Perhaps you and your partner are distant, not as close as you were, or arguing more often or more intensely.
Maybe you are trying to negotiate a life transition, like moving in together, having a baby, or taking care of parents.
There are past hurts, affairs, disloyalties, or broken trust.
You want to be closer and you just can’t communicate.
You tiptoe around your partner to avoid further conflicts, anger, and tension.
Drawing on well researched theories, I build an alliance with both partners, fostering an environment where you can be vulnerable and share feelings. I encourage you to share the stories that are both keeping you together and driving you apart, and find ways to tell new stories that can make you stronger, together. If you bring a willingness to work and a desire to make things better, I can help you achieve the relationship you want. Couples I work with report a more trusting and connected relationship and a feeling that their partners understand them better. If you are ready to feel like a team, feel loved, secure, and seen in your relationship, and be able to resolve arguments with respect, please reach out.
Emotion-Focused Therapy
Do you find it hard to control your emotions? Do your emotions often dictate your response? Do you wish you had the techniques to harness your emotions and move forward with your life?
If you answered yes to any of the above, I encourage you to explore Emotion-Focused Therapy, or EFT.
EFT is an approach to therapy treatment based on the premise that our emotions are a key to our identity and a guide for decision making. When we lack awareness of our emotions or avoid unpleasant emotions, we are unable to use the information provided by these emotions.
EFT helps individuals to:
- Become more aware of their emotions
- Welcome, allow and regulate emotions
- Describe emotions clearly and in detail
- Evaluate whether the emotions are helpful or hurtful
- Identify the source of unhelpful emotions
- Develop alternative, healthy ways of coping with situations that often elicit hurtful emotions
Unlike other therapeutic approaches, EFT assumes that emotion can be a source of healing and works with specific emotions to increase adaptation.
If you are seeking help identifying, utilizing and processing your emotions, reach out today. Together, we’ll work on increasing awareness of emotions, separating useful from hurtful emotions and using healthy emotions to guide action.