Therapy That Fits You — Not the Other Way Around
Emotion-Focused Therapy is the primary approach that guides my work, but I don’t believe one model fits every person or that Western approaches to mental health are culturally neutral.
Together, we can explore what you’re experiencing within the context of your relationships, family, culture, community, identity, spirituality, history, and current circumstances. You decide what feels important to bring into therapy.
Therapy should not ask you to fit someone else’s definition of health or healing. My role is to work alongside you, stay curious about your understanding of your life, and adapt our work to what matters most to you.
Understanding Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps you understand the emotions underneath what you are experiencing, especially when you have been trying to cope but still feel stuck.
The goal is not just to understand your emotions, but to work with them in a way that creates change.
Rather than focusing only on symptoms or coping strategies, EFT pays attention to the emotional patterns shaping how you feel, respond, and relate to yourself and others.
Research suggests that many people experience meaningful change within approximately 8–20 sessions, although everyone’s pace and needs are different. These changes can also continue to deepen over time as you develop a different relationship with your emotions, yourself, and the people around you.
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Fast, Meaningful Change
Many people begin to notice shifts within the first few sessions, with deeper change developing over time.
Attachment-Based
EFT helps you understand your emotional needs and how past and present relationships may have shaped the way you cope, connect, and protect yourself.
Emotionally Transformative
Rather than only helping you manage emotions, EFT works directly with them to create new, healthier emotional patterns.
Backed by Research
EFT is supported by decades of research and has been used to help with concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and emotional regulation.
Designed for Lasting Change
By working at a deeper emotional level, EFT can support lasting shifts in how you relate to yourself, your emotions, and the people around you.
Who EFT May Be a Good Fit For
What Makes EFT Different Than Other Therapies?
Who EFT May Be a Good Fit For
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) may be a good fit if you feel stuck, overwhelmed, or caught in patterns that keep repeating. It can be especially helpful when emotions feel difficult to understand, hard to manage, or disconnected from what you know logically.
EFT may be helpful if you:
- Feel anxious, low, or emotionally overwhelmed
- Have experienced trauma, grief, loss, or ongoing stress
- Feel disconnected from your emotions or experience them very intensely
- Notice repeating patterns in relationships
- Understand what is happening but still feel unable to change it
- Have tried other approaches and are looking for something deeper
You do not need to be good at talking about emotions to begin.
EFT is trauma-informed and meets you where you are. We move at a pace that feels manageable, with space to slow down, build trust, and make sense of what is happening without forcing you into anything before you are ready.