Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

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Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
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What is Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy?

• Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy supports
  couples to renew feelings of love and connection.
  It is proven to be effective in helping couples
  build trust, communicate clearly, and resolve
  conflict. EFT focuses on helping couples develop
  the tools necessary to express needs and desires
  safely.

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Couples can learn to trust that their partner is
available to hear what theyre feeling, and
respond in a way that is constructive and loving.
EFT will help you develop close emotional
connections with others in your life, as well as
improve how you feel about yourself. If you have
tried therapy before, chances are youve had some
positive results. In many cases, however, those
results may not be long-lasting. Many methods of
therapy only give you the tools to patch a
particular situation. These tools help
temporarily, but they are sometimes only a
quick-fix.
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They do not address the deeper hurts, the painful
struggles, or the roots of the problem. The
greatest benefit of EFT is that it gets to that
root of the problem. It provides real, visible
results. When you can say, I need you to be
present. I need you to show me love. I need to
believe you are really here for me, you can
allow yourself to open up to accepting your own
needs. Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy will
guide you to a place where you feel safe and
comfortable truly expressing and understanding
these essential needs.
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EFT depends on a solid, trusting, safe
client/therapist relationship. The Center for
Connection, Healing and Change in Woodbridge, VA
has several therapists with experience in EFT,
who will work with you to develop an honest and
transparent relationship. In order to help you
change, our therapists will support and encourage
your emotional recognition and expression, and
stand beside you when you begin to get in touch
with any fears, longings and unmet needs.
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The biggest difference between EFT and other
forms of therapy is that EFT will actually help
you and your partner truly care for each other
again. It helps you connect in a secure and
positive way that can only improve your
relationship. Feeling love for each other again
is fostered by strengthening your attachment to
each other. Strong attachment bonds lead you and
your partner to feel safe together and know you
are the most important person in each others
lives.
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EFT strengthens these bonds by allowing you to
open up to each other in a safe and secure
environment. In a sense, EFT is almost like
rewiring the way you approach and engage in your
relationship as a couple. EFT gives you the tools
to recognize and then ask for what you really
need in a relationship. It helps you reconstruct
how you and your partner connect on an emotional
level, which helps you establish deeper trust and
understanding.
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What does the research say?

• EFT relies on a three-stage, nine-step procedure
  that will be tailored to your specific needs. The
  methods and effectiveness of EFT are widely
  accepted in the scientific community. Research by
  the original founders, Dr. Susan Johnson and Dr.
  Les Greenberg, has been professionally published
  and repeatedly explored and retested for more
  than 30 years.

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The research shows that EFT really works with
family and couples counseling approximately 90
of couples who participated in EFT research
studies reported that their relationship
significantly improvedno matter how much they
had previously struggledafter undergoing
Emotionally Focused Therapy. Get in touch with
our Intake Coordinator today, who can help you
get started with an EFT therapist.
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