Emotionally Focused Therapists in Mohave County, AZ
Cindy Unger
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPCC, LPC, CPC
Verified Verified
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
Are you overwhelmed with anxiety or trying to manage the stress of relationships in your life? Do you have a dream that you're not fulfilling in your life? I'm here to help! I work with adults and older teens struggling with anxiety & panic attacks, OCD, pregnancy/postpartum struggles and birth trauma, addiction, past sexual assault and/or abuse, relationship challenges (especially in dating, marriage, and breakups), and life transitions. I have a background in alternative health and I value an approach that integrates physical health, relationships, non-medical approaches, and self-empowerment.
Are you overwhelmed with anxiety or trying to manage the stress of relationships in your life? Do you have a dream that you're not fulfilling in your life? I'm here to help! I work with adults and older teens struggling with anxiety & panic attacks, OCD, pregnancy/postpartum struggles and birth trauma, addiction, past sexual assault and/or abuse, relationship challenges (especially in dating, marriage, and breakups), and life transitions. I have a background in alternative health and I value an approach that integrates physical health, relationships, non-medical approaches, and self-empowerment.
Amanda Labagnara
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Kingman, AZ 86401 (Online Only)
As a therapist, I strive to provide a safe, supportive, open and affirming space for my clients to explore and develop a greater understanding of themselves. Understanding our past and how it affects our present allows us to begin to incorporate new ways of being that align with our needs and values leading us to live a happier life. In my practice, I aim to provide a safe, respectful, warm and empowering therapeutic environment in which healing and lasting change can be accomplished. I am a passionate listener who uses empathy to assist clients in recognizing and understanding their true potential.
As a therapist, I strive to provide a safe, supportive, open and affirming space for my clients to explore and develop a greater understanding of themselves. Understanding our past and how it affects our present allows us to begin to incorporate new ways of being that align with our needs and values leading us to live a happier life. In my practice, I aim to provide a safe, respectful, warm and empowering therapeutic environment in which healing and lasting change can be accomplished. I am a passionate listener who uses empathy to assist clients in recognizing and understanding their true potential.
Susan Olvera
Counselor, MS, LAC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bullhead City, AZ 86442 (Online Only)
I am a licensed associate counselor with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University. I specialize in treating issues related to trauma and abuse, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. My focus is working with individuals and meeting them at their level of readiness for change and toward goal identification and providing the necessary tools to assist them in identifying & achieving skills to live a productive life. Also, my approach is more structured with evidence-based approaches.
I am a licensed associate counselor with a master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University. I specialize in treating issues related to trauma and abuse, substance abuse, depression and anxiety. My focus is working with individuals and meeting them at their level of readiness for change and toward goal identification and providing the necessary tools to assist them in identifying & achieving skills to live a productive life. Also, my approach is more structured with evidence-based approaches.
Pathways To Connection, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, DBH, LCSW
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86406
As a tele-health practitioner, I believe compassion is a powerful force in meeting life’s challenges. Regardless of our position and circumstances, we all have experiences that are challenging, stressful and unfulfilling; often requiring extra support. Whether you are working through mental health issues, having a tough time working through trauma, experiencing relationship dysfunction, or any other stressful situations, I’m here to help you work through it. My core therapeutic values and approach provide guidance for myself and clients as we work together toward peaceful resolutions to some of life’s most challenging obstacles.
As a tele-health practitioner, I believe compassion is a powerful force in meeting life’s challenges. Regardless of our position and circumstances, we all have experiences that are challenging, stressful and unfulfilling; often requiring extra support. Whether you are working through mental health issues, having a tough time working through trauma, experiencing relationship dysfunction, or any other stressful situations, I’m here to help you work through it. My core therapeutic values and approach provide guidance for myself and clients as we work together toward peaceful resolutions to some of life’s most challenging obstacles.
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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.