Couples Therapy

At Green Life Psychology, Raymond Dalton, has a particular interest and passion for providing couples therapy. Ray specifically provides Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) which is an approach to couples therapy based around attachment and emotional bonding. Research studies find that 70-75 percent of couples who participate in EFT move away from distress to recovery and approximately 90 percent show significant improvements.

Ray understands that the idea of attending couples therapy can be frightening and is happy to chat with either or both of you before attending a session. Couples therapy can be beneficial even when you think there is nothing that can save the relationship.

Couples therapy can provide support around a number of issues including:

Reducing and managing conflict
Intimacy or sexual challenges
Creating deeper connection and bonding
Improving communication
Parenthood
Workplace and financial stressors
Infidelity
Supporting a partner with mental health issues including anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD)

Frequently Asked Questions

What happens in the first session?

In the first session you will learn more about EFT and the process that you will go through together. You will start to build some understanding of the presenting issues and address any fears and concerns that you might have.

Who attends the first session?

It is always ideal for both of you to attend sessions. Sometimes there is a need to have individual sessions. This is mainly if one partner is struggling with something specific or if one partner appears to be losing rapport. This doesn’t happen often. EFT is about building emotional bonds and being able to manage difficult times together so the aim is to work together all the time.

What about same sex couples?

EFT does not discriminate between sexual orientation. It is about strong bonds and attachment and connection. All relationships deserve the same care and respect.

We’ve tried couples therapy before, how do we know this will work?

EFT is very different from other couples therapy. It has a particular focus on re-building strong attachment bonds and increasing the closeness. It is empirically proven and has significantly higher success than other forms of couples therapy.

We’re scared you will take sides.

There is no one to blame for the relationship difficulties. As a couples therapist, taking sides will not help anyone. It is important that everyone stays away from blame, including the couples therapist.

What if we both think the problem is something different?

Issues with couples normally start before a “problem” develops. With the EFT model we are not searching for blame or a particular issue but a new way to connect and deal with whatever life throws at you.

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