Emotionally Focused Therapists in Oak Hill, TN
My passion is working with couples that feel stuck and pulled into destructive communication patterns in their relationship. I help couples heal from deep hurts and move towards intimate connection using Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is backed by research and a highly effective model for helping couples rebuild intimacy.
My passion is working with couples that feel stuck and pulled into destructive communication patterns in their relationship. I help couples heal from deep hurts and move towards intimate connection using Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is backed by research and a highly effective model for helping couples rebuild intimacy.
Brooke Urich
Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Oak Hill, TN 37220
Waitlist for new clients
I am experienced in utilizing IFS, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and others.
Whether you are facing the hardest moments of your life, or just trying to embrace the transition to a new season, I want to create a safe and accepting space for you to process and gain deeper insight. In my experience as a counselor, I have had the honor of sitting with individuals and couples who have faced a broad range of issues. My clinical interests include trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, life-transitions, and relationship issues. It is my honor to sit with those who are in the midst of dark moments, and help shine a light on the steps forward.
I am experienced in utilizing IFS, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and others.
Whether you are facing the hardest moments of your life, or just trying to embrace the transition to a new season, I want to create a safe and accepting space for you to process and gain deeper insight. In my experience as a counselor, I have had the honor of sitting with individuals and couples who have faced a broad range of issues. My clinical interests include trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, life-transitions, and relationship issues. It is my honor to sit with those who are in the midst of dark moments, and help shine a light on the steps forward.
Are you having trouble making meaningful connections with others? Feeling lost or alone? Feeling like nobody knows the real you? You are not alone. Meaningful change in your relationships and your own life can come from within.
Are you having trouble making meaningful connections with others? Feeling lost or alone? Feeling like nobody knows the real you? You are not alone. Meaningful change in your relationships and your own life can come from within.
Chad Douglas Johnson
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MPA
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Oak Hill, TN 37220
Welcome! You came here today for a reason. Maybe that’s an individual struggle, a relational conflict, you find yourself stuck in a transition or season of life, or you’re simply searching for ways to balance it all. I will help you understand the “why” and figure out the “how” as together we'll navigate your unique challenges to achieve a life of peace, purpose, and authenticity. My approach is collaboratively tailored to fit you, integrating evidence-based tools that work. We will go at your pace, but I will challenge you when needed. Most of all, you will feel heard, understood, and respected in our time together.
Welcome! You came here today for a reason. Maybe that’s an individual struggle, a relational conflict, you find yourself stuck in a transition or season of life, or you’re simply searching for ways to balance it all. I will help you understand the “why” and figure out the “how” as together we'll navigate your unique challenges to achieve a life of peace, purpose, and authenticity. My approach is collaboratively tailored to fit you, integrating evidence-based tools that work. We will go at your pace, but I will challenge you when needed. Most of all, you will feel heard, understood, and respected in our time together.
Sarah Beatty
Pre-Licensed Professional, MMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Oak Hill, TN 37220
Not accepting new clients
You deserve a life filled with joy and purpose. We can create it together. I help individuals, couples, and families navigate the complexities of their relationships and find a path to healing and growth. Whether you're facing conflicts in your marriage, seeking to improve communication within your family, or struggling with individual issues that impact your relationships, I provide a safe and empathetic space to explore. Through experiential exercises and open dialogue, I facilitate an environment where you can uncover insights, develop new skills, and ignite the process of positive change.
You deserve a life filled with joy and purpose. We can create it together. I help individuals, couples, and families navigate the complexities of their relationships and find a path to healing and growth. Whether you're facing conflicts in your marriage, seeking to improve communication within your family, or struggling with individual issues that impact your relationships, I provide a safe and empathetic space to explore. Through experiential exercises and open dialogue, I facilitate an environment where you can uncover insights, develop new skills, and ignite the process of positive change.
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Rob Wheeler
Licensed Professional Counselor, MAC, MDiv, LPC, MHSP, (temp)
Verified Verified
Brentwood, TN 37027
As a client, I was helped in my own journey through Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR.
Have you been wounded? Many wounds occurred through relationships, and it is through relationship where they can be restored. Though not easy, many of those I work with begin to take risks, experience more meaningful relationships, and even a greater sense of joy in life. Real change is possible and I'd love to walk that path with you.
As a client, I was helped in my own journey through Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR.
Have you been wounded? Many wounds occurred through relationships, and it is through relationship where they can be restored. Though not easy, many of those I work with begin to take risks, experience more meaningful relationships, and even a greater sense of joy in life. Real change is possible and I'd love to walk that path with you.
Alex provides a place for individuals, couples, and families to engage their stories, explore their hearts, and begin to live the life they long for again. His approach is influenced by IFS, EFT, narrative therapy, psychodynamic theories, and existential philosophy. Alex works with people who have experienced life’s heartache and long to find life more fulfilling. He interweaves the IFS approach with his EMDR training to heal trauma and reduce anxiety/ depression. He works with couples to find a common language, allowing for a deeper conversation, healing in areas of relational woundedness, and a more connected relationship.
Alex provides a place for individuals, couples, and families to engage their stories, explore their hearts, and begin to live the life they long for again. His approach is influenced by IFS, EFT, narrative therapy, psychodynamic theories, and existential philosophy. Alex works with people who have experienced life’s heartache and long to find life more fulfilling. He interweaves the IFS approach with his EMDR training to heal trauma and reduce anxiety/ depression. He works with couples to find a common language, allowing for a deeper conversation, healing in areas of relational woundedness, and a more connected relationship.
I often use EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; I have completed levels 1 and 2 and 40 hours of advanced training), IFS (internal family systems), EFT ( emotionally focused therapy), and my trusty companion, Chaucy (therapy dog) to assist in you.
The path to healing is learning to love yourself well. I use love, compassion, curiosity and insight to help guide you on a journey to internal healing and peace. I am doing both in person and video therapy at this time.
I often use EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing; I have completed levels 1 and 2 and 40 hours of advanced training), IFS (internal family systems), EFT ( emotionally focused therapy), and my trusty companion, Chaucy (therapy dog) to assist in you.
The path to healing is learning to love yourself well. I use love, compassion, curiosity and insight to help guide you on a journey to internal healing and peace. I am doing both in person and video therapy at this time.
Barb Hill
Licensed Professional Counselor, NCC, LPC, MHSP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Brentwood, TN 37027
I'm Level 1 Gottman trained, a Level 1 Spiritually Integrated Therapist (SIP) and trained in models such as TF-CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Emotion Focused Therapy ( EFT), IFS, and EMDR and experiential interventions.
I'm passionate about partnering with and walking alongside others in their most difficult moments to offer a renewed sense of hope and healing. Research shows the value in a therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe and accepted. I see this relationship as the foundation my clients and I build upon to move towards progress and transformation. My clinical interests include depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, trauma, sexuality, boundaries, spirituality, and life-transitions.
I'm Level 1 Gottman trained, a Level 1 Spiritually Integrated Therapist (SIP) and trained in models such as TF-CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Emotion Focused Therapy ( EFT), IFS, and EMDR and experiential interventions.
I'm passionate about partnering with and walking alongside others in their most difficult moments to offer a renewed sense of hope and healing. Research shows the value in a therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe and accepted. I see this relationship as the foundation my clients and I build upon to move towards progress and transformation. My clinical interests include depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, trauma, sexuality, boundaries, spirituality, and life-transitions.
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy, I work with you to enhance your emotional awareness and improve your relationships by addressing underlying attachment dynamics and fostering deeper emotional connections.
I specialize in helping individuals struggling with low self-esteem, with a focus on building their confidence and self-worth. I support young adults as they navigate complex relationships and work towards nurturing healthier, more fulfilling connections. For those who have difficulty communicating their emotions and understanding their feelings, my goal is to guide them in developing better emotional awareness and interpersonal skills.
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy, I work with you to enhance your emotional awareness and improve your relationships by addressing underlying attachment dynamics and fostering deeper emotional connections.
I specialize in helping individuals struggling with low self-esteem, with a focus on building their confidence and self-worth. I support young adults as they navigate complex relationships and work towards nurturing healthier, more fulfilling connections. For those who have difficulty communicating their emotions and understanding their feelings, my goal is to guide them in developing better emotional awareness and interpersonal skills.
Taylor Eades
Pre-Licensed Professional, LPC, MHSP(T), NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Brentwood, TN 37027
To help give you the tools needed, I work as an integrative therapist and incorporate several different therapy modalities such as IFS, CBT, DBT, EFT, Attachment-Focused, and Somatic Focused depending on one's unique needs and personal story.
Starting the therapeutic journey can sometimes feel overwhelming. I am here to hopefully make the process feel as easy as possible and to meet you wherever you are finding yourself. I have experience working with teenagers as young as 15, to adults in their late 70s. My specialties include working with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, chronic health issues and I have experience working with those who have a TBI. Together we can step towards identifying how your own unique story has impacted you, and work to give you the tools that you need in order to accomplish your goals.
To help give you the tools needed, I work as an integrative therapist and incorporate several different therapy modalities such as IFS, CBT, DBT, EFT, Attachment-Focused, and Somatic Focused depending on one's unique needs and personal story.
Starting the therapeutic journey can sometimes feel overwhelming. I am here to hopefully make the process feel as easy as possible and to meet you wherever you are finding yourself. I have experience working with teenagers as young as 15, to adults in their late 70s. My specialties include working with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, chronic health issues and I have experience working with those who have a TBI. Together we can step towards identifying how your own unique story has impacted you, and work to give you the tools that you need in order to accomplish your goals.
Thriveworks Counseling & Therapy Nashville
Marriage & Family Therapist
Verified Verified
Nashville, TN 37220
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Nicole Gerber
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brentwood, TN 37024
I work from a strengths-based perspective with all of my clients and integrate attachment, emotionally focused therapy, narrative therapy, and structural family therapy.
Life is hard. During the hard times, we often find ourselves stuck in unhelpful, or even harmful patterns that can feel so hard to break free from. If you feel stuck, at an impasse, or just want to strengthen your relationships, then I’m here to help. There is both immense fear and great joy in creating change, and I look forward to sitting with both.
I work from a strengths-based perspective with all of my clients and integrate attachment, emotionally focused therapy, narrative therapy, and structural family therapy.
Life is hard. During the hard times, we often find ourselves stuck in unhelpful, or even harmful patterns that can feel so hard to break free from. If you feel stuck, at an impasse, or just want to strengthen your relationships, then I’m here to help. There is both immense fear and great joy in creating change, and I look forward to sitting with both.
I am a daughter of Lao refugees, born and raised in Tennessee. I love working with clients who are wanting to process through their trauma, in the midst of life transitions, experiencing anxiety and/or depression, and wrestling with aspects of their identity. Throughout life, I have learned that every human has a unique story; having a longing to be understood, accepted, and seen and continue to learn the importance of understanding all the different parts that make up my clients’ lives. It’s my desire that I create a safe space for you to bring and be all of who you are on your unique journey of healing and discovery.
I am a daughter of Lao refugees, born and raised in Tennessee. I love working with clients who are wanting to process through their trauma, in the midst of life transitions, experiencing anxiety and/or depression, and wrestling with aspects of their identity. Throughout life, I have learned that every human has a unique story; having a longing to be understood, accepted, and seen and continue to learn the importance of understanding all the different parts that make up my clients’ lives. It’s my desire that I create a safe space for you to bring and be all of who you are on your unique journey of healing and discovery.
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist who helps struggling creative professionals find hope.
You feel tired, overwhelmed and you wish you could shake that feeling of dread that keeps following you around. Your passions feel distant and hidden from you. You feel like everyone else has it figured out better than you and you keep catching yourself beating yourself up over it. It feels like nothing you do is good enough and you are constantly trying to keep up. You thought it would be different by now and you feel like it's your fault. You find yourself trying to numb the pain but deep down you know it's not helping. Something has to change.
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist who helps struggling creative professionals find hope.
You feel tired, overwhelmed and you wish you could shake that feeling of dread that keeps following you around. Your passions feel distant and hidden from you. You feel like everyone else has it figured out better than you and you keep catching yourself beating yourself up over it. It feels like nothing you do is good enough and you are constantly trying to keep up. You thought it would be different by now and you feel like it's your fault. You find yourself trying to numb the pain but deep down you know it's not helping. Something has to change.
Eric Bottoms
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCMHSP, EFT, EMDR, CSAT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Brentwood, TN 37027
EFT, EMDR, Somatic, CSAT, and Attachment theory guide my work.
Do you struggle with sex getting more daily attention than your closest relationships? Maybe a previous infidelity or betrayal continues to plague the relationship? Many of my clients struggle to make sense of emotions, but long to feel safe and connected to friends and family. Despite our best protective strategies, emotional experiences will not be ignored. Over a lifespan, adaptive protective strategies of the past become our prisons. Mal-adaptive in the present, old and helpful strategies of the past form the barriers to trusting safe and connected relationships we all desperately desire.
EFT, EMDR, Somatic, CSAT, and Attachment theory guide my work.
Do you struggle with sex getting more daily attention than your closest relationships? Maybe a previous infidelity or betrayal continues to plague the relationship? Many of my clients struggle to make sense of emotions, but long to feel safe and connected to friends and family. Despite our best protective strategies, emotional experiences will not be ignored. Over a lifespan, adaptive protective strategies of the past become our prisons. Mal-adaptive in the present, old and helpful strategies of the past form the barriers to trusting safe and connected relationships we all desperately desire.
Amanda-Jo Serrano Serrano
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC, MHSP(T)
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Nashville, TN 37211
My approach integrates EFT, EMDR, inner child work, and CBT/Mindfulness techniques to support your healing and growth.
Are you facing relationship challenges, going through a difficult life transition, or feeling trapped in patterns that no longer serve you? Do you long for a life where you feel confident, empowered, and truly thriving in your relationships? If this resonates with you, you're in the right place. I’m Amanda-Jo, a compassionate therapist dedicated to helping individuals like you break free from obstacles and start living the life they deserve. My goal is to guide you toward a future defined not by your past, but by your dreams and potential. Let’s start this journey together
My approach integrates EFT, EMDR, inner child work, and CBT/Mindfulness techniques to support your healing and growth.
Are you facing relationship challenges, going through a difficult life transition, or feeling trapped in patterns that no longer serve you? Do you long for a life where you feel confident, empowered, and truly thriving in your relationships? If this resonates with you, you're in the right place. I’m Amanda-Jo, a compassionate therapist dedicated to helping individuals like you break free from obstacles and start living the life they deserve. My goal is to guide you toward a future defined not by your past, but by your dreams and potential. Let’s start this journey together
Utilizing a blend of Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, and Brainspotting, I work with individual clients ages 13+, as well as couples.
Life does the best it can to squeeze out every ounce of resilience we have in us. What do you do when you’ve come to the end of yourself? We aren’t wired to face the hurt, fear, and loneliness of life alone.
Utilizing a blend of Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Narrative Therapy, and Brainspotting, I work with individual clients ages 13+, as well as couples.
Life does the best it can to squeeze out every ounce of resilience we have in us. What do you do when you’ve come to the end of yourself? We aren’t wired to face the hurt, fear, and loneliness of life alone.
*Certified Gottman Therapist, Educator and Trainer* *Certified Imago Therapist* *Trained Emotionally Focused Therapist* I use my extensive training to offer the following treatment options: ONLINE INDIVIDUAL or ONLINE COUPLES THERAPY (only available to Tennessee residents).
Healthy relationships are not the mystery that most of us believe them to be. Love may be the reason that we commit to a relationship, but few know how to sustain that wonderful, secure feeling. There are skills that all of us must learn in order to create and manage our relationships so that our dreams don't go the way of statistics and have us end up separated from our loved one. While individual therapy has been linked to worsening relationship issues, my research-based training provides the opposite: HOPE. Let me work with you to stop the negative patterns that are taking you away from the partnership you wish to have.
*Certified Gottman Therapist, Educator and Trainer* *Certified Imago Therapist* *Trained Emotionally Focused Therapist* I use my extensive training to offer the following treatment options: ONLINE INDIVIDUAL or ONLINE COUPLES THERAPY (only available to Tennessee residents).
Healthy relationships are not the mystery that most of us believe them to be. Love may be the reason that we commit to a relationship, but few know how to sustain that wonderful, secure feeling. There are skills that all of us must learn in order to create and manage our relationships so that our dreams don't go the way of statistics and have us end up separated from our loved one. While individual therapy has been linked to worsening relationship issues, my research-based training provides the opposite: HOPE. Let me work with you to stop the negative patterns that are taking you away from the partnership you wish to have.
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EFT, and ACT are other approaches I will use.
Do you find yourself overthinking situations or just plain stuck because you are trying to get it right? Do you feel anxious because you are overthinking about life in general? Maybe there are other emotions to sort through? Sometimes feelings of sadness or your emotions get in the way. The words “Mental Health" or "Therapy" can be intimidating, daunting, or even stigmatizing. Actually, these terms are an indication that you are interested in becoming the best version of yourself and improving your quality of life.
Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EFT, and ACT are other approaches I will use.
Do you find yourself overthinking situations or just plain stuck because you are trying to get it right? Do you feel anxious because you are overthinking about life in general? Maybe there are other emotions to sort through? Sometimes feelings of sadness or your emotions get in the way. The words “Mental Health" or "Therapy" can be intimidating, daunting, or even stigmatizing. Actually, these terms are an indication that you are interested in becoming the best version of yourself and improving your quality of life.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.