- Anger
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- Relationships
- Self-Esteem
- Shame and Guilt
- Trauma
- Stress
- Men’s Issues
Heal, Grow, and Transform Through Your Emotions
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a helpful and proven way to understand and manage your emotions. It can assist you if you deal with anxiety, depression, trauma, self-criticism, or relationship problems. EFT gives you a clear, personal way to process emotional pain and create lasting change.
At Wellspring Counselling & Psychotherapy Inc., we provide Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals. This therapy helps clients improve their understanding of emotions, develop self-compassion, and build inner strength.
EFT, created by Dr. Leslie Greenberg, focuses on the idea that emotions play a crucial role in our experiences. Emotions are essential for both our mental struggles and our healing process.
Instead of ignoring or hiding your emotions, EFT allows you to feel and work through them in a way that can lead to real change. In a supportive therapy setting, you can handle complex feelings and:
EFT is not about dwelling on emotions but about learning to use emotions as a source of wisdom, healing, and transformation.
EFT is a highly effective approach for individuals who:
EFT is particularly effective for people who feel “stuck” in emotional patterns that keep repeating in relationships, self-image, or life decisions.
EFT is a therapy that helps you work with your feelings in a structured way. It focuses on your experiences and emotions. Sessions involve a combination of:
Your therapist will help you understand your emotions. They will guide you in figuring out where your feelings come from, what triggers them, and how they affect your thoughts and actions.
You will use guided exercises and imagery to work through emotions that might have been stuck for a long time. You will address painful experiences, express feelings you haven’t shared, and find new, healthier emotional responses.
After processing your emotions, you can feel new emotions. Change fear into empowerment, self-criticism into self-compassion, or anger into assertiveness. EFT helps you move past old emotional wounds and find new, healthier ways to feel and respond.
As therapy continues, you will learn how to calm yourself, manage your emotions, and deal with challenges in healthier ways. The goal is to heal emotionally and to handle life’s ups and downs with more confidence, resilience, and self-trust.
Many people try to think their way out of emotional pain, but logic alone doesn’t change feelings. EFT helps you change emotions at their source. This method provides lasting relief from distress and enables you to create a healthier and more satisfying emotional life.
If you feel like you understand your problem but still can’t move forward, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) might help. EFT combines talking about your feelings with tapping on specific points in your body. This method can help you let go of the emotions that hold you back so you can gain clarity and feel more empowered in your life.
Clients Say
Mr. Gordon is someone that captures the spirit and the heart of active engagement. He is empathic, genuine and incorporates action and creative problem solving into his practice. I have no hesitation in recommending Mr. Gordon as an effective career and personal counsellor.
I had no experience with therapy and was unsure of the whole process. Alistair made everything very accessible and unintimidating. It was clear that he puts quite a lot of effort and preparation into every session. I'm so glad that I decided to do this, and could not have asked for a better person to help me with this. I would highly recommend Alistair to anyone who has ever thought that they might benefit from talking to a professional.
I am a young professional which for a long time now, has struggled with anxiety, insecurity, and difficulty in finding effective life coping mechanisms. Alistair was referred to me by a friend and upon the first meeting, I found Alistair to be empathetic, compassionate and intuitive. I have now been seeing Alistair regularly for 6 months and through that time my anxiety has significantly decreased, I have found effective methods of dealing with stress, found support dealing with identity issues, as well as finding inner strength to get through a tough break up. Alistair again and again, went the extra mile -thank you Alistair for your candor, openness and a safe space to get support. Thank you for playing such a large role in keeping me healthy and positive.
I have been working with Alistair Gordon as my counsellor at Wellspring for almost 6 months now and cannot begin to tell you how far I have come with his help. I have tried working with other counsellors and therapists in the past but never really found one that clicked for me. I always felt judged, unsupported, and rushed at those appointments until I booked my first appointment with Wellspring and with Allistair. To anyone on the fence about booking an appointment or engaging in therapy: if you are willing to do the work, you couldn't ask for a better partner in your healing journey.
When I decided to find a counsellor, I tried to find someone that I could relate to, someone that is like-minded and down-to-earth and with Alistair I really found the right person. He uses an integrative approach, showed me techniques to relax and get aware of my emotions, and helped me see things in a new perspective. Of course this is an ongoing process but I enjoy meeting and working with Alistair every time. The downtown office is a very neutral place - not too intimate, not too clinical - which is helpful to overcome apprehension, especially the first couple of times. What I find remarkable is that Alistair almost always knows what I'm trying to say, even if I can't put it into words. Working with Alistair helped me a lot and it was the right decision to put my trust in him.
Alistair really cares about you the person, and I could really feel him trying to tackle my challenges. He was also very available for off-session contact via text and email. I think he did a great job with confronting me where I needed it. Alistair always could remember the important peoples' names in my personal life, which really helped with talking about my problems. I really felt like I was talking to a friend.
Alistair is an awesome counsellor. He has been so helpful in working with me through some tough times in my life. He's always been available to chat with me in-between sessions. I'd recommend Alistair to anyone - he's really the ideal counsellor in my view.
I enjoy how sessions are collaborative where I can take the lead for the direction of what we talk about, and at the same time I know that Alistair will offer helpful guidance and insight along the way. I also like how we focus on the future instead of just the past. I find this to be empowering and helpful to move forward in life.
Alistair is an awesome counsellor. He has been so helpful in working with me through some tough times in my life. He's always been available to chat with me in-between sessions. I'd recommend Alistair to anyone - he's really the ideal counsellor in my view.
I have always felt very comfortable with Alistair. He has a calming presence, and you can tell he cares about being the best counsellor for you. He helps you with all aspects of your concern, and is always able to help me find a solution to the problem I'm having.
Alistair is an exceptionally talented counsellor and has always demonstrated strong ethics, great compassion, wisdom and respect for others. I highly recommend him as a counselling practitioner.
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