Emotionally Focused Therapists in Lago Vista, TX
I'm primarily an Emotionally Focused Therapy therapist, which means we'll collaboratively focus on your primary attachment relationships, including how you learned to manage closeness and distance, safety and danger with them.
Turn your never-ending pattern of defeat with your partner into an ever-growing source of enrichment. You may feel unwanted, unvalued, rejected or unsafe in a relationship that used to be marked by love and intimacy. Despite your best efforts, every interaction ends in a damaging fight or excruciating loneliness. These are predictable experiences to problems that have a highly effective solution.
I'm primarily an Emotionally Focused Therapy therapist, which means we'll collaboratively focus on your primary attachment relationships, including how you learned to manage closeness and distance, safety and danger with them.
Turn your never-ending pattern of defeat with your partner into an ever-growing source of enrichment. You may feel unwanted, unvalued, rejected or unsafe in a relationship that used to be marked by love and intimacy. Despite your best efforts, every interaction ends in a damaging fight or excruciating loneliness. These are predictable experiences to problems that have a highly effective solution.
Blossom & Heal Therapy PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
You're exhausted from carrying the weight of past trauma. Whether you're a new parent navigating birth trauma, a first responder overwhelmed by distressing experiences, or struggling with PTSD and anxiety, the pain feels relentless. Flashbacks, guilt, and chronic tension keep you trapped in survival mode. You crave relief—to feel safe in your body and finally break free from the past. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone. You deserve peace, resilience, and a fresh start. Let’s work together to help you move forward and regain control of your life.
You're exhausted from carrying the weight of past trauma. Whether you're a new parent navigating birth trauma, a first responder overwhelmed by distressing experiences, or struggling with PTSD and anxiety, the pain feels relentless. Flashbacks, guilt, and chronic tension keep you trapped in survival mode. You crave relief—to feel safe in your body and finally break free from the past. Healing is possible, and you don’t have to do it alone. You deserve peace, resilience, and a fresh start. Let’s work together to help you move forward and regain control of your life.
Tina Marie Schmidt
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CCTP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Serves Area
In-Person & Saturday availability! Your "stuff" is destroying your happiness, your relationships and your quality of life. You feel that things have got to change, and you want that change to start sooner than later. I can help you with that. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, past traumas, anger, low self-esteem or caught in the grips of substance abuse, I am here to support you every step of the way. Together, we will explore your experiences, uncover your strengths, and empower you to make lasting changes. You need change. You deserve change. Contact me today to schedule an appointment to begin.
In-Person & Saturday availability! Your "stuff" is destroying your happiness, your relationships and your quality of life. You feel that things have got to change, and you want that change to start sooner than later. I can help you with that. Whether you're struggling with anxiety, depression, past traumas, anger, low self-esteem or caught in the grips of substance abuse, I am here to support you every step of the way. Together, we will explore your experiences, uncover your strengths, and empower you to make lasting changes. You need change. You deserve change. Contact me today to schedule an appointment to begin.
My ideal client would be where you find yourself trying to hold it together, and you may not look for help until a situation has gotten worse and its almost a crisis. That situation will significantly affect your life, and you will hit a breaking point. This might be self-esteem, anxiety, depression, adjusting to life changes, codependency, grief, health issues, or just feeling stuck. It's hard to ask for help but here you are, and what you thought might work is not working any more. You would find yourself in my office feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, confused but feeling like you had taken the first step to finding HOPE.
My ideal client would be where you find yourself trying to hold it together, and you may not look for help until a situation has gotten worse and its almost a crisis. That situation will significantly affect your life, and you will hit a breaking point. This might be self-esteem, anxiety, depression, adjusting to life changes, codependency, grief, health issues, or just feeling stuck. It's hard to ask for help but here you are, and what you thought might work is not working any more. You would find yourself in my office feeling overwhelmed, frustrated, confused but feeling like you had taken the first step to finding HOPE.
More Therapists Nearby
Primarily I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and emotionally focused therapies.
I enjoy working with children, adults, couples and families who are seeking support with relationships, managing emotion, co-parenting and navigating the obstacles of everyday life. Transitions can be challenging whether it be starting a new grade, adjusting to divorce, or leaving home to begin college. Mental health issues can complicate productivity making it difficult to experience happiness, joy and success. I enjoy working with the complex dynamics of couples and families. This might include helping children to improve peer or sibling relationships, adjust to a parent's divorce, or navigate their own powerful emotions.
Primarily I use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and emotionally focused therapies.
I enjoy working with children, adults, couples and families who are seeking support with relationships, managing emotion, co-parenting and navigating the obstacles of everyday life. Transitions can be challenging whether it be starting a new grade, adjusting to divorce, or leaving home to begin college. Mental health issues can complicate productivity making it difficult to experience happiness, joy and success. I enjoy working with the complex dynamics of couples and families. This might include helping children to improve peer or sibling relationships, adjust to a parent's divorce, or navigate their own powerful emotions.
Simone Y. Zeschuk
Marriage & Family Therapist, MSc, LMFT-S
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78759
I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy which focuses on understanding the relational cycle of disconnection and attending to unresolved pain in order to provide healing, so you can find a way back to each other again.
Are you struggling to communicate with your partner, recover from an eating disorder or wrestling with general mental health concerns? We often find ourselves trapped in negative, repetitive patterns of attempting to solve the problem on our own with no success. We desperately desire to be seen and heard and when this fails it can lead to arguments, shutting down, or avoidance. The more we try to break free from this pattern, the more isolated and hurt we feel. We yearn for comfort and healing. Whether this is affecting how you personally cope with challenging problems or hindering your connection with your loved one, there is help.
I specialize in Emotionally Focused Therapy which focuses on understanding the relational cycle of disconnection and attending to unresolved pain in order to provide healing, so you can find a way back to each other again.
Are you struggling to communicate with your partner, recover from an eating disorder or wrestling with general mental health concerns? We often find ourselves trapped in negative, repetitive patterns of attempting to solve the problem on our own with no success. We desperately desire to be seen and heard and when this fails it can lead to arguments, shutting down, or avoidance. The more we try to break free from this pattern, the more isolated and hurt we feel. We yearn for comfort and healing. Whether this is affecting how you personally cope with challenging problems or hindering your connection with your loved one, there is help.
Group Therapy Austin
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ST-S, ALST-GT
Verified Verified
Austin, TX 78759
I am specialized with Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
-I offer Schema Therapy, DBT, Trauma recovery, mindfulness practice, EMDR therapy as need, and Emotionally Focused therapy. I help you cultivating self-esteem, love and accepts who you are, and help cultivating healthy adult, who can lead your life.
I am specialized with Schema Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, EMDR and Emotionally Focused Therapy.
-I offer Schema Therapy, DBT, Trauma recovery, mindfulness practice, EMDR therapy as need, and Emotionally Focused therapy. I help you cultivating self-esteem, love and accepts who you are, and help cultivating healthy adult, who can lead your life.
Phil Coleman
Licensed Professional Counselor Associate, LPC-A, RMHCI
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Online Only
Using EFT, we'll explore expressing your emotions freely without judgement to understand the needs attached to them.
Does parenthood feel like there are too many unrealistic expectations? Like a constant balancing act? I’ve been there too. As a dad, I know Fatherhood can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be a maze of stress and uncertainty. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by new responsibilities or unsure how to stay connected with your partner amidst the chaos, I’m here to help. The early stages of parenting are often full of joy, but they can also strain your relationship, shifting focus away from romance and connection. It's possible to find each other again at such a tumultuous time.
Using EFT, we'll explore expressing your emotions freely without judgement to understand the needs attached to them.
Does parenthood feel like there are too many unrealistic expectations? Like a constant balancing act? I’ve been there too. As a dad, I know Fatherhood can be lonely, but it doesn’t have to be a maze of stress and uncertainty. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by new responsibilities or unsure how to stay connected with your partner amidst the chaos, I’m here to help. The early stages of parenting are often full of joy, but they can also strain your relationship, shifting focus away from romance and connection. It's possible to find each other again at such a tumultuous time.
I often use a blend of somatic work and mindfulness paired with consent-based, feminist, narrative, trauma-informed, neurodiverse-informed, emotionally focused therapies.
I am a white, queer, fat, disabled, AuDHD, genderfluid therapist based in Houston, Texas. I specialize in working with clients exploring their gender (especially queer and transgender folks), sexual, or romantic identity, polyamory/relationship anarchy, late-diagnosed Autism or ADHD, adults seeking support around chronic pain and illness, and processing trauma. I am passionate about LGBTQ+ rights (and human rights in general), intersectional feminism, anti-racism, and dismantling systems of oppression.
I often use a blend of somatic work and mindfulness paired with consent-based, feminist, narrative, trauma-informed, neurodiverse-informed, emotionally focused therapies.
I am a white, queer, fat, disabled, AuDHD, genderfluid therapist based in Houston, Texas. I specialize in working with clients exploring their gender (especially queer and transgender folks), sexual, or romantic identity, polyamory/relationship anarchy, late-diagnosed Autism or ADHD, adults seeking support around chronic pain and illness, and processing trauma. I am passionate about LGBTQ+ rights (and human rights in general), intersectional feminism, anti-racism, and dismantling systems of oppression.
My expertise in humanistic, emotionally focused, and culturally sensitive methods ensures that treatment is tailored to your unique needs.
My ideal client is someone facing challenges like anxiety, depression, weight management, or chronic health conditions. They seek compassionate, personalized care and want to feel understood and supported in their health journey. Their goals are to manage symptoms, improve overall well-being, and achieve a healthier, more balanced life. They value a holistic approach that considers both mental and physical health, and they want a provider who listens, respects their individuality, and empowers them to take control of their wellness.
My expertise in humanistic, emotionally focused, and culturally sensitive methods ensures that treatment is tailored to your unique needs.
My ideal client is someone facing challenges like anxiety, depression, weight management, or chronic health conditions. They seek compassionate, personalized care and want to feel understood and supported in their health journey. Their goals are to manage symptoms, improve overall well-being, and achieve a healthier, more balanced life. They value a holistic approach that considers both mental and physical health, and they want a provider who listens, respects their individuality, and empowers them to take control of their wellness.
Thriveworks Counseling & Psychiatry Cedar Park
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Verified Verified
Cedar Park, TX 78613
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Popular approaches include CBT, DBT, EMDR, Christian Counseling, PCT, Motivational Interviewing, EFT, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic therapy, Relational therapy, Narrative therapy, and more.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT)
Many of the clients who have the best experience with me are clients who have either not been helped by other therapy or have reached the end of what other therapy can do. They are clients who are looking for change that is deeper and longer lasting than what they can get from worksheets or books.
Emotionally Focused Therapy ( EFT)
Many of the clients who have the best experience with me are clients who have either not been helped by other therapy or have reached the end of what other therapy can do. They are clients who are looking for change that is deeper and longer lasting than what they can get from worksheets or books.
That's why emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) could be a great option for you.
Disagreements are natural, but how you handle them matters. The non-blaming and supportive approach of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) will enable your relationship to recover and repair.
That's why emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) could be a great option for you.
Disagreements are natural, but how you handle them matters. The non-blaming and supportive approach of emotionally focused couple therapy (EFCT) will enable your relationship to recover and repair.
My approach integrates evidence-based techniques, drawing from my comprehensive understanding of relationship dynamics, including Gottman Level 3 training, and ( EFT) Emotionally Focused Therapy
As an experienced therapist focusing on relationship counseling, I am committed to guiding couples through the intricacies of their relationships. At the heart of my practice lies a dedication to fostering a confidential and nurturing environment where each partner feels understood and appreciated. I believe that every relationship holds the potential for progress and rejuvenation. In our tailored sessions, we will employ advanced communication tools and relationship-building skills to identify patterns, heal emotional wounds, and establish a robust foundation of trust and effective communication.
My approach integrates evidence-based techniques, drawing from my comprehensive understanding of relationship dynamics, including Gottman Level 3 training, and ( EFT) Emotionally Focused Therapy
As an experienced therapist focusing on relationship counseling, I am committed to guiding couples through the intricacies of their relationships. At the heart of my practice lies a dedication to fostering a confidential and nurturing environment where each partner feels understood and appreciated. I believe that every relationship holds the potential for progress and rejuvenation. In our tailored sessions, we will employ advanced communication tools and relationship-building skills to identify patterns, heal emotional wounds, and establish a robust foundation of trust and effective communication.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is particularly effective for addressing conflicts and communication issues.
After completing 10 years of training, I became Gottman Certified- a rare honor. My additional certifications are: Advanced Trauma, Telehealth, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and High Anxiety Treatment. I speak on behalf of Gottman's workshops. I offer marathon sessions and specialized assessment formats for couples who have been married, or are prenuptial.
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) is particularly effective for addressing conflicts and communication issues.
After completing 10 years of training, I became Gottman Certified- a rare honor. My additional certifications are: Advanced Trauma, Telehealth, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and High Anxiety Treatment. I speak on behalf of Gottman's workshops. I offer marathon sessions and specialized assessment formats for couples who have been married, or are prenuptial.
Dr. Dhruvi Patel
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Online Only
While my view to our relationship anchors in humanistic foundations, I draw from ACT, DBT, EFT, narrative therapy, poststructuralist thought, and Eastern philosophical influence.
At times, the existential trek is painfully taxing, even intolerable, yet also fertile terrain for unearthing our boundless capacity. Here, therapy serves as an avenue to a more agentic, authentic, self-honoring narrative. Unflinchingly committed to and invested in my clients' growth, I strive to foster an affirming, trusting relationship in which we gently excavate your sources of unrest and facilitate deeper awareness, integration, and action. I relish working with anyone who finds their needs and desires at odds with cultural scripts or societal expectations and may struggle for harmony inside an inherently paradoxical existence.
While my view to our relationship anchors in humanistic foundations, I draw from ACT, DBT, EFT, narrative therapy, poststructuralist thought, and Eastern philosophical influence.
At times, the existential trek is painfully taxing, even intolerable, yet also fertile terrain for unearthing our boundless capacity. Here, therapy serves as an avenue to a more agentic, authentic, self-honoring narrative. Unflinchingly committed to and invested in my clients' growth, I strive to foster an affirming, trusting relationship in which we gently excavate your sources of unrest and facilitate deeper awareness, integration, and action. I relish working with anyone who finds their needs and desires at odds with cultural scripts or societal expectations and may struggle for harmony inside an inherently paradoxical existence.
Some of the common therapy models I use are trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy
I'm glad you're here! My name is Lilly Larson, LCSW; I am a Texas-based therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California, Utah, and Texas. I specialize in anxiety, relationships, trauma, and life-transitions (parenting, college-bound, military-to-civilian, etc). I utilize evidence-based therapy modalities with every client - but my approach and which modalities I use are based on your needs and goals for therapy.
Some of the common therapy models I use are trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Emotionally Focused Therapy
I'm glad you're here! My name is Lilly Larson, LCSW; I am a Texas-based therapist and a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in California, Utah, and Texas. I specialize in anxiety, relationships, trauma, and life-transitions (parenting, college-bound, military-to-civilian, etc). I utilize evidence-based therapy modalities with every client - but my approach and which modalities I use are based on your needs and goals for therapy.
Janice Reyes
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFT-A
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78735
Rooted in attachment theory and Emotion Focused Therapy ( EFT), I approach our sessions with tenderness, warmth, and a genuine commitment to collaboration.
Hi! I’m Janice, co-owner of Safe Haven and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate. I’m a trauma-informed child and adolescent development expert committed to helping families and couples learn how to communicate effectively, create a sense of safety at home, and strengthen the bonds in their relationships.
Rooted in attachment theory and Emotion Focused Therapy ( EFT), I approach our sessions with tenderness, warmth, and a genuine commitment to collaboration.
Hi! I’m Janice, co-owner of Safe Haven and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate. I’m a trauma-informed child and adolescent development expert committed to helping families and couples learn how to communicate effectively, create a sense of safety at home, and strengthen the bonds in their relationships.
Stefani Goldberg
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Austin, TX 78729
I am committed to providing a nurturing, emotionally focused, and holistic approach to therapy.
I view therapy as collaborative in nature. We are in this together. I want to help clients to feel more comfortable slowing down and getting in touch with their bodies and sensations. Everyone is different and I value that uniqueness. Ultimately, I work with clients to explore and nurture each part of themselves in a compassionate and loving way.
I am committed to providing a nurturing, emotionally focused, and holistic approach to therapy.
I view therapy as collaborative in nature. We are in this together. I want to help clients to feel more comfortable slowing down and getting in touch with their bodies and sensations. Everyone is different and I value that uniqueness. Ultimately, I work with clients to explore and nurture each part of themselves in a compassionate and loving way.
Paul Boone, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MDiv, LPC, LMFT, LCDC
Verified Verified
Online Only
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.
I also have worked with addiction for over 30 years. It has been my experience that once people really understand the price they are paying to stay addicted, they become willing to do whatever it takes to get over that addiction. My job is to help that process at whatever stage they are in.
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.
I also have worked with addiction for over 30 years. It has been my experience that once people really understand the price they are paying to stay addicted, they become willing to do whatever it takes to get over that addiction. My job is to help that process at whatever stage they are in.
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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.