AEDP and Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) in Surrey
Relational Counselling for Emotional Healing, Anxiety, and Disconnection
Some therapy focuses on your thoughts. Some focuses on your behaviours. AEDP (Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy) and Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) work with something deeper — your emotional system, your inner world, and the patterns that shape how you relate to yourself and others.
These approaches are designed to help you reconnect with your feelings, your body, and your needs in a safe and supported way. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, emotional shutdown, or the aftermath of trauma, AEDP and EFT create the conditions for change that is not just intellectual but also felt, embodied, and lasting.
We offer AEDP and EFT in person at our counselling clinic in Cloverdale, Surrey. Sessions are paced to your nervous system and grounded in attunement, presence, and care.
What Are AEDP and Emotion-Focused Therapy?
While these two therapies share a foundation in emotion-focused, relational healing, each brings something unique to the work.
What Is AEDP?
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy helps you access core emotions that have been suppressed or avoided due to fear, trauma, or chronic self-protection. It works by establishing a deeply attuned relationship with your therapist, allowing you to safely feel and process what was once too overwhelming. AEDP integrates body cues, emotional signals, and relational shifts in real time to help rewire old patterns from the inside out.
What Is Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Emotion-Focused Therapy helps you understand the role emotions play in your life and relationships. EFT offers a structured way to slow down reactive patterns, explore unmet needs, and shift emotional responses during the session. It’s especially powerful when you’re caught in cycles of shame, withdrawal, frustration, or numbness. Emotions are treated as valid and intelligent, even when they are painful, and supported with compassion.
What AEDP and EFT Can Help With
These therapies are well-suited for clients navigating:
Emotional numbness, shutdown, or disconnection
Overwhelm, anxiety, or emotional intensity
Depression, grief, or inner emptiness
Complex trauma or attachment wounds
Self-critical or perfectionistic patterns
A longing for more depth, ease, or authenticity in relationships
You don’t need to know how to explain your emotions clearly. These therapies help you access what’s happening inside in ways that feel safe, gradual, and supported.
How Sessions Work
Sessions are experiential and rooted in presence. You may focus on:
Slowing down and noticing what’s emerging
Staying with a feeling long enough for it to shift
Unpacking moments of activation, shutdown, or inner conflict
Reconnecting with feelings that were once too much to bear
Experiencing new relational patterns, in real time, with your therapist
We don’t push catharsis or expect you to perform insight. We meet you where you are, gently and consistently.
Why These Therapies Are So Effective
Talk therapy can help us understand patterns. But understanding isn’t always enough. Real change often requires:
Feeling emotion without being overwhelmed
Being met and accompanied, not analyzed
Staying connected to yourself and others, even when it feels hard
AEDP and EFT are particularly effective when:
You’re highly self-aware but feel stuck
Your emotions feel too much, or too far away
You’ve always been the strong one and don’t know how to soften
You want to feel more like yourself, not just function better
Who This Approach Is For
AEDP and EFT may be a strong fit if:
You tend to shut down or overthink when emotions arise
You’re exhausted from always keeping it together
You’ve tried other therapies but want to go deeper
You long for a space where you can feel without apology or pressure
You value emotional depth but struggle to access it on your own
These modalities are especially supportive for sensitive, introspective adults who have learned to cope alone and are ready to try something different.
Our Clinic in Cloverdale, Surrey
In-person sessions take place at our private counselling clinic in Cloverdale, a neighbourhood within Surrey, BC.
We are easily accessible from Langley, Delta, White Rock, Clayton Heights, and South Surrey, with free parking available onsite.
Prefer online therapy?
You don’t have to explain everything right away.
In AEDP and Emotion-Focused Therapy, change begins through consistent presence, not pressure. Your therapist helps you notice what’s happening underneath the surface, then stay with it long enough for something real to shift. It’s not about catharsis. It’s about building the conditions for something new to emerge.
Next Steps
Fill out a New Client Form to be matched with a counsellor trained in AEDP or EFT.
Or, if you’re ready, book a free consult or appointment using our secure online platform.
Not sure how to begin?
Try our Client Guide to Consult Calls.