Couples Counselling & Therapy
Wired for Love
We are wired for love as human beings. This means our closest relationships impact us in significant ways. On one hand, loving relationships are essential for our growth and wellbeing. On the other hand, difficulties in our closest relationships fuel many of our most painful emotional struggles.
Loving Relationships are the Cornerstone of Wellbeing
A wealth of scientific research on attachment relationships now shows that we are innately social and deeply wired for relationships. Increasing evidence also shows that we need healthy, secure relationships to thrive as human beings throughout our whole lives. This is why Dr. Sue Johnson says "all the research agrees that a stable, loving relationship is the absolute cornerstone of human happiness and general wellbeing."
Negative Cycles of Disconnection
Yet unfortunately, we can fall into negative relationship patterns where we get stuck in vicious cycles of distress and disconnection. Many of us know this all too well. This is why I've dedicated myself to supporting people in getting unstuck from relationship difficulties so they can create stronger, more fulfilling connections.
About Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a primary therapeutic approach in my counselling practice. EFT is an evidence-based therapy used with couples, families, and individuals.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is an attachment-based, experiential therapy that focuses on supporting couples in restructuring negative cycles of interaction so loved ones can build a more secure and healthy relationship together.
The overall process of change in EFCT unfolds in three stages:
- Stage 1 focuses on supporting you and your partner in understanding and de-escalating negative cycles of interaction where you're getting stuck in distress and disconnection.
- Stage 2 focuses on supporting both of you in sharing deeper emotional struggles and needs with each other in ways that strengthen your emotional connection and build a more secure bond in your relationship.
- Stage 3 focuses on consolidating your progress with the goals of finding new solutions to past problems and solidifying positive cycles of interaction that empower you to increasingly build trust, intimacy, and security with each other.
EFCT begins with an assessment phase that includes an initial session with the couple followed by an individual session with each partner.
Couples counselling may help with:
- Improving communication
- Resolving conflict
- Increasing emotional understanding and empathy
- Healing relationship injuries
- Recovery from infidelity
- Strengthening relationship bonds
- Deepening trust, intimacy, and connection
- Enhancing a sense of safety and security in the relationship
An Introduction to EFT for Couples from EFT Founder Dr. Sue Johnson
How Being In Love Affects Your Brain with Dr. Sue Johnson
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