Emotionally focused therapy / EFT-A20-2
Readiness and Safety First — Practice worksheet
Privately discuss with a clinician whether fear, coercion, violence, or retaliation makes joint exercises unsuitable; do not share this worksheet with an unsafe partner.
15 minutes · Worksheet · Adults; supported use as appropriate
Fictional example: A fictional person worries that an honest answer could lead to punishment at home.
Use an ordinary or fictional example, with a clinician when appropriate. Joint vulnerability work depends on safety and voluntary participation.
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
Privately discuss with a clinician whether fear, coercion, violence, or retaliation makes joint exercises unsuitable; do not share this worksheet with an unsafe partner.
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
What assessment or individual support is needed before any joint work? 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:
- What assessment or individual support is needed before any joint work?
- 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.