Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) is a short-term, systematic and tested intervention to reduce distress in adult love relationships and create more secure attachment bonds. The title reflects the priority given to emotion as a key organizer of inner experiences and key interactions in love relationships. A focus on emotion is seen as the essential transforming element in effective couple therapy. The word "emotion" comes from the Latin word "to move". EFT uses the power of emotion to "move" partners and evoke new responses in recurring key interactions that make up a couple's relationship "dance".
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