Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)

Individuals often come to therapy when emotions feel overwhelming, relationships feel confusing, or long-standing patterns no longer serve them. You may notice anxiety, depression, self-criticism, emotional numbness, or a sense of disconnection from yourself or others. Beneath these experiences is often a deep longing to feel safe, understood, and at ease within yourself.

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is an attachment-based, evidence-informed approach developed from Emotionally Focused Therapy by Dr. Sue Johnson. EFIT helps individuals understand how emotions and attachment experiences shape their inner world, sense of self, and relationships. Rather than focusing only on symptom management, we slow the process to explore what your emotions are communicating and what you need at a deeper level.

Through EFIT, we support the development of a healthy, secure attachment within yourself. This involves learning to respond to your emotions with curiosity, compassion, and care rather than judgment or avoidance. As you begin to understand and trust your emotional experiences, self-criticism often softens, emotional regulation improves, and a stronger sense of self-worth can emerge.

We work together to identify and transform emotional patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, shame, or disconnection. By accessing and reshaping core emotional experiences, EFIT helps you build greater self-trust, self-acceptance, and the capacity to care for yourself with kindness. Over time, many people experience a deeper sense of inner security, resilience, and the ability to form more secure, satisfying connections with others.

EFIT is especially effective for individuals impacted by trauma, attachment wounds, grief, relationship distress, life transitions, and chronic self-doubt. Our work is trauma-informed and carefully paced, creating emotional safety while supporting meaningful and lasting change.

Our goal is to offer a calm, supportive space where you can feel deeply understood, strengthen your relationship with yourself, and develop a secure internal base—so you can move through life with greater confidence, self-compassion, and connection.

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