Quotes for the Journey

A good quote can guide us and come back to help us time and again when we are sitting with our clients. Here are a few to consider for your own precious work!

EFT Quotes:

The cycle is the bad guy. Neither partner is the bad guy.
— Sue Johnson, Therapist, Educator, Researcher, Creator of EFT
Unprocessed fear moves under the surface and tweaks behavior. Unprocessed pain moves under the surface and tweaks behavior.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Unprocessed pain limits life options.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Where are the pockets of pain? Find the pockets of pain.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Emotion is the music of the dance.
— Sue Johson, Therapist, Educator, Researcher, Creator of EFT
Every emotion has a story.
— Alison Lee, co-founder of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute with Sue Johnson from which ICEEFT evolved
It’s hard to bond in secondary. Primary is where the Velcro happens.
— Jen Olden, EFT Supervisor and Therapist (EFT Cafe)
Our brains were made to load-share.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Isolation is inherently traumatizing to the human brain.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Make space for our client’s humanity.
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Expand the window of tolerance [for emotion].
— Kathryn Rheem, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
We need to active the block to help shift it.
— Suzanne Baron, EFT Supervisor, Therapist
[Notice if you want to get them out of their pain.] In this model, that’s not what helps them change. They need to feel it to change.
— Suzanne Baron, EFT Supervisor, Therapist
When you don’t know what to do, reflect!
— Sue Johnson, Therapist, Educator, Researcher, Creator of EFT
Show up!
Hovering is healing.
— Lisa Plotkin, LCSW
Keep it real. Keep it safe.
— Jim Furrow, EFT Trainer, Supervisor, Therapist
Safety first.
— Elisa Joy Seibert, Ph.D., EFT Supervisor and Therapist
Bad EFT is better than no EFT.
— Unknown EFT sage (with words to console us when we feel less than stellar). EFT doesn't expect the stars of us. At the very least, it does ask us to show up!

General Quotes to Encourage You, the Therapist:

The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.
— Frederick Buechner (in book Wishful Thinking)
Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
— Howard Thurman (minister, educator, civil rights leader)
Don’t twist yourself into a pretzel!
— Susan Thau, Ph.D., EFT Supervisor and Therapist (modified)
Never work harder than the client.
— Unknown wise counseling sage
Know yourself deep down. What are the conditions under which you can bring your best “you” to the process of therapy and your work?
— Elisa Joy Seibert, Ph.D., EFT Supervisor and Therapist
Find your sweet spot and work from that place of life-giving awareness. Find your lane and thrive in it!
— Elisa Joy Seibert, Ph.D., EFT Supervisor and Therapist
Be who you are and be okay with not being someone else. You are ENOUGH!
— Elisa Joy Seibert, Ph.D., EFT Supervisor and Therapist

For Quotes for Couples and Families, also check out the Quotes for the Journey on my website for clients: www.GrowingConnectionsforCouples.live!

A Song for Your Journey …