Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples helps people in relationships strengthen their emotional bonds, improve communication, and foster lasting intimacy through a focus on emotional experiences and attachment needs.
EFT is one of the most researched and empirically supported approaches to couples therapy. It has been shown to be effective in helping people improve relationship satisfaction and emotional connection. It helps people in relationships move from conflict and disconnection to a place of mutual understanding, compassion, and intimacy. And it promotes emotional bonding and resilience in relationships. EFT can be helpful for many types of relationships, including those in the LGBTQIA+ and poly communities, as this approach is not based in heteronormative perspectives and understands how stigma and minority stress can impact a person's experiences in relationships.
To learn more, watch the video below by developer of EFT for Couples, Dr. Sue Johnson:
My work with EFT for Couples can help people in relationship:
Increase feelings of safety and trust and build a deeper emotional bond
Learn to communicate emotions and needs in ways that bring you together instead of drive you apart
Enhance a sense of partnership and teamwork and improve overall satisfaction in your relationship
Build more empathy and understanding and learn how to support each other in more emotionally sensitive ways
Heal from past hurts in the context of your relationship and feel more ready to move forward
Enhance feelings of closeness and affection to support physical and emotional intimacy
Build resilience as a partnership and feel better equipped to handle future challenges together
If you are seeking help strengthening the bond in your relationship, reach out. We will set up an initial consultation to talk more about relationship counseling and how we can move forward in a way that will best support your collective goals.
I look forward to speaking with you both about how I can help.