What is Emotion-Focused Therapy?

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Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a form of talk therapy that enhances your emotional intelligence and grows your self-soothing abilities, which can help you solve problems, manage your behavior, and work through emotions or intense feeling states. Not to be confused with Emotionally-Focused Therapy, a couples therapy approach, EFT is an individual therapy that helps you reach a deeper level of self-connection and develop a felt sense of wholeness within yourself.

What does Emotion-Focused Therapy treat?

EFT is an evidence-based approach that can treat:

  • Anxiety
  • Depression
  • Trauma
  • Emotional dysregulation

What are the results of Emotion-Focused therapy?

Unlike some therapeutic approaches, EFT believes that working with emotion is a source of healing and healthy change. Through EFT, you can:

  • Increase awareness of your emotions
  • Welcome, accept, & work with emotions
  • Describe emotions with more clarity
  • Understand what your emotions are trying to tell you about yourself & your needs or wants
  • Identify the source of uncomfortable feelings
  • Work through anxiety, depression, and trauma

Next Steps

If you are seeking help identifying and processing your emotions, I encourage you to book a session. Together, we’ll work on increasing awareness of emotions, exploring how to understand your feelings, and using healthy emotions to guide action.

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Rebecca Steele

PO Box 40074, Waterloo Square PO
Waterloo, ON
N2J 4V1

8559083524

rebecca@smart-therapy.ca

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