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WHAT TO EXPECT
Beginning therapy can feel overwhelming.
You may be feeling anxious, unsure, hopeless, lost, angry, and desperate—or maybe hopeful, excited, motivated, and curious! Here’s what you can expect:
First Sessions
I first meet with you to learn the story of your relationship and your hopes for therapy. Next, we meet 1:1 to dive deeper into your individua..........
On going sessions
Each session is designed to help you and your partner begin to experience one another in a different way. We begin by ..........
How does this end?
As you work through the stages of treatment, you will find that your communication has improved, your sense of trust and safety ..........
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About Efct
What is EFCT and
why is it right for Me?
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is a unique approach to working with couples, designed to help people connect with their emotional experience and in turn, connect with their partner. Emotions are the driving force of our experiences in the world, and particularly in relationships. EFCT focuses on how we use these emotions to create and maintain relationship balance. We use these emotions to shape new experiences, where emotions promote safety and connection rather than distance and disconnection.​
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Relational distress arises when partners do not share or respond to each other, leaving attachment needs unmet and causing distance that leads to conflict. When we don't feel connected to our partner, like they aren't there with us, relational distress is inevitable and painful.
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The good news is that there is a way to change the patterns from insecure to secure. From distant to close. From "are you there?" to "ahh you're here". EFCT gives us a clear map towards this profound and long lasting change that radiates out of the relationship and positive impacts everyone around it.
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THE SCIENCE AT THE HEART OF EFCT
The science at the heart of EFCT
EFT combines the science of bonding and emotion, and is considered the APA gold standard of couples therapy as an evidenced based practice, having gone through rigorous research on not just the outcome but the process of therapy. Therapy is then guided by a clear session-by-session map to help you move your relationship from distress, to stability.