EP 101: Working with View of Self in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake

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Dr. Belle and EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake discuss the impact of self-view in Emotionally Focused Therapy.

🎙️ Working with View of Self in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti-Duarte, PhD, LMFT) & Robin Williams Blake, EFT Trainer & Director of the Toronto Centre for EFT Welcome to another transformative episode of the We Heart Therapy podcast & YouTube series for EFT therapists! In this episode, Dr. Belle sits down with renowned EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake to explore the important and powerful topic of working with View of Self and View of Other in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy. Learn how the way clients see themselves—shaped by attachment wounds, past emotional experiences, and current relational patterns—impacts their emotional responses, connection struggles, and healing process. 🔍 We cover: What “View of Self” (VOS) really means in the EFT model How to identify and work with negative self-perceptions in session Key interventions and markers for effective restructuring Using the EFT tango to access and shift self-view How attachment and self-concept intertwine in therapy This conversation is packed with clinical gems, theory-to-practice insights, and gentle reminders of the deep humanity behind our clients’ struggles. 👥 Whether…

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Host: Belle

Guest: Robin Williams Blake

Topics covered

• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• View of Self
• attachment wounds
• self-perception
• therapeutic interventions

Keywords

• EFT
• attachment science
• therapeutic skills
• client struggles

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