Rhonda
Goldman
Rhonda Goldman
- Campus: Chicago, IL
- Department: Clinical Psychology
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Address: 325 N Wells Street Chicago, IL 60654
- Office Phone: 312-467-2355
Biography
Dr. Goldman is a Full Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department. She earned her doctorate at York University in 1997 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She taught at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology for 22 years. Dr. Goldman runs Emotion-focused Therapy, Chicago, a private practice where she sees both couples and individuals. She is a founding board member of the International Society of Emotion-focused Therapy.
Dr. Goldman has authored six texts on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). Most recently, in 2021, she published Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused therapy. In 2019, she co-edited the Clinical Handbook of Emotion-Focused Therapy (2019), co-edited with Leslie Greenberg. In 2015 Dr. Goldman published Case Formulation in Emotion-focused therapy: Co-constructing Clinical Maps for Change (2015). Other books include Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power, Case Studies in Emotion-Focused Treatment of Depression and Learning Emotion-focused Therapy. Dr. Goldman has also published two professional videos, published by the American Psychological Association, on Emotion-Focused Therapy, one focused on case formulation and the other on EFT with couples.
Dr. Goldman conducts research on EFT for couples, emotional processes, empathy, vulnerability, depression, case formulation, and self-soothing. She teaches graduate courses in Humanistic and Experiential Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Seminars, and Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Dr. Goldman travels internationally conducting training workshops for mental health professionals in Emotion-focused therapy for Couples and Individuals. Travel has taken her across different continents including Europe, Asia and North America.
Education History
Degree Institution Year Bachelor of Arts York University , Toronto, Ontario 1987 Master of Arts York University , Toronto, Ontario 1991 Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) York University , Toronto, Ontario 1997 Professional Memberships
Role Organization Founding Board Member International Society for Emotion-focused Therapy Past-president Advisory Board Member and Fellow Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration Action-Editor Journal of Person-centered and Experiential Psychotherapies Member Society for Psychotherapy Research President Emotion-focused Therapy institute Presentations
Title Location Date Link EFT: A Fireside Chat Online December, 2020 Transforming Emotional Pain with Chairwork in Emotion-focused Therapy Vancovuer, BC May, 2023 Working with the Body in Emotion-focused Therapy, European Society for Psychotherapy Integration June 2023 On Becoming Emotion-focused International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy, Bucharest, Romania 2025 iseft.org 
Emotion-focused Therapy for Couples International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy, Bucharest, Romania 2025 https://www.iseftconference.com/?lang=en Emotion-focused Therapy for Relationships Brazilian Congress on Emotion-focused Therapy 2025 iseft.org The Evolution of Empathic Understanding in Emotion-Focused Therapy World Association of Person-centered and Experiential Psychotherapy 2024 Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Clinical Psychology / Mental Health Trauma/PTSD Marriage & Family Couples Counseling Therapeutic/Theoretical Orientation Humanistic/Existential Licenses
Clinical Psychologist , Illinois Publications
Book Goldman, R.N., Vaz, A., Rousmaniere, T. (2021). Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused Therapy. Washington, DC: APA.
Greenberg, L.S., Goldman, R.N. (Eds.) (2019). Clinical Handbook of Emotion-focused Therapy. Washington, DC: APA.
Goldman, R.N., Greenberg, L.S (2015). Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy: Co-creating Clinical Maps for Change. Washington, DC: APA.
Greenberg, L.S., Goldman, R.N. (2008). Emotion-focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love, and Power. Washington, DC: APA.
Watson, J.C., Goldman, R.N., Greenberg, L.S., (2007). Case Studies in Emotion-focused Treatment of Depression. Washington, DC: APA.
Elliott, R., Watson, J.C., Goldman, R.N., Greenberg, L.S. (2004). Learning Emotion-focused Therapy: a Process-experiential Approach. Washington, DC: APA.
Watson, J.C.& Goldman, R.N., & Warner, M.S. (Eds.) (1999). Client-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy in the 21st Century: Advances in Theory, Research and Practice. London, UK: PCCS Books.
Elliott, R., Watson, J.C.,Goldman, R.N, Greenberg, L.S. (2025). Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy: A Comprehensive Guide. Washington: APA.
Chapter Warwar, S. & Goldman, R.N. (2023). Emotion-focused Therapy for Couples. In Snyder,D & Lebow, J. (Ed.) Clinical Casebook of Couple TherapyNew York: Guilford.
Goldman, R.N.& Greenberg, L.S. (2022). Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy. In T. Eels (Ed.) Handbook of Psychotherapy Case Formulation, 3rd editionNew York: Routledge.
Goldman, R.& Fredrick-Keniston,A. (2020). Memory Reconsolidation as a Common Change Process: Moving Toward an Integrative Model. In R. Lane and L. Nadel (Ed.) Neuroscience of Enduring Change: Implications for Psychotherapy (pp. 328-359). England: Oxfored.
Journal Goldman, R., Goldstein, Z. (2022). Guiding task work in the context of an emotion-focused relationship. Journal of Clinical Psychology, , 1-14.
Goldman, R.,Goldstein, Z. (2022). Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 78 (3), 436-453..
Tschan, W. & Goldman, R.N. (2024). Use of Emotion-focused therapy in the treatment of a case of anorexia nervosa. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 3 (23), 362-385.
Sherlow‐Levin, A., Shahar, B., Goldman, R., & Bar‐Kalifa, E. (2024). Applying the rupture resolution rating system to emotion‐focused couple therapy.. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, 50 (4), 801-820.
Dailey, J., Timulak,L.,Goldman, R.,Greenberg,L.S. (2024). Capturing the Change: A Case Study Investigation of Emotional and Interactional Transformation in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 23 (1), 1-19.
Goldman,R.N.& Sharbanee, J. (2024). New Developments in Emotion-focused Therapy. Person-centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 3 (23), 275-276.
Monaco, E., Goldman, R.N.,Montoya-Castilla,I (2022). The scientific flourishing of Emotion-Focused Therapy”: a bibliometric analysis of EFT articles in Web of Science databases. Person-centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 26 (3), 269-292.
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