The EFT Center of Los Angeles is a nonprofit organization that promotes the learning and practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy.
Our goal is to develop and support an active, diverse, and welcoming community of EFT practitioners, as well as to connect individuals, couples and families to EFT therapists and related resources.
Members of the EFT Center of Los Angeles join with one another to share resources, to build community, to cultivate learning opportunities, and to organize training events for professionals interested in EFT. As an organization, we are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in all our efforts (learn more)
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The Center is affiliated with and endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in EFT (ICEEFT), and is one of more than seventy EFT Centers, Communities and Affiliate organizations around the world.
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What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a well-known humanistic approach to psychotherapy formulated in the 1980’s and developed in tandem with the science of adult attachment, a profound developmental theory of personality and intimate relationships. Pioneered by Dr. Sue Johnson, EFT has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research. EFT is a model that is applied to work effectively with Couples (EFCT), Individuals (EFIT) and Families (EFFT)
EFT starts by acknowledging that people are inherently social, and that we are biologically hardwired to create and maintain strong emotional ties with our partner and loved ones. Our mental and physical well being are deeply impacted by the quality of our relationships. EFT is a model of psychotherapy that is designed to restore, repair and strengthen relational bonds.
Dr. Sue Johnson
“We know that love makes us vulnerable, but also that we are never as safe and strong as when we are sure we are loved.”
— DR. SUE JOHNSON
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Hold Me Tight Online Program
The Hold Me Tight program can help you and your partner in the following ways:
Improve your relationship by strengthening your bond
Better conflict resolution and positive problem solving as well as co-operation around key issues such as financial difficulties or parenting
Better mental health – less depression, less anxiety
Better self image
Better physical health thanks to improved immune functioning.
Secure adults have better relationships. They are more empathic to others, and better care-givers. They also know what they need and understand how to ask for support when the going gets tough.
A responsive, caring bond with your partner provides the emotional balance needed to deal with life's challenges – from everyday problems to major crises such as a global pandemic.
The Hold Me Tight program is the only program found to both improve relationship satisfaction and foster a more secure bond. This online version is based on the only model of brief couple intervention validated in over 20 outcome studies demonstrating long term positive results.
