Emotionally Focused Therapy Training
EFT Supervisor & Trainer
What is Emotionally Focused Therapy?
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), is a form of therapy that strives to help individuals identify the underlying emotions that guide their relationships. The EFT approach was first developed by Susan Johnson and Les Greenberg in the 1980s, and it continues to become one of the most popular and effective ways to improve relationships.
The Center offers EFT supervision and training to therapy professionals in-person and online led by Clinical Director, Supervisor and Trainer, George Faller.
EFT EXTERNSHIP
OCTOBER 21 – 24, 2024
9AM to 5PM
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich: 1 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
The Externship will meet on the 2nd floor of the church in the chapel.
There is not parking at the church, but along the street and in a public lot a block or two north of the church (heading towards Greenwich Hospital).
During this 4-day externship, participants will learn the EFT model of therapy through a combination of lectures, videos, observations of live interviews, and role play exercises.
Upon completion of the course, participants will:
- Identify the basic stages and steps of EFT
- Understand marital distress from an attachment perspective
- Help couples recognize and deescalate problematic patterns of interaction
- Help couples understand the underlying attachment needs that drive these negative patterns
- Help couples create and restore the emotional bond between them
- Help couples repair attachment injuries, fostering healing within and between the couple
REGISTRATION FEE: $1200 or $1000 Early Bird if you register before September 1.
Please note we do not offer refunds unless we change the dates or cancel the training.
EFT CORE SKILLS
2025 Training Dates:
January – 13 and 14
February – 3 and 4
March – 3 and 4
April – 7 and 8
Note: All dates are Mondays and Tuesdays. The course will meet from 9AM to 5PM
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich: 1 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
Core Skills will meet on the 2nd floor of the church in the chapel.
There is not parking at the church, but along the street and in a public lot a block or two north of the church (heading towards Greenwich Hospital).
Once you register you will be added to our attendee list. Further information will be sent out the second week in December for all attendees.
Core Skills training takes place over four, two day sessions. This in-depth learning experience will teach therapists the essential skills needed to practice EFT.
REGISTRATION FEE: $1900 or $1700 Early Bird if you register before December 1.
Please note we do not offer refunds unless we change the dates or cancel the training.
Also note: Core Skills limits the number of participants. Please register early.
EFT SEX TRAINING
2025 Training Dates:
April 24 and 25
Location: First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich: 1 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.
This training will take place in the Session Room on the 3rd floor of the church.
There is not parking at the church, but along the street and in a public lot a block or two north of the church (heading towards Greenwich Hospital).
Sex often triggers what is best and worst in relationships. Swinging from the highs of passion to the lows of rejection, sex offers us all plenty to engage with and talk about in session. Yet, most therapists are not taught how to facilitate these intimate conversations and harness the power of sexual connection to help secure the couples’ attachment.
Research demonstrates that the strongest bond for a couple includes an
alive, vibrant sexual connection and a warm, secure emotional
connection. Yet, nearly 70% of all couples therapists across every model do not talk about sex. Without comfort and confidence, therapists avoid
resolving this critical part of their couple’s lives, leaving the couple alone to struggle and perhaps derailing all the good work accomplished in resolving the emotional bond. Couples too, avoid talking about this critical area in their lives due to embarrassment, hopelessness, shame or even taking their cue from the silence of the therapist.
Let’s stop avoiding sexual conversations and instead develop the confidence to lean into them. George’s goal is to help couple therapists understand how the emotional and sexual attachment cycles are integrated, help therapists become comfortable with talking about sex, learn a thorough sexual assessment, and work through blocks in the sexual cycle.
Using role-plays and videos George will demonstrate effective sexual interventions and will design breakout sessions for you to practice talking comfortably about explicit details so the sexual cycle can be discussed in session. Come join us to harness the power of sexuality to help clients experience the power of great sex.
Topics:
· What is Great Sex?
· Anatomy and Physiology
· Integrate the Sexual and Emotional Cycles in Practice
· Sexual Assessment
· When/How/Why to Bring Up Sex
· Stage 1 &2 Change Events
· Working with SAC (Sexual Attachment Cycle) Blocks
We welcome all couples therapists! Even if you aren’t an EFT therapist, you will still come away with a lot of practical tools to use with your couples.
REGISTRATION FEE: $550 or $450 Early Bird if you register before March 1, 2025.
Please note we do not offer refunds unless we change the dates or cancel the training.
“Who knew that four days could be so transformative? Under the masterful direction of George Faller, I was introduced to EFT, a powerful model that gets to “the heart” of the struggles many marriages face. EFT offers a way forward as it seeks to repair damaged ways of relating and unhelpful patterns of interacting. What is most exciting is that EFT offers real help, hope and healing for couples willing to engage in the process. It’s a tool I’m delighted to add to my tool box”
– THERAPIST, TRAINING PARTICIPANT