Couples Therapy

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is a therapy designed to repair or strengthen your intimate relationships by focusing on emotional connections. Developed by Dr. Sue Johnson, EFCT works with the deeper emotions that shape how partners interact with each other. There is an emphasis on first ensuring both partners have a sense of a secure, emotional bond. This bond is then used to open up new patterns of relating to each other.

EFCT can help you move through the steps of recognising and expressing your own emotions and needs, reshaping negative patterns of interaction, then establishing healthier ways of relating with your partner. Research has repeatedly shown that EFCT helps both relationship distress and personal mental health (e.g. meta-analysis by Spengler et al., 2024). Through therapy, couples are able to rebuild trust, feel more emotionally connected, and communicate without entering into spiralling arguments.

If you are interested in therapy, I encourage you to book an intake session to talk through your relationship. I am an accredited Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). I use principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy in all my work, particularly when working with couples and families. I do face-to-face couples therapy in Springfield on Saturdays, and I offer online couples therapy on Tuesdays.