Transform Your Relationship with Couples Emotion Focused Therapy

Are you looking to transform your relationship and improve communication with your partner?

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) is widely considered the gold standard for couples therapy due to its exceptional research-backed effectiveness and unique approach to relationship healing.

Unmatched Success Rates

Since the mid-80's study has found that a whopping 90% of couples who go through Emotionally Focused Therapy significantly improve their relationship, and 70-75% of couples move out of relationship distress after finishing therapy. This success rate far exceeds other couples therapy approaches, with the closest couples therapy model only having a 35% success rate.

Strong Research Foundation

EFT has the most extensive research base of any couples therapy model. EFT meets or exceeds the guidelines for classification as an evidence-based couple therapy A Review of the Research in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples - PubMed, with decades of efficacy studies supporting its effectiveness across diverse populations and relationship concerns.

Addresses Root Causes, Not Just Symptoms

Unlike many traditional approaches that focus on communication skills or conflict resolution techniques, EFT targets the underlying emotional disconnection that drives relationship distress. It recognizes that when couples feel emotionally threatened, their logical reasoning centers go offline, making behavioral interventions less effective in the moment.

Attachment-Based Approach

EFT is grounded in attachment theory, which recognizes that humans are biologically wired to seek secure emotional bonds. The therapy helps couples understand how their attachment needs and fears create negative cycles of pursuit and withdrawal, criticism and defensiveness.

Focuses on Emotional Processing

The model helps partners access and express their primary emotions (fear, sadness, longing) rather than getting stuck in secondary reactive emotions (anger, contempt, withdrawal). This emotional vulnerability often elicits compassion and responsiveness from partners, creating positive cycles of connection.

Lasting Change

Because EFT creates actual changes in the emotional bond between partners, the improvements tend to be stable over time. Research shows that gains are maintained years after therapy completion, as couples develop a more secure attachment that serves as a buffer against future stresses.

Neurobiological Impact

Studies have even demonstrated that EFT creates measurable changes in brain activity. Partners in secure relationships literally experience less pain and stress, as their nervous systems are regulated by the safety of their emotional bond.

The combination of exceptional outcomes, solid research foundation, and focus on fundamental attachment needs has established EFT as the most effective and widely recommended approach to couples therapy.