Of late, I have taken weekends to reexamine each of my couples therapy situations in terms of a singular question… is there a certain “additional something” that might be brought to bear to these couples that would substantially deepen the therapeutic work. The answer that I keep coming back to is “yes.” What I am now exploring… is what are the different additions to the work that would deepen the therapeutic work, and when and where? What are different “additional somethings” for the different situations, and what are the different timings that are most helpful. Many of the next postings will explore these “additional somethings.”
We are here looking at tailoring adjunctive interventions in eft therapy to the varied couples situations. To mention just a few: those couples whose negative cycle is so highly escalated that it is hard to effectively unpack and lower the reactivity in the eft session. Another situation is where the negative cycle has been lowered in the couples lives but intimacy and closeness is still very low. The posts to come will explore these different kinds of situations.
