Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a treatment approach with the goal of reconnection between partners. Research has shown that EFT creates improvements for 90% of couples coming in for EFT. EFT has been used with many different types of couples in private practice, university training centers and hospital clinics. These distressed couples also include partners suffering from disorders such as depression, post-traumatic stress, and chronic illness.
EFT Therapy, developed by Sue Johnson, is based on John Bowlby, a British psychologist, psychiatrist, and psychoanalyst’s research that humans have an innate need to feel attached and comforted by significant others. As an infant and child, one’s attachments are based primarily on one’s parents. Once an adult, the person’s primary attachment bonds are transferred over to his/her partner.