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A research-backed, relationship-centered therapy that helps you build emotional awareness, deepen connection, and change unhelpful patterns through real-time interactions with your therapist.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same patterns with people—pulling away when things get close, hiding how you really feel, struggling to ask for what you need—you’re not alone. These patterns often manifest in subtle yet powerful ways, not just in your personal life, but also in therapy.
Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP) is a unique, evidence-based approach that uses the real-time relationship between you and your therapist as the foundation for healing and change. In other words, how you relate in session becomes the practice ground for how you want to relate in the world. Together, you and your therapist bring awareness to these patterns as they happen and gently shape new, more fulfilling ways of connecting.
FAP can be especially helpful if you’re dealing with chronic loneliness, intimacy struggles, social anxiety, past trauma, or a general sense of disconnection—even if you don’t know why.
When you’re hurting, it’s easy to feel like you have to put on a mask just to get through the day. Maybe you keep things surface-level with people, avoid emotional conversations, or fear that being vulnerable will push others away. Over time, this can leave you feeling misunderstood—or even invisible.
FAP creates a space where you don’t have to perform or hide. Instead, it invites you to show up as you are—with your fears, your longings, and your strengths. Your therapist won’t just talk about your relationships—they’ll be in one with you, offering real, present-moment feedback and support. This relationship becomes a kind of mirror, helping you see how you connect with others, and giving you the tools to shift what’s not working.
You’ll begin by building a strong, trusting relationship with your therapist. As you talk, your therapist will gently notice the ways you express emotion, navigate closeness, or hold back. Instead of analyzing these from a distance, FAP uses the therapy relationship itself as a space to explore and transform them.
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These moments may feel small, but they are powerful. Over time, they build the skills and emotional resilience needed to create more honest, connected relationships in your daily life.
If you’re tired of feeling disconnected, misunderstood, or stuck in old patterns, FAP offers a different way forward. At the Behavioural Wellness Clinic, we offer Functional Analytic Psychotherapy as part of our commitment to helping you build the kind of relationships that bring meaning and joy into your life.
You’re not alone—and you don’t have to figure it out by yourself. Let’s take the next step, together.