Emotionally Focused Therapists in Austin, TX
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Bianca Bentzin
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
TAKING NEW VIRTUAL CLIENTS (waitlist for in-person). I provide caring support to individuals and couples. I strive to join clients where ever they are on their emotional and mental health journey without judgment or agenda. With couples therapy, I use my training in
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy & Gottman Couples Therapy to help couples learn to break unhealthy relationship patterns, learn new ways to communicate, and deepen their emotional connection. I also work with individuals who are transitioning out of a relationship or into a new one and individuals seeking healing from anxiety, grief, trauma, loss or life transitions.
Abundant Life Counseling Services, P.A.
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC-S, LMFT-S, CST
Verified
Verified
We provide individual therapy (adults and teens), play therapy, marriage counseling, sex therapy, counseling for sexual addiction or affair recovery,
EFT
, EMDR (adults, teens, and children), family therapy, and premarital counseling.
Abundant Life Counseling Services, P.A., is a professional counseling practice seeking to help people live and love more abundantly through practicing faith-based and traditional counseling methods. Each member of our professional staff is committed to helping you discover life beyond broken relationships, impaired thinking, painful behavior patterns, and debilitating intense emotions. You will be seen and known in your relational, emotional, psychological, or spiritual struggle, experiencing what it's like to be accepted, understood, and deeply challenged as your therapist joins you on a journey toward God's hope and healing.
Waitlist for new clients
Cynthia S Penwell
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S
Verified
Verified
I provide psychotherapy, EMDR, and guidance for adults, couples, families, and adolescents. My ideal client is one who is ready to begin the journey towards a better functioning family, and/or a happier lifestyle. I specialize in trauma-informed cognitive-behavioral therapy and EMDR; as well as attachment-based psychotherapy. In my work with adults, I vary between cognitive behavioral with mindfulness approaches with underpinnings of an attachment orientation and a strengths perspective. With couples, I also integrate the Gottman Method and
Emotionally Focused
Therapy.
Waitlist for new clients
Shana Sheeran, PhD LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CCTP, CTMH
Verified
Verified
I am also trained in EMDR and use elements of
EFT
, Internal Family Systems, Sandtray, Psychodrama and other experiential modalities to help my clients heal and move forward.
Do you want your relationships to be better? How about your relationship with yourself? Have you experienced trauma in important relationships and struggle with anxiety, depression, guilt, low self esteem? I believe relationships are extremely important in our growth and development. This belief begins with, and is evidenced by, the relationship I will work to form with you!
Josephine Bibby
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC
Verified
7 Endorsed
Verified
7 Endorsed
I use a trauma-informed and
emotionally focused
approach to allow my clients to build self-compassion and to live more self-directed, peaceful lives.
Many of my clients have difficult family relationships, struggle with boundaries, and are working on finding love within, rather than externally. I help them discover how to create a life with more love, more patience, and more peace. It is possible to live more in line with your values, to connect more fully in relationships, and to understand yourself in new ways. I believe that people change when we feel safe. Through a genuine and trust-centered therapy relationship, we create room for self-acceptance and your life can improve.
Omar Chavez
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
New couples are often reluctant to seek help. Be it stigma surrounding couple's therapy or feeling like the have not been together "long enough," couples usually wait until resentment and unhappiness have grown to distressing levels before reaching out for help. According to relationship expert Dr. John Gottman, couples often endure an average of six years of unhappiness before seeking help. Why let years of resentment build up when you can spend that time strengthening your bond and finding new ways to overcome and adapt to life's inevitable conflicts?
Waitlist for new clients
Laura Scheindlin
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LMT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I utilize somatic awareness, mindfulness, IFS,
EFT
(emotional freedom technique) and brain retraining so you can experience CHANGE.
Currently only doing VIRTUAL one-on-one counseling. Let me help you make some big shifts in your life! Most of the reason why we sabotage or ruin our progress is because our unconscious self is driving our behaviors. I can help you to bring those unconscious beliefs into your awareness so you can change your behaviors that don't serve you anymore. As a body-centered therapist (LPC and LMT), I help people who may be stuck in their healing process and are in need of deep and active work. By utilizing both psychotherapy and somatic approaches, I help clients heal more effectively.
Tiffany Stanley
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, MA, CST, NCC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Dr. Tiffany Stanley is a Texas-board-approved licensed psychotherapist and supervisor, nationally and internationally certified and registered psychotherapist, Eye-Movement-Desensitization-and-Reprocessing (EMDR) trained counselor,
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (
EFT
) trained therapist, American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists-Certified Sex Therapist, American Board of Sexology Diplomat and holds a doctorate in clinical sexology. She is also a registered Heal Your Life Workshop Leader. She has been in private practice for more than 17 years, specializing in helping adult women, men and couples.
Waitlist for new clients
Trent Schmiedehaus, LCSW-S, SEP
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S, SEP
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
My practice is grounded in an experiential,
emotionally focused
approach to healing, drawing from transformative modalities such as AEDP,
Emotionally Focused
Therapy (
EFT
) mindfulness, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology and Somatic Experiencing.
My approach is based first and foremost on offering you a safe, supportive space in which you can feel free to explore, change and heal. By examining your direct experience, we can observe the habitual reactions, limitations, and outdated stories that prevent you from feeling the full richness of life. Engaging your moment to moment experience will allow you to develop a full appreciation of who you are, and move you toward the life you want to live.
Respark Therapy
Licensed Master Social Worker
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
I incorporate aspects of
Emotionally Focused
(
EFT
) and Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) Therapies.
Hey, you! I’m Shaun, and my desire to serve others began while serving in the Army. My passion for serving my community grew when I retired after 26 years of service and dedicated myself to helping children in need. I became a licensed therapeutic foster parent caring for children with advanced mental, emotional, and physical challenges. As a foster parent, I noticed the need for caring advocates extended past my front door, so I began my journey to become a clinical social worker.
Justine Rife
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LCDC, RYT
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Therapy is a process of self discovery, insight, deep emotional healing and positive change. I provide a safe and compassionate space for you to process your unique life experiences. Together, we can make connections, gain insight and question some of the underlying, unconscious, and outdated patterns that may be keeping you stuck or holding you back. My primary interests are working with both men and women with anxiety, depression, addiction, life transitions, relationship challenges, emotional abuse, and early childhood trauma. Additionally, I enjoy couples work and have extensive training in
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy.
Tara Joyner, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
I combine Gottman method, Emotion Focused Therapy (
EFT
) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to find a therapeutic approach best-fit for each client.
My practice focuses mainly on topics surrounding relationship difficulties, depression/anxiety, sexual problems, and infertility. I work with male and female clients equally and work with all couple types. I believe you are the expert on your background, experiences, values, and goals. The therapeutic relationship relies on honesty, mutual respect, sharing, and openness. Making a connection is vital to the process. My ultimate goal is to help you define and attain the goals you want in life, and direct you on a healthy path to achieve them.
Joe X Cantu
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified
Verified
I am a ICEEFT Certified
EFT
Trainer,
EFT
Supervisor and Certified
EFT
Couples Therapist.
Remember what it felt like when you first met? Remember all the fun you had together? All the laughs? All the love? Do you wonder what happened? Do you look back and ask what went wrong?
Waitlist for new clients
Ina Huber
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified
Verified
In working with couples, I focus on the research based approaches of John Gottman and
Emotionally Focused
Therapy.
The possibilities for change, healing, and well-being often aren't trusted if you are dealing with depression, anxiety, or difficult circumstances. My goal is to provide support and safety for you to explore and understand problems with emotions, relationships, and painful experiences. It is possible to come to terms with difficult issues, accept (not like) these human experiences, and move through them to change. Tapping into your own innate healing power allows for caring connections, emotional safety, and growth.
Paul Boone, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MDiv, LPC, LMFT, LCDC
Verified
Verified
I am an advanced clinician in Imago Therapy and
EFT
. When relationships aren't working very well or are on the brink of ending, it really feels bad; like the rug is being pulled out from under you. Often there are solvable reasons for why these things happen. I am motivated by those methods such as Imago therapy and
EFT
which have worked so well for so many in the past to help couples develop a high degree of safe attachment in their relationships. Something, that once they have learned how to do it, they can take with them because it is portable.
Irek Banaczyk
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, LCDC
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
Informed by developmental neurobiology and
emotionally focused
experiential psychotherapies, I aim to be a gentle collaborator in your process of integration and transformation towards the person you aspire to be, and all that brings you purpose, meaning, and fulfillment.
It takes courage to seek out therapy, so congratulations on taking the first step in your journey of therapeutic healing and connection to self and others. What happens in the therapeutic setting in conjunction with lifestyle enhancements can, over time, bring about lasting change. With gentle facilitation, you can increase awareness of body and mind and enhance mood, motivation, agency, and integration of skills. These self-improvements allow for a more self-directed life that can be lived more fully through consciously curated personal values and choices. I have worked with children, teens, young adults, adults, and families.
Martha Pulkingham
Licensed Professional Counselor, MEd, LPC
Verified
Verified
In my therapy, I use an
emotionally focused
approach, and maintain a non-judgmental environment to help clients gain insight into their emotions, their motivations, and emotional regulation.
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor, practicing in the greater Austin area for over 25 years; I work with adult individuals and couples. I create a supportive space to explore your concerns — whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, grief, stress, relationship difficulties, or whether you are seeking to achieve a greater sense of well-being in your life. Convenient access to therapy via online sessions.
Jennifer Espino
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
Verified
You long to feel secure and happy in your relationship and within yourself. I can help you get there. I have advanced training in maternal mental health and hold an advanced certification, Perinatal Mental Health Certified (PMH-C), to help women navigate their journey to motherhood. For couples, I have advanced training in
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapy (
EFT
). With a focus on more compassion for yourself and your partner, you can begin to feel a shift toward feeling seen, understood, and valued.
Waitlist for new clients
Noah Enteen, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
As an
Emotionally Focused
Couples Therapist, I have the tools to help you feel more connected, present and fulfilled in your relationship.
Would you like to improve your communication with your partner and feel connected? Does your teen need some help getting back on track? Are you feelings stuck & ready for change? I have 18+ years of experience supporting teens, young adults, adults, families & couples (LGBTQ encouraged) with breaking patterns, managing depression and anxiety, improving communication with colleagues and loved ones and meeting life goals. I strive to create a safe, non-judgmental space for exploration, growth and healing. My therapy style is warm, straightforward, collaborative and relational.
Erin Smith
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, MA, LPC-A
Verified
Verified
Some modalities which I pull from include Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, &
Emotionally Focused
Therapy.
Now Accepting New Clients for In-Person & Virtual Sessions - I work with children, teens, and young adults navigating challenges which are keeping you from thriving and living a more aligned and joyful life. I'm honored to join you on your journey toward getting to know all of the parts of yourself that make you, you! In therapy, we take the time to slow down and make space for compassion and healing in a safe environment. My hope is that this practice of slowing down and going inward will not only allow for healing in the present, but also become a skill that you can carry throughout life.
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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.