What is EFT?
When our relationships suffer, we suffer.
A full life depends on meaningful and satisfying connections. Heart to Heart Asheville is a practice grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a structured, directive, humanistic, well-researched, and highly effective approach which draws heavily on attachment theory.
EFT helps partners lift themselves out of their conflict cycle to actually see one another and understand the underlying emotions and needs of each partner more fully.
Through EFT, you and your loved ones will gain:
- A common understanding of your conflict cycle
- Insight into why you sometimes say things you don't mean or act out in relationship
- Deeper understanding of what you actually do mean, feel, and need
- Emotional literacy and intelligence (not feeling only "good" or "bad")
- An ability to observe, slow down, and pivot from old, automatic patterns that leave you feeling isolated, inadequate, and alone
- Felt experiences of being better understood, seen, and known by your loved one
- A better understanding, seeing, and knowing of your beloved
...and for the folks out there who are NOT so touchy-feely...
Stick with me! This is for you, too. EFT is about making sense of your feelings, organizing them, and understanding them so you are driving the bus, not them. We're going to need your brains, also.
And if you're numbed out and not feeling much at all, I'm here for that, too. EFT can also support you in getting back into contact with yourself.
Why Relationship Therapy
When we suffer, our relationships suffer.
Heart to Heart Asheville is different from an individual therapy practice. While individual therapy can be extremely important and life-giving in many circumstances, it can also stall out and leave a lot of room to hide, which can keep you stuck, frustrated, and in therapy longer. When engaging in therapy with a beloved, there is less room to hide, and "the work" is front and center, active in the room. Often, individuals can make more progress, faster, in the context of relationship therapy.
