Abstract
ABSTRACT This paper examines the assumptions, goals, and processes of emotionally focused therapy for couples (EFT) and contextual family therapy, with the purpose of extending the EFT model into the contextual realm. Each model is based on Buber's notion of Dialogue and on Attachment Theory and each focuses on issues of trust in relationships. In this article, the assumptions of each model are examined and the EFT model is then recast using a contextual lens. The nine-step EFT model is expanded to ten steps to more closely meet the goals and methods of contextual therapy. This combination providesan example of how to use theoretically similar but clinically distinct methods together.
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