Emotion Focused Therapy
A collaborative, evidence-based approach to transforming ineffective behavioral patterns and deepening your emotional awareness.
Emotion Focused Therapy
Throughout our lives, our brains notice patterns that help keep us safe, healthy, and thriving. The patterns we see growing up in our family, relationships, and environment also affect how we respond to circumstances and plan for the future. This becomes a problem when the signals we receive are no longer helpful for making good choices in our current environment. Many people talk about this as an “attachment style” as it generally reflects our earliest attempts to connect with others (usually our parents).
Often, our body sends these signals as emotions. Emotions are like road signs our brain puts up on the highway of our life; they tell us to slow down, speed up, turn around, or make a U-turn. Unfortunately, many people ignore these signs or follow them blindly without making healthy decisions. Sometimes these signs came from a time when we were not safe or able to make good decisions, and they are now outdated.
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Emotionally Focused Therapy seeks to increase our understanding of what these signals mean and help us make more informed, healthy decisions about our emotions. Your clinician will help you become more intentional about being aware of your emotions, healing from old wounds, understanding how old patterns may be ineffective in your current life, and deciding how you would like to approach life going forward. Through this process, new and more effective patterns of living can emerge, helping you thrive and build a life that better supports your needs and desires.
The cycle feels protective in the moment — the compulsion brings relief — but over time it teaches the brain that the fear was real and needed answering. The good news is that this same cycle can be gently unlearned.
Effective for working with:
- Anxiety/Depression
- Marriage and family therapy
- Trauma/Adjustment disorders
What does working with us look like?
At Gleason Counseling Services, we believe in building a trusting relationship first. We’ll move at a pace that feels safe, helping you understand the emotional patterns and internal signals driving your life, and walk alongside you as you heal from old wounds and step into a more connected future. For those who want it, we’re glad to integrate faith into that journey — and for those who don’t, you’re just as welcome here.
Let’s walk this path together.
Reach out when you’re ready. We’d be honored to walk alongside you.
