It's Not Really About the Dishes: How Emotionally Focused Therapy Helps Couples Find Each Other Again

Here's the thing most couples discover in therapy: it's almost never really about the dishes.

Underneath those familiar fights are questions that feel far more tender. Do I matter to you? Can I count on you? If I reach for you, will you be there? Emotionally Focused Therapy, often called EFT, is built around those questions. It's one of the approaches I use most with couples, and I want to walk you through what it is and why it works so well.