Emotionally Focused Therapists in 94059
Laurie Gulutzan
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Redwood City, CA 94059
My approach to therapy is a blend of mindfulness, emotionally focused, DBT and psychodynamic approaches.
Are you feeling disconnected, frustrated or overwhelmed? Do you find it challenging to build close, intimate relationships? If you are looking to improve the quality of your most important relationships or to feel more skillful at building new relationships, I would look forward to working with you.
My approach to therapy is a blend of mindfulness, emotionally focused, DBT and psychodynamic approaches.
Are you feeling disconnected, frustrated or overwhelmed? Do you find it challenging to build close, intimate relationships? If you are looking to improve the quality of your most important relationships or to feel more skillful at building new relationships, I would look forward to working with you.
Sonia C Duggal
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, APCC
Verified Verified
Redwood City, CA 94059
Relationship stress whether as a couple or in a family, can create havoc in our life and deeply impact our wellness. If you are having troubles with your partner/spouse, children, family members and your disharmony is is taking a toll on you, I am here to help you. I have journeyed with many couples, families and individuals providing a safe space to successfully navigate the complexities of their situations and find harmony in their relationships. I bring a gentle yet directive approach. Having lived and worked in different countries, I bring experience and ease in working with individuals from many different cultures.
Relationship stress whether as a couple or in a family, can create havoc in our life and deeply impact our wellness. If you are having troubles with your partner/spouse, children, family members and your disharmony is is taking a toll on you, I am here to help you. I have journeyed with many couples, families and individuals providing a safe space to successfully navigate the complexities of their situations and find harmony in their relationships. I bring a gentle yet directive approach. Having lived and worked in different countries, I bring experience and ease in working with individuals from many different cultures.
Angelina Rey
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Redwood City, CA 94059
I enjoy working with couples and families via telehealth to improve communication, rebuild trust, connection and intimacy while decreasing conflict, working toward compromise, and mutually feeling heard and understood. I work with couples and individuals to teach communication and conflict resolution skills, coping skills to manage stress, anxiety, and depression. I particularly enjoy working with individuals who are ready to understand and change their relationship patterns and/or wanting to heal through past relationship trauma.
I enjoy working with couples and families via telehealth to improve communication, rebuild trust, connection and intimacy while decreasing conflict, working toward compromise, and mutually feeling heard and understood. I work with couples and individuals to teach communication and conflict resolution skills, coping skills to manage stress, anxiety, and depression. I particularly enjoy working with individuals who are ready to understand and change their relationship patterns and/or wanting to heal through past relationship trauma.
Taylor Langley
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Redwood City, CA 94059
I am here to help you find some peace and calm in this storm of life. Although that sounds a bit cliche, life seems to be getting more complicated by the day- I want to support you in whatever way you or your family need. My experience is with a range of issues, ages, and cultural diversities, including working through family conflict, helping with behavior modification for your young child or learning how to connect with your teen. I also work with adults dealing with job stress, relationship issues, or those struggling to find passion and drive.
I am here to help you find some peace and calm in this storm of life. Although that sounds a bit cliche, life seems to be getting more complicated by the day- I want to support you in whatever way you or your family need. My experience is with a range of issues, ages, and cultural diversities, including working through family conflict, helping with behavior modification for your young child or learning how to connect with your teen. I also work with adults dealing with job stress, relationship issues, or those struggling to find passion and drive.
Lauren Cardillo-Geller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PhD
Verified Verified
Redwood City, CA 94059
Do you feel empty inside, unfulfilled in your relationships and long for a greater sense of meaning and purpose? Many of us lose touch with ourselves as we take on different life roles, try to conform to what we believe we "should" be or are faced with major stressors. It is this inner disconnection that can lead to symptoms like anxiety and depression. I specialize in helping adults, college students and adolescents struggling with issues around sense of self and identity. I also support parents and teens stay connected during the trials of adolescence, and help parents better understand and care for their special needs child.
Do you feel empty inside, unfulfilled in your relationships and long for a greater sense of meaning and purpose? Many of us lose touch with ourselves as we take on different life roles, try to conform to what we believe we "should" be or are faced with major stressors. It is this inner disconnection that can lead to symptoms like anxiety and depression. I specialize in helping adults, college students and adolescents struggling with issues around sense of self and identity. I also support parents and teens stay connected during the trials of adolescence, and help parents better understand and care for their special needs child.
Michelle Mangiardi
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC, MA, PPSC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Redwood City, CA 94059
Oftentimes, the first steps in seeking therapy are some of the hardest. I am glad that you are here. Through a humanistic approach and use of evidence-based treatments, I strive to help my clients grow, heal, persevere, and find and harness their inner strength. I am open and warm by nature and am also flexible in working together to meet each of my client's individual needs. I care deeply about the work that I do and use my background working with adults, adolescents, children, and their families to employ my passion for helping others.
Oftentimes, the first steps in seeking therapy are some of the hardest. I am glad that you are here. Through a humanistic approach and use of evidence-based treatments, I strive to help my clients grow, heal, persevere, and find and harness their inner strength. I am open and warm by nature and am also flexible in working together to meet each of my client's individual needs. I care deeply about the work that I do and use my background working with adults, adolescents, children, and their families to employ my passion for helping others.
Margaret Li
Psychologist, PsyD, CST
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Redwood City, CA 94059
Are you struggling with intimacy or sexual concerns and not sure how to improve the situation? Sex therapy is a form of therapy intended to help individuals and couples resolve sexual difficulties, such as performance anxiety or relationship problems. It’s normal for clients to feel anxious when seeing a sex therapist, especially for the first time. Many people have trouble talking about sex at all, so discussing it with me as a stranger may feel awkward. I provide a safe space in exploring your sexual concerns, reducing the pain, and reaching desirable goals. I am one of the few Asian American AASECT certified therapists across US.
Are you struggling with intimacy or sexual concerns and not sure how to improve the situation? Sex therapy is a form of therapy intended to help individuals and couples resolve sexual difficulties, such as performance anxiety or relationship problems. It’s normal for clients to feel anxious when seeing a sex therapist, especially for the first time. Many people have trouble talking about sex at all, so discussing it with me as a stranger may feel awkward. I provide a safe space in exploring your sexual concerns, reducing the pain, and reaching desirable goals. I am one of the few Asian American AASECT certified therapists across US.
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Emotionally Focused Therapists
Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.