Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an attachment-based approach that combines both systemic and experiential interventions to mend broken bonds and heal fractured families. EFFT therapists focus on the emotional experience within a family and the problem patterns that block family members from accessing the resources they would otherwise share. A primary goal of EFFT is to reduce problematic behaviour by creating new patterns of emotional accessibility and responsiveness that offer a secure base for children to develop and families to thrive. Accessing, processing, and connecting family members through the power of emotional experience promotes healing and fosters a family’s resilience to the everyday and unexpected challenges of life.

LEVEL 1: 18-20 FEB 2022, Online

Level 1 will demonstrate how the EFT model of working with couples is extended and modified to fit the family context. Attention will be given to how EFT practice with families is different and what additional skills are needed. For example, how to process parental blocks to emotional accessibility and responsiveness while also keeping the child safe will be a dynamic addressed. Participants will learn a powerful transformative approach that is foundational in helping parents and children who are struggling with remaining securely attached. Didactic instruction, video examples, experiential exercises plus a live session or an extended role play demonstration will be included.

LEVEL 2: 25-27 AUG 2022, Online

LEVEL 1 is a PRE-REQUISITE FOR LEVEL 2.
Level 2 training builds on previous Level 1 workshop by providing further exploration of the six core competencies of EFFT practice. Participants focus on key change events in EFFT and therapist practices used to promote parental openness and child vulnerability. This training follows an intensive focus on key elements and specific interventions in the EFFT process. Didactic instruction, video demonstrations and practice exercises provide participants opportunities to deepen their EFT skills.

Registration Fees – Click here to register
Level 1 only (Australian residents): Full fee A$425 incl GST / students A$385 incl GST
Level 1 & 2 (Australian residents): Full fee A$800 incl GST / students A$720 incl GST
Level 1 only (outside Australia): Full fee A$400 / students A$365
Level 1 & 2 (outside Australia): Full fee A$750 / students A$670

Presenters
James Furrow, Ph.D., is a recognized leader in the development and practice of EFT with couples and families. Together with EFT originator, Dr. Susan Johnson, Jim co-authored Becoming an EFT Therapist: The Workbook, The EFT Casebook, and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy. He is a clinical fellow and an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. He is a certified EFT therapist, supervisor, and trainer.

Gail Palmer, one of the founding members of the Ottawa Couples and Family Institute, is an international trainer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Gail teaches at Oxford University (UK) and Wilfrid Laurier University (CA). Gail is passionate about teaching and supervising therapists in applying EFT in the family context and is a co-author of the book, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (2019).