Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors

'Most therapists nowadays take for granted the obvious relevance of couple therapy for ruptures of relationship bonds. But what is unique about this book is the vivid and vital way in which Johnson reveals the power of couple relationships to help heal trauma originally experienced by individuals outside those relationships. I hope this book will launch a new era in the psychotherapeutic treatment of PTSD and related disorders. It's that good.' - Alan S. Gurman, University of Wisconsin Medical School, USA 'With the increasing recognition that many couples' problems are related to the traumas of one or both partners comes the need for a new framework for understanding and doing couple therapy. This book succeeds brilliantly in providing such a framework. Skilfully integrating aspects of attachment theory, traumatology, and emotion focused couple therapy, Susan Johnson enriches each of these fields while also providing practical guidelines for both beginning and seasoned clinicians. This book represents an important advance in the treatment of couples and of trauma survivors. I will be recommending it to all my students and colleagues.' - Richard C. Schwartz, Center for Self Leadership, USA 'A much-needed resource for clinicians. Dr. Johnson shows how the experience of any kind of trauma can resonate in an individual's significant relationships, thereby compounding and extending the each of the stressful experience. Offering an important theoretical perspective on the significance of attachment to the healing process, the book outlines a sequenced treatment approach and specific strategies and techniques to help couples rework and recover from the devastating effects of past trauma.' - Christine A. Courtois, The Psychiatric Institute of Washington, USA