Studies and Publications
Attachment Theory
- Bartholomew, K., & Perlman, D. (1994) Attachment Processes in Adulthood. London, Penn: Jessica Kingsley Pubs.
- Bowlby, J. (1969) Attachment & Loss: Volume I. Attachment. New York, Basic Books.
- Bowlby, J. (1989) A Secure Base. New York, Basic Books.
- Hazan, C., & Shaver, P. (1987) Conceptualizing romantic love as an attachment process. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 52, 511-524.
- Kobak, R., & Hazan, C. (1991) Attachment in Marriage: Effects of Security & Accuracy of Working Models. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 60, 861-869.
- Kobak, R., Ruckdeschei, K., & Hazan, C. (1994) From Symptom to Signal: An Attachment View of Emotion in Marital Therapy. In S. Johnson & L. Greenberg, The Heart of the Matter: Perspectives on Emotion in Marital Therapy pp. 46-71. New York, Brunner, Mazel.
- Mikulincer, M. (1995). Attachment style and the mental representation of the self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 1203-1215.
- Mikulincer, M. (1997) Adult Attachment Style & Information Processing. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 72, 1217-1230. (& 1990, 1991, 1993 articles-this journal).
- Mikulincer, M., & Shaver, P.R. (2007). Attachment in adulthood: Structure, Dynamics, and Change. New York: The Guilford Press.
- Simpson, J., Rholes, W., & Nelligan, J. (1992) Support Giving & Support Seeking Within Couples: The Role & Attachment Styles. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 62, 434-446.
- Simpson, J. Rholes, W., & Phillips, D. (1996) Conflict in Close Relationships: An Attachment Perspective. Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 71, 899-914.
- Whisman, M.A. & McGarvey, A.L. (1995). Attachment, depressotypic cognitions, and dysphoria. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 19, 633-650.
- Whiffen, V.E., Kallos-Lilly, A., & MacDonald, B.J. (2001). Depression and attachment in couples. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 25, 577-590.
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
- Baucom, D., Shoham, V., Mueser, K., Daiuto, A., & Stickle, T. (1998). Empirically supported couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 58, 53-//.
- Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. M. (2005). Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: An integrative contemporary approach. In M. Haraway (Ed.), Handbook of Couple Therapy. New York: Wiley & Son.
- Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. M. (2005). Task analysis of couple and family change events. In D. Sprenkle & F. Piercy (Eds.), Research methods in family therapy, 2nd Edition. New York, Guilford Press.
- Dandenau, M.L., Johnson, S.M. (1994). Facilitating Intimacy:
Interventions and Effects. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.
20, 17-33.
Denton, W.H. (1991). The role of affect in marital therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Vol. 17, No. 3, 257-261 - Goldman, A., & Greenberg, L. (1992). Comparison of integrated systemic and emotionally focused approaches to couples therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 60, 962-969.
- Gordon-Walker, J., Johnson, S., Manion, I., & Clouthier, P. (1996). An emotionally focused marital intervention for couples with chronically ill children. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 64, 1029-1036.
- Greenberg, L.S., Ford, C., Alden, L., & Johnson, D. (1993). In-session change in emotionally focused couples therapy. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 78-84
- Greenberg, L.S., James, P., & Conry, R. (1988). Perceived change processes in emotionally focused couples therapy. Family Psychology, 2, 4-23.
- Greenberg, L.S., & Johnson, S.M. (1990). Emotional change processes in couples therapy. In E.A. Blechman (Ed.), Emotions and the family. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum
- Greenberg, L. and Mateau Marques, C. (1998). Emotions in Couples Systems. Journal of Systemic Therapies. Vol. 17, No. 2, 93 -110.
- Johnson, S. M. (2004). An antidote to post-traumatic stress disorder: The creation of secure attachment. In L. Atkinson & S. Goldberg (Eds.) Attachment issues in psychopathology and intervention. Mahwah, NJ.: Erlbaum
- Johnson, S.M., Makinen, J.A., & Millikin, J.W. (2001). Attachment Injuries in Couple Relationships: A New Perspective on Impasses in Couples Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Vol. 27. No. 2. 145-155
- Johnson, S. & Wiffen, V. (1999). Made to measure: adapting emotionally focused couples therapy to partner's attachment styles. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. V6 N4, 366 - 381.
- Johnson, S., Maddeau C., Blouin J. (1998). Emotionally focused family therapy for bulimia: Changing attachment patterns. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 35, 238-247.
- Johnson, S.M., & Williams-Keeler, L. (1998). Creating healing relationships for couples dealing with trauma: The use of emotionally focused marital therapy. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. January 1998, 24, 24-40.
- Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L.S. (1995). The emotionally focused approach to problems in adult attachment. In N. S. Jacobson & A.S. Gurman (Eds.), Clinical handbook of marital therapy (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press
- Talitman, E. & Johnson, S.M. (1997). Predictors of success in emotionally focused marital therapy. Journal of Martial and Family Therapy, 23, 135-152.
- Vatcher, C. A. & Bogo, M. (2001). The Feminist/Emotionally Focused Therapy Practice Model: An Integrated Approach for Couple Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Vol. 27, No.1, 69-83.
- Wiffen, V. & Johnson, S. M. (1998). An attachment framework for the treatment of childbearing depression. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice. V5, N4, 478 -493.
- Woolley, S. & Johnson, S. M. (2002) Emotionally focused interventions. In J. Lebow (Ed.) Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy. New York: Wile
Empirical Support for Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
- Alexander, Holtzworth-Munroe & Jameson, 1994, in A. Bergin & S. Garfield (Eds), Handbook of Psychotherapy & Behavior Change, 4th edition).
- Baucom, D., Shoham, V., Mueser, K. Daiuto, A, & Stickle, T. Empirically Supported Couple and family interventions for marital distress and adult mental health problems. Journal of Consulting Clinical Psychology. 58, 53-88.
- Clothier, P., Manion, I., Gordon Walk, J., & Johnson, S.M. (2002). Emotionally focused interventions for couples with chronically ill children: A two year follow up. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 28, 391-399.
- Dandeneau, M., & Johnson, S, (1994) Facilitating intimacy: A comparative outcome study of emotionally focused and cognitive interventions. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 20, 17-33.
- Denton, W.H., et al., (2000). A Randomized Trial of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples in a Training Clinic. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Vol. 26, No. 1, 65-78.
- Goldman, A., & Greenberg L. (1989) A comparison of systemic and emotionally focused outcome studies: Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 5, 21-28.
- Gordon-Walker, J., Johnson, S., Manion, I., & Clouthier, P. (1996) An emotionally focused marital intervention for couples with chronically ill children. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 64, 1029-1036.
- James, P. (1991) Effects of a communication training component added to an emotionally focused couples therapy. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy. 17, 263-276.
- Johnson, S., & Greenberg, L. (1985) The differential effectiveness of experiential and problem solving interventions in resolving marital conflict. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 53, 175-184.
- Johnson, S., & Greenberg, L. (1985b) Emotionally focused couples therapy: An outcome study. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 11, 313-317.
- Johnson, S., Gordon-Walker, J., Manion. I., & Clouthier, P. (2002) Emotionally focused intervention for couples with chronically ill children: a two-year follow-up. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. Vol. 28. No. 4. 391-398.
- Johnson, S., Hunsley, J., Greenberg, L. & Schlinder, D. (1999) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Status & Challenges (A meta-analysis). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, Vol. 6, Issue 1 , pp. 67-79.
- Shadish, W.R., & Baldwin S.A. (2003). Meta-analysis of MFT interventions. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 29(4), 547-570.
- Talitman, E., & Johnson, S. (1997) Predictors of outcome in emotionally focused marital therapy. Journal of Marital & Family Therapy, 23, 135-152.