People seek counseling for a variety of reasons and in different seasons of their relationship. It is so confusing and painful to look at the person you love and wonder how you can feel so far apart. Despite our best efforts to "talk things out, " or try to wait for the dust to settle, we can end up feeling even more distant from each other.
It can feel like a frustrating cycle with no solution. A map that can help lead to connection, trust, love and safety. My goal is to help couples put their map together and see where signals might be getting missed. Working together, they learn how to turn to each other in a way that messages are conveyed clearly, heard more accurately and responded to more effectively.
It can feel like a frustrating cycle with no solution. A map that can help lead to connection, trust, love and safety. My goal is to help couples put their map together and see where signals might be getting missed. Working together, they learn how to turn to each other in a way that messages are conveyed clearly, heard more accurately and responded to more effectively.
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My practice is dedicated to helping people love well and lead fulfilling, emotionally healthy lives. I have been a professional counselor for 20 years and in private practice for the last 16 years. I am fully ICEEFT trained in all modalities of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) including: Couples Therapy (EFCT), Individual Therapy (EFIT) with a specialization in trauma, as well as Family Therapy (EFFT).
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Most people think of grief as only something we experience after the loss of a loved one. Although that is certainly a time we can experience grief, it is not the only event that can cause us to grieve. In fact, most people who seek counseling are trying to navigate the grieving process after life changing events.
The pain people carry with them after a traumatic experience can be extraordinarily heavy. In experiencing trauma, we often find ways of coping that become a sense of safety and protection for us. We isolate, we deny our experiences or "put them away, " we escape into other things/people, we people please, we try to be "perfect" to not worry others.
Modern relationships are more demanding than ever. As much as we spend time and energy seeking love and trying to find "our person, " divorce rates continue to be high and strains on marriage become debilitating and emotionally exhausting. It's common for people who once felt so much love for each other to feel like strangers, roommates or business partners.
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Jimmy Hill
Jun 04, 2021
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As a fellow clinician in Knoxville, I sometimes have a difficult time finding couples counselors that I trust with my individual clients. Jodi has always done an amazing job with the clients that I refer to her, and my clients having said nothing but good things about her. Thanks, Jodi, for the work you are doing in Knoxville!
