EFFT Worldwide

Above are locations around the world that share our dedication to the study and application of EFFT

Do you know of others? Please let us know here!

EFFT Publications

Sabey, A. K., Lafrance, A., Furrow, J., Diamond, G., & Hughes, D. (2024). A family reunion of “clinical cousins”: Attachment and emotion in four family‐oriented therapy models. Family Process.

Goveas, A., Duku, E., Sabey, A., Uppal Dhariwal, T., & Duncan, L. (2024). Outpatient treatment of children and adolescents using emotion-focused family therapy (EFFT) caregiver workshops: A pre-to postintervention evaluation. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice.
Foroughe, M., Browne, D. T., Thambipillai, P., Cordeiro, K., & Muller, R. T. (2023). Brief emotion‐focused family therapy: A 12‐month follow‐up study. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 49(2), 394-410.

Smith, J. A., Bandealy, A., & Browne, D. T. (2023). A case study of virtually delivered emotion‐focused family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 49(3), 692-713.

Sabey, A. K., Stillar, A., & Lafrance, A. (2022). Processes and outcomes of an emotion‐focused family therapy two‐chair intervention for transforming problematic parenting patterns.Journal of Marital and Family Therapy,48(3), 738-757.

Stillar, A., Merali, N., Gusella, J., Scarborough, J., Nash, P., Orr, E., ... & Lafrance, A. (2022). Caring for a child with an eating disorder: Understanding differences among mothers and fathers of adolescent and adult children.European Eating Disorders Review.

Cordeiro, K., Wyers, C., Oliver, M., Foroughe, M., & Muller, R. T. (2022). Caregiver maltreatment history and treatment response following an intensive Emotion Focused Family Therapy workshop. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy.

Lafrance, A., Strahan, E. J., & Stillar, A. (2021). Treatment-engagement fears in family-oriented interventions: validation of the caregiver traps scale for eating disorders. Eating Disorders, 1-16.

Nash, P., Renelli, M., Stillar, A., Streich, B., & Lafrance, A. (2020). Long-Term Outcomes of a Brief Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Intervention for Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Mixed-Methods Study.Canadian Journal of Counselling & Psychotherapy/Revue Canadienne de Counseling et de Psychothérapie, 54(2).

Wilhelmsen-Langeland, A., Aardal, H., Hjelmseth, V., Fyhn, K. H., & Stige, S. H. (2019). An Emotion Focused Family Therapy workshop for parents with children 6-12 years increased parental self-efficacy. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 1-13.

Foroughe, M., Stillar, A., Goldstein, L., Dolhanty, J., Goodcase, E. T., & Lafrance, A. (2018). Brief Emotion Focused Family Therapy: An Intervention for Parents of Children and Adolescents with Mental Health Issues. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Bøyum, H., & Stige, S. H. (2017). «Jeg forstår henne bedre nå» – En kvalitativ studie av foreldres opplevelse av relasjonen til egne barn etter emosjonsfokusert foreldreveiledning [“I understand her better now” – A qualitative study of parents’ experiences of their relationship to their children after Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)]. Scandinavian Psychologist, 4, e11.

Strahan, E. J., Stillar, A., Files, N., Nash, P., Scarborough, J., Connors, L., ... & Orr, E. Lafrance, A. (2017). Increasing parental self-efficacy with Emotion-Focused Family Therapy for eating disorders: a process model. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies, 16(3), 256-269.  

Stillar, A., Strahan, E., Nash, P., Files, N., Scarborough, J., Mayman, S., . . . Lafrance Robinson, A. (2016). The influence of carer fear and self-blame when supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. Eating Disorders, 24(2), 173-185.

Lafrance Robinson, A., & Kosmerly, S. (2015). The influence of clinician emotion on decisions in child and adolescent eating disorder treatment: a survey of self and others. Eating disorders, 23(2), 163-176.

Lafrance Robinson, A. L., Dolhanty, J., & Greenberg, L. (2015). Emotion‐focused family therapy for eating disorders in children and adolescents. Clinical psychology & psychotherapy, 22(1), 75-82.  

Lafrance Robinson, A., & Kosmerly, S. (2015). The influence of clinician emotion on decisions in child and adolescent eating disorder treatment: a survey of self and others. Eating disorders, 23(2), 163-176.

Lafrance Robinson, A., Dolhanty, J., Stillar, A., Henderson, K., & Mayman, S. (2014). Emotion-Focused Family Therapy for Eating Disorders Across the Lifespan: A Pilot Study of a 2-Day Transdiagnostic Intervention for Parents. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 23(1), 14-23.