Abstract
The current article discusses emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) with families where adolescents are struggling with symptomatic behaviors. EFFT conceptualizes symptomatic behaviors in a nonpathologizing, developmental framework that focuses on the parent-child bond. The article describes the process of change in EFFT and presents a case study to demonstrate the efficacy of EFFT as a therapeutic intervention. The article also discusses the challenges that the beginning EFFT therapist may encounter, as well as the strengths of EFFT that enable its effective implementation, nonetheless.
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