We provide a welcoming and nonjudgmental space for our patients to receive integrative psychological treatment and mental health support.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a short-term approach to counseling most often used for couples, but it also works with families and individuals. EFT emphasizes developing a stronger bond between two or more people. It examines interactions and how each individual contributes to undesirable behaviors that negatively affect their emotional bond.
EFT’s goal is to reduce distress and negative patterns in the relationship so people can grow closer and rebuild trust, love, and intimacy.
There are three distinct stages in Emotionally Focused Therapy:
- De-Escalation – The therapist has people slow down their conversations and interactions to examine patterns in this stage. Is one person not expressing their emotions? Is one person avoidant? Is one person quick to anger? Your EFT therapist will hone in on these specific exchanges to help you understand what interaction and communication patterns lead to hurt feelings and disconnection.
- Changing Interaction Patterns – This stage involves encouraging each person to communicate their feelings and needs. Your therapist will help you express empathy, even during tense interactions.
- Consolidation – In this stage, you practice the skills you learned during counseling. This stage aims to integrate more desirable communication patterns in EFT sessions and real life.
Anyone interested in improving their interactions with loved ones could benefit from EFT.
Therapists Who Specialize in Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
Trauma alienates us from ourselves. I love to help clear the rubble so that your true self can emerge, more substantive, wise, and beautiful than before your heart was broken.
I treat all of my patients with kindness and respect. I believe that everyone should be treated as human beings. My patients understand that when they agree to participate in therapy services with me, that it is a safe space with no bias or judgement.
Come in and settle into the healing power that is growth and wholeness. In counseling, I get the privilege of watching my clients transform in ways they never would have thought possible. Whether you feel stuck or broken, you are struggling with something specific or not so specific, we will work together to get you to a place of peace.
Board Certified Family Practice Nurse Practitioner
Dedicated and bilingual board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, enthusiastically committed to serving the mental health community
I believe that in delivering patient centered care. My goal is to increase the patient's quality of life by creating a collaborative treatment plan that works best for each individual.
I believe that it is very important for patients to be heard by their provider. My goal is to make my patients feel that I am listening and really helping them address their needs.
Anthony Barrett is passionate about caring for individuals, couples, and families and the particular ways they struggle. He works in areas of relationships, addiction, and trauma in both individual and group counseling settings. His approach is trauma-informed and relational and his desire is for counseling to be a place where hope, goodness, and wholeness are rediscovered and recultivated toge...
Family Practice and Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
I offer therapy sessions in-person or virtually on weekdays or evenings, with the hope of making it most conducive to your needs! I have experience working with adults, couples, and adolescents walking through a range of mental health realities & difficult life circumstances, from depression and anxiety to marital infidelity and trauma and abuse recovery. I hold training in trauma-informed ...
I am a Florida Licensed Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) and a Certified Dementia Provider.
Certified Physician Assistant with Expertise in Chronic and Mental Health Conditions
Board-Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
Board-Certified Adult Acute Nurse Practitioner