Healing Relationships Through Emotional Connection
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based approach that helps couples move from distress and disconnection toward safety, closeness, and secure emotional bonding.
Rather than focusing only on communication skills or surface behaviors, EFT addresses the emotional and attachment needs underneath relationship conflict.
When Couples Seek EFT
Many couples come to therapy feeling stuck in the same painful cycles.
You may notice repeated arguments, emotional distance, shutdown, or feelings of rejection and loneliness.
Often, both partners want connection—but feel unsure how to reach each other without things escalating or shutting down.
How EFT Works
EFT helps identify the negative interaction patterns that keep couples feeling disconnected.
Together, we slow these moments down and explore the emotions and attachment needs driving them.
As partners begin to express vulnerability instead of defensiveness, new emotional experiences are created—allowing trust and safety to rebuild.
What EFT Focuses On
EFT is grounded in attachment science and focuses on:
Emotional safety and trust
Understanding unmet attachment needs
Breaking negative cycles of conflict
Creating new, secure bonding experiences
This process helps couples feel more seen, valued, and emotionally responsive to one another.
EFT Is Especially Helpful For
Emotionally Focused Therapy is effective for couples experiencing:
Chronic conflict or communication breakdowns
Emotional distance or lack of intimacy
Betrayal, infidelity, or trust injuries
Anxiety or insecurity in the relationship
Transitions, stress, or life changes
EFT is supported by strong research and is one of the most effective models for couples therapy.
What Sessions Feel Like
Sessions are structured, supportive, and emotionally attuned.
As your therapist, I help slow things down, “catch” emotional moments, and guide meaningful conversations that may feel difficult to have on your own.
The goal is not to assign blame—but to help both partners feel understood and emotionally connected.
EFT at Big Valley Therapy
At Big Valley Therapy, EFT is practiced through a trauma-informed and attachment-focused lens.
We prioritize safety, emotional attunement, and corrective emotional experiences that foster lasting change.
Therapy is collaborative, compassionate, and paced to support genuine healing—not just temporary relief.
Start EFT in Sandy, Utah
If your relationship feels stuck, disconnected, or strained, Emotionally Focused Therapy can help you find your way back to one another.
You don’t have to navigate this alone.
Contact Big Valley Therapy today to schedule an EFT couples therapy session in Sandy, Utah.