Emotionally Focused Therapists in Franklin, TN

Mary Margaret is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Sex Therapist who specializes in healing marital intimacy, desire disorders, trauma recovery and other intimacy concerns. She has been trained in EFT , IFS and the Gottman approach as well as the Enneagram extensively. She believes many things in life hinder our abilities to maintain healthy relationships, her role is to assist and equip those who are experiencing difficulties managing relationships in order to heal and build more enduring and healthy ones.

My hope is to meet with clients of all ages who find themselves scrambling for health and wholeness and whatever that means to them. I believe there is immense power in feeling safe and known and that our wounds and victories both impact our thought processes, relationships, emotions, and behaviors. In life transitions, relational difficulties, and personal struggles, I aim to be an agent of hope and compassion that moves clients towards greater awareness and confidence, and away from self-defeating processes of shame and feelings of unworthiness. As a result, the health of body, mind, soul, and relationships improves.

I work collaboratively with my clients to empower them to take control back in their lives, gain insight into who they are and how they are functioning, and to make changes that will last a lifetime. It is important to feel heard, understood, validated, and safe when discussing personal issues and concerns. I provide an atmosphere of trust and support that allows my clients to explore, discover, grow, and implement effective tools and strategies to improve their life and their well-being and to break free from the destructive patterns and behaviors that have kept them stuck. You are worth it, and you deserve it.

Too often we live life in the fog of good health and favorable circumstances. But then, inevitably, something happens. Something difficult and hard to understand that pushes to the forefront the need for wisdom. Is there hope? On whom can I depend? What am I living for? What matters? Will I live? How will I live? Author and poet Wendell Berry said: "It may be that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings."

Life's difficulties find us all, and they can leave us feeling stuck, confused and alone. It is Erica's passion and privilege to walk alongside others who find themselves in such places. Erica's hope for her clients is to collaboratively create a safe environment that provides the space to wrestle, grow and take steps toward hope and healing.

It’s a privilege to be invited into your life. Realizing it takes courage to reach out and schedule a first appointment, I'm committed to creating a soft place for you to land each time we meet, a place where you feel seen through a lens of non-judgment and compassion, a place where hope lives. And if life has gotten too messy for you to believe any longer, then let me hold hope for you until you can.

I'm passionate about partnering and walking alongside others in their most difficult moments to bring a renewed sense of hope and healing. Research shows the value in a therapeutic relationship where clients feel safe and accepted. I see this relationship as the foundation my clients and I will build on to move towards progress and transformation. My clinical interests include depression, anxiety, grief, addiction, trauma, sexuality, boundaries, spirituality, and life-transitions.

"I need something to change" is a great place to start. Counseling can be a place to facilitate this change. You may find that you are speaking one language while your spouse is speaking another. You can learn how to have a common language and corrective experiences that draw you closer together instead of further apart. Many of your wounds occurred in relationships, thus it is in relationships where they can be restored. I have served individuals and couples in a helping profession for nearly 30 years. You can find practical solutions as well as deep soul and relational change. Though not easy, real change is possible.

I believe that understanding our attachment style is one avenue to self-discovery. I use an integrative approach to help clients improve their connection with others and create a life of hope and purpose. My goal is to help clients improve their quality of life, increase self compassion, develop coping skills boundaries, decrease suffering, and improve body image. I work with adolescents, adults, couples, and families who struggle with relationships, chronic illness, stress, eating disorders/disordered eating, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, personality disorders, marital or family problems, grief and/or co-occurring disorders

I believe that everyone needs therapy at some point in their life. Are you anxious and you recognize the coping skills you have aren't working, or are you realizing there is some healing that you need and don't know where to begin? Maybe you need help managing your relationships. I've been there. I believe that mental health and healing are possible, and would be honored to walk with you towards it. I use a client-centered, integrative approach to therapy including IFS, EFT , and systemic therapy. I want my therapy space to be a place of comfort and healing for you.

I believe that walking alongside hurting individuals, couples, and families is a crucial element on the path to healing. Brokenness, chaos, shattered relationships, and loss are often concealed gifts of transformation. People who have experienced trauma resulting in attachment struggles, addictions, anxiety, codependency and relational conflict are common to the individuals I see. Keith, my husband, and I offer couples and family therapy together as we feel that it is effective and expedient. When I am not counseling with my husband, I work with individuals and families who are in crisis and are desperate for change.

Are you experiencing negative thinking, sadness, anxiety, irrational fears, excessive worry, irritability, relational conflict, mistrust, and insecurity? I recognize that many people get "stuck" and struggle to make the change that they desire. You're not alone in your struggle and there is help available. Allow me to support you and or your loved one, in widening your path to emotional wellness. I have 22 years of clinical experience. I specialize in perinatal mental health, attachment/bonding issues, couples in conflict, and trauma.

Whether you are facing the hardest moments of your life, or just trying to embrace the transition to a new season, I want to create a safe and accepting space for you to process and gain deeper insight. In my experience as a counselor, I have had the honor of sitting with individuals and couples who have faced a broad range of issues. My clinical interests include trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, life-transitions, and relationship issues. It is my honor to sit with those who are in the midst of dark moments, and help shine a light on the steps forward.

My passion is working with couples that feel stuck and pulled into destructive communication patterns in their relationship. I help couples heal from deep hurts and move towards intimate connection using Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is backed by research and a highly effective model for helping couples rebuild intimacy.

Thank you for taking a moment to visit my page! I am passionate about working with clients to create collaborative and therapeutic relationships. I am honored to meet individuals and couples with compassion in a space that cultivates hope and restoration.

I provide a professional mental health service that is faith-based within a Christian perspective. Using traditional evidence-based counseling theories together with some common biblical wisdom can help to untangle the confusing and overwhelming feelings of anxiety or depression in difficult circumstances. You may think it is impossible to come through that hard place on your own. Talking with someone who understands can help validate your experience and the challenges that have you feeling stuck. Let's talk about those problematic issues and concerns together and start moving toward a healthier place.

Informed by attachment theory, I incorporate effective counseling models to work with couples, families, and individuals. My passion is to help people recover their hearts so they can be who they are made to be and do what they are made to do.