Emotionally Focused Therapists in Marietta, GA
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Amy Dyer
Counselor, MA, NCC, APC
Verified
Verified
I have passion for working with adolescents, adults, and couples. In my training in Marriage and Family Therapy, I have developed a deep understanding of how family dynamics impact mental and relational health, and I am skillful in treating anxiety, depression, and couples issues. My therapeutic style is informed by the
Emotionally Focused
Therapy model, and I incorporate CBT and ACT techniques into my approach, and I enjoy being creative and resourceful during sessions.. I strive to help my clients lead fulfilling and purpose-driven lives.

Melora L Moore
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I have advanced training in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy and use this framework as a tool when working with couples, families, and individuals.
Navigating relationships sometimes feels like you are lost in disconnection and heartache. If you are experiencing marital distress or family conflict, I would love to help you create new connections in relationships that have been broken. My primary goal is to create loving bonds in the relationships that matter most in our lives. In my office or through telehealth, my hope is to offer a space for safety and respect to generate healing and restoration. I use a holistic approach, considering the whole person and the varied needs that each one comes with. I also enjoy working with clients who wish to include faith into counseling

Counseling Services of Atlanta
Licensed Professional Counselor, MDiv, MS, LPC, BCBA
Verified
Verified
Emotion Focused Therapy (
EFT
) touches many issues and brings clarity to people trying to overcome personal struggles and relationship challenges.
If you need to be heard and validated for your emotions and your dreams about life, I will listen and respond to you. I have provided pastoral care to troubled church members and to troubled youth in group homes and in jail cell blocks for more that ten years. I work with families and children who's lives revolve around the issues of one or more family members struggles with intellectual and developmental disabilities. I have provided group experiences for traumatized and delinquent youth. If I can help, I will help.

Alex Peskin
Marriage & Family Therapist, EdS, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I am trained in
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I work primarily with couples and adult individuals focused on improving relationships with the person they love or those who play important parts in their lives. Finding a way to be on the same page with those who we care about most can be difficult. Learning to strengthen relationship bonds through meaningful ways of connection and expression can be a powerful experience in establishing self-confidence, strong resolve, and long-lasting partnerships.

The Relationship House LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
We offer
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (
EFT
) for Individuals, Couples, and Families, as well as
Emotionally Focused
informed Sex Therapy.
At The Relationship House we recognize that a lack of secure connection leaves us vulnerable to mental health problems. This is why our mission is to help individuals, couples, and families build strong, loving bonds in their relationships. Secure and responsive relationships decrease anxiety and depression, reduce stress, and improve physical health. Our therapists specialize in Marriage and Family Therapy and in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy. Our approach facilitates powerful moments of personal and relationship change to improve your overall well-being.

Darrin D. Payne
MA,LAPC, BS Min, CTT
Verified
Verified
Darrin's techniques include CBT/DBT/REBT/
EFT
/ACT, Internal Family Systems Therapy, ARC Therapy, Attachment Theory and Psychodynamic interventions.
Darrin is a licensed associate professional counselor under supervision trained to work with men, women, adolescents, couples and groups requiring professional help. He realizes that life produces internal storm damages occurring far too often without any damage control or prevention. The causes of moodiness, irritability, restlessness, discontentment, fear, doubt, uncertainty, anger, depression, anxiety, insomnia and addiction all have one thing in common - a lack of holistic wellness. Recovery from the internal/external effects of untreated mental and emotional damages is what he will introduce you to.

Becky Wofford
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I have advanced training in
Emotionally Focused
Therapy and feel honored in helping couples get to the heart of their relational struggles and find a deeper and closer connection together.
Many people come to counseling feeling stuck in certain behaviors, relational patterns, or emotional cycles, perhaps without even understanding why, or without hope of lasting change. My desire is to journey with you toward emotional, mental, spiritual, and relational wholeness. You may be facing a broken relationship, suffering from disordered eating or body image concerns, have a history of sexual abuse or trauma, be living with or recovering from a serious illness, or be experiencing depression or anxiety. There is hope!

Keir Brady
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I am trained in a number of systemic and individual approaches including, EMDR, and
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy.
You are seeking a therapist because you want to make your life and relationships better. You may feel discouraged and feel helpless as to how to improve things. The good news is that individual or couples therapy can help. Through therapy, I can help you free yourself from stress and struggle. Together we can work to heal your pain, create the relationships that you want, improve your self-esteem, and build a more fulfilling life. I can help you develop more compassion for your pain and be kinder to yourself so you can feel more hopeful about your life and relationships.

Erlese Caruth
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, CCH, CPCS
Verified
4 Endorsed
Verified
4 Endorsed
We practice a combination of theory and therapeutic techniques, including sex therapy, hypnotherapy, ERP, CBT, DBT,
EFT
& narrative therapy.
Some days you wake up feeling paralyzed by intense emotions. And on other days you rely on your intuition to help you navigate the world. A Place for Me Counseling provides a safe, friendly, inclusive, and therapeutic environment to uncover and manage intense emotions. When clients are ready to make a change we listen with empathy and compassion, as we work together to help you navigate challenging situations, and discover ways to emerge from your old stories stronger, more confident, and more resilient to face the world.

April Bailye Counseling (ABC)
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
For the courageous individual seeking individual therapy - I have extensive training in CBT, DBT,
EFT
, and REBT.
Accepting new clients! If you're looking for a therapist that is going to listen to understand while also helping you figure out causes and solutions to your struggles, then you have found the right therapist. If you're married or in a relationship that once was good and now is filled with hurt, fighting, misunderstanding, or loneliness, I know how to help. There is hope for your relationship, and I will give you the tools you need to build and maintain a happy and healthy relationship. If you are a person that is looking for individual therapy for yourself, I have experience and tools to help you in your journey, as well.

Matthew C Driggers
Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, CSAT-C
Verified
Verified
I work primarily through
Emotionally Focused
Therapy for couples, individuals and families.
Whatever has brought you to this site, my heart goes out to you. Communication problems, infidelity, loss of family member, balancing the demands of work and home, conflicts in blended families, childhood trauma, or substance abuse can wear your family and relationship thin. I want to help you find hope and a plan for moving forward. You are not alone. By looking through this site you are taking a courageous step toward finding help. Well done.
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Michael Ramsey
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
Hello! I'm Alec Ramsey, a licensed marriage and family therapist with seven years of clinical experience. I specialize in treating addiction, ADHD, trauma and PTSD, mood disorders, and grief. I use a blend of EMDR, Attachment-based, Dialectical (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), and Mindfulness-Based (MBCT) modalities. When working with couples, I use the
emotionally focused
therapy framework to help partners communicate deeper and more effectively. My goal is to support you in overcoming what may feel unmanageable, unpredictable, and uncontrollable.

Juliana C Brown
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
Verified
I integrate CBT, Solution focused therapy, Person-centered therapy &
Emotionally Focused
Family Therapy with clients.
I'm a Licensed Professional Counselor dedicated to cultivating supportive, accepting, and inclusive environments that allow clients to reach their fullest potential. I enjoy working with teens, adolescents, young adults, and adults experiencing challenges with life transitions. I am experienced in treating anxiety, depression, other mood related disorders, attachment disorders, and behavioral challenges in children, teens, adults, couples and families.
Not accepting new clients

Susan M Lasher
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
Licensed as a Clinical Social Worker, I have been helping your friends and neighbors in the Atlanta area for almost 40 years. My style is empathic; most people find me easy to talk to. I collaborate with you to discover where your growth is blocked and to build a more satisfying life on the foundation of strengths you already have, including any spiritual resources. I draw on social work's person-in-the-environment focus, cognitive-behavioral techniques,
emotionally focused
therapy, family systems theory, modern psychoanalytic theories, Eastern and 12-step philosophies, to guide our work together.

Liza Reed
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, LPC
Verified
3 Endorsed
Verified
3 Endorsed
I have all advanced training completed in
Emotionally Focused
Couple's Therapy (
EFT
).
Life can be tough. We are all doing our best, and yet we can be faced with challenges that affect our mood, thoughts and ability to cope. If you are struggling with overwhelming emotions, life-threatening behaviors or ineffective patterns in relationships, then I can help you to regain inherent strengths, and build a life of purpose and peace. Whether you have a name for your struggle (Borderline Personality Disorder, Bipolar Disorder, OCD, Panic Disorder) or you just know that you don't feel like yourself, I would love to navigate along side you.

Anastasia Bean-Moon
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC, CPCS
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
My therapeutic approach is strength based and integrative, utilizing solution-focused, cognitive-behavioral,
emotionally focused
therapy, and experiential methods. I believe the therapeutic relationship is vital. By utilizing a core humanistic approach, based on trust, nonjudgmental, and a genuine unconditional positive regard. I help clients gain insight into the past and evaluate present living to create a new perspective. Awareness of self and others, coping skills, and motivation of present living is explored to create new patterns of thought, new emotional responses, and new behaviors to not only heal and reach your goal but to thrive and live fully.

Kristi Burgess
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MDiv, NCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Caught in the same pattern of repetitive conflict that leaves you both feeling distant and alone? Couples who find themselves in predictable and distressing arguments want to stop the cycle and repair the damage. A new, positive pattern of relating can create safety and security in your relationship and help you move from disconnection toward a heart-to-heart connection.
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy (
EFT
) has been proven to help 75 percent of couples improve and maintain their connection over time.

Kimberly Ayertey
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified
Verified
I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with over 24 years of experience in behavioral health and addiction recovery. I work primarily with adolescents and adults, integrating different treatment modalities to meet clients' needs. My specialties include treating individuals with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, co-occurring disorders, life transitions, relationship and family conflict, and unresolved emotional issues. I use a mix of Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Cognitive Processing (CPT),
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (
EFT
), Motivational Interviewing.

Robyn Starks
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified
Verified
Robyn utilizes relational, collaborative, strengths-based, cognitive behavioral (CBT), mindfulness-based, art and play therapy techniques, solutions-focused (SFT), and emotionally-focused (
EFT
) approaches to therapy.
Robyn Starks is a Resident in Counseling (RIC) who has more than 7 years of experience working with children, adults, individuals, and couples who are seeking help in coping with depression, anxiety, stress, grief, life transitions, communication, coping skills and parenting issues. Her passion includes learning alongside couples while helping them build and maintain fulfilling relationships through self-awareness and continued growth. Robyn completed her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Kennesaw State University and received his Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Counseling from Richmont Graduate University.

Shama Panjwani
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, ACS, NCC, CCMHC
Verified
Verified
I use CBT, DBT, narrative,
EFT
, and other integrative/wellness approaches.
Do you want to live a balanced life and feel happy? Perhaps you are constantly facing obstacles and challenges in your life that are impacting your holistic wellness and authentic relationships. The anxiety and depression can be detrimental. I can help you, guide you, and support you as you process various issues related to your cultural/sexual identity, anxiety related to transitions and relationships, grief, trauma, depression, etc. I can help you gain a deeper insight and self-awareness that will allow you to get closer to your goals, make better decisions, and have a better quality of life in a holistic manner using mindfulness.
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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.