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In 2016, Dr. Sue Johnson was appointed to the Order of Canada – Canada’s highest civilian honor – for more than three decades of work helping couples and families enhance and repair their relationships. She was awarded the Family Psychologist of the Year award by the Society for Couple and Family Psychology, of the American Psychological Association (APA), in the same year. Johnson is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and families, an innovative model which has changed the field of couple therapy and relationship repair. She expanded the original formulation of EFT to become the first couple therapy based on a scientific understanding of the bonds of adult love, that is, on the growing science of adult attachment.
Johnson’s groundbreaking contributions to the field of couple and family therapy span the domains of research, theory development, clinical practice and training, and psychoeducation. Her accomplishments placed her among the...
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Brubacher, L. (2018). Johnson, Susan. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_793-1
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