A Feminist-Informed Integration of Emotionally Focused and Solution-Focused Therapies

ABSTRACT

This article outlines the integration of emotionally focused and solution-focused therapies through a feminist family therapy lens. Integrating therapy models using a feminist-informed lens strengthens traditional family therapy models by addressing gender, ethnic, racial, and social inequities in the family and therapeutic relationships. The epistemology, theoretical framework, and brief overview of each model are provided and a proposed integration is described in-depth, with a table presenting the merging of the models in regards to the stages and steps of emotionally focused therapy so one can move from abstractly discussing feminist issues to integrating them in theoretically consistent, intentional manner.

KEYWORDS:

• Emotionally focused therapy
• feminist family therapy
• model integration
• solution focused therapy