What to expect - EFT-C -Level 1
Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) is one of the most researched forms of couples therapy. The essential goal of EFT-C is to identify negative interaction patterns and create new, healthy interactions. Greenberg and Goldman's (2008) approach builds on Greenberg and Johnson's (1988) approach. However, it focuses not only on the attachment needs and increasing the emotional responsiveness within the couple, but also on identity needs, the process of emotional self-regulation and the personal transformation of maladaptive emotions into more primarily adaptive emotions in each partner.
Participants receive in-depth skill training through a combination of didactic lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, extensive supervised skill practice and self-reflection. The supervised real-play skill practice provides participants the unique opportunity to be therapist, client and observer in small break-out groups.
The training will be conducted in a humanistic learning environment, prioritizing safety to encourage exploration and foster growth.
This 8 half-day EFT-C Module 1 training will cover following topics:
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Introduction to basics of theory including emotion theory, and systemic/interactional theory
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Discussion of 3 systems (attachment, identity, attraction/liking) underlying couple interactions
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Distinguishing and working with attachment and identity
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Empathic attunement to affect
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Working with alliance issues in couples
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Discussion of different types of cycles
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Thorough and detailed discussion of 5 stage, 14 step model
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Working with emotional injuries, betrayal and forgiveness
This training will be conducted in English.
Trainer: Steen Rassing
Steen runs a private practice in southern Sealand, Denmark, where he works with both couples and individuals and provides supervision to couples therapists. He is an isEFT accredited EFT-C trainer and has been the lead trainer and supervisor in the couples therapy training programme at the EFT-Institute in Copenhagen since 2018. In addition, he also conducts EFT-C trainings in Norway and Poland.
Steen started his journey in couples therapy with training in Imago couples and relationship therapy and emotionally focused therapy, later becoming a certified as a couples therapist and supervisor. Besides working with traditional psychotherapy, he has a special interest in integrating the body in therapy and is currently training in the Rosenmethod bodywork. In his teaching, Steen draws deeply on his diverse clinical and training experience to offer a rich, experiential and nuanced learning environment.
Who can register: Trained psychotherapists (counsellors, psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers) who are working with couples, or committed to starting this path. Some training in Emotion Focused Therapy for Individuals (isEFT) and/or Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (ICEEFT) is an added value but not necessary.
If you are unsure about eligibility to take the training, please contact us at contact@eftii.com to enquire before registration.
Certificate of Completion Requirements:
You are required to attend ALL eight days to receive a certificate of completion.
This training will count towards certification as an EFT therapist with the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Space is limited due to the experiential nature of the training.
What to expect
Inner Relationship Focusing is a powerful yet gentle approach to self-awareness and emotional healing developed by Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin as a refinement and expansion of Eugene Gendlin's Focusing process.
This experiential training is designed to support your personal and professional growth by deepening your connection with your own emotional experience. Through systematic practice in class and with a dedicated focusing partner, you will become intimately familiar with your own experiential process, learning to access felt senses, work with inner parts and cultivate an inner environment of empathy and compassion.
By strengthening your capacity to be present with yourself, you will naturally enhance your therapeutic presence, sharpen your empathic attunement, and develop greater authenticity and openness, all of which will help you understand and support your clients more effectively.
Trainer: Agathi Lakioti
Dr. Agathi Lakioti is a clinical psychologist/psychotherapist and founder and director of the Hellenic Institute of Emotion-Focused Therapy in Athens, Greece. She is a a certified EFT therapist, supervisor and trainer by isEFT and a certified Focusing trainer and Focusing-Oriented Therapist by the International Focusing Institute (TIFI). Agathi has been trained and certified in Inner Relationship Focusing by Ann Weiser Cornell and Barbara McGavin. Her research interests include psychotherapy process and outcome, Focusing and its applications in therapy, and the professional development of therapists. She is especially interested in integrating Emotion-Focused Therapy and Inner Relationship Focusing and she is currently participating in several projects for that purpose.
The training will be conducted in English, online via Zoom.
This training is open to therapists and students across all therapeutic approaches and is not restricted to EFT therapists in training.
If you are unsure about eligibility to take the training, please contact us at contact@eftii.com to enquire before registration.
Certificate of Completion Requirements:
You are required to attend ALL six days to receive a certificate of completion.
Space is limited due to the experiential nature of the training.
What to expect - Level 2
This intensive 8 half-day training is designed to help participants deepen their understanding and application of EFT in their client work. Expanding upon the foundations of EFT Level 1, this advanced training will integrate brief lectures, video demonstrations, experiential practice exercises in small groups, and discussion-based learning.
Level 2 will introduce:
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Therapist experiential response modes
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Client modes of engagement and EFT case formulation
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Narrative retelling of difficult or traumatic experiences
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Relational dialogue for alliance difficulties
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Creation of meaning for meaning protests
Additionally, the training will place a strong emphasis on Focusing and advanced chairwork, covering:
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Focusing with difficult or painful experiences
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Clearing a space for overwhelming or chaotic experiences
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Two-chair enactments for self-interruption splits
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Two-chair conflict work for depression and anxiety
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Compassionate self-soothing for painful self-states
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Empty-chair work for unfinished business
Trainer: Juliette Becking
Facilitator: Simran Chatha, Daniel Manastireanu
The training will be conducted in English, online via Zoom.
This training offers a rich experiential learning environment to support therapists in honing their EFT skills for deeper client engagement and therapeutic change.
Please note that this training requires completion of EFT - Level 1 training at an isEFT accredited Institute.
If you are unsure about eligibility to take the training, please contact us at contact@eftii.com to enquire before registration.
Certificate of Completion Requirements:
You are required to attend ALL eight days to receive a certificate of completion.
This training will count towards certification as an EFT therapist with the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Space is limited due to the experiential nature of the training.
What to expect - Level 1
Go beyond intellectual awareness and learn to work in a process-oriented, experiential
way to facilitate deep emotional transformation.
This intensive experiential 8 half day training (online) provides participants with solid grounding in the skills required to work more directly with emotions in psychotherapy. The focus of the program will be experiential, learning how to promote change in core emotional structures. Participants receive in-depth skill training through a combination of didactic lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, extensive supervised skill practice and self-reflection. The supervised real-play skill practice provides participants the unique opportunity to be therapist, client and observer in small break-out groups.
The training will be conducted in a humanistic learning environment, prioritizing safety to encourage exploration and foster growth.
This training will cover Emotion Theory including emotion assessment, principles of emotional change, and differential interventions based on process and emotion diagnoses. Participants will learn moment-by-moment attunement and identifying markers of affective/cognitive problems. Use of experiential methods like chair dialogue between parts of self and imagined significant others will be taught via presenting video demonstrations and discussion.
Please note that this training is for mental health professionals including psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, social workers, psychotherapists, who have completed their professional training. Students/therapists-in-training are welcome. No prior knowledge of Emotion-Focused Therapy is needed.
Trainer: Dr. Juliette Becking
Facilitators: Simran Chatha, Daniel Manastireanu
If you are unsure about eligibility to take the training, please contact us at contact@eftii.com to enquire before registration.
Certificate of Completion Requirements:
You are required to attend ALL eight days to receive a certificate of completion.
This training will count towards certification as an EFT therapist with the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy.
Space is limited due to the experiential nature of the training.