Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)

Research has shown that over 75 percent of couples utilizing EFT can effectively change their relationships from one of suffering and pain to one of recovery and healing. As an EFT trained therapist, I collaborate with military couples in distress to uncover recurring issues in the marriage such as financial issues or lack of intimacy. Often repeated arguments that arise in a relationship are caused by a lack of connection or support from individuals in the relationship. Helping the couple to realize and renew their bond literally changes the negative patterns and creates new, loving opportunities to heal the relationship.

Emotionally Focused Therapy has the power to improve more than just a marriage or a family. Much like a well-nurtured child can feel confident to succeed, with a new supported and safe feeling from their partner, an individual treated with an EFT approach is now able to feel safer in taking on new life challenges. This can spiral into opportunities at work; increased ability to handle conflict; form new, healthy friendships; and become a more confident, happier person overall.

Dr. Sue Johnson Explains EFT

STRENGTHS OF EFT
  • EFT is based on clear, explicit conceptualizations of marital distress and adult love. These conceptualizations are supported by empirical research on the nature of marital distress and adult attachment.
  • EFT is collaborative and respectful of clients combining experiential Rogerian techniques with structural systemic interventions.
  • Change strategies and interventions are specified.
  • Key moves and moments in the change process have been mapped into nine steps and three change events.
  • EFT has been validated by over 20 years of empirical research. There is also research on the change processes and predictors of success.
  • EFT has been applied to many different kinds of problems and populations.

GOALS OF EFT
  • To expand and re-organize key emotional responses – the music of the attachment dance.
  • To create a shift in partners’ interactional positions and initiate new cycles of interaction.
  • To foster the creation of a secure bond between partners

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Elizabeth Polinsky, LCSW, currently works at The Relationship Center at East Beach in Norfolk, Virginia.
Online Therapy is available for Virginia, South Carolina, and Arkansas. 
4615 Pleasant Ave., Suite B 
Norfolk, Virginia 23518
Elizabeth.Polinsky@relationship-center.com
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