Emotion-Focused Therapy

Why Emotion-Focused Therapy?

Our emotional system evolved to help us survive - when this system is functioning effectively, our emotions alert us to important information, helping us to respond in helpful ways that are aligned with our needs, values and goals. For example, feelings of anger can help empower us, while feelings of sadness can help us grieve and adjust to loss.

 

Our attitudes to emotions and emotional coping styles are shaped by cultural and societal factors, as well as our unique formative experiences.  This can shift how our emotions function. Instead of being helpful and meaningful, our emotions can feel overwhelming and dysfunctional. We can struggle with our emotions and get stuck in unhelpful emotional states such as anxiety, anger or shame. Or we can become emotionally disconnected and shut down.

 

Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) is a powerful evidence-based approach that helps people make sense of their emotions.  EFT can help you to develop greater awareness of your emotional experience as well as the skills to regulate and cope with difficult or intense emotions.  This approach can shift longstanding unhelpful emotional patterns, enhance your relationship with yourself and others, and facilitate long-term change.
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​Anna has achieved accreditation as an EFT practitioner via the Australian Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy (AIEFT).  For more information about EFT, please see the AIEFT website.

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Emotion-focused therapy can treat:

• stress and anxiety

• depression

• trauma​

• life transitions

• difficulties connecting with self and others

• food and body image concerns

• and more!​

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Emotion-Focused Therapy Resources

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