Managing Emotional Responses in Therapy: An Adapted EFT Supervision Approach

Therapists often encounter experiences in therapy that elicit emotionality, this could be in the form of self-of-the-therapist issues, compassion fatigue, or professional burnout. Whereas approaches to supervision for self-of-the-therapist issues recognize the need for accessing the supervisee’s emo...

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Published in:Contemporary family therapy 2016-12, Vol.38 (4), p.361-372
Main Authors: Soloski, Kristy L., Deitz, Sharon L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Burnout
Clients
Clinical Psychology
Compassion
Family
Original Paper
Psychology
Psychotherapy
Risk factors
Social Work
Sociology
Supervision
Therapists
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Summary:Therapists often encounter experiences in therapy that elicit emotionality, this could be in the form of self-of-the-therapist issues, compassion fatigue, or professional burnout. Whereas approaches to supervision for self-of-the-therapist issues recognize the need for accessing the supervisee’s emotionality, approaches have not focused on how the clinical and professional system could also be part of the cycle. We propose an adapted emotionally focused supervision approach that employs steps one through six of the EFT model. To display how this approach would work, we provide the example of work with longer-term clients. Working with longer-term clients can be a challenge for many therapists, and both the professional and client system come with factors increasing emotional risk to the therapist. Engaging the therapist’s emotionality through supervision has the potential to improve therapeutic outcomes, as well as reduce loss of good therapists in the field to professional burnout.
ISSN:0892-2764
1573-3335
DOI:10.1007/s10591-016-9392-8