Emotionally Focused Therapists in 45439

Photo of Cassie Kooser, Licensed Professional Counselor in 45439, OH
Cassie Kooser
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified Verified
Moraine, OH 45439
Human connection is vital to the therapeutic practice and so during therapy, I do my best to provide a safe space to explore emotions and challenges as well as providing a space that is LGBTQIA+ affirming, anti-racist and Disability Justice Oriented. While I work with clients who experience a spectrum of challenges such as anxiety, depression, and work stress, I specialize in helping clients heal from trauma using cognitive, existential, somatic and polyvagal approaches.
Human connection is vital to the therapeutic practice and so during therapy, I do my best to provide a safe space to explore emotions and challenges as well as providing a space that is LGBTQIA+ affirming, anti-racist and Disability Justice Oriented. While I work with clients who experience a spectrum of challenges such as anxiety, depression, and work stress, I specialize in helping clients heal from trauma using cognitive, existential, somatic and polyvagal approaches.
(937) 634-7665 View (937) 634-7665
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David Riley
Counselor, MA, MSEd, LPCC
Verified Verified
Moraine, OH 45439
My approach to therapy is to help you make the changes in your thinking, feeling and acting that you want to make but might not know how or are afraid to make. Through careful listening, support, and help in rethinking your problem you will come to new insights, awareness, and gain new skills that will enable you to become the person you most want to be. You may have difficulty in relationships with others, or personal issues with which you struggle. Nevertheless, you have the power and the strengths within you to change your life and find healing and health.
My approach to therapy is to help you make the changes in your thinking, feeling and acting that you want to make but might not know how or are afraid to make. Through careful listening, support, and help in rethinking your problem you will come to new insights, awareness, and gain new skills that will enable you to become the person you most want to be. You may have difficulty in relationships with others, or personal issues with which you struggle. Nevertheless, you have the power and the strengths within you to change your life and find healing and health.
(937) 755-1521 View (937) 755-1521
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Gwen Helton
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, LPCC-S, LCDCIII
Verified Verified
Moraine, OH 45439
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the list? Do you feel overwhelmed, exhausted and frustrated that there seems to be no end in sight? Do you wonder if there is more to life than meeting other's needs and all of your responsibilities? More than ever, people are feeling anxious and uncertain how to manage relationships, careers and life in general. Continuing to push away your own wants and needs can result in long-term issues.
Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put your needs at the bottom of the list? Do you feel overwhelmed, exhausted and frustrated that there seems to be no end in sight? Do you wonder if there is more to life than meeting other's needs and all of your responsibilities? More than ever, people are feeling anxious and uncertain how to manage relationships, careers and life in general. Continuing to push away your own wants and needs can result in long-term issues.
(937) 806-4264 View (937) 806-4264
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Victoriya Reich
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCDCIII, LISW-S
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Dayton, OH 45439
My clients are empowered to navigate their mental health issues and strive for improvement in their daily lives. They are curious and open-minded, wanting to incorporate various skills and interventions as they create personal goals and strive to meet them. As they gain control over their livelihood, they are able to utilize learned skills and focus on their future.
My clients are empowered to navigate their mental health issues and strive for improvement in their daily lives. They are curious and open-minded, wanting to incorporate various skills and interventions as they create personal goals and strive to meet them. As they gain control over their livelihood, they are able to utilize learned skills and focus on their future.
(440) 379-8548 View (440) 379-8548
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Amy J Dunham
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MS, LPCC
Verified Verified
Moraine, OH 45439
Not accepting new clients
I enjoy working with clients who are open to explore the root cause(s) of their problems or symptoms. I like to work in partnership with clients to uncover early core beliefs that no longer serve them, and that may be blocking access to live a more joyful and abundant life. I work best with relationship issues; victims of abuse; life transitions; military family conflicts; workplace stress; spirituality; grief; trauma and PTSD; anxiety; mood disorders; disordered eating and some eating disorders .
I enjoy working with clients who are open to explore the root cause(s) of their problems or symptoms. I like to work in partnership with clients to uncover early core beliefs that no longer serve them, and that may be blocking access to live a more joyful and abundant life. I work best with relationship issues; victims of abuse; life transitions; military family conflicts; workplace stress; spirituality; grief; trauma and PTSD; anxiety; mood disorders; disordered eating and some eating disorders .
(513) 657-1582 View (513) 657-1582

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.