In Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression, Leslie S. Greenberg and Jeanne C. Watson, well-regarded scholars and leading figures in the field, provide a manual for the emotion-focused treatment (EFT) of depression.
This approach is supported by studies in which EFT for depression was compared with Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, and then both. The approach has been refined to apply specifically to the treatment of this pervasive and often intractable disorder. The authors discuss the nature of depression and its treatment, examine the role of emotion, present a schematic model of depression and an overview of the course of treatment, and suggest who might benefit.
Written with a practical focus rather than the more academic theoretical style of previous books that established the theoretical grounds and scientific viability of working with emotion in psychotherapy, this book aims to introduce practitioners to the idea of using this approach to work with a depressed population. The book covers theory, case formulation, treatment, and research in a way that makes this complex form of therapy accessible to all readers. Particularly valuable are the case examples, which demonstrate the deliberate and skillful use of techniques to leverage emotional awareness and thus bring about change.
Introduction: The Nature and Experience of Depression and Its Treatment
Emotion in Human Functioning and Depression
Depression: A Dialectical Constructivist View
Principles of Working With Emotion in Depression
The Course of Treatment in Emotion-Focused Therapy
The Therapeutic Relationship
Case Formulation for Depression
Bonding, Awareness, and Collaboration
Methods for Increasing Awareness
Evocation and Arousal of Emotion
Evoking Emotion: Two-Chair Dialogue and Hopelessness
Evoking Blocked Emotion: Two-Chair Enactments and Unfinished Business Dialogues
Transformation: The Construction of Alternatives
Reflection and the Creation of New Meaning
References
Index
About the Authors