ed.). 254 - 271. New York: Guilford Press.

          Johnson, S., Bradley, B., Furrow, J. L., Lee, A., Palmer, G., Tilley, D., & Woolley, S. (2005) Becoming an Emotionally-Focused Couple Therapist: The Workbook. New York: Brunner-Routledge.

          Furrow, J. L., Bradley, B., & Johnson, S. M. (2004). Emotion focused family therapy with complex family systems. In V. Bengston, A. Acock, K. Allen, P. Dilworth-Anderson, & D. Klien (Eds.). Sourcebook of family theory and research. (pp. 220 - 222). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

          Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. L. (2004). Toward a mini-theory of the blamer softening event: Tracking the moment-by-moment process. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 233- 246.

          Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. (2004). EFT: A contemporary integrative approach for an ever-changing world. In M. Haraway (Ed.) Handbook of Couples Therapy. 179 - 193. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley.

          Bradley, B., (2001). An intimate look into emotionally focused therapy: An interview with Susan Johnson. Marriage & Family: A Christian Journal, 4, 117-124.

          Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. (2001). Annotated bibliography of a sampling of the work of Susan M. Johnson. Marriage & Family: A Christian Journal, 4, 118-120.

For a complete listing of EFT articles and book chapters please see Dr. Johnson's website.

Past Presentations

This following list includes presentations that were given at national and international conferences. A brief description of the focus of each presentation is provided including links to additional information we distributed at our presentation.

        Bradley, B. & Furrow, J. L. (2010). Conquering the nemesis: EFT softening events from A to Z. Workshop presentation at the EFT and Science of Love: EFT Summit, San Diego, CA.

Handout (PDF)

       Palmer, G. & Furrow, J. L. (2010). EFT and blended families. Workshop presentation at the EFT and Science of Love: EFT Summit, San Diego, CA.

Handout (PDF)

        Bradley, B., Furrow, J. L. (2009). Blamer softening: New research finding in EFT. Paper presentation at the American Association of Marital and Family Therapy 2009. Sacramento, CA.

Handout (PDF)

        Furrow, J. L.. (2008). Rebuilding broken bonds: Insecure attachment and recovery from infidelity. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (Orlando, FL).

Handout (PDF)

        Bradley, B. (2008). EFT: The Power of Attachment and Affect, A 3-hour presentation at the University of Houston-Clear Lake 18th Annual Symposium (Clear Lake, TX).

Brochure (PDF)

        Bradley, B. (2008). Advanced EFT Clinical Training, Two-Way Conversation with Brent Bradley, PH.D. (San Francisco, CA).

        Bradley, B. (2008).  Working With Attachment Related Affect: Pivotal Process and Change Events In Emotional Focused Therapy (Eft) with Couples, A one-day workshop presented by Alameda County Psychological Association & The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (Berkeley, CA).

Flyer (PDF)

         Bradley, B. & Furrow, J. L. (2008). The Power of Attachment and Affect Friday. A one day workshop presented by Mental Health Resource and Education Network (Medford, OR).

Flyer (PDF)

          Choi, Y., & Furrow, J. L., & Tan, S. Y. (2007). Client responses in the blamer softening event in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Annual Conference (Long Beach, CA).

Poster (PDF)

          Klacsmann, A., Hsia, M., & Furrow, J. L. (2007). Understanding and treating couples with attachment injuries. Presented at the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) Annual Conference (Long Beach, CA).

Poster (PDF)

          Furrow, J. (2007). A Change of Heart: Blamer Softening in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Presented at the California Psychological Association (CPA) Annual Conference (Costa Mesa, CA).

Handout (PDF)

          Bradley, B., Furrow, J., Eckhart, R. & Lee, N. (2007). Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Creating Secure Attachment Bonds. Presented at the American Counseling Association (ACA) Annual Conference (Detroit, Michigan).

Handout (PDF)

          Bradley, B., Furrow, J., Eckhart, R. & Lee, N. (2007). Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Creating Secure Attachment Bonds. Christian Association for Psychological Studies (CAPS), National Convention, Pre-conference (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania)

Handout (PDF)

          Bradley, B., Eckhart, R. & Lee, N. (2006). Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Creating Attachment Bonds. Presented at the Day of Healing, Wabash Friends Counseling Center (Wabash, Indiana).

Handout (PDF)

          Bradley, B. & Furrow, J. L. (2006). Facilitating blamer softening events: Fear ye not. Presentation at the Summit on Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Families, Ottawa, Canada.

This workshop addressed the key therapist themes and interventions found in authors' own process research study of softening events. Videotaped segments were shown highlighting both therapy and live supervision when working through the vital softening event within the approach.

Handout (PDF)

          Palmer, G. & Furrow, J. L. (2006). Blended families. Presentation at the Summit on Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals, Couples, and Families. Ottawa, Canada.

This workshop described the application of EFT in blended families, with a focus on the competing and conflicting attachment issues that may arise within a stepfamily. Participants learned about the complexity of the interactional cycles that occurs in these families and how the therapist intervenes in these cycles to create a more secure and safe family system.

Handout (PDF)

          Furrow, J. L., & Bradley, B. (2005). Step by step: Learning emotionally focused therapy. Workshop presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Kansas City, MO.

Training and supervision strategies are needed to promote treatment fidelity in the everyday practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. This interactive presentation featured video examples and training exercises for EFT interventions commonly used in key change events. A clinical rating tool was discussed as a supervision strategy. Common challenges in EFT training and supervision were reviewed.

Handout (PDF)

          Bradley, B., Johnson, S. M., & Furrow, J. L. (2004). Emotion and systems: In-session competency. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, Atlanta, GA.

Systems Theory, Emotion Theory, and Attachment Theory were overviewed and integrated as seen in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Delineating secondary from primary emotional processes in-session, and exploring/expanding primary attachment-related affect both intrapsychically and interpersonally was a key element of this presentation. This presenter's own video in-session work was shown and discussed to exemplify these processes.

Handout (PDF)

          Furrow, J. & Bradley, B. (2003). A change of heart: Blamer softening and forgiveness with couples. Paper presented at the annual meeting of Christian Association of Psychological Studies, Anaheim, CA.

This clinical demonstration illustrated an emotionally-focused approach to promoting forgiveness in couples therapy. This presentation identified the process and interventions common to a successful softening event. Participants gained an understanding of how to enact blamer softening and implications for working with Christian couples.

          Bradley, B., & Furrow, J. L., (2001). The process of Blamer Softening in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Workshop presentation at the annual conference of the American Association of Marital and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Nashville, Tennessee.

This workshop demonstrated the process of softening an attacking partner in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. Based upon the results of a discovery-oriented events-based study this presentation identified the process and interventions common to a successful softening event. Participants gained a better understanding of blamer softening by following an example of the six shifts that occur in this therapeutic event.

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