Figs O'Sullivan

Figs O'Sullivan is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT #79062) and the founder of Empathi. For 17 years he has helped couples move out of disconnection and back into secure, loving connection, drawing on Emotionally Focused Therapy and attachment science. With his wife Teale, he runs a San Francisco couples therapy practice, is a relationship expert to the Stars and Silicon Valley, and built Figlet, an AI relationship coach trained on their clinical work. His approach has guided more than 58,000 relationship assessments.

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Fiachra Figs O’Sullivan LMFT

Fiachra Figs O’Sullivan: San Francisco Marriage & Family Therapy Reach the love you’ve longed for. Book Therapy Consult Did you know that couples who… …try to “fix” each other grow in resentment and shame. …”problem-solve” in the short term experience repeat issues. …develop surface-level skills feel helpless against persistent problems. Through this approach, couples can

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Best Couples Therapy New York City: NYC Services with Figs O’Sullivan & Teale

See your relationship in a new light without making impossible changes with Empathi’s couples therapy NYC (new york ny). Better Methods. Better Lovin. Empathi’s therapists provide hope to couples in NYC Empathi’s therapeutic approaches are proven to help. Empathi is committed to providing ongoing support for clients’ mental health, ensuring that couples receive the guidance and

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When You’ve Tried Couples Therapy Before and It Didn’t Work

You go in and talk about the dishes, or the money, or the in-laws, or sex. The therapist listens. They try to be a referee. They teach you “communication skills.” They tell you to use “I statements.” They help you negotiate a compromise about who picks up the kids. Talk to FigletFigs’ AI relationship coachHere

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Why Talking About Your Relationship Keeps Making It Worse

What happens to communication when the nervous system is under threat Talk to FigletFigs’ AI relationship coachHere now, ready when you are You are no longer communicating with your spouse. Do you know you can get personalized answers to all your questions from the same wisdom that wrote this article, right now? Ask anything about

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The Negative Cycle in Relationships: How to Break Free with EFT

Welcome! Today we’re going to talk about the cycle. The system. Or, as some of my clients might call it, “your sh*t show.” In Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), we call it the “negative interactional cycle.” It’s that emotional bonding-driven feedback loop that couples get into together-one that feels really bad for both of them. It’s

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Why Some Couples Do Everything Right and Still Can’t Find Each Other

Most couples who end up in my office are not careless with love. They often arrive feeling like couples therapy is not working, or wondering if it ever could. Talk to FigletFigs’ AI relationship coachHere now, ready when you are You follow every communication rule and still feel isolated. Do you know you can get

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Why High Achievers Feel Anxious Even When They’re “Winning”

A woman in therapy looks at her phone, while her partner stands pensively by the window, highlighting couples therapy in an urban setting. What success does to the nervous system, and why performance stops working at home If you are successful on paper but feel unsettled in your body, you are not alone. Talk to

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When Success Costs Your Marriage: Couples Therapy for High Achievers in San Francisco

As a couples therapy practice in San Francisco, California, I see a recurring pattern among the high achievers who walk through my door. People come here to build things. Companies. Careers. Reputations. Lives that would not have been possible anywhere else. The pace is fast, the standards are high, and the opportunities are real. But

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