Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is a powerful therapeutic approach designed to help individuals connect with their emotions, understand their internal experiences, and create lasting personal change. It is rooted in attachment theory, which emphasizes the importance of emotional bonds and safety in human development.
EFIT is especially helpful for individuals who are:
- Experiencing chronic anxiety or depression
- Struggling with self-worth, shame, or emotional disconnection
- Processing grief, loss, or unresolved trauma
- Facing difficulties in romantic or family relationships
- Dealing with emotional overwhelm or avoidance
- Seeking deeper self-understanding and emotional balance
Unlike traditional talk therapy, EFIT focuses on how emotions function in our daily lives — how they guide behavior, shape relationships, and reflect unmet emotional needs. Through this approach, individuals learn to recognize emotional patterns, access vulnerable emotions safely, and create new emotional experiences that promote healing and transformation.
How EFIT Works
EFIT helps people:
- Understand their emotional responses in challenging situations
- Reprocess emotional injuries from the past (including childhood trauma)
- Build secure emotional attachments with self and others
- Increase emotional resilience and self-compassion
- Break out of repetitive, self-defeating emotional cycles
By strengthening emotional awareness and helping individuals respond to themselves with empathy rather than judgment, EFIT creates a foundation for long-term emotional health. It’s especially effective for people who feel “stuck,” emotionally numb, or constantly reactive.