Corrective Emotional Experience: The Healing Power That AI Cannot Replicate

矯正性情緒經驗：AI 無法複製的療癒力量

Dr. Ting Liu 劉婷博士

ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor/Trainer; Asia Founder of Asia Center for EFT

ICEEFT認證EFT督導/訓練員，亞洲EFT中心創始人

Abstract: This keynote explores the core mechanism of change in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), the corrective emotional experience, and consider why AI cannot replicate this essential healing process. The speech also contrasts AI’s logical, algorithmic processing with the nature of human emotional experience, highlighting that genuine healing depends on safety within the therapeutic relationship, real-time emotional attunement, and experiential transformation. Drawing on EFT clinical examples and findings from neuroscience, the keynote argues that in deep emotional work, the therapist’s empathy, presence, and professional judgment remain irreplaceable.

Bio: Dr. Ting Liu is the Founder of Asia EFT, Chairperson of the Taiwan Association for Emotionally Focused Couple and Family Therapy, and Clinical Director of the Philadelphia EFT Center. Authorized by ICEEFT as the first certified Supervisor and Trainer in Asia, she is an Approved AAMFT Supervisor and the first Chinese trained mentored directly under EFT founder Dr. Sue Johnson. 

She previously served as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Family Intervention Science of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and as a Family Therapist at the Prince William County Community Services in Virginia. Dr. Liu also taught for over a decade at Kean University and Drexel University’s Couple and Family Therapy Programs.

Since 2000, Dr. Liu has conducted hundreds of EFT training sessions globally, guiding countless couples and families toward healing and connection. Her profound teaching integrates theoretical precision with warmth and human understanding. A published author and translator of major EFT works, including Marriage Is Not Sustained by Endurance Alone and The Power of Emotion, she continues to pioneer the advancement of Emotionally Focused Therapy in Chinese communities worldwide.