Les Greenberg

Leslie S. Greenberg ( born 1945 in South Africa), Canadian citizen, psychotherapy researcher, psychotherapist and co-founder of "Emotion -Focused Therapy" is ( in English: "emotion -focused therapy" ).

Life and work

He currently runs as a professor, the Center for Psychotherapy Research, York University in Toronto, Canada. In addition to his work on the effectiveness of prozess-erlebensorientierter/emotionsfokussierter therapy whose effectiveness he could prove he has published numerous works in the field of psychotherapy process research. Greenberg has published over 100 publications. His works, especially the efficacy of psychotherapy, are of importance for the humanistic psychotherapies, especially for Gestalt therapy and the Client-centered talk therapy, as he and his colleagues in his empirical evaluation studies working on the proof of the efficacy of these therapies. In the heart of emotion focused therapy is the integration of " passing " and " consequences " in the work of the therapist / therapist. The emotion-focused therapy is based on emotion theoretical basis and is based on the latest findings of emotion research and psychotherapy research. It offers about the limitations of the treatment schools across basic principles for working with emotions in psychotherapy to.

1989/1990 he was president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research.

Writings

• By S. C. Paivio: Working with the emotions in psychotherapy. Guilford Press, New York 1997, ISBN 1-572-30243-7.
• By S. M. Johnson: Emotionally focused therapy for couples. The Guilford Press, New York 1988, ISBN 0-89862-730-3.
• Emotion -focused therapy: Coaching clients to work through feelings. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-1-557-98881-2.
• R. Elliot, J. C. Watson & R.N. Goldman: Learning Emotion- Focused Therapy. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC 2007, ISBN 978-1-59147-080-9.
• With R.N. Goldman and A. E. Pos: Depth of emotional experience and outcome. In: Psychotherapy Research. 15 (3) 2005, pp. 248-260.
• With J. C. Watson: Emotion- Focused Therapy for Depression. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association 2006, ISBN 1-59147-280-6.
• With L.N. Rice and R. Elliott: Promoting Emotional change. Foundations of a process and experiential therapy. Junfermann, Paderborn 2003, ISBN 3-87387-503-9.
• Emotion -Centered Therapy: An Overview. In: Psychotherapy Journal. 4, 2005, pp. 324ff, 337ff. Review articles
• From cognition to emotion in psychotherapy. In: SKD Sulz, G. Lenz ( ed.): From cognition to emotion. Psychotherapy with feelings. CIP media, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-87159-058-4, pp. 77-110. - Review articles
• The importance of emotions in modern psychotherapy. Leslie Greenberg in conversation with Annette Chamberlain. In: Psychotherapy in the dialog. 2 ( 3), 2002, pp. 195-198.

About Greenberg's research in Gestalt therapy:

• N. Gegenfurtner, R. eater Kuby (eds.): Emotions in focus. Gestalt therapists in dialogue with Leslie Greenberg. Edition Humanistic Psychology EHP 2006.