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Published USA, 2010
Successful therapy requires helping clients access and explore painful feelings in order to modify maladaptive emotions. Emotion-Focused Therapy for Trauma (EFTT) is the only trauma therapy that is based on an empirically verified model that identifies steps in the process of resolving past relational issues.

In this text, the authors describe precisely how EFTT works to heal complex trauma. The book is organised into two sections. Part I describes the EFTT treatment model and the theory behind it. Part II examines clients' progress through the four phases of treatment, beginning with cultivating the therapeutic alliance, through modifying self-concept, resolution of attachment injuries, and termination. Throughout, the authors make comparisons with other treatment approaches and provide clinical examples of different kinds of emotion and emotional processing difficulties.

CHAPTER HIGHLIGHTS
Trauma and Its Effects
Emotion and Experiencing
Cultivating the Alliance
The Imaginal Confrontation Procedure
Reducing Fear, Anxiety and Avoidance
Transforming Guilt, Shame and Self-Blame
Resoplution Through Anger
Resolution Through Sadness and Grief

Sandra Paivio is Head of the Psychology Department at the University of Windsor, Canada. Antonio Pascual-Leone is a clinical psychologist at the same university.
Hardback. 334 pages