Emotion coaching in action: Experiential teaching, homework, and consolidating change.

Warwar, Serine H.; Ellison, Jennifer

doi:10.1037/0000112-012

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“…The goal of EFT is emotional change through emotional processing. Homework in EFT can play an important role to deepen, consolidate and advance in‐session work, as well as carry forward in‐session emotional change to clients’ daily lives (Greenberg & Warwar, 2006; Warwar & Ellison, 2019). This paper uses the terms homework and between‐session work interchangeably.…”

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The use of homework in emotion‐focused therapy for depression

Warwar

2023

J Clin Psychol

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Emotion‐focused therapy (EFT) is an empirically supported treatment of depression, and an integrative, transdiagnostic therapy approach focusing on transforming emotions that are the cause of a person's emotional pain and suffering. In‐session experiential work and two‐chair interventions are consolidated and expanded by between‐session homework which is viewed as a natural extension of in‐session work. As the focus on emotion in EFT necessitates the provision of a safe, attuned, empathic relationship and a good collaboration on the tasks and goals of therapy the use of homework is very well‐suited to this approach. An EFT case example is discussed to illustrate how homework can be an important ingredient to strengthen and facilitate change in treating a depressed client with a core underlying feeling of shame related to unresolved childhood trauma.

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The use of homework in emotion‐focused therapy for depression

Warwar

2023

J Clin Psychol

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“…The main therapeutic actions of emotional change in EFT are viewed as occurring in-session, however, homework can play an important role to deepen and consolidate in-session work, as well as carry forward in-session work to clients' daily lives (Greenberg & Warwar, 2006;Warwar & Ellison, 2019). EFT does not typically use the term "homework" with clients to refer the between-session work as the word implies completion is necessary which does not fit the EFT perspective of homework.…”

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“…In addition, homework that is co-constructed with the client and custom tailored to a client's unique strengths and personal challenges is most successfully experienced. In EFT, offering homework is preceded by in-session experiential teaching, such as psychoeducation and rationales, which are also personalized and offered alongside the client's current in-session work and guided by the client's moment-by-moment process (Greenberg & Warwar, 2006;Warwar & Ellison, 2019). The goal of offering psychoeducation and rationales prior to collaborating on homework with the client is beneficial because it connects the in-session work to the homework and offers a justification of how it would be helpful to the current in-session work and the goals of therapy.…”

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The Use of Homework in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression

Warwar¹

2023

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EFT is an empirically supported treatment of depression for individuals, and is also considered to be an integrative, transdiagnostic therapy approach focusing on emotions that are the cause of a client’s emotional pain and suffering. The target of treatment is to facilitate emotional processing to change unhealthy emotion schemes that underlie current symptoms of depression. The therapist is highly attuned to the client’s moment-by-moment process to promote in-session work on emotion, alongside experiential teaching. In-session work is consolidated and expanded by between-session homework, which is viewed as a natural extension of the in-session work. EFT views the therapist as an emotion coach who offers interventions within a client’s developmental and experiential learning capabilities to move them to their end goals. A case example is discussed to illustrate how homework is used effectively in treating a depressed client in relation to treatment principles over the course of treatment.

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“…For example, the therapist might prompt the client to envisage a “hypothetical” homework assignment by saying, “ I wonder what might have transpired if you had… ” (Stricker, 2006). Humanistic‐experiential therapies have traditionally favored client‐initiated BSH over the imposition of expected or obligatory between‐session activities (Brodley, 2006), but more systematic attempts to integrate BSH has also been undertaken (e.g., Warwar & Ellison, 2019). The therapist may, for example, actively facilitate this process by suggesting specific homework tasks, prefaced with phrases such as “ If you find it beneficial ” or “ If it resonates with you.”…”

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Homework as a driver of change in psychotherapy

Ryum,

Bennion,

Kazantzis

2023

J Clin Psychol

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Background and ObjectivesThe utilization of Between‐Session Homework (BSH) holds a longstanding tradition in the field of psychotherapy. Significantly, it serves as a pivotal catalyst for change within behavioral and cognitive‐behavioral therapies, and has also garnered endorsement within psychodynamic and humanistic‐experiential therapies. While our current conceptualization of BSH is characterized by assimilation and integration, diversity prevails in how BSH is incorporated into the treatment plan, spanning various therapy stages, thus necessitating a customized therapist‐client interpersonal dynamic. Far from being a panacea, the employment of BSH emerges as a highly sophisticated and intricate clinical methodology, demanding a high degree of therapist proficiency and competence to facilitate client engagement.MethodsIn this introductory paper, we present an issue of the Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session that exemplifies the diverse modalities through which BSH can be integrated into clinical practice across various client demographics and within distinct psychotherapeutic paradigms. We place specific emphasis on the pivotal role of BSH and its interplay with proposed mechanisms of change throughout the course of treatment.ResultsInitially, we provide an overarching view of the subject and expound on empirical research substantiating the efficacy of BSH in psychotherapy. Subsequently, we delve into strategies for adeptly integrating and monitoring BSH within clinical practice.ConclusionsOur primary objectives encompass affording readers a more lucid comprehension of (1) the content and nature of homework; (2) the influence of BSH on treatment outcomes; and (3) the ways through which therapists can foster client engagement with BSH. Finally, we introduce the six papers comprising this issue.

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Emotion coaching in action: Experiential teaching, homework, and consolidating change.

Cited by 7 publications

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The use of homework in emotion‐focused therapy for depression

The use of homework in emotion‐focused therapy for depression

The Use of Homework in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Depression

Homework as a driver of change in psychotherapy

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