Emily’s

Modalities

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Emily Espinoza, MA, is a Marriage and Family Therapy Intern offering holistic, trauma-informed mental health services in Stuart, Florida. With a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy, Emily helps individuals, couples, and families strengthen relationships, process trauma, and develop healthier ways of relating.
Emily uses a systems-based approach to therapy, meaning she considers your relationships, family dynamics, cultural background, and personal history to support long-term emotional wellness. Her work is grounded in the belief that connection is the foundation of mental health—to yourself, to others, and to the world around you.
With experience supporting children, teens, and families navigating emotional regulation challenges, attachment issues, and trauma recovery, Emily offers a compassionate, collaborative space to explore your story and build practical tools for communication, healing, and growth.
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Therapeutic Modalities for Couples Therapy

Healthy relationships take intention, communication, and care. Whether you’re navigating a relationship crisis, recovering from betrayal, or simply feeling emotionally distant, Emily provides couples therapy that helps partners reconnect and grow stronger together.

Her work integrates several evidence-based approaches that address relationship challenges, emotional disconnection, and conflict resolution.

    • Conflict resolution and communication skills

    • Rebuilding trust after betrayal

    • Emotional distance or lack of intimacy

    • Premarital counseling or relationship transitions

    • Attachment wounds and childhood patterning

    • Parenting stress and co-parenting challenges

  • This research-backed model helps you and your partner identify negative cycles that drive emotional distance. You’ll learn to:

    • Recognize and shift reactive patterns

    • Express deeper emotions with safety

    • Build new habits that promote trust and closeness

    EFT is especially effective for couples experiencing communication breakdowns, attachment issues, or emotional withdrawal.

  • Grounded in over 40 years of relationship research, the Gottman Method provides practical tools to improve your relationship health. In therapy, you’ll work together to:

    • Improve communication and reduce defensiveness

    • Manage conflict using structured techniques

    • Strengthen emotional intimacy and friendship

    • Create shared rituals, meaning, and long-term goals

    This method is ideal for couples looking to repair connection or deepen long-term commitment.

  • Using a systems approach to relationship therapy, Emily helps you and your partner explore how each person’s communication style, emotional triggers, and family history influence the dynamic. Together, you’ll practice new ways of relating that promote mutual understanding, empathy, and respect.

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Therapeutic Modalities for Family Therapy

Families are where we first learn how to communicate, connect, and cope—but even the closest families can experience conflict, stress, and disconnection. Emily offers family therapy that helps each member feel seen, heard, and supported—while working together to create more harmony at home.

Whether your family is navigating a major transition, ongoing conflict, or challenges related to child or adolescent behavior, Emily uses research-based approaches to promote emotional connection, restore structure, and improve communication.

    • Parent-child communication breakdowns

    • Sibling conflict and rivalry

    • Emotional regulation in teens and children

    • Co-parenting after separation or divorce

    • Family grief, trauma, or life transitions

    • Restoring connection and rebuilding trust

  • Structural Family Therapy helps reorganize roles, routines, and boundaries within the family system. This approach is especially beneficial during life transitions, family stress, or when children and teens are struggling with behavior or emotion regulation.

    SFT sessions may focus on:

    • Strengthening family communication

    • Clarifying roles and responsibilities

    • Supporting emotional regulation in children and adolescents

    • Reducing conflict and power struggles

    • Rebuilding connection after disruption

  • This model helps families understand how multigenerational emotional patterns and family dynamics influence current challenges. Emily uses techniques like genograms and emotional mapping to guide insight and promote self-awareness.

    You’ll learn to:

    • Identify emotional reactivity and reduce stress responses

    • Stay grounded in high-emotion situations

    • Examine how “triangles” (three-person relationship dynamics) affect your family system

    • Practice healthy differentiation and self-regulation

  • This goal-oriented family therapy approach highlights what’s working and builds on your strengths. Together, your family will:

    • Set clear and realistic goals

    • Explore past successes (exceptions to the problem)

    • Use simple tools like scaling to measure progress

    • Focus on future solutions instead of past conflict

Ready to Begin?

Healing doesn’t happen overnight—but it begins with one step.  
Whether you're seeking support for your relationship, or your entire family, Emily creates a warm, nonjudgmental space where you can feel seen, supported, and empowered.

You deserve compassionate care that meets you exactly where you are.