In Volume 1, Mark and Julie, already in couples therapy with EFT expert and trainer Lisa Palmer-Olsen, have a consultation session with EFT and sexual issues expert Jeff Hickey. They have grown distant from each other emotionally and sexually. Shared and individual frustrations along with stressors in and outside of their relationship have driven a deep wedge between them. Mark is tired of being Julie’s caretaker and struggles with deeply-buried feelings of rejection, frustration and mortality. A recovering addict who also struggles with her body image, Julie feels like she has failed both herself and Mark and may be the cause of the couple’s sexual problems. Tension, anger, disconnection and non-communication have taken the place of sexual intimacy, emotional sharing and security.
In Volume 2, on the heels of a promising session sex therapy session, Mark and Julie meet with Jeff Hickey and Michael Barnett to address the emotional aspects of their relationship, long neglected due to Julie’s history of physical pain, OCD and most significantly, addiction. Now that she is sober, Mark is finally expressing long-buried feelings of neglect and anger. The couple is now trying to mend and rebuild their frayed and fragile tie by focusing on their respective attachment issues.
In Volume 3, Cheyne and Chava struggle with pornography addiction. Cheyne’s addiction has robbed the couple of their intimacy and security. As a destructive form of infidelity, Cheyne’s addiction has also triggered Chava’s sexual trauma history, leaving her feeling even more vulnerable and abandoned. Their clinician, Ben Inouye reaches out to fellow EFT therapist Michael Barnett, an addictions specialist. Barnett’s sensitive and insightful intervention targets the couple’s fragile attachment bond, offering the promise of relational repair, re-connection and growth.
And finally, in Volume 4, four years after the tragic loss of their newborn son Hunter, Sean and Jenn are expecting a child. Despite this otherwise emotionally bonding experience, the couple has struggled to remain connected in the face of past and ongoing life stressors. Jenn’s desperate attempts to pull Sean back have left him feeling interrogated, and the couple is desperately locked in what EFT creator Sue Johnson calls the pursue/withdraw cycle. In this video they work with master EFT clinician Leanne Campbell in a last-ditch effort to reconnect and move forward on their family journey.
Watching and learning from these master clinicians will be a boon to your clinical practice with couples facing seemingly insurmountable relationship challenges.
Length of Series: 6:27:33
English subtitles available
Group ISBN-10 #: 1-60124-563-7
Group ISBN-13 #: 978-1-60124-563-2
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