Collaborators

Leslie Greenberg

Leslie Greenberg, Ph.D., is Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University in Toronto. He has authored the major texts on Emotion-focused approaches to treatment for individuals and couples including Emotion in Psychotherapy (1986), Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (1988) and more recently Emotion-focused Couples Therapy: The dynamics of emotion, love and power (2008) and Emotion-focused therapy: Theory and practice (2015) Emotion-focused therapy: Coaching clients to work through their feelings (2015), and Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy. He has received the Distinguished Research Career award of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research as well as the American Psychology Association Award for Distinguished Professional Contribution to Applied Research. He conducts a private practice and trains people in emotion–focused approaches.

Robert Elliott

Robert Elliott, Ph.D., is Professor of Counselling in the Counselling Unit at the University of Strathclyde, where he directs its research clinic and teaches on its MSc in Counselling & Psychotherapy.  Before moving to Scotland in 2006, he was Professor of Psychology at the University of Toledo (Ohio), where he taught Clinical Psychology and was Director of Clinical Training for 10 years.  One of the founders of Emotion-Focused Therapy, he has led EFT training in 15 countries.  He has research interests in depression, social anxiety, psychotherapy change process research and the effectiveness of humanistic-experiential psychotherapies. He is co-author of Facilitating emotional change (1993), Learning emotion-focused psychotherapy (2004), and Research methods in clinical psychology (2002), as well as more than 170 journal articles and book chapters. He is past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and previously co-edited the journals Psychotherapy Research, and Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies.  He has received the Distinguished Research Career Award of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and the Carl Rogers Award from the Division of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association. Robert is married and has two grown children and two grandchildren; he enjoys running, science fiction and all kinds of music.

Rhonda Goldman

Rhonda N. Goldman, PhD, is a professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and an emotion-focused therapist at Emotion-Focused Therapy Chicago where she conducts psychotherapy with couples and individuals. She practices, teaches, and conducts research on emotional processes and outcomes in EFT and has written on empathy, vulnerability, depression and case formulation. She has co-authored/edited five texts on EFT and is co-author with Les Greenberg of 'Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power' (2008). She has recently recorded an EFT for Couples demonstration DVD for the American Psychological Association. She is a recipient of the Carmi Harrari Early Career Award from the Society of Humanistic Psychology, Division 32 of the American Psychological Association, and is a past president of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration.

Jeanne Watson

Jeanne Watson, PhD, is a professor at the Department of Applied Psychology and Human Development, University of Toronto. She is a major exponent of humanistic-experiential psychotherapy and has contributed to the development of Emotion Focused Psychotherapy, the process experiential approach. She has conducted psychotherapy outcome studies to examine the effectiveness of different approaches to psychotherapy including emotion focused therapy, client-centered and cognitive-behavioral psychotherapy. She has co-authored and co-edited a total of 8 books on humanistic and emotion focused psychotherapy. Her most recent book is entitled Emotion Focused Psychotherapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder with Dr. Leslie Greenberg. Dr. Watson received the Outstanding Early Career Achievement Award from the International Society for Psychotherapy Research in 2002 and was President of the Society in 2014-2015. She was recognized as an APA Fellow in 2013.

Antonio Pascual-Leone

Antonio Pascual-Leone, PhD, is a professor at the University of Windsor (Canada), and holds an honorary position at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). He has been involved in 4 clinical trials of Emotion Focused Therapy. His research group, the Emotion Change Lab, has published on psychotherapy process and outcomes, with a focus on emotional processing. He co-authored a book, Emotion Focused Therapy for Complex Trauma (with Dr. Sandra Paivio) and is now authoring a forthcoming book on Changing Emotion (both with the American Psychological Association, APA). His contributions have been recognized by several career awards from international research societies, and he has received distinguished publication awards in the US and Germany. Dr. Pascual-Leone has given clinical workshops in 10 different countries and this work has been recognized by teaching and leadership awards. He runs a private practice seeing individuals and couples.

Natalie Hession

Dr. Natalie Hession is Principal Psychology Manager and head of psycho-oncology services at St. Luke’s Radiation Oncology Network. She provides clinical assessment and therapeutic intervention for individuals and families in relation to all aspects of the psychological impact of cancer. She is committed to the development of psycho-oncology in Ireland and has contributed by way of policy development and media coverage. She has lectured, supervised research, presented nationally and internationally, and is involved in ongoing research in the area of EFT and psycho-oncology. Dr. Hession completed her original EFT training with Dr. Les Greenberg and she is an EFT supervisor. Dr. Hession’s academic qualifications include Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (University of Surrey); MSc Leadership and Healthcare Management (RCSI) and Post Grad Diploma in Clinical Supervision (TCD).

Fiona Ward

Fiona Ward is Director of Counselling with the HSE's National Counselling Service. She is a clinical and counselling psychologist and was instrumental in the development, establishment and roll out of the HSE's national Counselling in Primary Care Service (CIPC). She sits on both the Trial Management Group and Trial Steering Committee for the Emotion-Focused Therapy vs. Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Generalised Anxiety Disorder Randomised Controlled Trial, and is currently collaborating with the research team on developing a future definitive trial.

Chuck Rashleigh

Chuck Rashleigh is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist of the Psychological Society of Ireland. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MSc in Counselling Psychology. He has worked in the Trinity College Dublin Student Counselling Service (SCS) since 2003, where he is a clinical team leader / manager for the Outreach & Prevention Team and Research & Outcomes Coordinator. Chuck has completed training in Emotion-Focused Therapy and collaborates with the TCD School of Psychology on researching EFT’s applications within a student counselling context.

Rafael Jódar

Dr. Rafael Jódar is Director of the Masters program in Experiential Humanistic Psychotherapy and Emotion-Focused Therapy at Comillas University, Madrid. He is an EFT certified therapist and supervisor recognised by the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy. He is the clinical coordinator of the Comillas University Psychological Clinic. His main research interest is in EFT, self-criticism, and empathy training. He had recently led a Randomized-Controlled Trial investigating the treatment of self-criticism with EFT.

Petr Mikoška

Dr. Petr Mikoška works as a Psychologist in the Psychiatric Clinic in Šternberk in the Czech Republic. He is also a researcher in Palacký University Olomouc in the Czech Republic, where he leads the Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute (EFTi) and is developing research activities regarding the use and effectiveness of Emotion-Focused Group Therapy in the treatment of anxiety, depression, and related disorders. He is also a Person-Centered and Emotion-Focused trained therapist.