Intimacy Issues Emotionally Focused Therapy - Individuals
Intimacy Issues
Intimacy issues are common for people who fear vulnerability. Some people can become vulnerable in front of a few trusted friends, however, but when a relationship starts becoming too close, they feel suffocated. In this sense, the intimacy issues are seated in the fear of developing a deep and meaningful relationship with another person.
Two fears that are at the heart of intimacy issues, are the fear of abandonment (fearing the partner might leave them) and the fear of engulfment (fearing that they would lose themselves in a relationship), which sometimes co-exist. These fears, often rooted in childhood traumas, are often deeply entrenched in codependent adult relationships where they cause friction.
A therapist who works with people who have intimacy issues will first help you to learn to become comfortable with yourself and accept yourself for who you are. You will explore the complex past events that have created these intimacy issues and discover that those events don't have to cloud your present experiences.
This process is essential in discovering that rejection does not have to be a traumatic experience. Finally, you will learn how to set personal boundaries that will help you to avoid the fear of engulfment and to cope, should abandonment occur. While healing intimacy issues can be a challenging and somewhat painful task, the rewards are incredible.
If you are looking for a counsellor or psychologist who addresses intimacy issues, you may want to search the directory to find a professional whose approach will suit you best.
Emotionally Focused Therapy - Individuals
Note: Some practitioners practice Emotion Focused Therapy rather than Emotionally Focused therapy. You will want to confirm that it is indeed Emotionally Focused Therapy that the counsellor/psychologist practices.
Note: You may narrow your search by selecting more than one filter below.
- (-) Remove Compassion Fatigue filterCompassion Fatigue
- (-) Remove Intimacy Issues filterIntimacy Issues
- Abuse - Emotional, Physical, Sexual (4)Apply Abuse - Emotional, Physical, Sexual filter
- Anger Management Issues (1)Apply Anger Management Issues filter
- Anxiety and/or Panic (8)Apply Anxiety and/or Panic filter
- Cancer Care and Support (1)Apply Cancer Care and Support filter
- Career Issues (2)Apply Career Issues filter
- Chronic Illness (1)Apply Chronic Illness filter
- Chronic Pain (2)Apply Chronic Pain filter
- Creativity (3)Apply Creativity filter
- Death and Dying (1)Apply Death and Dying filter
- Depression (7)Apply Depression filter
- Dissociative Disorders (1)Apply Dissociative Disorders filter
- Divorce and/or Separation (2)Apply Divorce and/or Separation filter
- Dreams (1)Apply Dreams filter
- Family Caregiver Stress (1)Apply Family Caregiver Stress filter
- First Nations Issues (1)Apply First Nations Issues filter
- Grief and Loss - General (6)Apply Grief and Loss - General filter
- Grief and Loss - Pets (1)Apply Grief and Loss - Pets filter
- Grief and Loss - Prenatal (1)Apply Grief and Loss - Prenatal filter
- Infidelity (2)Apply Infidelity filter
- Job Transition (1)Apply Job Transition filter
- LGBTQ Issues (1)Apply LGBTQ Issues filter
- Life Balance (2)Apply Life Balance filter
- Life Transitions (7)Apply Life Transitions filter
- Marriage and/or Relationship Issues (8)Apply Marriage and/or Relationship Issues filter
- Men's Issues (2)Apply Men's Issues filter
- Neurodiversity (1)Apply Neurodiversity filter
- Obesity (1)Apply Obesity filter
- Perfectionism (4)Apply Perfectionism filter
- Personal Growth (7)Apply Personal Growth filter
- Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (5)Apply Post Traumatic Stress Disorder filter
- Postpartum Depression (1)Apply Postpartum Depression filter
- Procrastination (1)Apply Procrastination filter
- Professional Burnout (4)Apply Professional Burnout filter
- School/Work Adjustment (2)Apply School/Work Adjustment filter
- Self Harming Practices (1)Apply Self Harming Practices filter
- Self-Esteem Issues (6)Apply Self-Esteem Issues filter
- Sexual Assault (2)Apply Sexual Assault filter
- Sexuality (2)Apply Sexuality filter
- Spirituality (2)Apply Spirituality filter
- Stress Management (5)Apply Stress Management filter
- Supervision (1)Apply Supervision filter
- Trauma Counselling (5)Apply Trauma Counselling filter
- Unwanted Habits (1)Apply Unwanted Habits filter
- Women's Issues (3)Apply Women's Issues filter
- Workplace Issues (1)Apply Workplace Issues filter
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (2)Apply Acceptance & Commitment Therapy filter
- Adlerian Therapy (1)Apply Adlerian Therapy filter
- AEDP (1)Apply AEDP filter
- Body Centred Psychotherapy (4)Apply Body Centred Psychotherapy filter
- Brief Therapy (2)Apply Brief Therapy filter
- Coaching (1)Apply Coaching filter
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) (4)Apply Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) filter
- Communication Skills Training (2)Apply Communication Skills Training filter
- Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (4)Apply Dialectical Behaviour Therapy filter
- EMDR (3)Apply EMDR filter
- Emotion Focused Therapy (3)Apply Emotion Focused Therapy filter
- Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) (3)Apply Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT) filter
- Emotionally Focused Therapy - Individuals (1)Apply Emotionally Focused Therapy - Individuals filter
- Energy Psychotherapy (1)Apply Energy Psychotherapy filter
- Existential-Humanistic (2)Apply Existential-Humanistic filter
- Expressive Arts Therapies (2)Apply Expressive Arts Therapies filter
- Feminist Psychotherapy (2)Apply Feminist Psychotherapy filter
- Gottman Method Couples Therapy (1)Apply Gottman Method Couples Therapy filter
- Grief and Loss - Complicated. (1)Apply Grief and Loss - Complicated. filter
- Humanistic Therapy (2)Apply Humanistic Therapy filter
- In Person Counselling (1)Apply In Person Counselling filter
- Integrative Psychotherapy (1)Apply Integrative Psychotherapy filter
- Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) (1)Apply Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (ISTDP) filter
- Internal Family Systems (5)Apply Internal Family Systems filter
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy (1)Apply Interpersonal Psychotherapy filter
- Jungian Psychotherapy (1)Apply Jungian Psychotherapy filter
- Marriage & Couples Counselling (5)Apply Marriage & Couples Counselling filter
- Mindfulness approaches (7)Apply Mindfulness approaches filter
- Narrative Therapy (3)Apply Narrative Therapy filter
- Online / Virtual / Telehealth Counselling (5)Apply Online / Virtual / Telehealth Counselling filter
- Process Work (1)Apply Process Work filter
- Psychodynamic Therapy (2)Apply Psychodynamic Therapy filter
- Relational Psychotherapy (3)Apply Relational Psychotherapy filter
- Self Regulation Therapy (SRT) (1)Apply Self Regulation Therapy (SRT) filter
- Sensorimotor Psychotherapy (1)Apply Sensorimotor Psychotherapy filter
- Solution Focused Therapy (3)Apply Solution Focused Therapy filter
- Somatic Approaches (1)Apply Somatic Approaches filter
- Telephone Counselling (2)Apply Telephone Counselling filter
- Transpersonal (1)Apply Transpersonal filter
- Trauma Informed Stabilization treatment (TIST) (2)Apply Trauma Informed Stabilization treatment (TIST) filter
- Video Counselling (5)Apply Video Counselling filter