Emotion Focused Therapy
What is Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Is an evidence based couples therapy intervention, but it is also used to address individual depression, anxiety and post traumatic stress (EFIT – Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) and to repair family bonds (EFFT – Emotionally Focused Family Therapy). Focusing on attachment science and organizing factors in both the self and key relationships. Emotion Focused Therapy helps the rekindling the physical and emotional bond that can get sacrificed to disappointment in a partner and alienation from them, a common dynamic in distressed couples
How does Emotion Focused Therapy work?
EFT operates on the evidence that emotions are not accessories to human experience but organizing principles of our lives. The expression of longing and sadness over isolation is a powerful tool for eliciting the lost contact and responsiveness of a partner. Once that contact is restored, it becomes a renewable source of mutual comfort, a buffer against life’s many stresses. Couples can then go on to solve their own problems.
What to expect?
Expect a course of treatment that typically consists of eight to 20 sessions held once a week. After taking a history from the couple, the therapist will observe their interaction patterns. Couples will be asked to identify their most pressing issues. Through observation, listening, and questioning, the therapist comes to understand the unspoken fears and insecurities that underlie negative interaction patterns. A very important part of the therapy is reframing such distancing behavior as anger or withdrawal not as pathology but as misguided bids for connection. That allows partners to express their deep feelings for each other and what they need from their partner.
Emotion Focused Therapy for Goals:
for Couples:
To create a positive shift in partners interactional positions and patterns.
To foster the creation of a secure bond between partners.
To expand and re-organize key emotional responses and, in the process, the organization of self.
for individuals:
To offer corrective experiences that positively impact models of self and other and shape stable, lasting change.
To offer transformative moments where vulnerability is encountered with balance.
To enable clients to move into the accessibility/openness, responsiveness and full engagement that characterises secure attachment with others.
To enable clients to shape a coherent sense of a competent self that can deal with existential life issues and become a fully alive human being.
WHAT MENTAL HEALTH CONCERNS CAN EFT THERAPY TREAT?
According to the American Psychological Association EFT can help treat:
Depression
Interpersonal problems
Avoidant personality disorder
Trauma
as well as other issues such as:
Anxiety
Insecure attachment concerns
Begin EFT Therapy in Broomfield, CO
You can start overcoming past trauma with nothing but the power of your own eye movements. Our caring therapists have the training and experience to provide this treatment. We would be happy to support you from our Broomfield, CO-based counseling practice. To start EFT therapy, please follow the simple steps below:
Meet with a caring therapist for a free consultation
Start working to healing emotional difficulties