Hello Folks, I want to let you know I am part of a new podcast called "Front Porch Wise Guys". A couple of friends of mine and I are doing the podcast together. We have known each other a long time and have a spiritual friendship in the Christian tradition. We are on the Front […]
Emotionally Focused Therapy helps couples stay together and thrive together.
Sue Johnson, the creator of Emotionally Focused Therapy passed away on April 23, 2024. Those of you who read her books or had counseling sessions based on her method of couples counseling around emotional bonding and attachment know something of the tremendous impact she had worldwide on the profession of couples counseling and couples who […]
This is how Sue Johnson, the developer of EFT, describes the counseling process for couples;Emotionally Focused Couple and Family Therapy is a treatment methodology that shows the best outcomes of any intervention for troubled relationships. And these outcomes appear to last! You can look on the EFT website, www.iceeft.com, for a summary of the many […]
Don Sizemore & Associates are moving to Suite 103 April 1st. We will be in the same building, 698 Perimeter Dr. just down the hall from current office. Don Sizemore & Associates will be the sole occupant of this suite and Carolyn and I look forward to being in our new space.
When couples get lost in their threat narratives, what we commonly call fights or arguments, we are being driven by emotions we do not fully understand. One of the powerful and effective results of EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) is that we become more aware of our emotional experience and how our emotions, our feelings, affect […]
A reason I write these blogs is to stay in touch with former clients and provide some kind of ongoing support. I need to be more faithful about that so here is a reminder for every couple I have seen about what arguments, conflicts, or fights are: Your partner is not “the enemy” or the […]
I have not written a blog since April of this year. Something about the nature of things, the pandemic, the election, social unrest, family matters, has made me mute. I really have not had much to say, which means I have not been reflective of my life experiences and what they may signify. Maybe my […]
“The desert is a place of great undoing.” Ryan Kuja “The Bible abounds in references to the desert and the wilderness. Encounters with God, both directly and through prophetic voices, took place in scenes of desolation. God spoke on an empty stage, knowing how easily the sound of rivers diverted human attention.” Yi-Fu Tuan (In […]
It is perhaps significant that our world, the entire world, is confronted with a silent, invisible enemy that can only be confronted, at this point, by social isolation. My wife Carolyn and I had dinner with friends last night, so we did not isolate; there was one child, and six adults, a total of 7 […]
