Relationship therapy in Toronto (in-person) & across Canada (virtual)
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What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a therapy that helps couples, families, and individuals build stronger emotional connections. It’s based on attachment theory, which means that people feel safest and most supported when they can rely on their loved ones for closeness and comfort. This approach is relevant because when relationships feel tense or distant, people often fall into negative cycles (like repeated arguments, shutting down, or pulling away). Instead of focusing only on surface-level issues, emotionally focused therapy helps people understand and share the deeper emotions and needs behind those patterns, making it easier to reconnect and feel secure together.
In practice, an EFT therapist helps identify the negative cycle that keeps partners or family members stuck. Rather than seeing each other as “the problem,” the cycle itself becomes the problem. From there, therapy supports people in expressing their emotions more openly and responding to one another in caring, supportive ways. Over time, this creates more trust, safety, and closeness in the relationship.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in the same arguments, disconnected from someone important, or struggling to rebuild trust, EFT can be a helpful step toward creating a stronger bond.
How EFT Supports Relationships
EFT focuses on helping partners identify and express their emotional needs, recognize negative interaction patterns, and respond to each other with empathy and understanding. EFT helps people break out of negative cycles in their relationships by focusing on emotions and attachment needs. It builds safety, trust, and closeness, helping couples and families feel more connected. This approach fosters secure attachment and emotional closeness, helping couples feel more connected, heard, and supported.
What issues can EFT help with?
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Relationship distress and ongoing conflict
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Feeling emotionally disconnected from your partner or family
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Rebuilding trust after infidelity or betrayal
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Anxiety or depression connected to relationship struggles
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Family conflict or distance
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Childhood or past experiences that impact current relationships
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Strengthening emotional bonds and attachment
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps couples understand and transform the emotional patterns that shape their relationship.
My practice is grounded in affirmation, curiosity, and cultural responsiveness. I support queer, neurodivergent, interracial and multicultural clients with an approach that honours the complexity of identity, lived experience, and relationship dynamics. Whether you’re navigating cultural expectations, exploring gender or sexual identity, or seeking a therapist who understands neurodivergence, you are welcome here. I work collaboratively to create a space where you can show up fully, feel understood, and build relationships rooted in safety, authenticity, and emotional connection.