The Best Love Story Ever
Highlights from Symposium 2019
Clinical psychologist, researcher, and developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy, Sue Johnson—challenging the idea that commitment and exclusive relationships have become passé in a world skeptical of traditional values—made an impassioned case for the deeply healing power of intimate connection.
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Evidence-Based Techniques to Effectively Work With Challenging Couples
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VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Power of Emotion in Couples Work
The Behavior Patterns That Kill Romance, and How to Beat Them
Susan Johnson, the developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and a presenter at the 2019 Networker Symposium, has devoted her career to demonstrating that it’s not an oxymoron to speak of the "science of love." Listen as she explains how attachment science can help couples discover a pathway to optimal lovemaking.
Daily Blog
Sue Johnson on Restoring Connection to Partnership
The Strength of a Relationship Depends on How Partners Respond to This One Question
By Susan Johnson - Marriages are primarily about the emotional responsiveness that we call love; about fundamental human attachment. The empirically supported model of therapy I've developed allows us to understand what happens at key moments of change and make these moments happen. This means that we can not only heal relationships: we can create relationships that heal.
Daily Blog
Embracing Emotion in Couples Therapy
Susan Johnson on Creating a Road Map Through Couples Conflict
By Susan Johnson - Neuroscientists have recently established emotion is the prime force shaping how we cope with life’s challenges. Psychotherapists are beginning to learn how to work with emotion, rather than trying to control it or creating change through purely cognitive or behavioral means.
Daily Blog
The Core of Couples Therapy
Susan Johnson Explains the Root of Most Couples Conflict
By Susan Johnson - In couples therapy, the heart of the matter rarely concerns the content of a couple's arguments, but almost always concerns the strength and responsiveness of the attachment relationship they have. The bottom-line test of that relationship is in the answer to a fundamental question each is asking the other: Are you really there for me?
Daily Blog
Mastering the Tango of Love
Sue Johnson on Discovering Hidden Moments of Connection
By Sue Johnson - If you’re going to help a couple get closer and learn to really dance together, whether in bed or anywhere else, the key is helping partners experience bonding moments that open them to becoming emotionally accessible to each other. If you can do that, their bodies will follow, and sex will almost always improve.
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VIDEO: My First Client, My Greatest Teacher
Sue Johnson Shares a Story of Personal and Professional Transformation
In the following video from her 2018 Networker Symposium storytelling piece, couples and family therapist Sue Johnson shares a therapeutic moment that stands out from all others, one that left her with a deepened sense of what it means at the core to be a therapist.
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6/4/2018
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
JON KABAT-ZINN, PH.D.
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD
BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PH.D.
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6/4/2018
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
JON KABAT-ZINN, PH.D.
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD
BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PH.D.
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Evidence-Based Techniques to Effectively Work With Challenging Couples
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3/28/2019
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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POS054085
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3/28/2019
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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6/4/2018
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
JON KABAT-ZINN, PH.D.
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD
BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PH.D.
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6/4/2018
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
JON KABAT-ZINN, PH.D.
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
RICHARD C. SCHWARTZ, PHD
BARBARA FREDRICKSON, PH.D.
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A Step-by-Step Approach to Harnessing the Power of Emotion
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3/23/2018
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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3/23/2018
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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How Infant Attachment Security Affects Adult Relationships
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1/17/2018
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LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
DIANE POOLE HELLER, PHD
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
GABOR MATÉ, MD
LISA FERENTZ, LCSW-C, DAPA
LOUIS COZOLINO, PH.D.
LANCE DODES, M.D.
MARY LOU SCHACK
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1/17/2018
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LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
BESSEL A VAN DER KOLK, M.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
DIANE POOLE HELLER, PHD
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
PETER A. LEVINE, PH.D.
GABOR MATÉ, MD
LISA FERENTZ, LCSW-C, DAPA
LOUIS COZOLINO, PH.D.
LANCE DODES, M.D.
MARY LOU SCHACK
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Attachment-based interventions for couples in crisis
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1/15/2018
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LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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1/15/2018
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LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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Using Attachment Science to Create Bonding, Satisfying Relationships with Sue Johnson, Ed.D.
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1/1/2018
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LINDA CURRAN, BCPC, LPC, CACD, CCDPD
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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1/1/2018
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Apply Proven Models in Everyday Therapy
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7/20/2017
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
DANIEL A HUGHES, PH.D.
RICHARD SIMON, PH.D.
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7/20/2017
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SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
DANIEL A HUGHES, PH.D.
RICHARD SIMON, PH.D.
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Proven approaches for attachment issues, addiction, abuse & more
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6/20/2017
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
KATHRYN RHEEM, ED.D., LMFT
TAMMY NELSON, PH.D.
MICHAEL BARNETT, MA, EDS, LPC
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6/20/2017
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
TERRENCE REAL, LICSW
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
KATHRYN RHEEM, ED.D., LMFT
TAMMY NELSON, PH.D.
MICHAEL BARNETT, MA, EDS, LPC
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Enhancing the Impact of Couples Therapy
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3/24/2017
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DANIEL J SIEGEL, M.D.
SUSAN JOHNSON, ED.D.
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VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Power of Emotion in Couples Work
The Behavior Patterns That Kill Romance, and How to Beat Them
Susan Johnson, the developer of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and a presenter at the 2019 Networker Symposium, has devoted her career to demonstrating that it’s not an oxymoron to speak of the "science of love." Listen as she explains how attachment science can help couples discover a pathway to optimal lovemaking.
Daily Blog
Sue Johnson on Restoring Connection to Partnership
The Strength of a Relationship Depends on How Partners Respond to This One Question
By Susan Johnson - Marriages are primarily about the emotional responsiveness that we call love; about fundamental human attachment. The empirically supported model of therapy I've developed allows us to understand what happens at key moments of change and make these moments happen. This means that we can not only heal relationships: we can create relationships that heal.
Daily Blog
Embracing Emotion in Couples Therapy
Susan Johnson on Creating a Road Map Through Couples Conflict
By Susan Johnson - Neuroscientists have recently established emotion is the prime force shaping how we cope with life’s challenges. Psychotherapists are beginning to learn how to work with emotion, rather than trying to control it or creating change through purely cognitive or behavioral means.
Daily Blog
The Core of Couples Therapy
Susan Johnson Explains the Root of Most Couples Conflict
By Susan Johnson - In couples therapy, the heart of the matter rarely concerns the content of a couple's arguments, but almost always concerns the strength and responsiveness of the attachment relationship they have. The bottom-line test of that relationship is in the answer to a fundamental question each is asking the other: Are you really there for me?
Daily Blog
Mastering the Tango of Love
Sue Johnson on Discovering Hidden Moments of Connection
By Sue Johnson - If you’re going to help a couple get closer and learn to really dance together, whether in bed or anywhere else, the key is helping partners experience bonding moments that open them to becoming emotionally accessible to each other. If you can do that, their bodies will follow, and sex will almost always improve.
Daily Blog
VIDEO: My First Client, My Greatest Teacher
Sue Johnson Shares a Story of Personal and Professional Transformation
In the following video from her 2018 Networker Symposium storytelling piece, couples and family therapist Sue Johnson shares a therapeutic moment that stands out from all others, one that left her with a deepened sense of what it means at the core to be a therapist.
Daily Blog
VIDEO: Susan Johnson on Breaking Negative Cycles
How "Secure Base" Restores the Emotional and Physical Spark
In the following video clip, renowned couples therapist Susan Johnson shares the story of her clients Frank and Sylvie—two partners stuck in a cycle of shame, hurt, and anger—and how, through establishing what she refers to as "secure base," they restored both emotional and physical passion to their relationship.
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Why Emotional Safety is the Defining Feature of Good Sex
Susan Johnson on Infusing Sex with Emotion and Attachment
By Susan Johnson - Passion is about so much more than responding to novel stimuli or ramped-up lust. In the dance of sex, passion can be constantly renewed, not simply by finding more exotic sexual positions, but by changing the level of our engagement in the moment and with our lover. If we really understand love, we can also understand how to shape lasting passion.
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VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Link Between Sex and Safety
How a "Secure Base" Promotes Sexual Exploration
What does it take to restore physical intimacy to a failing relationship? In this video clip, Susan Johnson, the originator of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, uses bonding science to explain the one condition every relationship needs in order to repair emotional hurt and restore satisfying sex. Take a moment to watch this clip. You'll be glad you did.
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VIDEO: Susan Johnson on the Power of Emotion
The Secret Ingredient in Good Therapy
Emotion is the most important motivating force bringing clients to our offices in the first place. Nevertheless, therapists are often strangely queasy in the presence of strong emotion. In this clip from her 2013 Symposium keynote address, Susan Johnson offers a vivid picture of how we can take full therapeutic advantage of the emotional force field to propel the process of change.
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The Best Love Story Ever
Highlights from Symposium 2019
Clinical psychologist, researcher, and developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy, Sue Johnson—challenging the idea that commitment and exclusive relationships have become passé in a world skeptical of traditional values—made an impassioned case for the deeply healing power of intimate connection.
Magazine Article
My First Client, My Best Teacher
From an Evening of Storytelling 2018
A challenging client, who won't speak or swallow, teaches a therapist just starting out how to find her own voice.
Magazine Article
The Dance of Sex
If you’re going to help a couple get closer and really learn to work harmoniously with one another, whether in bed or anywhere else, the key is helping partners experience bonding moments that open them to becoming emotionally accessible to each other. If you can do that, their bodies will follow, and sex will almost always improve.
Magazine Article
The Power of Emotion in Therapy
How to Harness this Great Motivator
Neuroscientists recently established emotion is the prime force shaping how we cope with life’s challenges. Psychotherapists are beginning to learn how to work with emotion, rather than trying to control it and create change through purely cognitive or behavioral means.
Magazine Article
Are You There for Me?
Understanding the Foundations of Couples Conflict
All couples fight, but the fights that really define the relationship are always the same thing: whether partners feel they have a safe, secure connection with each other.
Magazine Article
Are You There for Me?
Understanding the Foundations of Couples Conflict
All couples fight, but the fights that really define the relationship are always about the same thing: whether partners feel they have a safe, secure connection with each other.
Magazine Article
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Susan Johnson, Ed.D., is the best selling author, clinical psychologist, distinguished research professor, dynamic speaker, and recognized innovator who has changed the field of couple therapy.
She is director of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy and distinguished research professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, as well as professor of clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She trains counselors in EFT worldwide and is recognized as one of the most prominent researchers and presenters in the couple therapy field.
She is director of the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy and distinguished research professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, as well as professor of clinical psychology at the University of Ottawa, Canada. She trains counselors in EFT worldwide and is recognized as one of the most prominent researchers and presenters in the couple therapy field.
