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Emotion-Focused Therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, often referred to as ACT, is an evidence-based approach that helps people relate differently to difficult thoughts, emotions, and experiences
Emotion-Focused Therapy in Toronto and across Ontario
Emotion-Focused Therapy is an evidence-based approach that helps people better understand, experience, and work with their emotions. EFT is based on the idea that emotions carry important information and play a central role in how we make sense of ourselves, our relationships, and the world around us.
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When emotions are avoided, suppressed, or overwhelming, they can lead to distress and disconnection. EFT helps create a safe space to explore emotions with curiosity and compassion, allowing them to become guides rather than obstacles.
How EFT works
EFT focuses on helping you become more aware of your emotional experiences and understand what your emotions are trying to communicate. Rather than analyzing emotions from a distance, therapy supports gently experiencing them in the present moment.
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Through this process, unhelpful emotional patterns can shift. Difficult emotions such as shame, fear, or sadness can be processed and transformed into more adaptive emotional responses, such as self-compassion, clarity, or empowerment.
The therapeutic relationship is central in EFT. Feeling emotionally understood and supported helps create the safety needed for meaningful emotional change.
Is EFT right for you?
EFT may be a good fit if you want to deepen your emotional understanding, strengthen your relationship with yourself, or improve how you connect with others.
During an initial consultation, we can explore whether EFT or another therapeutic approach feels most aligned with your needs and goals.
What EFT looks like in therapy
EFT sessions are experiential and relational. Therapy focuses on slowing down emotional experiences, exploring them safely, and making sense of how they connect to your needs and values.
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EFT is not about reliving the past or forcing emotional expression. It is about creating space for emotions to be felt, understood, and integrated in a way that feels supportive and contained.
What EFT can help with
EFT is commonly used to support individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, self-esteem concerns, and emotional disconnection.
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It can be especially helpful if you struggle to access or trust your emotions, feel overwhelmed by them, or notice patterns of emotional shutdown or intensity in relationships.
EFT at Hedefa Psychology Clinic
At Hedefa Psychology Clinic, EFT is offered within a trauma-informed and culturally responsive framework. Emotional experiences are understood within the context of identity, relationships, and lived experience.
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EFT is often integrated with CBT, DBT, ACT, and psychodynamic approaches to support both emotional depth and practical change. Therapy is collaborative and paced according to your comfort and readiness.
