Training Description:

This intensive 4-day workshop trains participants in the empirically-supported EFT-C therapy. Participants will learn the 5-stage EFT-C framework; transforming attachment and identity cycles, working with emotions related to love and attachment, working with dominance, and working with emotional injuries. Participants will receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice. As an intermediate level training, EFT-C Level 1 is a pre-requisite. 26 hours of APA CE credit are available.

Learning Objectives:

At the completion of this training, you will be able to:

1. Name the two theoretical origins of EFT-C
2. Describe adaptive emotion regulation in a couple
3. Name three motivational systems underlying couples interactional cycles
4. Reframe relationship problems in terms of negative interactional cycles
5. Identify sensitivities and vulnerabilities underlying negative interactional cycles
6. Access underlying feelings by attending to each partner’s moment-by-moment in-session experience
7. Reframe partner critiques by reaching in and speaking for more vulnerable primary emotion
8. Name three contraindications for EFT-C
9. Differentiate between intrapersonal and interpersonal blocks and provide an example of each
10. Describe an enactment and give an example of when you would use one
11. Differentiate between successful and unsuccessful enactments
12. Describe relapse prevention during the consolidation and integration stage
13. Describe how self-soothing is used in EFT-C
14. Name what the dominant partner and submissive partner each need to change to resolve a
dominance cycle
15. Differentiate between states of forgiveness and unforgiveness
16. Name the five tasks in successful resolution of an emotional injury

Schedule

• Day 1: Friday, March 20th, 2026  (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)
• Day 2: Saturday, March 21st, 2026  (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)
• Day 3: Sunday, March 22nd, 2026  (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)
• Day 4: Monday, March 23rd, 2026  (9am to 4:30pm CT/UTC-6)

Intended Audience:

Completion of EFT-C Level 1 is a prerequisite. This training was developed for licensed psychologists and accredited counselors/psychotherapists. All backgrounds, license types, and therapeutic orientations are welcome. Pre-licensure therapists in training are also welcome.

Regular Rate:

$1175 (USD)

Early Bird Discount: $1050 (USD; ends Jan 20th 2026)

CE Credit: 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 here on EFTpnw’s website.

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), 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.

Host:

Dr. Narayan Singh is a licensed and board-certified clinical psychologist and the founder of the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute of the Pacific Northwest (EFTpnw). He is a current member of the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy (ISEFT) and is currently engaged in research collaborations on Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and couples. He maintains a private practice out of Seattle, Washington, USA and is the host of the YouTube channel EFT Psychologist.

This event is co-sponsored by Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute (EFTI) and EFT Institute of the Pacific Northwest. EFTI is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. EFTI maintains responsibility for this program and its contents.