Dynamic Couples Therapy
“We are all vulnerable in love. We are more emotionally naked with those we love and sometimes, inevitably, we hurt each other with careless words or actions.”
-Sue Johnson, creator of Emotion Focused Therapy
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Coming together requires courage. All unions hold value and deserve to thrive. By fully honoring our differences we can more deeply connect.
Each partnership interweaves its own unique subculture - consciously & subconsciously - reflecting internalized norms, new ways of being, shared hopes, language and play. We stay by your side - drawing out strengths, clarifying boundaries, inviting repair and inspiring creativity.
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Emotion Focused Therapy is an evidence based approach rooted in the understanding that accessing and sustaining awareness of emotion is key to transforming our sense of self and our relationships. Growing emotionally and strengthening bonds is core to being a fully developed human being. By tracking and teaming up against defensive cycles EFT helps couples:
Feel closer emotionally and physically.
Harness conflict as opportunities to deepen connection.
Voicing unspoken needs that may be sabotaging your relationship.
Repattern harmful dynamics causing rupture and distance from your partner.
Co-create ways to feel, communicate, touch and play that can nourish your love over time.
Video: What is EFT?
Video: Moments of Meaning
Book: Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime by Dr. Sue Johnson
Book: Emotionally Focused Workbook for Couples
Book: Hold Me Tight Workbook
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Amplify your love. TCT builds capacity to experience the felt experience of love more fully, so that love becomes a guiding light for purposeful action in daily living and relating. Some examples of relational issues:
Feeling Stuck: Changing Patterns
Premarital Therapy: Laying the Groundwork for Relationship Resilence
Overcoming Infidelity: From Shock, Fury and Despair to a Fresh New Beginning
Hot and Cold Conflict
Video: Moments of Meaning
Video: Transformative Couple Therapy with Dr David Mars
Video: Transforming Hot and Cold Conflict
Video: Healing Sexual Trauma through couples work
Find a provider who practices Couples Therapy
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Heather Lortie, LCSW EdM
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Carol Tavarez, LCSW
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Rebecca Hodgson, LMSW, BCST
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Charity Christensen, CMHC
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Walkens Petit-Frere, LMSW
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Miya Signor, LMSW
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Jen Cohn, LCSW
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Belinda McGuire
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Miles Bukiet, LMSW, MAPP
Other Therapeutic Areas
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EMDR
EMDR therapy uses guided eye movements to help individuals reprocess and heal from traumatic memories, transforming them into sources of strength and resilience.
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Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing focuses on resolving trauma by tapping into the body’s natural ability to release stored survival energy and restore nervous system balance.
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Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
AEDP fosters healing and personal growth by encouraging clients to deeply experience and process their emotions within a supportive therapeutic relationship.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS)
IFS therapy helps clients harmonize their internal system by accessing their core "Self" and fostering a compassionate relationship with their various inner parts.
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Psychedelic Assisted Therapy Intensives
Psychedelic Assisted Therapy combines psychedelic substances with psychotherapy to facilitate deep emotional breakthroughs and personal insights in a controlled setting.
