Couple Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in Kirkland, WA
Are you finding yourselves to have the same fights over and over again?
Maybe you and your partner are stuck and don’t know how to communicate? Maybe you grew apart and don’t know how to reconnect? Are you feeling lonely in your relationship? Are you debating to stay or go?
Relationships are hard but they shouldn’t be THAT hard. All couples have disagreements but when you notice yourself fighting over to the same issues over and over again, that can be frustrating and discouraging.
Intimacy and sex life are not where you wish them to be.
You feel burned out after chasing your partner for connection for a long time.
You keep a lot to yourself because it seems “easier” that way.
You disagree on a lot of parenting issues.
There has been a loss of trust in your relationship and you are not how to come back from that.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples can help
EFT focuses on understanding each partner’s attachment to the other as a way to improve your relationship. No other couple therapy has as much research support as Emotionally Focused Therapy. 90% of couples who go through EFT see a significant improvement of their bond. This approach, created in the 80’s by Sue Johnson, is using evidence-based interventions through the framework of attachment theory.
Some of the benefits of EFT for couples include:
better emotional functioning,
stronger bonds and
improved understanding of each other
EFT can help with distress, conflict and poor communication.
FAQs
Q: How does couple therapy help?
A: Couple therapy can help you improve communication, (re)build trust, enhance intimacy, resolve conflict better. Overall, couple therapy offers a supportive and collaborative environment for you to work through challenges, deepen your understanding of each other, and build a healthier, more fulfilling relationship.
Q: How do we know if this is the right time for us to seek counseling?
A: Knowing when to embark on that journey for you and your partner is deeply unique to your situation. However there are some signs that it might be the right time: both you and your partner are open to the idea of making changes in your relationship and are willing to put in the effort to improve it. You and your partner are willing to be vulnerable, honest, and open with each other and with the therapist during counseling sessions.
Q: What are our boundaries and expectations regarding confidentiality in couple therapy?
A: In couple therapy the client is not the individual but the couple as a unit. In addition to sharing a confidentiality agreement (which outlines the limitations), I ask my couples to sign a “no secret” policy which mean you as individuals must share everything you confide to me with your partner
Q: What will happen once we book a session?
A: after meeting for free 30 min consultation and we all decide we are a good fit, Ill create a profile for you on my secured platform. From there you will sign all the paperwork, entered a form of payment and book a 90 minutes session: I’ll see each partner alone for 30 minutes ad then together for 30 minutes. After our initial session, each session will be together for 60 minutes.
Together, let’s unstuck you
It’s never too late or too soon to get help.