FSHN Couples Counseling

Couples Counseling at FSHN
• Are you stuck in patterns of criticism, blame, and emotional distancing?

• Are you and your partner struggling to communicate?
• Do you feel that you and your partner have become distant?
• Do you want to have greater communication and understanding with your partner?
• Has there been a trust violation and you or your partner are having difficulty recovering?
Couples therapy can help!
Our connections with others elicit some of our most bonds of intimacy and closeness and promote emotional
important emotions being joy, delight, love… when safety, trust and openness.
we connect or pain, fear, sadness… when we don’t. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps clients identify
Paradoxically, the ways we cope with the pain of the negative patterns of behavior that led to the loss of the
disconnection can often move us further away from our emotional bond. Once the negative cycle is identified, the
partner. Couples counseling helps couples unpack their couple can begin to rebuild the safety and trust necessary
disconnection and pain to repair and strengthen the to have a deep connection and satisfying relationship.
What is EFT? How many sessions will it take?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a highly effective EFT is a brief treatment and typically requires about 20
treatment that helps distressed couples improve their sessions of weekly therapy. Of course, every couple is
relationship and deepen their bond. different; some report improvement quicker than others do.
EFT believes that people are “hardwired” to create strong What about diversity and multicultural issues?
emotional ties with others. This truth helps us understand
how powerfully attached we are to our partners and how fully We recognize and respect that there is a lot of diversity
we rely on them for comfort and support. EFT understands among couples and relationships.
that distress in relationships lead to emotional disconnection EFT is a humanistic approach that is collaborative,
that leads to the development of a negative cycle as each nonjudgmental, and respectful. We create a safe place for
partner tries to cope with the loss of connection. In these people and treat them as persons not problems. EFT is highly
negative cycles, couples respond with anger, criticism, sensitive to multicultural differences in relationships types;
distancing, silence, or relationship distractions, etc... These it respects diversity and individual differences.
negative cycles happen over the slightest issues, and over EFT can also help couples dealing with additional
time are corrosive to the bonds of trust and security in the complexities such as one or both partners suffering from
relationship. mental health disorders, sexual dysfunction, infertility, new
parents, problems with extended family, and chronic illness.
EFT aims to help couples stop these negative cycles by first
identifying the cycle, then helping partners identify and state What other type of couples counseling services
their needs to each other in a way that helps their partner to do you offer?
have greater understanding, compassion and empathy.
EFT allows couples to experience one another in new ways Premarital Counseling: is a type of therapy that helps couples
that powerfully transform their relationships. prepare for marriage / committed relationship. It can help partners
to have a strong, healthy relationship, giving them a better chance
for a stable and satisfying commitment / marriage. The process
How effective is EFT? involves a thorough assessment of the relationship style, personal
values, communication styles, and strength of their bond. Typically
The effectiveness of EFT has been well substantiated by more pre-marital counseling lasts about 5 sessions.
than 30 years of rigorous research. It is now considered one
of the most empirically supported forms of couple›s therapy. Couples Checkup: it consists of 4 sessions and focuses on a
Studies have found that 70-75% of couples undergoing comprehensive evaluation of the relationship including the
strengths, growth areas, communication styles, expressions of love,
EFT successfully move from distress to recovery, and conflict cycles, and the depth of the relationship bond. Couples will
approximately 90% shows significant improvements! Studies be given specific recommendations for improving their relationship.
consistently show excellent follow-up results. This service is useful for engaged or married couples.
There is also some neuroscience suggesting that EFT can Brief Consultations: Individuals and couples can meet with our EFT-
actually change some aspects of brain functioning. A short trained psychologist for a brief 50 minutes consultation to discuss
their relationship concerns and receive specific recommendations
video summarizing this research can be viewed on www. going forward.
drsuejohnson.com/videos.
Are all couples therapists EFT-trained?
No- Therapists must first meet certain standards in order to

qualify as EFT (e.g. have a graduate degree from an accredited
institution and a license to practice mental health care). Then,
therapists must complete very intensive training according
to ICEEFT standards- the international body for EFT.
Only after completing this training, a therapist is EFT-trained.
At present, FSHN is the only clinic in Kuwait that has an EFT
trained psychologist.

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• Are you stuck in patterns of criticism, blame, and emotional distancing?

Are all couples therapists EFT-trained?

No- Therapists must first meet certain standards in order to

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