Emotionally Focused Therapists in Salt Lake City, UT
Specialized training includes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy ( EFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
My goal as a therapist is to help you live a more meaningful, vital and fulfilling life. Using mindfulness-based therapy, we will work together to help you gain a deeper level of awareness and understanding of yourself, process trauma, learn skills to reduce stress, handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively, break self-defeating habits, overcome insecurity and self-doubt, ease life transitions and experience more satisfying personal relationships.
Specialized training includes Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy ( EFT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
My goal as a therapist is to help you live a more meaningful, vital and fulfilling life. Using mindfulness-based therapy, we will work together to help you gain a deeper level of awareness and understanding of yourself, process trauma, learn skills to reduce stress, handle painful feelings and thoughts more effectively, break self-defeating habits, overcome insecurity and self-doubt, ease life transitions and experience more satisfying personal relationships.
When working through trauma I utilize EMDR, EFT, and other attachment-based approaches.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience working in various settings. I specialize in working with adolescents, adults, couples, and complex family systems. I have extensive experience working with co-occurring disorders. I utilize concepts from DBT, MBB, ACT, MI, psychodrama, and experiential techniques to assist you in positive changes and life outcomes. I truly believe everyone can find happiness in their lives through vulnerability and connection. I strive to create a safe space where you can tell me anything without fear of shame or judgement. I am here to listen so you can feel seen and heard.
When working through trauma I utilize EMDR, EFT, and other attachment-based approaches.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience working in various settings. I specialize in working with adolescents, adults, couples, and complex family systems. I have extensive experience working with co-occurring disorders. I utilize concepts from DBT, MBB, ACT, MI, psychodrama, and experiential techniques to assist you in positive changes and life outcomes. I truly believe everyone can find happiness in their lives through vulnerability and connection. I strive to create a safe space where you can tell me anything without fear of shame or judgement. I am here to listen so you can feel seen and heard.
With couples, I use a powerful treatment called Emotionally Focused Therapy to undo the painful, negative cycles that hurt you.
Welcome to my practice! The world is changing in profound ways. I am here to help you navigate these new realities in your family, work and love relationships. My therapy style with both couples and individuals is warm, collaborative and nurturing. For couples, I will help guide you out of distress and back to loving connection, paying close attention to emotional intimacy, differences in sexual desire, chronic fighting, communication breakdowns and infidelity/betrayals. For individuals, I will help you find your way back from depression, anxiety, grief and relationship challenges. Let me help you grow and flourish.
With couples, I use a powerful treatment called Emotionally Focused Therapy to undo the painful, negative cycles that hurt you.
Welcome to my practice! The world is changing in profound ways. I am here to help you navigate these new realities in your family, work and love relationships. My therapy style with both couples and individuals is warm, collaborative and nurturing. For couples, I will help guide you out of distress and back to loving connection, paying close attention to emotional intimacy, differences in sexual desire, chronic fighting, communication breakdowns and infidelity/betrayals. For individuals, I will help you find your way back from depression, anxiety, grief and relationship challenges. Let me help you grow and flourish.
Healing Pathways Therapy Center
Counselor, MS, CMHC, LCSW, AMFT, ACMHC
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
We use a variety of research-based modalities which are effective and efficient, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness, Neurofeedback, and DBT.
Healing Pathways Therapy Center provides a safe nurturing environment for adults, adolescents, and children to focus on relationship, well-being and mental health issues. We focus on topics such as life adjustment, depression, anxiety, relationship and family issues, divorce, phobias, trauma, addictions, etc. We specialize in trauma and childhood attachment issues, working to resolve big or little traumas or negative experiences which tend to impede emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual growth. We focus on healing rather than just coping, by finding resolving underlaying issue rather than just putting a bandaid on symptoms.
We use a variety of research-based modalities which are effective and efficient, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness, Neurofeedback, and DBT.
Healing Pathways Therapy Center provides a safe nurturing environment for adults, adolescents, and children to focus on relationship, well-being and mental health issues. We focus on topics such as life adjustment, depression, anxiety, relationship and family issues, divorce, phobias, trauma, addictions, etc. We specialize in trauma and childhood attachment issues, working to resolve big or little traumas or negative experiences which tend to impede emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual growth. We focus on healing rather than just coping, by finding resolving underlaying issue rather than just putting a bandaid on symptoms.
Paola Martinez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84119 (Online Only)
I am trained in CBT, EFT, LI, Grief counseling, and other psychodynamic modalities.
Welcome! I am so glad you are here. My therapeutic focus is to help women and teens work through life’s difficulties including faith transitions, coming out to family/friends (LGBTQIA), difficult family dynamics, or relationship concerns. My sessions are focused on you and your needs. If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, traumatic events, transitions and you notice these are holding you back, reach out. I am happy to provide a safe space for you to process and achieve your goals.
I am trained in CBT, EFT, LI, Grief counseling, and other psychodynamic modalities.
Welcome! I am so glad you are here. My therapeutic focus is to help women and teens work through life’s difficulties including faith transitions, coming out to family/friends (LGBTQIA), difficult family dynamics, or relationship concerns. My sessions are focused on you and your needs. If you are struggling with depression, anxiety, traumatic events, transitions and you notice these are holding you back, reach out. I am happy to provide a safe space for you to process and achieve your goals.
Faith Kershisnik
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Salt Lake City, UT 84105 (Online Only)
I'm a trauma-informed systems therapist, trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Are you noticing that life isn’t working out the way you expected? Have your old ways of coping started to work against you? Are you looking for your relationship to get to a better place, but aren’t sure it can? Is your faith evolving in a way you didn’t expect? Whatever brings you into my office, I want you to leave your journey with me feeling more present, hopeful, empowered, informed, creative, connected, and capable of healing. I love bringing my expertise into partnership with motivated adults who are ready for change, or just needing a safe space to work through their struggles.
I'm a trauma-informed systems therapist, trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Are you noticing that life isn’t working out the way you expected? Have your old ways of coping started to work against you? Are you looking for your relationship to get to a better place, but aren’t sure it can? Is your faith evolving in a way you didn’t expect? Whatever brings you into my office, I want you to leave your journey with me feeling more present, hopeful, empowered, informed, creative, connected, and capable of healing. I love bringing my expertise into partnership with motivated adults who are ready for change, or just needing a safe space to work through their struggles.
I have been specifically trained in EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, expressive arts, Emotionally Focused Therapy (for work with couples), and sand tray therapy.
I believe that everyone has the ability within them to engage with, manage, and heal from life’s challenges, and that therapy provides the space, methods, and tools to do so. I believe peace and well-being are developed through a balance of learning to accept things as they are, while also striving to improve each day. My goal as a therapist is to create a safe environment for individuals to express themselves fully, to help them see themselves as the incredible people they already are, and assist them in moving towards the person they want to be.
I have been specifically trained in EMDR, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance & commitment therapy, expressive arts, Emotionally Focused Therapy (for work with couples), and sand tray therapy.
I believe that everyone has the ability within them to engage with, manage, and heal from life’s challenges, and that therapy provides the space, methods, and tools to do so. I believe peace and well-being are developed through a balance of learning to accept things as they are, while also striving to improve each day. My goal as a therapist is to create a safe environment for individuals to express themselves fully, to help them see themselves as the incredible people they already are, and assist them in moving towards the person they want to be.
Jessica Frandsen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84105
Hi! I know it can be hard to found the right therapist; and applaud you for searching for a good fit for you. I am trained in trauma, CBT, mood disorders, EFT, substance use treatment and EMDR. I love to use my sense of humor, to help build rapport and relationships quickly. I am dedicated, resilient and can pivot when needed. I believe we all have a story from our personal experience, and we all store that differently in our body and mind and experience it in a variety of ways. I believe that exploring and understanding the way we experience life events are important.
Hi! I know it can be hard to found the right therapist; and applaud you for searching for a good fit for you. I am trained in trauma, CBT, mood disorders, EFT, substance use treatment and EMDR. I love to use my sense of humor, to help build rapport and relationships quickly. I am dedicated, resilient and can pivot when needed. I believe we all have a story from our personal experience, and we all store that differently in our body and mind and experience it in a variety of ways. I believe that exploring and understanding the way we experience life events are important.
Trish Sullivant
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
| Couples Therapy | I utilize an approach called Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT).
I provide counseling to individuals and couples in the Salt Lake City area. I work with my clients to identify issues clearly and help them to create lasting change. Once this change occurs, problems will be seen as opportunities, rather than failures. I am often told by my clients they feel a level of trust, acceptance and comfort that has been missing with other therapists. When working with individuals, I use acceptance and mindfulness based approaches to manage anxiety and other symptoms you may be experiencing. I will help you look at negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a fulfilling life.
| Couples Therapy | I utilize an approach called Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT).
I provide counseling to individuals and couples in the Salt Lake City area. I work with my clients to identify issues clearly and help them to create lasting change. Once this change occurs, problems will be seen as opportunities, rather than failures. I am often told by my clients they feel a level of trust, acceptance and comfort that has been missing with other therapists. When working with individuals, I use acceptance and mindfulness based approaches to manage anxiety and other symptoms you may be experiencing. I will help you look at negative perceptions that may be holding you back from experiencing a fulfilling life.
Kenzi Shemwell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84129 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My therapeutic approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy ( EFT), Somatic-Based Interventions, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Finding a therapist who you click with and feel understood by can be overwhelming and stressful. I show up to session as my authentic self and aim to create an environment that feels integrative and supportive to your needs and goals. I specialize in treating anxiety, trauma, and grief with adolescents and adults. I help individuals identify their strengths and their struggles, learn to incorporate behaviors that decrease distressing symptoms, and increase engagement in enjoyable and meaningful activities.
My therapeutic approaches include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotion-Focused Therapy ( EFT), Somatic-Based Interventions, and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR).
Finding a therapist who you click with and feel understood by can be overwhelming and stressful. I show up to session as my authentic self and aim to create an environment that feels integrative and supportive to your needs and goals. I specialize in treating anxiety, trauma, and grief with adolescents and adults. I help individuals identify their strengths and their struggles, learn to incorporate behaviors that decrease distressing symptoms, and increase engagement in enjoyable and meaningful activities.
Jenny Ford
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LAMFT, RYT 200
Verified Verified
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
Are you looking to strengthen relationships, navigate parenting challenges, or begin a journey of personal empowerment? Jenny is a compassionate therapist who creates a nurturing safe space where clients feel heard, valued, and respected. She helps clients delve into their emotional connections and uncover patterns that keep them stuck, fostering safety, security, and self-confidence using her training as an EFT therapist. Jenny also understands that faith crisis and trauma can be profoundly isolating and challenging. She helps clients authentically articulate their doubts and fears, rebuilding their spiritual foundations.
Are you looking to strengthen relationships, navigate parenting challenges, or begin a journey of personal empowerment? Jenny is a compassionate therapist who creates a nurturing safe space where clients feel heard, valued, and respected. She helps clients delve into their emotional connections and uncover patterns that keep them stuck, fostering safety, security, and self-confidence using her training as an EFT therapist. Jenny also understands that faith crisis and trauma can be profoundly isolating and challenging. She helps clients authentically articulate their doubts and fears, rebuilding their spiritual foundations.
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I use Emotionally-Focused Therapy ( EFT) to help couples and individuals overcome negative interactional cycles.
I created Lioncrest Counseling to help others with finding their way to a healthy and balanced life. I enjoy working with individuals, adolescents, couples and families using Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy(DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), experiential, strengths-based and positive psychotherapy. I help clients with depression, anxiety, addiction, attachment issues, trauma, mood disregulation, grief and loss, and oppositional defiance. I am passionate about identifying needs and have a creative hands-on approach– using music, art and acting to help people work through their feeling and issues.
I use Emotionally-Focused Therapy ( EFT) to help couples and individuals overcome negative interactional cycles.
I created Lioncrest Counseling to help others with finding their way to a healthy and balanced life. I enjoy working with individuals, adolescents, couples and families using Dialectical-Behavioral Therapy(DBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT), Solution Focused Therapy (SFT), experiential, strengths-based and positive psychotherapy. I help clients with depression, anxiety, addiction, attachment issues, trauma, mood disregulation, grief and loss, and oppositional defiance. I am passionate about identifying needs and have a creative hands-on approach– using music, art and acting to help people work through their feeling and issues.
Ed Peterson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MBA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist ( EFT), and a Certified EFT Supervisor.
My credentials are: 1- Certified Supervisor and Therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy 2- Jungian Therapy 3- Addiction Therapy..We all want to live happy and passionate lives. Change is inevitable, but it can be hard. When you suffer from anxiety, depression, or addiction life will feel unmanageable. And, relationships can be so hard. We all want them but they can be so triggering. I believe therapy is a gift to your heart, mind, and soul. Therapy should be a tool to help you achieve the life what you want to live. I love what I do, and I look forward to speaking with you.
I am a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist ( EFT), and a Certified EFT Supervisor.
My credentials are: 1- Certified Supervisor and Therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy 2- Jungian Therapy 3- Addiction Therapy..We all want to live happy and passionate lives. Change is inevitable, but it can be hard. When you suffer from anxiety, depression, or addiction life will feel unmanageable. And, relationships can be so hard. We all want them but they can be so triggering. I believe therapy is a gift to your heart, mind, and soul. Therapy should be a tool to help you achieve the life what you want to live. I love what I do, and I look forward to speaking with you.
Emotionally focused efforts prioritize the expression and management of a range of feelings.
Stuck. Stressed. Stranded. I hear these words in my work to help many if not most of my clients. They come to me looking for something similar to what you may seek. They want help with movement that leads to lasting growth and change. In a compassionate, curious, and at times challenging relationship with clients, I aid folks to identify patterns among thoughts, feelings, and behavior. I work with clients to reach true insight, a new understanding that draws together the head and the heart. Insight promotes clients to access powerful strengths and wisdom and gradually turn new understandings into lasting growth and change.
Emotionally focused efforts prioritize the expression and management of a range of feelings.
Stuck. Stressed. Stranded. I hear these words in my work to help many if not most of my clients. They come to me looking for something similar to what you may seek. They want help with movement that leads to lasting growth and change. In a compassionate, curious, and at times challenging relationship with clients, I aid folks to identify patterns among thoughts, feelings, and behavior. I work with clients to reach true insight, a new understanding that draws together the head and the heart. Insight promotes clients to access powerful strengths and wisdom and gradually turn new understandings into lasting growth and change.
Andy Johnston
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MA, MDiv
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84101
1) Relationships: I am certified in EFT to help couples overcome injuries and create healthy patterns together.
I work with people who are looking for structural change, not just help managing symptoms. The Emotion-Focused, Somatic, Experiential, and Psychodynamic approaches in which I'm trained are focused on helping people feel stronger, worthy, wiser, inspired, more open and more connected - to themselves and to others. By finding and healing emotional wounds, you unlock energy to be more present and to feel more like yourself. By finding and changing emotional patterns, you can create new habits of feeling and really change your life.
1) Relationships: I am certified in EFT to help couples overcome injuries and create healthy patterns together.
I work with people who are looking for structural change, not just help managing symptoms. The Emotion-Focused, Somatic, Experiential, and Psychodynamic approaches in which I'm trained are focused on helping people feel stronger, worthy, wiser, inspired, more open and more connected - to themselves and to others. By finding and healing emotional wounds, you unlock energy to be more present and to feel more like yourself. By finding and changing emotional patterns, you can create new habits of feeling and really change your life.
Carina Wolf
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84124
I am trained in EFT ( Emotionally Focused Therapy), an evidence based approach to healing relationships and creating close connections.
Do you want better communication and connection with your partner? Would you like to feel better about yourself and have healthier relationship with others? I help couples and individuals navigate through their hardest times to build and maintain, better, stronger and healthier relationships. I am a multilingual therapist that specializes in working with couples and individuals in distress. I have opened additional hours, and have immediate openings for new clients.
I am trained in EFT ( Emotionally Focused Therapy), an evidence based approach to healing relationships and creating close connections.
Do you want better communication and connection with your partner? Would you like to feel better about yourself and have healthier relationship with others? I help couples and individuals navigate through their hardest times to build and maintain, better, stronger and healthier relationships. I am a multilingual therapist that specializes in working with couples and individuals in distress. I have opened additional hours, and have immediate openings for new clients.
Hi. I’m Eric Einhorn. Right now, you are probably in pain, but there is hope. You have already taken an important first step toward healing by searching for help. We all need and deserve loving, supportive relationships. Individuals struggle without fulfilling relationships in their lives. Couples get stuck in negative cycles of behaviors. My therapeutic practice focuses on Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT) for couples and individuals, proven to be the gold standard for healing matters of the heart and maintaining positive relationship change.
Hi. I’m Eric Einhorn. Right now, you are probably in pain, but there is hope. You have already taken an important first step toward healing by searching for help. We all need and deserve loving, supportive relationships. Individuals struggle without fulfilling relationships in their lives. Couples get stuck in negative cycles of behaviors. My therapeutic practice focuses on Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT) for couples and individuals, proven to be the gold standard for healing matters of the heart and maintaining positive relationship change.
Debi Gilmore
Marriage & Family Therapist, DMFT, LMFT, CEFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Salt Lake City, UT 84107
Credentials: * Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy * Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist * Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist * AAMFT Nationally Approved Supervisor * Clinical Member American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy * Lifespan Integration Trauma Clearing * Level II Training--Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
Is your present relationship complicated and sometimes painful? Are you experiencing loneliness, anxiety, and discouragement? Committing to someone requires courage and vulnerability. It is normal for couples to get stuck in negative patterns, which causes personal pain and disconnection. I love working with couples, families, and individuals applying the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT). EFT can help you understand how to heal your relationship and find lasting connection. I would love to offer you tools to successfully achieve greater hope, personal growth, and greater self confidence. Call 385-777-6357 today.
Credentials: * Doctor of Marriage and Family Therapy * Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist * Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist * AAMFT Nationally Approved Supervisor * Clinical Member American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy * Lifespan Integration Trauma Clearing * Level II Training--Gottman Method Couples Therapy.
Is your present relationship complicated and sometimes painful? Are you experiencing loneliness, anxiety, and discouragement? Committing to someone requires courage and vulnerability. It is normal for couples to get stuck in negative patterns, which causes personal pain and disconnection. I love working with couples, families, and individuals applying the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT). EFT can help you understand how to heal your relationship and find lasting connection. I would love to offer you tools to successfully achieve greater hope, personal growth, and greater self confidence. Call 385-777-6357 today.
Additionally I am trained in EMDR, Theraplay, Sandtray Therapy, EFT, DBT, and Psychodrama.
Healing is real and possible. Suffering does not have to last. I help clients live authentically, find more peace, and connect more to self and others by increasing awareness and acceptance of emotions, increasing body discernment/somatic mindfulness, and enhancing the body/mind/spirit connection. Feeling better comes through learning to regulate the nervous system through the reprocessing of old trauma and healing one's attachment wounds, expressing emotions using expressive arts/music/movement/drumming/psychodrama/writing/etc., learning to re-frame negative thoughts, increasing shame resilience, and practicing self-compassion.
Additionally I am trained in EMDR, Theraplay, Sandtray Therapy, EFT, DBT, and Psychodrama.
Healing is real and possible. Suffering does not have to last. I help clients live authentically, find more peace, and connect more to self and others by increasing awareness and acceptance of emotions, increasing body discernment/somatic mindfulness, and enhancing the body/mind/spirit connection. Feeling better comes through learning to regulate the nervous system through the reprocessing of old trauma and healing one's attachment wounds, expressing emotions using expressive arts/music/movement/drumming/psychodrama/writing/etc., learning to re-frame negative thoughts, increasing shame resilience, and practicing self-compassion.
With modalities like DBT, CBT, EFT, motivational interviewing, and EMDR, a custom treatment plan can be created to help each individual.
I personally know what it is like to struggle with mental health, substance use and life problems, and how hard it can be to reach out for help. I believe that while we can be strong and do it on our own, we can find ourselves merely enduring our circumstances. At times, the strategies we create to manage anxiety, depression and trauma can be helpful and other times they can make things worse. By recognizing this and working together, I hope to help assist my clients get farther than they have been before.
With modalities like DBT, CBT, EFT, motivational interviewing, and EMDR, a custom treatment plan can be created to help each individual.
I personally know what it is like to struggle with mental health, substance use and life problems, and how hard it can be to reach out for help. I believe that while we can be strong and do it on our own, we can find ourselves merely enduring our circumstances. At times, the strategies we create to manage anxiety, depression and trauma can be helpful and other times they can make things worse. By recognizing this and working together, I hope to help assist my clients get farther than they have been before.
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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.