Emotionally focused therapy / EFT-A08-2
Availability Conversation — Practice worksheet
List what being available looks like during an ordinary busy week, including realistic limits.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: Sam can offer a ten-minute check-in but cannot answer work messages immediately.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Accessibility can be described in concrete behaviors.
1. Choose a workable example
Use the fictional example below or an ordinary situation of your choosing. Keep identifying details out of shared copies.
2. Try the practice
List what being available looks like during an ordinary busy week, including realistic limits.
3. Compare possibilities
Generate at least two interpretations or options. Mark what you know, what you are guessing, and what remains outside your control.
4. Decide together
Which signals of availability are feasible for both people? Choose one small action, a support request, or no action. Review the fit with your clinician when relevant.
Prompts for this resource
- My chosen or fictional situation, and what I know about it:
- My response to the practice task above:
- Which signals of availability are feasible for both people?
- An optional next step, support, adaptation, or reason to stop:
Conceptual background
What is EFT? — International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Background on the approach only. Original exercises and wording are by More Than Therapy with AI assistance; the source does not validate or endorse these materials.