Emotionally Focused Therapy with African American Couples

Emotionally Focused Therapy with African American Couples: Love Heals is an essential guide that integrates emotionally focused therapy (EFT) with cultural humility. It provides a pathbreaking, evidence-based model of couple work that reinforces the bond between partners in the face of race-based distress.

Paul T. Guillory, PhD, is Associate Professor in the Psychology Department at the University of California, Berkeley, USA. He is a certified supervisor and therapist of emotionally focused therapy. He is also a former chairperson of the Northern California Community of Emotionally Focused Therapy.

1. Introduction 2. Stress and Threats to African American Romantic Relationships 3. Cultural Humility and Couples Therapy 4. Love, Attachment Theory, and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy 5. Case Study: EFT Stage One Work with Trust as Central Issue 6. Case Study: EFT De-escalation with Interracial couple with Chronic Pain 7. Case Study: EFT with One Spouse with Serious Depression 8. Case Study: EFT Withdrawer Re-engagement 9. Case Study: EFT Pursuer Softening 10. Summary Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with Cultural Humility