Emotionally Focused Therapy

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) has a 90% success rate for significantly improving couple relationships after treatment.

EFT has a 90% success rate in improving relationships. Before couples therapy, unmet attachment needs – such as the need for reassurance, support, closeness, appreciation, and to be understood and seen in a positive light – lead to emotional disconnection and conflict. In EFT, you will both learn how to express your needs and respond to them in a way that brings you closer together rather than further apart. Following EFT, you will feel a sense of safety and security in your relationship.

EFT is an approach to therapy treatment based on the premise that our emotions are critical to our identity and guide decision-making. When we lack awareness of our feelings or avoid unpleasant emotions, we cannot use the information provided by these emotions. Unlike other therapeutic approaches, EFT assumes that emotion can be a source of healing and works with specific emotions to increase adaptation.

I apply Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) to help clients explore and transform their emotional experiences. By focusing on attachment patterns and emotional responses, EFIT aims to deepen emotional awareness, strengthen relationships (including the one with oneself), and promote secure emotional bonds. This approach integrates techniques from various therapies to support clients in navigating and resolving emotional challenges, fostering personal growth and enhanced well-being.

Using Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps clients process and transform deep emotions for lasting healing. I guide individuals in understanding, expressing, and reshaping their emotional experiences, whether related to trauma, relationships, or self-worth. By fostering emotional awareness and resilience, I help clients break free from painful patterns, develop self-compassion, and create more authentic, fulfilling connections with themselves and others.

I use a highly experiential approach to therapy. This means I believe that simply thinking or talking about a problem is not enough to create real change. In order for change to occur, we need to go deeper, beyond the thinking mind. Research shows that having a felt experience opens up pathways to new ways of thinking and being. This means we will be working toward having new, felt sense experiences to help you move beyond stuck patterns and ineffective coping strategies and toward real change.

I've completed post-graduate training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) from Adelphi University in NY. Using EFT with couples has shaped how I help individuals navigate relationship challenges. EFT takes a nonjudgmental, attachment-based approach, helping couples break out of conflict cycles and connect in new ways. This same perspective guides my work with individuals, offering a deeper understanding of relationship patterns so you can build more fulfilling, meaningful connections.

I use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help clients gain deeper understanding of their emotions and how they impact relationships. This approach is rooted in empathy and non-judgment, creating a safe space to explore emotional patterns and connection needs. Through EFT, clients learn to identify and express feelings in healthier ways, strengthen emotional bonds, and build more secure, fulfilling relationships with themselves and others.

I utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to enhance the emotional connection between you and your partner, guiding you both toward a secure and fulfilling relationship. By mapping out your communication patterns, we can work together to identify areas where conflict arises and uncover the vulnerable feelings beneath the surface. This understanding not only deepens your connection but also empowers each of you to contribute to breaking negative cycles, allowing you to grow closer together.

As a licensed couples and family therapist, I have specialized training in numerous best practice modalities, including Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). An EFT approach avoids playing whack a mole with the symptom by addressing the root issues and helping to increase secure attachments. Staying stuck in a relationship is not the only option. Experiencing a relationship where you feel safe, connected, desired, passionate, and confident in yourself and relationship, and happy is real.

I've been working with EFT since the beginning of my training in 2021. I use EFT with couples counseling and family therapy. The training that I have in EFT includes the EFT Externship, and EFT Core Skills Training. Also the two clinics that have worked at primarily use EFT as a main modality for couples and families. I find EFT especially useful in helping couples and families understand what is happening emotionally for each person's loved ones.

Unfortunately suffering is a part of life. It is unavoidable, although people employ various types of strategies to avoid suffering and the feelings associated with suffering. It is my belief that in order to withstand suffering, and to heal from it, we must submit to our experience and acknowledge our uncomfortable feelings. I assist my clients in acnowledging their various emotions, and encourage a curiosity about the emotion that initiates a process of healing.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps you understand and transform the emotions behind relationship conflict. If you're feeling disconnected or stuck, EFT helps you explore and express emotions, improving communication and strengthening your bond. I've completed the EFT externship, equipping me with the tools to guide you in rebuilding emotional security and creating a healthier, more supportive relationship.

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a powerful approach that helps individuals and couples identify, understand, and express their emotions. It's particularly effective in improving communication and emotional intimacy.

I use a highly experiential approach to therapy. This means I believe that simply thinking or talking about a problem is not enough to create real change. In order for change to occur, we need to go deeper, beyond the thinking mind. Research shows that having a felt experience opens up pathways to new ways of thinking and being. This means we will be working toward having new, felt sense experiences to help you move beyond stuck patterns and ineffective coping strategies and toward real change.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps clients identify, explore, and express emotions to strengthen relationships. It focuses on improving attachment bonds by uncovering underlying emotions and needs during conflicts. EFT guides clients to recognize negative interaction patterns, express vulnerabilities, and foster empathy. By restructuring emotional responses and creating secure connections, EFT helps couples and individuals build stronger, more emotionally connected relationships.

Life is hard, and we are socialized to suppress our feelings. When we suppress them, they will seep out, such as through our actions. Thus, working with emotions will be a part of our work together. In my work with couples, because I believe that issues in romantic relationships are primarily due to emotional disconnection, I will facilitate deeper emotional connection through helping you truly hear each other and become more emotionally accessible, responsive, and engaged with each other.