Nov
1
to Nov 4

EFT Level 1

Emotion-Focused Therapy Level 1 – November 1, 2, 3 & 4, 2024

Video Conference format

This intensive introductory 4-day workshop provides participants with a solid grounding in the skills required to work more directly with emotions in psychotherapy. The focus of the program will be experiential, learning how to provide a change in core emotional structures. Participants receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice.

  • Day 1: Friday, November 1, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 2: Saturday, November 2, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 3: Sunday, November 3, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 4: Monday, November 4, 2024 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

Program Learning Objectives: For a full list of learning objectives, please email info@emotionfocusedtherapyinstitute.com

Trainer: Dr. Rhonda Goldman (Ph.D., C.Psych.) is one of the primary developers of Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and couples. She is a Professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is actively involved with research, development, and training in EFT. Psychology. She has co-authored six texts on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), including Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused therapy (2021) and the Clinical Handbook of Emotion-focused Therapy (2019), Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy (2015), Emotion-focused Couples Therapy (2008), Case Studies in Emotion-focused Therapy (2007), and Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy (2004). She is a founding board member of the International Society of Emotion-focused Therapy (ISEFT). She is currently an action editor of the journal Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies. She runs the Emotion-focused Therapy Institute in Chicago. She travels internationally conducting training workshops for mental health professionals in Emotion-focused therapy for Couples and Individuals.

Intended Audience: This training was developed for licensed psychologists and accredited counselors/psychotherapists, regardless of prior knowledge of EFT. All backgrounds, license types, and therapeutic orientations are welcome. Pre-licensure therapists in training are also welcome.

Fee: $1175

Limited number of student discounts available (email for information)

CE Credt: 26 hours of CE credit are available for participants who attend the entire program. Partial credit cannot be awarded. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program.

Cancellation Policy: Training policies are detailed on EFTI website. Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable.

Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

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Mar
8
to Mar 11

Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples - Level 1

Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples – Level 1 – March 8, 9, 10, & 11, 2024

Video Conference format

This intensive introductory 4-day training will provide you with an understanding of the empirically-supported couple therapy developed by Leslie Greenberg and Susan Johnson. You will learn recent advances to theory and practice made by Leslie Greenberg and Rhonda Goldman that will help you conceptualize and resolve relationship difficulties stemming from both love and power.

This training is both didactic and experiential, geared to help you become deeply familiar with the EFT-C model and interventions. You will receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice.

  • Day 1:   March 8, 2024   (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)

  • Day 2:   March 9, 2024   (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)

  • Day 3:   March 10, 2024   (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)

  • Day 4:   March 11, 2024   (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)

Program Learning Objectives: For a full list of learning objectives, please email eftpnw@gmail.com

This training counts toward certification as an EFT-C Therapist through the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (ISEFT).

Intended Audience: This training was developed for licensed psychologists and accredited counselors/psychotherapists, regardless of prior knowledge of EFT. All backgrounds, license types, and therapeutic orientations are welcome. Pre-licensure therapists in training are also welcome.

Regular Rate: $1175

Early Registration Rate (until Feb 14th): $1050 (Use promo code “eb-reg” at checkout)

CE Credt: 26 hours of CE credit are available for participants who attend the entire program. Partial credit cannot be awarded. We ask that all participants return the post-program evaluation form at the conclusion of the program. An additional payment of $30 is required to be awarded CEs.

Cancellation Policy: Training policies are detailed at eftpnw.com. Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable.

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Nov
10
to Nov 13

EFT Level 1

Emotion-Focused Therapy Level 1 – November 10, 11, 12 & 13, 2023

Video Conference format

This intensive introductory 4-day workshop provides participants with a solid grounding in the skills required to work more directly with emotions in psychotherapy. The focus of the program will be experiential, learning how to provide a change in core emotional structures. Participants receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice.

  • Day 1: Friday, November 10, 2023 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 2: Saturday, November 11, 2023 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 3: Sunday, November 12, 2023 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

  • Day 4: Monday, November 13, 2023 (9am to 4:30pm CT)

Program Learning Objectives: For a full list of learning objectives, please email info@emotionfocusedtherapyinstitute.com

Trainer: Dr. Rhonda Goldman (Ph.D., C.Psych.) is one of the primary developers of Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and couples. She is a Professor at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is actively involved with research, development, and training in EFT. Psychology. She has co-authored six texts on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), including Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused therapy (2021) and the Clinical Handbook of Emotion-focused Therapy (2019), Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy (2015), Emotion-focused Couples Therapy (2008), Case Studies in Emotion-focused Therapy (2007), and Learning Emotion-Focused Therapy (2004). She is a founding board member of the International Society of Emotion-focused Therapy (ISEFT). She is currently an action editor of the journal Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies. She runs the Emotion-focused Therapy Institute in Chicago. She travels internationally conducting training workshops for mental health professionals in Emotion-focused therapy for Couples and Individuals.

Intended Audience: This training was developed for licensed psychologists and accredited counselors/psychotherapists, regardless of prior knowledge of EFT. All backgrounds, license types, and therapeutic orientations are welcome. Pre-licensure therapists in training are also welcome.

Fee: $1175

Limited number of student discounts available (email for information)

CE Credt: 26 hours of CE credit are available for participants who attend the entire program. Partial credit cannot be awarded. We ask that all participants return the post-pogram evaluation form at the conclusion of the program.

Cancellation Policy: Training policies are detailed on EFTI website. Eventbrite’s fee is nonrefundable.

Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.

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Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) Level 2 Advanced Training
Mar
17
to Mar 26

Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) Level 2 Advanced Training

Counts towards ISEFT certification of EFT-C

Trainers: Dr. Rhonda Goldman & Dr. Serine Warwar

Dates: March 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 & 26 2023

Times: 11:00AM to 3:30PM (EST)

Prerequisite: Equivalent of Level 1 EFT-C

Format: Online

Early Registration Rate: $1250 USD (early registration rate ends February 17, 2023)

Regular Rate: $1375 USD

To Register: Please contact us at cpeh@cpeh.ca.

A $150 non-refundable deposit is required to register

This advanced experiential and didactic training is designed for EFT-C therapists, supervisors and trainers.

In this couples training you will learn advanced skills to work with challenging issues such as escalated couples, blocks and interruptions, trauma, emotional injuries and alliance ruptures. In addition, attention is given to the use of experiential teaching and homework.

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Chair Work Series
Feb
4
to Mar 4

Chair Work Series

Workshop a: February 4, 2023

Workshop B: March 4, 2023

Times: 10:00AM to 2:00PM (CT)

Trainer: Dr. Rhonda Goldman

Format: Online

Workshop Rate: $100

This series of two workshops will be devoted to developing the conceptual knowledge and specific skills necessary to conduct chair work dialogues in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT). A cornerstone of the emotion-focused therapeutic approach is the use of markers and tasks designed to access, deepen, and transform emotion. While there are many tasks undertaken in the course of EFT, the self-critical and unfinished business chair work tasks are used most often and are likely to effect deep emotional change. Chair work tasks are infinitely interesting and complex, and therapists often feel they can work on and sharpen their skills to the benefit of their clients.

 Workshop A - February 4, 2023

The first workshop in the series will focus on the self-critical (negative self-treatment) dialogue. We will focus on how to recognize markers of self-criticism, self-coercion and negative self-treatment and in response, set up a chair work dialogue. We will build the skills of activating the negative critic, working with the anxious and depressive critic, distinguish between the ‘coach critic’ and the underlying critic, work with the collapsed self, deepen underlying primary emotions, discuss when and how to ask for the need, how to facilitate a softening, and promote negotiation and integration.

Workshop A is sold out. Reach out by email if you are interested in future trainings on chair work.

 Workshop B - March 4, 2023

The second workshop in the series will focus on the chair work task of unfinished business with a developmentally significant other. We will focus on how to recognize markers for unfinished business, distinguish between current interpersonal and unfinished business, vary the dialogue in the context of trauma, activate the negative other, work with underlying primary emotions and promote need expression, work with self-interruption in the context of unfinished business, and recognize when the ‘other’ is softening. We will talk about different aspects and forms of resolution including self-soothing, self-affirmation, holding the other accountable, forgiveness and understanding. Finally, we will discuss how to help people integrate changes into their everyday lives.

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Jun
11
10:00 AM10:00

Deliberate Practice in Emotion-Focused Therapy

Deliberate practice is a training method that involves repeated behavioral practice and simulation-based learning therapy techniques.

This training will provide deliberate practice exercises to help clinicians practice the fundamental skills of emotion-focused therapy (EFT) particularly those aimed at deepening, exploring and transforming emotion.

This training will provide experiential role-playing scenarios in which two trainees act as a client and a therapist, switching back and forth. Dr. Rhonda Goldman, an expert in EFT, will provide supervision for specific EFT techniques and interpersonal skills, such as responding empathically to clients, building therapist self-awareness, and repairing relationship ruptures. 

Fee: $100

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Jun
10
9:00 AM09:00

Self-Soothing and Empathic Affirmation in Emotion-Focused Therapy

In this two-part workshop, two therapeutic tasks, self-soothing and empathic affirmation, will be detailed, outlined, demonstrated, discussed, and practiced.

Part One (9am-12:30pm): The first task is the self-soothing task that encourages clients to offer themselves compassion, soothing, and calming. It is undertaken within the therapy process when clients present with emotional distress and helps to increase automatic emotion regulation outside of the therapy session. It is a task that can be undertaken in both individual and couple therapy and both applications will be discussed. Fee: $100

Part Two (1:30pm-5pm): The second task is the empathic affirmation task, wherein a client presents with a vulnerable, often shame-based self and the therapist offers radical and intensive empathic affirmation, staying closely empathically attuned as the client drops down into this difficult feeling, goes through the ‘painful-awful’ and re-emerges, reaching for interpersonal connection with the therapist and able to carry forward a stronger, calmer sense of self. Therapists responses that aid in the tasks will also be outlined and practiced.  Fee: $100

PART ONE (9am-12:30pm): Self-Soothing in Emotion-Focused Therapy

PART TWO (1:30pm-5pm): Empathic Affirmation in Emotion-Focused Therapy

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Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute (EFTI) facilitates training workshops and educational opportunities for therapists/psychologists interested in using EFT in their professional practices. It is a hub for EFT therapists who want to connect with their EFT-identity and find an EFT home. For those in the community seeking therapy, the Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute is a place to find an EFT-trained therapist.

EFTI is recognized by the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (ISEFT).