Dr. Sue Johnson's Publications

Books Authored

1. Johnson, S.M. (April 8 2008) Hold me tight: Seven conversations for a lifetime of love. New York: Little Brown for more information on book click Hold me Tight by Dr. Sue Johnson

2. Johnson, S.M., Bradley, B., Furrow, J., Lee, A., Palmer, G., Tilley, D.,& Woolley, S.(2005)  Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook. New York: Brunner /Routledge.      

3. Johnson, S.M., (2002) Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors: Strengthening Attachment Bonds. New York: Guilford Press.

4. Johnson, S.M., (1996) (2004 -2nd edition).  Creating Connection:  The Practice of  Emotionally Focused Marital Therapy.  New York:  Brunner/Mazel (now Brunner /Routledge).

5. Saxe, B. J., Johnson, S.M., et al. (1994)  From victim to survivor: A group treatment model for women survivors of incest.  Government of Canada:  Health Department.  Distributed across Canada in French and English, pp. 1-188.

6. Greenberg, L., & Johnson, S.M., (1988).  Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. New York: Guilford Press
   
   

1. Johnson, S.M. & Whiffen, V. (Spring 2003)  Attachment Processes in Couples and Families.  New York: Guilford Press.

2. Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L. S. (Eds.).  (1994).  The Heart of the Matter:  Emotion in Marital Therapy.  New York:  Brunner/Mazel. Behavior Science Book Club Special Selection.
   

1. Johnson, S. M. (in press) Emotionally focused couple therapy. In H Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.) Encyclopedia of Human Relationships. Sage Press

2. Greenman, P., Young, M., & Johnson, S. M. ( in press) Emotionally focused therapy with intercultural couples. In M. Rastogi, & V. Thomas (Eds.) Couple therapy with ethnic minorities. New York. Sage.  

3. Macintosh, H. B., & Johnson, S. M. (2007) Forgive and forget: A comparison of EFT and CBT models of forgiveness and intervention in the context of couple infidelity. In P. Peluso (Ed.), Infidelity: A practitioners guide to working with couples in crisis, pp. 127-148. New York: Routledge.

4. Johnson, S. M. (in press)  Couple and family therapy: An attachment perspective. In J. Cassidy & P. Shaver (Eds.) Handbook of attachment: Theory, research and clinical applications, 2nd Edition. New York: Guilford Press. 

5. Johnson. S. M. (in press) Extravagant emotion: Understanding and transforming love relationships in Emotionally Focused Therapy. In  D. Fosha, D. Siegel, D.,  & M. Solomon (Eds.), The healing power of emotion: Neurobiological understandings and therapeutic perspectives. New York: Norton. 

6. Johnson, S. M., & Bradley, B. ( in press) Emotionally focused couples therapy. In J. Bray & M. Stanton (Eds.,), Handbook of family psychology. New York: Blackwell Publishing.

7. Johnson, S. M., & Courtois, C. ( in press) Emotionally focused couple therapy in the aftermath of complex developmental trauma. In C. Courtois & (Eds.) Treating Trauma. New York:    

8. Johnson, S. M. & Woolley, S. (in press)  Emotionally focused couples therapy: An attachment intervention. In G. Griffith (Ed.) The American Psychiatric Textbook of Psychotherapeutic Treatments in Psychiatry. Washington, DC.: APA Press. 

9. Johnson, S.M. (in press) Attachment and Emotionally Focused Therapy: Perfect partners. In J. Obegi & E. Berant (Eds.), Clinical applications of adult attachment. New York. Guilford. 

10. Lafontaine, M.F., Johnson-Douglas, S.M., Gingras, N., & Denton, W. (2007) Thérapie de couple axée sur l'émotion. In J. Wright, S. Sabourin, & Y. Lussier (Eds),
    La psychothérapie de couple: un guide clinique.
    pp. 277-312. Sainte-Foy, Canada : Presse de L'Université du Québec.
    
    
11. Woolley, S. & Johnson, S. M. (2006) Emotionally focused interventions. In J. Lebow (Ed.) Handbook of Clinical Family Therapy, pp. 384-405. New York: Wiley 
    
    
12. Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. M. (2005) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: An integrative contemporary approach. In M. Haraway (Ed.), Couples Therapy, pp. 179-193. New York: Wiley & Son.
    
    
13. Macintosh, H, & Johnson, S. M. (2005) Hanging on to a Heartbeat: Emotionally focused therapy as a resource for couples dealing with the trauma of coronary heart disease. In E. Molinari (Ed.), Italian handbook of clinical psychology and heart disease ( Mente & Cuore: clinica psicologica della malattia cardiaca) pp. 317-342.  And reprinted in English by Springer, pp 391-412.
    
    
14. Johnson, S. M. (2005) An emotionally focused approach to infidelity. In F. Piercy (Ed.), Handbook on treating infidelity , pp. 17- 29. New York: Haworth Press.
    
    
15. Johnson, S. M. (2005)   Emotion and the repair of close relationships.  In W. Pinsof & J. Lebow (Eds.), Family Psychology: The Art of the Science, pp. 91-113. New York. Oxford University Press. 
    
    
16. Johnson, S. M. (2004) Attachment theory a guide for healing couple relationships. In W. S. Rholes & J. A. Simpson (Eds.), Adult attachment, pp. 367-387.  New York. Guilford Press.
    
    
17. Bradley, B. & Johnson, S. M. (2004) Task analysis of couple and family change events. In D. Sprenkle & F. Piercy (Eds.), Research methods in family therapy, 2nd Edition, pp. 254-271. New York, Guilford Press.
    
    
18. Johnson, S. M. (2004) Facing the dragon together: Emotionally focused couples therapy with trauma survivors. In D. Catherall (Ed.), Handbook of Stress, Trauma and the Family, pp. 493-512. Washington, DC.: APA Press.
    
    
19. Johnson, S. M. (2003) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Empiricism and Art. In   T. Sexton, G. Weeks, M. Robbins (Eds.), The Handbook of Family Therapy, pp. 263-280. New York. Brunner/Routledge.
    
    
20. 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, pp. 207-298. Mahwah, NJ.: Erlbaum
    
    
21. Johnson, S. M. (2003) Introduction to attachment: A therapists guide to primary relationships and their renewal. In S. M. Johnson & V. Whiffen (Eds.), Attachment processes in couples and families, p. 3-17. New York: Guilford Press.
    
    
22. Johnson, S. M. (2003) Attachment theory: A guide for couples therapy. In S. M. Johnson & V. Whiffen (Eds.), Attachment processes in couples and families, p.103-123. New York: Guilford Press.
    
    
23. Johnson, S. M., & Makinen, J. (2003) Post-traumatic stress disorder: Treating traumatized couples. In D. Snyder & A. Whisman (Eds.), Treating difficult couples, pp. 308-329. New York: Guilford Press.
    
    
24. Johnson, S. M., & Makinen, J. (2003) Creating a safe haven and a secure base: Couples therapy as a vital element in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder. In D. Snyder & M. Whisman (Eds.), Treating difficult couples, pp. 308-329. New York. Guilford Press.
    
    
25. Johnson, S.M. (2003) Couples therapy research: Status and directions, p. 797-814. In G.P. Sholevar (ed.), Textbook of family and marital therapy, pp. 797-820. Washington, DC.: APPI Press.
    
    
26. Johnson, S. M. (2002) Marital Problems. In D. Sprenkle (Ed.), Effectiveness Research in Marriage and Family Therapy, pp. 163-190. Alexandria, VA.: American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
    
    
27. Johnson, S.M., & Denton, W. (2002) Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy: Creating Connection. In A. S. Gurman (Ed.), The Clinical Handbook of Couple Therapy, Third Edition, pp. 221-250.  New York: Guilford Press.
    
    
28. Johnson, S.M. & Best, M. (2002) A systematic approach to restructuring adult attachment: The EFT model of couples therapy. In P. Erdman & T. Caffery (Eds.), Attachment and family systems: Conceptual, empirical and therapeutic relatedness, pp 165-192.
    New York: Springer.
    
    
29. Johnson, S.M., & Boisvert, C. (2002). Treating couples and families from the Humanistic Perspective: More than symptoms, more than solutions.  In D. Kane (Ed.), Humanistic Psychotherapies, pp 309-338. Washington, DC.: APA Press.
    
    
30. Johnson, S.M.,  (2000) Emotionally focused couples therapy : Creating a secure bond. In F. M. Dattilio (Ed.), Comparative treatments in relationship dysfunction, pp 163-185. New York : Springer.
    
    
31. Johnson, S.M., & Sims, A. (2000).  Creating secure bonds in couples therapy.  In T. Levy (Ed.), Handbook of Attachment Interventions, pp. 167-191.San Diego: Academic Press.
    
    
32. Johnson, S.M. & Lee, A. (2000).  Emotionally focused family therapy: Restructuring attachment. In C.E. Bailey (Ed.), Children in Therapy: Using the Family as a Resource, pp. 112-136  New York:  Guilford Press. 
    
    
33. Johnson, S.M. (1999) Emotionally focused couples therapy: Straight to the heart. In J Donovan (Ed.), Short Term Couple Therapy, .pp.11-42. New York.: Guilford Press. 
    
    
34. Johnson, S. M. (1998).  Emotionally focused interventions:  Using the power of emotion, pp. 450-472.  In F. D’Attilio (Ed.). Case studies in couple and family therapy: Systemic and cognitive perspectives.  New York:  Guilford Press.
    
    
35. Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L. S.  (1995).  The emotionally focused approach to problems in adult attachment.  In N. S. Jacobson & A. S. Gurman (Eds.),
    The clinical handbook of marital therapy (2nd ed.),
    pp. 3-26.  New York : Guilford Press.
    
    Papers in refereed journals

Burgess Moser, M., & Johnson, S.M. (in press) A marriage of convenience or necessity?   Reconciling systemic and experiential approaches in emotionally focused therapy for couples.  Person centered and experiential psychotherapies: Special issue on Couple and Family Therapy.

Naaman, S., Fergusson, D., Pappas, D., Johnson, S.M. (in press)  Status of psychological trails in breast cancer patients: A report of three meta-analyses. British Medical Journal.

Macintosh, H. B., & Johnson, S.M. (in press) Emotionally focused therapy for couples and childhood sexual abuse survivors. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Johnson, S.M., & Greenman, P. (2006) The path to a secure bond. Journal of Clinical Psychology: In Session, 62, 597-609.

Johnson, S.M. (2007) The contribution of emotionally focused couples therapy. Special Edition of Journal of Contemporary Psychology: Humanistic Psychology.

Nelson, T., Chenail, R.J., Alexander, J., Crane, R. D., Johnson, S.M., Schwallie, L. (in press) The development of core competencies for the practice of marriage and family therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy.

Makinen, J., & Johnson, S.M. (2006) Resolving attachment injuries in couples using EFT: Steps towards forgiveness and reconciliation. Journal of Consulting and ClinicalPsychology, 74, 1055-1064.

Woolley, S., & Johnson, S.M. (2006) Emotionally focused couples therapy: An empirically validated intervention. Addiction & the Family, 22, 329-346 (Japanese journal)

Johnson, S.M. (2005) The evolution of couples therapy: A new era. The Psychologist: British Psychological Association, 18, 538 - 539

Johnson, S.M. (2006) Integration in Emotionally focused therapy: A reply to Simon. The Family Journal: Counselling and Therapy for Couples and Families, 14, 1-4.

Johnson, S.M. (2005) Broken bonds: An emotionally focused approach to infidelity. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy,4, 17-29.

Knowal, J., Johnson, S.M., & Lee, A. (2003) Chronic illness in couples: A case for Emotionally Focused Therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29, 299-310.

Johnson, S.M. (2003) The revolution in couples therapy: A Practitioner-Scientist perspective. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 29,.365-385

Clothier, P., Manion, I., Gordon Walker, 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.

Dessaulles, A., Johnson, S.M. & Denton, W. (2003) The treatment of clinical depression in the context of marital distress. American Journal of Family Therapy, 31, 345-353

Johnson, S.M. (2003) Let us keep emotion at the forefront: A Reply to Roberts and Koval. Journal of Couple & Relationship Therapy, 2, 15-20. Haworth Press .

Palmer, G. & Johnson, S.M. (2002) Becoming an emotionally focused therapist. Journal of Couple and Relationship Therapy, 1, No 3, 1-20. Haworth Press.

Johnson, S.M., Makinen, J., & Millikin, J. (2001) Attachment injuries in couple relationships: A new perspective on impasses in couples therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 27, 145-155.

Millikin, J., & Johnson, S.M. (2000) Telling tales: Disquisitions in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Journal of Family Psychotherapy, 11 75-80.

Johnson, S.M., & Lebow, J. (2000) The coming of age of couple therapy: A decade review. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 26, 9-24.

Schwartz, R., &, S. M. Johnson. (2000) Does family therapy have emotional intelligence? Family Process, 39, 29-34.

Johnson, S.M., & Whiffen, V. (1999). Made to measure: Attachment styles in couples therapy. Clinical Psychology : Science & Practice, Special Edition on Individual Differences and Couples Therapy, 6, 366- 381.

Johnson, S.M., Hunsley, J., Greenberg, L., & Schindler, D. (1999). Emotionally focused couples therapy: Status & Challenges. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 6, 67-79.

Johnson, S.M., Maddeaux, C. & Blouin, J. (1998). Emotionally focused family therapy for bulimia: Changing attachment patterns. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 35, 238-247.

Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L. S. (1998). Journal of Systemic Therapies: Special Edition. Senior Editor. Prologue and Summary Paper, Emotion in systemic therapies.

Johnson, S.M. (1998). Listening to the music: Emotion as a natural part of systems theory. The Journal of Systemic Therapies: Special Edition. The use of emotions in couples and family therapy, 17, 1-17. Guilford Press.

Whiffen, V., & Johnson, S.M. (1998). An attachment theory framework for the treatment of childbearing depression. Clinical Psychology: Science & Practice, 5, 478?492.

Saxe, D., & Johnson, S.M. (1999). An empirical investigation of group treatment for incest survivors. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 8, 67-88.

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 and Family Therapy, 24, 25-40.

Baranowsky, A.B., Young, M., Johnson, S., Willians-Keeler, L., & McCarrey, M. (1998) PTSD Transmission : A review of secondary traumatization in Holocaust survivor families. Canadian Psychology, 39, 248-256.

Johnson, S.M., & Talitman, E. (1996). Predictors of success in emotionally focused marital therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 23, 135-152.

Walker, J., Johnson, S.M., & Manion, I. (1996). Emotionally focused marital intervention for couples with chronically ill children. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 64, 1029-1036.

McPhee, D., & Johnson, S.M. (1995). Marital therapy for women with low sexual desire. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy, 21, 159-182.

Dandeneau, M., & Johnson, S.M. (1994). Facilitating intimacy: Interventions and effects. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 20, 17-33.

Greenberg, L. S., Ford, C., Alden, L., & Johnson, S.M. (1993). In-session change in emotionally focused therapy for couples. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 61, 78-84.

Walker, J., Johnson, S.M., Manion, I., & Cloutier, P. F. (1992). Measuring marital distress in couples with chronically ill children: The Dyadic Adjustment Scale. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 17, 345-357.

Johnson, S.M. (1991). Marital therapy: Issues and challenges. Journal of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, 16, 176-181.

36. Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L. S. (1991). There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in BMT: A reply to Jacobson. American Journal of Family Psychology, 4, 407-415.

Johnson, S.M. (1989) Integrating marital and individual therapy for incest survivors. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 26, 96-103.

Johnson, S.M. & Greenberg, L. S. (1989) The therapeutic alliance in marital therapy. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 3, 97-110.

Greenberg, L. S. & Johnson, S.M. (1988) Curative principles in marital therapy. Journal of Family Psychology, 2, 28-31.

Johnson, S.M. & Greenberg, L. S. (1988) Relating process to outcome in marital therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 14, 175-183.

Johnson, S.M. (1987) Marital therapy: Issues and directions. International Journal of Psychiatry, 8, 63-78.

Johnson, S.M. & Greenberg, L. S. (1987) Integration in marital therapy: Issues and progress. The International Journal of Eclectic Psychotherapy, 6, 202-215.

Johnson, S.M., & Greenberg, L. S. (1987) Emotionally focused marital therapy: An overview. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research & Practice, 24, 552-560.

Johnson, S.M. (1987) Integrating marital and individual therapy for incest survivors. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. , 26, 96-103

Greenberg, L. S. & Johnson, S.M. (1986) Affect in marital therapy. The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 12, 1-10.

Greenberg, L. S. & Johnson, S.M. (1986) When to evoke emotion and why: Process diagnosis in couples therapy. The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 12, 259-267.

Johnson, S.M. (1986) Bonds or bargains: Relationship paradigms and their significance for marital therapy. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 12, 259-267.

Johnson, S.M. & Greenberg, L. S. (1985) Emotionally focused couples therapy: An outcome study. The Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 11, 313-317.

Johnson, S.M.,& Greenberg, L. S. (1985) The differential effects of experiential and problem solving interventions in resolving marital conflict. The Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 53, 175-184.

Selected Papers in non-refereed journals

Johnson, S.M. Attachment and family systems therapy. The Family Psychologist. Journal of the APA, Division 43. 2005.

Johnson, S.M. (March 1994). Love: The immutable longing for contact. Psychology Today, 32-37,64-66.

Johnson, S.M. (Oct. 1997) The biology of love. The Family Therapy Networker, 37-41.