EP 111: Working with Ambivalence in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Ting Liu

About this episode

The episode discusses working with ambivalence in Emotionally Focused Therapy with insights from Dr. Ting Liu.

In this powerful EFT training discussion, We Heart Therapy host (Anabelle Bugatti) Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT/EFT Supervisor/Therapist sits down with Emotionally Focused Therapy trainer Dr. Ting Liu and explores how therapists can effectively work with ambivalence in couples therapy and attachment-based healing. Ambivalence is one of the most common challenges therapists encounter in EFT sessions, especially when partners feel stuck between connection and protection, longing and fear, or closeness and withdrawal, staying or leaving. In this conversation, Dr. Ting Liu shares clinical insight into: • Working with emotional ambivalence in EFT • Helping couples navigate uncertainty and emotional disconnection • EFT interventions for pursuer-withdrawer dynamics • Clinical applications of Emotionally Focused Therapy with Ambivalence Whether you are an EFT therapist, LMFT, psychologist, counseling student, or simply interested in attachment science and relationship healing, this video offers valuable insights into the EFT process and how to work with complex relational dynamics. 🔗 Learn more about EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy by Dr. Sue Johnson and Official EFT Training…

People in this episode

Host: Anabelle Bugatti

Guest: Dr. Ting Liu

Topics covered

• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• ambivalence in therapy
• couples therapy
• attachment-based healing
• emotional disconnection
• EFT interventions

Keywords

• EFT
• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• ambivalence
• couples therapy
• attachment science
• relationship healing
• emotional disconnection
• EFT interventions

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: We Heart Therapy, EFT, Sue Johnson, Southern Nevada Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy, Las Vegas Marriage Counseling, Central PA EFT, Asia EFT

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