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EFT Therapist Training Standards to Certification
The International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy has created minimum requirements for certification as an Emotion-Focused Therapist. EFTii meets the training standards and is recognised as an isEFT accredited Institute. Certification through EFTii is therefore an internationally recognised certification.
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Level A

Completion of Basic EFT Training

Requirements

  1. Minimum prior training as a mental health professional (psychologist, counselor, clinical psychologist, social worker, psychiatrist). If not trained in humanistic-experiential therapies, it is recommended to take additional training in empathy skills

  2. Completion of Level 1 and 2 training (8 full days) with an internationally certified EFT trainer

  3. Initial supervisory experience (atleast 3 days of group supervision or 5 hours of individual supervision with atleast 2 clients)

​Must be signed off by an approved EFT Supervisor on the basis of actually doing EFT to at least a minimal degree and not some other therapy.

Requirements

  1. Completion of LEVEL A and Level 3 training (if not completed as part of LEVEL A)

  2. Direct supervision of own work with a certified EFT Supervisor (review of videos) with a minimum of 2 clients, minimum of 16 hours (individual or group equivalent).

  3. Recommended Practice: see at least two individual clients for a total of at least 60 sessions of EFT including empathy, deepening, tasks and case formulation.

Must be signed off by an approved EFT Supervisor on the basis of actually doing EFT to at least a moderate degree and not some other therapy (PCEPS-EFT items 1-5 at 4 or higher).

Level B

Completion of EFT Supervised Practice

Level C

Certification as an EFT therapist

Requirements

  1. Completion of LEVEL B EFT Supervised Practice (see above).

  2. Submission of two video-taped sessions of two different clients with active task work in them.

  3. Submission of a brief written case description including competent EFT case formulation (2-3 pages).

  4. Evaluation by a certified EFT Supervisor (someone other than Therapist’s usual supervisor) as a competent EFT Therapist on the basis of a demonstration of:

    • Empathy;

    • Marker identification;

    • Emotional deepening;

    • Appropriate use of tasks (focusing, reprocessing, enactment, active expression, alliance/interpersonal/relational work);

    • Ability to think about clients in EFT terms (case formulation, process and marker identification, use of experiential formulation responses).

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For further information about the Standards for international certification, please refer to the
isEFT website.

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