ES EFT Couples Therapy
Therapy Focused on Emotions
Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is a cutting edge treatment model developed by Dr. Sue Johnson and is recognized as the gold standard in couples psychotherapy.
EFT is based on the scientific study of adult love and the processes by which secure emotional bonds are created and maintained in romantic relationships. Its method is recognized by the APA (American Psychological Association) as a highly effective treatment model validated by more than thirty years of scientific research. It has been estimated that 70 - 75% of the couples who receive treatment under this model find a way out of the conflict pattern in which they were stuck when arriving at therapy and approximately 90% of the couples show a significant improvement in quality of their relationship.
In love we all need to find an affirmative answer to the question "Are you there for me?"
This model of therapy recognizes that human beings are social by nature and that we are biologically programmed to seek and maintain strong ties with our loved ones and with our partner throughout our lives. This implies recognizing that touch and affection are like oxygen for us and that we react negatively when we lose them because it is in the midst of this emotional disconnection that the deepest and most painful fears that a human being can experience invade us.
Affective bonds in Emotionally Focused Therapy
As EFT therapists we are trained to recognize the negative patterns that couples fall into. We know that when faced with emotional disconnection, some people protest, criticize and reproach and others withdraw or adopt defensive attitudes. These positions end up creating vicious circles of interaction that end up forming a pattern in which people attack each other, or in which one persecutes and the other withdraws or finally in which both distance themselves. My job will consist of helping them to identify the emotions and needs that are under these positions in order to interrupt these patterns in which the relationship has stagnated and help them to have new experiences of deep bonding that will make their relationship stronger and safer. .
Therapy Focused on Emotions
I am convinced that our nature as human beings is to yearn for emotional contact and security in our relationships and this treatment model gives me the necessary tools to create an optimal environment that favors the mutual expression of their emotions and needs. Our ultimate goal in EFT is to create new avenues of rapprochement and strengthen the emotional bonds of your relationship so that it can be more secure and resilient.