Therapy With Heart

Therapy With Heart Therapy With Heart has multiple therapists that all specialize in working with couples in addition t

All of the therapists at Therapy With Heart provide a safe space for personal healing and growth. We work with a wonderfully diverse population experiencing various life stressors such as depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and personal growth issues.

Sometimes the person you’re trying hardest to convince already made up their mind years ago.So you keep performing. You ...
09/07/2026

Sometimes the person you’re trying hardest to convince already made up their mind years ago.

So you keep performing. You become easier to love, more successful, more agreeable, more helpful, hoping this version of you will finally earn the response you’ve been waiting for.

Maybe you’re the adult child still trying to make a parent proud.

Maybe you’re the partner working overtime to finally feel chosen.

Maybe you’re the friend who keeps showing up, hoping your effort will change the relationship.

And somewhere along the way, the question shifts from “Do they accept me?” to “How much of myself am I willing to keep performing to feel accepted?”

Healing can look like stepping out of the audition and letting your relationships meet the real you.

Maybe the next chapter is less about becoming someone they can finally approve of and more about becoming someone you can finally come home to.

Remember: Your worth gets to exist beyond someone else’s approval.

What part of yourself are you learning to bring into the room without performing?

Want to feel more confident bringing Emotionally Focused Family Therapy into your work with families?Join us for the Emo...
09/04/2026

Want to feel more confident bringing Emotionally Focused Family Therapy into your work with families?

Join us for the Emotionally Focused Family Therapy Consultation Group, a six-session online consultation experience designed for therapists who want to deepen their EFFT skills and feel more grounded and effective in the room with families.

Facilitated by Tara Verhagen and Rachel Thomas, this consultation group will combine clinical video review, case consultation, experiential exercises, and supportive feedback.

You will have space to bring your own family therapy cases, practice EFFT interventions, learn from clinical videos, and connect with other therapists who are committed to quality family therapy.

The group is designed for work with families with adolescents ages 12 and older and adult children. Participants have preferably completed EFFT Essentials.

📅 Dates: October 15, November 12, December 10, 2026; January 14, February 11, and March 18, 2027
⏰ Time: 9:30–11:00 AM Arizona Time
💻 Location: Online via Zoom
💵 Investment: $100 per session, or $500 for the complete six-session series

The group stays on Arizona time throughout the series, including when daylight saving time changes in other states.

Ready to deepen your EFFT practice? Email [email protected] to register.

Come bring your cases, sharpen your skills, and learn alongside a community of therapists who care deeply about helping families reconnect.

Sometimes, connection becomes the bridge between pain and hope.September is Su***de Prevention Month, a time to remember...
09/01/2026

Sometimes, connection becomes the bridge between pain and hope.

September is Su***de Prevention Month, a time to remember how deeply human connection can matter.

Sometimes, support begins with something simple:
🤍 Sitting beside someone
🤍 Asking how they are really doing
🤍 Listening with patience
🤍 Letting them share what they are carrying
🤍 Reminding them that their feelings matter and that they deserve support

You never need perfect words to show someone they are seen.

Sometimes, being present and creating space for an honest conversation can be a meaningful place to begin.

If you are worried about someone, reaching out can be a powerful first step.

Encourage them to connect with a mental health professional, a trusted person, or a crisis resource that can provide immediate support.

Help is available, and support is always worth reaching for.

Save this post as a reminder to check in with someone you care about.

Rachel Thomas offers talks and presentations for centers, organizations, and group practices that help clinicians approach Su***de Assessment through a more relational lens. Her trainings move clinicians beyond simply checking boxes and toward conversations that can help clients move toward greater emotional and physical safety.

If you lead a group practice, organization, or clinical team and would like to bring this conversation to your therapists, send us a message to schedule a 2 or 3-hour talk on Su***de Assessment.

For crisis support and su***de prevention resources, visit 988lifeline.org in the U.S. or findahelpline.com to find a crisis line available in your country.

***deprevention ***depreventionmonth

Sometimes we keep repeating what feels familiar, even when our heart is ready for something different.We can become so a...
08/31/2026

Sometimes we keep repeating what feels familiar, even when our heart is ready for something different.

We can become so accustomed to certain patterns that they start to feel like part of who we are.

We keep doing what we know because it feels familiar, predictable, and safe in its own way, even when those patterns move us further away from balance and healing.

Sometimes this happens consciously. Other times, we may have very little awareness of what is keeping us in the same cycle.

That is why lasting change goes deeper than simply deciding to do something differently.

It asks us to get curious about what lives underneath the pattern.

What feels familiar? What feels scary about change? What needs have been attached to the way we have learned to cope?

Exploring those deeper layers can create the space for meaningful, lasting change.

Sometimes the first step toward healing is simply becoming curious about why we keep reaching for what we already know.

If couples work has been feeling heavy, confusing, or stuck lately… this may be the reset you’ve been looking for.The Ar...
08/28/2026

If couples work has been feeling heavy, confusing, or stuck lately… this may be the reset you’ve been looking for.

The Arizona EFT Externship is happening September 3–5, 2026, hosted by Therapy With Heart.

This 3-day immersive training is the core foundation of Emotionally Focused Therapy and is officially endorsed by ICEEFT.

Over the course of the externship, you’ll explore how to help couples move from conflict and disconnection into deeper emotional safety and connection.

Inside the training, you’ll learn to:

🤍 Understand the EFT model and its 3 stages of change
🤍 Apply attachment science in couples therapy
🤍 Watch live demonstrations from certified trainers
🤍 Practice interventions through experiential exercises
🤍 Support couples through recurring negative cycles with more confidence and direction

📍 Franciscan Renewal Center
🕣 8:30 AM – 5:30 PM daily
👥 For LMFTs, LPCs, LCSWs, psychologists, counselors, and graduate students
💰 Tiered pricing available
🎓 CE eligible

Led by Certified EFT Trainers:
• Rachel Thomas, LMFT
• Ryan Rana, PhD, LMFT, LPC

Whether EFT is brand new to you or you’re ready to deepen your foundation, this experience can transform the way you understand love, conflict, and healing in the therapy room.

Tap the link in bio to register.

08/26/2026

Sometimes, feeling valuable can become tied to how much you do for others.

In this reel, I’m sharing why being useful can become so closely connected to your sense of worth, and what may be underneath it.

Have you ever caught yourself feeling most valuable when you’re needed?

You can understand your feelings perfectly and still struggle to actually feel them.You know the trigger. You know the a...
08/24/2026

You can understand your feelings perfectly and still struggle to actually feel them.

You know the trigger. You know the attachment wound. You know the pattern. You can explain exactly why you reacted the way you did.

And yet, beneath all that insight, a feeling may still be asking to be felt.

Sometimes the most emotionally honest thing you can do is pause the analysis for a moment and let yourself experience what is already there.

You can understand your emotions without turning every feeling into something you have to solve.

Which one feels more familiar to you: explaining your feelings or actually sitting with them?

You spend so much time caring for everyone else. This space is for you, too.Mothering a neurodivergent child can hold so...
08/21/2026

You spend so much time caring for everyone else. This space is for you, too.

Mothering a neurodivergent child can hold so much love, meaning, and joy, alongside the exhaustion, mental load, advocacy, and emotional weight that can come with it.

Mothering Without Losing Yourself is a six-week, therapist-led support and process group created for mothers raising neurodivergent children, including children with ADHD, autism, and other neurological differences.

This is a space to feel seen and understood, share the real and messy parts of motherhood, process anxiety and burnout, explore how parenting can affect your relationships, and reconnect with your own needs, identity, and well-being.

Whether your child has a formal diagnosis, is currently being evaluated, or simply experiences the world differently, you are welcome here.

The group will be facilitated by Jessica Watts, LMFT, a therapist specializing in maternal mental health, perinatal transitions, and the emotional and relational changes that accompany parenthood.

Group Details:

📅 Wednesdays, September 2–October 7, 2026
⏰ 7:00–8:30 p.m.
📍 8727 E. Via De Commercio, Scottsdale, AZ 85258
🤍 Six weekly sessions
💵 $420 for all six weeks ($70/week)

👩‍👧 For mothers raising neurodivergent children

You deserve a space where you can show up as yourself, feel supported, and make room for the person behind all the roles you carry.

Interested in joining? Connect with us to learn more and see if this group feels like the right fit for you.

08/20/2026

I was pranked by the Therapy With Heart team… this is our staff meeting- first in the new office! Soooo funny!! 😂😂😂 I LOVE that they took the time to coordinate this! Tara made it happen- she said she knew I could use some humor and laughs!!

08/19/2026

You can love your parents deeply and still have a whole list of things you wish they had done differently.

Sometimes gratitude and anger sit at the same table.

You can remember the sacrifices they made, the ways they showed up, the meals they cooked, the bills they paid, the childhood memories they gave you, and still feel hurt by the words they said, the emotions they dismissed, or the parts of yourself you had to hide to feel understood.

You can feel grateful for what your parents gave you while grieving what you needed and never received.

You can love who they are while holding complicated feelings about how they raised you.

You can appreciate their intentions while acknowledging the impact their choices had on you.

And you can carry all of these feelings at once.

Growing up often means realizing your parents are whole people with their own stories, wounds, limitations, and ways of loving.

That realization can bring compassion while still leaving room for your own experience.

Your gratitude does not erase your anger. Your anger does not erase your love.

Sometimes healing begins when you finally give yourself permission to hold both.

What is one feeling about your parents that took you a long time to realize could coexist with love?

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8737 E Via De Commercio, Ste 200
Scottsdale, AZ
85258

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 8pm
Thursday 9am - 8pm
Friday 9am - 8pm
Saturday 9am - 8pm

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+14808885380

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