MCEFT One-Day Workshop

Deepening Experiential Work in EFT: A Practical Introduction to Felt Sense with Biliana Dearly

Saturday 17 October 2026
9:30am – 5:00pm
In Person Only
Venue: Hurstwood Clinic, Level 1, 16A Toorak Rd, South Yarra, VIC 3141

Member Price: $220
Non-Member Price: $275

Please note: This is a full-day experiential workshop and attendance is in person only. All participants will receive Biliana’s comprehensive workshop handbook/eBook as part of their registration.

Workshop Overview

Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Focusing-Oriented Therapy (FOT) share a deep commitment to transformation through corrective emotional experiences that strengthen secure connection with ourselves and others. Both approaches recognise that lasting therapeutic change occurs when clients are able to turn toward their embodied emotional experience with curiosity, acceptance and compassion, rather than becoming overwhelmed by it or disconnected from it.

Focusing offers therapists a practical, evidence-informed process for helping clients access their body’s implicit knowing—the felt sense. Rather than working solely from thoughts or emotions that are already known, Focusing gently guides clients toward the deeper, often unspoken experience that carries fresh meaning, core emotions, unmet needs and new possibilities for change.

For Emotionally Focused Therapists, integrating Focusing can deepen experiential work by helping clients safely access primary emotions, strengthen their relationship with their internal experience, and create meaningful emotional shifts that can be felt, understood and integrated.

This highly experiential workshop combines teaching, live demonstration and guided practice, giving participants the opportunity to experience the Focusing process personally while exploring practical ways to integrate these skills into EFT sessions.

Whether you are new to Focusing or looking to deepen your experiential work within EFT, this workshop offers practical tools that can immediately enrich your therapeutic practice.

Learning Outcomes

During this workshop participants will:

• Learn a practical, step-by-step process for working experientially with the body.
• Develop confidence in accessing and working with the felt sense of emotional and relational difficulties.
• Deepen emotional experiencing through embodied awareness.
• Learn a bottom-up process for accessing core emotions, unmet needs and organising beliefs.
• Explore ways to facilitate embodied emotional shifts that clients can directly experience and integrate.
• Experience live demonstrations of Focusing integrated with EFT.
• Participate in experiential exercises designed to build confidence using Focusing in clinical practice.

What is Included

Your registration includes:

• Full-day experiential workshop (9:30am–5:00pm)
• Live demonstrations
• Guided experiential practice
• Comprehensive workshop handbook/eBook
• Gourmet morning / afternoon tea provided
• Certificate of Attendance (6 CPD hours)

Presenter

Biliana Dearly

Biliana Dearly is a psychotherapist, registered clinical counsellor, supervisor and educator based in Melbourne. She holds a Master of Counselling from La Trobe University, specialising in Emotion-Focused Therapy, and is certified by The International Focusing Institute as a Focusing-Oriented Therapist, Focusing Trainer, Focusing-Oriented Therapy Trainer and Certifying Coordinator.

For more than 15 years, Biliana has taught Focusing and Focusing-Oriented Therapy in both academic and community settings and leads certification training in Focusing-Oriented Therapy. In her private practice she works with individuals and couples, integrating Emotionally Focused Therapy and Focusing-Oriented Therapy to facilitate deeper emotional awareness, healing and connection.

Biliana is passionate about helping therapists and clients develop a deeper relationship with their inner experience, creating lasting emotional change and stronger connections with themselves and others.