RECOMMENDed READING

Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love , Sue Johnson
Attached. The new science of adult attachment and how it can help you find and keep love , Amir Levine
Nonviolent Communication: A Language of Life: Create Your Life, Your Relationships, and Your World in Harmony with Your Values, Marshall B. Rosenberg
Extraordinary Relationships: A new way of thinking about human interactions, Roberta M. Gilbe
The seven principles for making marriage work, John Gottman

Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Omid Roustaei, MA LMHC

INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING

Life transitions and adjustments:

Depression, anxiety, anger, loneliness, stress, grief and loss
Develop effective coping skills to address challenging life issues
Self esteem, self worth, existential issues
Ease emotional stress and pain

Family of origin influence:

Improve interactions with family members
Recognize triggers and emotional hooks
Improve communication
Identify negative attributes and qualities you learned from family interactions and expectations
Identify and break unhealthy patterns

LGBTQ community

Sexual orientation and identify
Coming out
Self acceptance
Community related challenges

couples COUNSELING

Address relationship challenges and issues and feelings of being stuck
Explore conflicts and address the barriers to emotional connections
Identify the existing behavioral patterns and challenges
Create new and positive behavioral patterns to deepen emotional bonds
Soften power struggles and re-establish felt connections
Improve communication skills
Deepen emotional intimacy
Create healthy and functioning relationships
Reconnect, repair and rebuild

I am an EFT trained therapist (Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy).