Emotion Focused Podcast

Do you have a critical part of yourself that sometimes gives you a really hard time? In this episode Rhonda Goldman discusses the benefits of becoming aware of this critical voice and how tuning into the emotions it generates can be helpful.

Why on earth would we want to feel emotions that are painful? It makes sense that we often do things to avoid feeling pain but, as Lars Auszra explains, sometimes this can lead to an even more painful experience.

Dr Anna Oldershaw if a clinical psychologist and reader in clinical psychology at the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology at Canterbury Christchurch University in the UK. She is the head of the Emotion Focused Institute in England and co-developer of SPEAKS, an emotion focused therapy for anorexia.

Dr Shari Geller is a Clinical Psychologist, author and certified Mindful Self-Compassion teacher. She is Co-Director of the Centre for Mind Body Health in Toronto, Canada. Shari teaches Emotion Focused Therapy, Mindfulness and Self-Compassion, and Therapeutic Presence.

Dr Robert Elliott is co-developer of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), a celebrated trainer, researcher and author, and Emeritus Professor of Counselling at University of Strathclyde in Scotland, and most recently co-author of Emotion-Focused Counselling in Action .

Anne Hilde Vasbo Hagen is a Norwegian emotion focused psychologist and co-author of the book Angry Kids, Angry Children: Understanding and Working with Anger in your Family. Anne Hilde is also a film maker and one of the originators of the Emotion Revolution and Emotion Awareness Day.

Dr Rhonda Goldman is Professor of Psychology at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and Co-Author of Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples

Dr Jason Sharbanee is a Lecturer in Psychology at Curtin University in Western Australia and trainer at the Western Australia Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy.

Dr Leslie Greenberg is Professor Emeritus of Psychology at York University, Toronto, and the primary developer of Emotion Focused Therapy. Les is author of the book Changing Emotion with Emotion.

‘Yummy foods and starvation are like taking a good strong dose of pain medicine.’ Joanne Dolhanty talks about an emotion focused perspective to understanding eating disorders.