Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
& EFT with Ketamine.
Licensed in NH and MA.
Located in Cambridge, MA.
Long term relationships are hard work and it’s easy to lose our way with demands of life coming from every direction.
I know because I have been there myself. We have all been there.
Coming to therapy and getting help is a strength and testament to your commitment to one another, not a hex on your relationship.
EFT is designed to focus on building from your foundation of love and care for one another–the love and care that can sometimes get buried over the years of unprocessed hurt and pain.
How we learn to process pain, hurt, fear, joy–any emotion–matters.
Our early relationships with caregivers matter because those relationships teach us, or fail to teach us, how we reach or don’t reach for another in moments when difficult things happen to us.
In relationships we multiply that x2 and, despite our best intentions, it is easy for us to get lost in a swirl of misunderstandings, stepped toes, shutouts or anger.
We are here to help.
How does eft help?
The benefits of EFT couples therapy are numerous.
We work collaboratively with you to provide support for issues such as depression, anxiety, relationship troubles, unresolved childhood issues, grief, past traumas and stress management.
The benefits you can derive from attachment based, EFT couples therapy include:
Creating a more secure, loving connection with your partner
Developing skills for improving your most important relationships
Finding resolution to the concerns that led you to seek therapy
Learning new ways to cope with stress and anxiety
Managing anger, grief, depression, and other emotional pressures
Improving communication skills, including listening
Changing the negative cycles couples can find themselves in, and developing new, positive ones
Discovering new ways to solve problems in your primary relationship
Improving your self-esteem and boosting self-confidence
Hi, I’m Danielle Green, LICSW
Couples therapy is a challenging specialty that requires focused training. 80% of therapists who work with couples have little to no education on how to work with couples. I have dedicated the last 25 years extensively training in experiential, dyadic models to help me better understand the origins of conflict and to help resolve that conflict in meaningful and lasting ways.
Working in EFT gets to the root of the problem.
I go with you beneath the negative pattern of disconnection to the deeper fears and needs that prevent you from creating the bond you’re longing for. Using the latest science of attachment we create relationship change together.
EFT has been shown to help couples experience significant improvement 85–90% of the time.
Ketamine & Couples Therapy
What is Ketamine?
Ketamine is an older medication commonly used in anesthesia and increasingly in psychiatry. While most researched for severe depression, it is also helpful in addictions, anxiety and trauma. It is fast-acting and - when prescribed and used responsibly - is very safe.
Why does it help in Couples Therapy?
In lower doses, some people experience “psycholytic effects”, which means anxiety is reduced, our defenses can relax, and we can settle more deeply into emotional therapy work. We can also feel a sense of calm and attain a more detached observation of our pasts, so we can be with suffering without the overwhelming anxiety.
This can enhance a couples therapy session because our habitual cycles of self protection - which so often come out as attack or shut-down - can ease, allowing heart-felt communication to arise. The emergence of core emotional themes can also provide a wealth of material to work with in therapy, especially in the context of a long-term therapeutic relationship.
FAQs About Ketamine Assisted Therapy for Couples
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We’ll all meet together to assess your relationship and the blocks and cycles that hold you back and create the plan together based on the specific needs.
We may decide that a psychedelic medicine can facilitate healing. For example, Ketamine can reduce anxiety and allow some distance so we can see our ways of operating, and reach for new ways of being open to giving and receiving the love we crave. The process may facilitate honest and courageous healing.
After an appointment with a prescriber, we would set up a schedule of medicine sessions (typically 3) and therapy sessions to work through and consolidate transformation. Medicine sessions vary in length and the preparation and integration are generally 90 minutes.
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Ketamine targets NMDA glutamate receptors, which are crucial to memory and synaptic plasticity. You can once again feel a capacity for pleasure, and are able to experience emotions and associated memories without the constraining habits from a lifetime of trauma and other painful experiences. In short, this process allows you to open your mind to a new way of thinking about past experiences and helps you to expand your sense of self.
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Ketamine is quite safe even at higher doses. Clinical ketamine doses are quite tolerable, resulting in time and thinking distortion that usually lasts around 30-45 minutes. All clients are required to arrange a ride home following the KAP session. Any potential risks or health questions should be discussed with the prescriber during the medical evaluation.
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At higher doses, ketamine acts as a powerful psychedelic, often facilitating a profound transpersonal or mystical peak experience.
These sorts of peak experiences have been shown to expand one’s sense of self and understanding of existence, which can help us reconsider how we are living our lives with fresh perspective and commitment.
Change comes from new experiences.
You’ve tried all the techniques only to find yourselves stuck time and time again. Together in EFT couples therapy we will facilitate new experiences so you can finally reach one another with greater vulnerability and understanding.
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