Emotion-focused TherapyGreenberg, L.S. (2004)Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 11, 3-16 In an emotion-focused approach, emotion is seen as foundational in the construction of the self and is a key determinant of self-organisation. People have emotions and live in a constant process of making sense of emotions. Personal meaning is seen as emerging by the self-organization and explication of one’s own emotional experience. Optimal adaptation involves an integration of reason and emotion.Therapists are emotion coaches who work to enhance emotion-focused coping by helping people become aware of, accept, and make sense of their emotional experience.Emotion coaching is based on two phases, arriving and leaving. A major premise of Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is that emotion is foundational in the construction of the self and is a key determinant of self-organisation. Emotions are an adaptive form of information-processing and action readiness that orients people to their environment and promotes their well-being. Emotional intelligence involves honing the capacity to use emotions as a guide, without being a slave to them.Emotions are important because they inform people that an important need, value, or goal may be advanced or harmed in a situation. They indicate how individuals appraise themselves and their worlds. Different action tendencies correspond to different emotions.Emotion is...

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This is a bundle about the ussage and efficacy of psychotherapy. This bundle contains the literature used in the course 'DSM-5 and psychotherapy' at the third year of psychology at the University of Amsterdam.