Psychologist and Distinguished Research Professor at York University, Toronto; pioneer of emotion-focused therapy (EFT).
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1Emotion changes through emotion, so work with feelings rather than suppress them
Our label. 4 claims in Leslie Greenberg's own words.
Their wordsEmotion-Focused Therapy is based on the principle that emotional change is best achieved by changing emotion with emotion, rather than with understanding or rationality, and this results in more enduring change.
Their wordsEFT focuses on helping people become aware of emotions, express their emotions in the right way at the right time, learn to tolerate and regulate them, and to reflect on them to make sense of them and transform them
Their wordsCognitive behavioural therapy aims to change the way we think about our emotions. It’s very much focused on regulating or suppressing painful feelings, which can be damaging
Their wordsit’s not an in-depth approach to how humans function. It’s good at helping people cope, but not really good at dealing with the core problems people have.
Their wordsPeople store all of these things inside and then suddenly, something happens in their lives – maybe the loss of a job, for example – and they totally break down.