Fundamentals of EFT – March 2025 for SE Asia

This is a special, live, online event presented by ICEEFT Course for therapists living in S.E. Asia (Vietnam, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea and Laos.)

Presenters:
Dr Cindy Goodness Zane & Dr Clare Rosoman

About this course:
This one-day (7 hour) intensive workshop offers a practical introduction to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), underpinned by attachment science, and shows how EFT provides a foundational roadmap for healing through emotional connection. This training will provide an outline of EFT, with an emphasis on attachment and relationships and sense of self, and how the EFT Tango applies to all three modalities – individual (EFIT), couple (EFCT), and family (EFFT) therapy.

More than just an EFT introductory course, Fundamentals of EFT provides the overall context of EFT and explains how the original “couple” model applies effectively as psychotherapy to EFFT (e.g., typically engaging with dyads) and EFIT (e.g., working with the individual and a younger/child self, or the individual and the inner experience of another person in their life).

Attendees learn through didactic presentations, recorded sessions, experiential exercises, and an exploration of EFT’s core elements, including the EFT Tango. The course serves as a standalone event or a recommended precursor to further EFT training.

At the end of training, participants will be able to:

• Summarize the EFT perspective — experiential, growth oriented. 
• Describe the key tenets of attachment theory.
• Describe the goals and stages of EFT across modalities.
• Outline the core EFT interventions as they apply and differ in three modalities: individuals suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD; distressed couples; and distressed families.
• Specify the strengths of attachment theory and science as a map to a clear understanding of client problems and strengths, guiding every session.
• Utilize attachment science as a moment to moment guide to the shaping of potent systematic change in psychotherapy sessions.
• Define the moves of the EFT Tango and how they differ across modalities.

It is recommended that participants obtain and use the book Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families by Sue Johnson before the training.

Who is this training for?
All mental health professionals and students aiming to enhance their practice by understanding the role of attachment in treating individuals, couples, and families. ICEEFT recommends taking Fundamentals of EFT prior to any other course. There are no prerequisites for Fundamentals of EFT.

ICEEFT Certification and CPD credits:
Participants will receive a certificate of completion for 7 hours of CPD via email following the training from ICEEFT.