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About this workshop

This 2hr workshop is for therapists familiar with the concepts of Dr Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples (EFCT). EFCT is an evidence-based model for improving relationship security & satisfaction, but the early work can often be tricky for therapists and their clients to navigate. This workshop outlines how to get off to a great start in Stage 1 of EFT for couples so that you gain traction, exit stuck patterns & create moments of change in each & every session!

Goals

➕ To outline the goals of Stage 1 & how to organise your early work for maximum effect.
➕ To highlight the required ingredients for good EFCT & how to know if you have them.
➕ Explain how the EFT Tango helps you to create change in every session.
➕ To see this work happening with Clare’s real therapy segments from Stage 1 sessions.

Practical Takeaways

⭐️ Clare will outline some key elements to include in your assessment, how to conduct your individual sessions & what to include when taking the relationship history.

⭐️ Clare will provide practical skills needed in Stage 1 of EFCT including tracking the negative cycle, choreographing engaged encounters & using the uncovering of each partner’s attachment history to help de-escalation.

⭐️ These skills are demonstrated in live video segments from Clare’s work with a couple in Stage 1.

Course Inclusions

⭐️ This 2hr workshop includes colourful, beautiful slides that are yours to keep.

⭐️ Participants will also receive downloadable therapist resources to support their learning such as a Cycle tracking sheet, an example cycle tracking sheet for the couple in the videos, and the EFT Tango “Plus” sheet.

This introductory 2hr workshop is for therapists interested in learning about Dr Sue Johnson’s Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model. There is a reason thousands of therapists around the world are learning EFT. It is because it works! This workshop will show you how Attachment Theory & EFT will enhance your practice!

Goals of this workshop:

➕ To explain how the EFT model conceptualises distress and how it is so effective in shaping growth.
➕ To provide an overview of the EFT model, its theoretical basis, and its evidence-base.
➕ To explore how EFT can be used with individual clients and with relationships.
➕ To highlight the goals of EFT, in increasing individual well-being and building attachment security in close relationships.

Practical Takeaways

⭐️ Clare will introduce you to the EFT “roadmap,” and the key EFT therapist interventions, including the “EFT Tango,” that allow therapists to shape change in every session.

⭐️ Clare will show you the core EFT micro-skills that prioritise the therapeutic alliance and keep the work experiential and attachment-focused.

⭐️ The workshop includes colourful, beautiful slides that are yours to keep.

⭐️ Participants will also receive downloadable therapist resources to support their learning such as an EFT Therapist skills “cheat sheet”, a list of the EFT micro-skills, the EFT Tango “Plus” sheet, and a client information sheet on EFT for couples and EFT for individuals.