EFT
Emotion Focused Therapy developed by Les Greenberg
Many of us learn to suppress ‘healthy’ emotions and to cover them up with other unhelpful emotions (so-called secondary emotions) during our childhood and adolescence. This is how we try to protect ourselves from emotional pain. The aim of the EFT method is to transform emotions through emotional work. We will make contact with the underlying healthy primary emotions, such as sadness, assertive anger, fear, or feeling alone and vulnerable. This puts us in a position to express our genuine needs and develop a better relationship with others and ourselves. Part of this emotional work also involves strengthening our natural capacity for self-assertion and self-compassion.
Many of us learn during childhood to actually suppress "healthy" emotions and to cover them up with other, less helpful emotions (so-called secondary emotions). So we try to protect ourselves from emotional pain. The aim of the EFT method is to transform emotions through emotional work. In working with EFT, we will come back into contact with the underlying, adaptive primary emotions. From there, we can express our needs and develop a better relationship with others and with ourselves. Part of this emotional work is also to strengthen our natural capacity for self-assertion and self-compassion.