Therapy That Fits You — Not the Other Way Around
Emotion-Focused Therapy is the main approach that guides my work, but therapy is not one-size-fits-all.
I want to understand what is happening for you and what feels most important in your life. That may include your emotions, relationships, family, culture, identity, past experiences, or what you are dealing with right now.
You decide what feels important to bring into therapy. My role is to work alongside you, stay curious, and adjust how we work based on what you need.
I may also draw from other approaches when they are useful. The goal is not to make you fit a therapy model. Therapy should fit you.
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is an evidence-based, attachment-focused approach that helps you make sense of your emotions, reactions, and the patterns you may find yourself repeating.
Sometimes you know logically that something is over, that you are safe, or that you “shouldn’t” feel this way, but your emotions or body seem to react differently.
EFIT helps us slow those reactions down, understand what may be driving them, and work with them in a way that can create change.
The goal is not to force feelings, but to understand them well enough that something can begin to shift.
What makes EFIT different?
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
Goes beyond coping
Coping strategies can be helpful, but sometimes the same fear, shame, anger, self-criticism, or relationship patterns keep coming back. EFIT looks at what may be driving those patterns, not only how to manage them in the moment.
Attachment-focused
EFIT also looks at how important relationships and earlier experiences may have shaped the ways you learned to connect, protect yourself, or respond when something feels threatening.
Works directly with emotion
Rather than only talking about emotions from a distance, we may slow down what is happening in the moment so you can understand it differently and begin responding in new ways.
Change That Can Last
Research on emotion-focused and experiential therapies suggests that gains can be maintained after therapy ends, with some studies finding stronger long-term outcomes than certain comparison therapies.
Who might EFIT be a good fit for?
What is Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)?
Who might EFIT be a good fit for?
EFIT may be helpful if you:
- Feel stuck in patterns you understand but cannot seem to change
- Are not sure why you react so strongly in certain situations
- Tend to overthink, shut down, avoid, or become emotionally overwhelmed
- Struggle with self-criticism, shame, or feeling like you are too much or not enough
- Notice that past experiences still affect how you feel, relate, or respond today
- Have difficulty knowing what you feel or putting it into words
- Want therapy that goes beyond coping strategies alone
EFIT can meet you where you are
You do not need to be highly self-aware or comfortable talking about emotions for EFIT to be useful. It can help whether your emotions feel overwhelming, hard to access, confusing, or somewhere in between.