A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) 1st Edition

My degree is in psychology and I wholly and fully support the precepts of this book!!!!!

I've only recently become introduced to Emotionally Focused Therapy. The author did a nice job of clearly explaining the EFT process step by step. I recommend watching some of the training videos they reference in the book. It makes the process come to life in a way that other treatment modality training books do not. Highly recommend.

This book is a great book for therapists wanting to grow in EFIT! It feels slightly hard to stay interested but still good material.

This is a tiny book with very small print. It is also really just a rehash of other therapies and techniques. Overpriced for what it is.

I enjoyed Sue Johnson's other works on EFT, but Sue's primer on EFIT was a game-changer for me. Recently I have been going through some personal difficulties. As a result, I was unwilling to process certain emotions without numbing or exaggerating them. These avoidant strategies kept me out of touch with myself to a large extent, and I could not consistently apply what I had learned in books to get me out of my distress. Reading 'A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy' felt in part like I was in a therapy session myself and helped me regain touch with my emotions. Second of all, as someone who studies EFT as a hobby, I found it very useful to have the typical rabbit holes that EFT therapists fall into, for example, being overly intellectual while walking others through emotional experience. Reading this book felt like a mirror that validated my insecurities and offered relevant advice for using EFT to help others - highly recommended!