PSYCH 731Emotion-Focused Therapy

The purpose of this course is to provide students with grounding in the theory and skills required to work effectively with emotions in psychotherapy. The course will begin with an overview of the role of emotions in the development and maintenance of psychological disorders. Three major principles of change in EFT: Awareness, regulation, and restructuring of emotion will be examined and the principles of EFT to conceptualize and treat distress at the level of the individual, the dyad, and the family will be applied. Only students in the Clinical Psychology program are permitted to take this course.