It is important to me that my clients are educated on my approach. This is your therapy, and I want you to know all the details of what our work together would entail.

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is the foundation of my work with individuals and couples. EFT is an evidence-based, attachment-focused approach that helps people better understand their emotional experiences, relational patterns, and core attachment needs. At its heart, this work is about creating emotional safety — within yourself and in your most important relationships. Rather than focusing only on behaviors or surface-level conflict, EFT gently explores what’s happening underneath. We look at the difference between secondary emotions (like anger, defensiveness, or withdrawal) and the more primary emotions beneath them — the hurt, fear, sadness, longing, and need for connection that often go unseen. When these deeper emotions are understood and safely expressed, meaningful change becomes possible.

A big part of our work involves tracking the cycle — the repetitive patterns couples and individuals find themselves stuck in. Instead of viewing conflict as one partner’s fault, we begin to understand how both people get pulled into painful loops that create distance and misunderstanding. Together, we slow these cycles down, bring curiosity and compassion to them, and create new patterns rooted in safety, responsiveness, and connection.

Co-regulation is also central to this work, and ultimately the goal of our time together. Through therapy, clients learn how to stay emotionally present with themselves and with each other, building the capacity to soothe, support, and respond in ways that foster trust and closeness. Over time, this creates more secure attachment, emotional resilience, and relational stability.