Two-Year Follow-up Outcomes in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: An Investigation of Relationship Satisfaction and Attachment Trajectories.
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                  Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT; The practice of emotionally focused couple therapy: Creating connection. New York, NY: Brunner-Routledge) is an evidence-based couple therapy that aims to create lasting change for couples (Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 6(1), 67-79). Although studies have demonstrated strong results in follow-up (Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28(4), 391-398), less is known about relationship functioning across time after therapy has ended. We modelled change in relationship satisfaction and attachment from pre-therapy through 24 months follow-up in 32 couples. HLM results confirmed a significant growth pattern demonstrating increases in relationship satisfaction and secure base behaviour and decreases in relationship specific attachment anxiety over the course of therapy and across follow-up at a decelerated rate. These findings support the theoretical assumption that EFT helps couples engaged in therapy create lasting relationship satisfaction and attachment change.  | 
        
| Year of Publication |    :  
                  2017 
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| Journal |    :  
                  Journal of marital and family therapy 
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| Volume |    :  
                  43 
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| Issue |    :  
                  2 
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| Number of Pages |    :  
                  227-244 
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| ISSN Number |    :  
                  0194-472X 
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| URL |    :  
                  https://doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12206 
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| DOI |    :  
                  10.1111/jmft.12206 
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| Short Title |    :  
                  J Marital Fam Ther 
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