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Learning Objectives for Core Skills: Advanced Training Series in Emotionally Focused Therapy
Welcome to the Core Skills Advanced Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. This training consists of a series of modules aimed to develop your skills as an EFT Therapist. In this small group setting, you will deepen your understanding of EFT and interventions through video review, didactic presentation and discussion, experiential exercises, observation of live sessions, and small group work.
There will be an opportunity for participants to get feedback on videos of their own work with clients. Bringing your own video to view is necessary to meet the Core Skills requirement for completion of the course.
Attendance of the series in its entirety meets the ICEEFT course requirement when applying for Certified EFT Therapist designation.
The only outstanding requirement for certification after attending Core Skills training is eight hours of individual supervision.
Please see below for a detailed list of Learning Objectives for each Module of Core Skills.
MODULE 01
ALLIANCE & ASSESSMENT
Practice EFT interventions in establishing strong therapeutic alliance.
Practice Essential EFT Clinical Skills of Reflections, Attachment Frame, and Validation.
Explain the importance of conducting individual attachment histories in EFT.
Apply EFT skills in the assessment of partners’ attachment histories
Apply EFT skills in the assessment of negative interaction patterns.
Explain EFT practices in the assessment of contraindications for couple therapy
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to process secondary emotional responses
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to access and reflect cognitive appraisals.
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to track and process couple conflict
Explain the systemic focus in Move 1 of the “Tango”
Describe the 5 moves of the Tango
Describe the importance of integrating “self-of-the therapist” work in the learning and practice of EFT.
MODULE 02
WORKING WITH & ENGAGING EMOTION
Apply EFT practices to process a couples negative patterns using attachment themes
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to track and reframe negative emotional responses
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to expand primary emotional responses
Demonstrate EFT interventions used to reframe negative emotional responses in the context of attachment themes and history
Identify 5 essential components of emotional experience
Practice EFT Skills to assemble and organize emotional experience
Demonstrate EFT skills to set up enactments
Identify the 5 moves of the EFT “Tango”
Practice the 5 moves of the EFT Tango
Assess the markers of de-escalation in the process of EFT therapy
MODULE 03
WITHDRAWER ENGAGEMENT
Describe the process of Withdrawer Re-Engagement
Describe the themes of the inner world of individuals with more avoidant attachment strategies
Describe the difference between Stage 1 and Stage 2 EFT work in terms of the function of working with primary emotional experiencing
Describe EFT methods for working with attachment affect in Stage 2 of EFT
Practice EFT Clinical Skills of heightening Emotional Experiencing
Apply EFT methods for working with attachment affect to elicit internal working models (View of Self / View of Other)
Demonstrate a clear enactment in Stage 2 Withdrawer Re-Engagement
Apply EFT methods to promote acceptance by the partner
Demonstrate an understanding of the difficulties in addressing strong emotions
Practice EFT interventions to set up enactments to ask for attachment needs to be met.
MODULE 04
PURSUER SOFTENING
Describe the Pursuer Softening Process.
Describe themes associated with the inner world of individuals with an anxious attachment strategy.
Describe markers for when to move into the pursuer softening event.
Describe the “mini-map” of Pursuer softening.
Describe the process of “Shoring up the Withdrawer”
Practice EFT Skills in heightening Primary Attachment Fears
Apply EFT methods for working with attachment affect to elicit internal working models (View of Self / View of Other)
Demonstrate a clear enactment in Stage 2 Pursuer Softening
Utilize EFT interventions to set up an enactment for attachment needs to be met.
MODULE 05
Module 5 is the culmination of your hard work and training. It is dedicated to participant's clinical case consultation, video presentation and supervision, and consolidating your learning over the course of the training series
For completion of Core Skills, it is required by ICEEFT that you present (with client’s consent) an example of your work in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Although we know this can be anxiety provoking for many, it is more often than not the unexpected favorite module for all participants!
We work hard to cultivate a safe and supportive environment for everyone to get the most out of this supervisory experience and to support each other in their learning.
DAILY SCHEDULE FOR MODULES 1-4
Module 1: 9:30- 5:00 Both Days
DAY ONE:
9:30 – 12:30 Welcome and Orientation
EFT Learning Journey / Self Critic
Alliance and Attunement
Skills Practice
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Assessment
Intro to the EFT Process Model
Tracking the Cycle
Summary and Q and A
DAY 2:
9:30 – 12:30 Assembling Emotion
Clinical Skill Practice
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Clinical Session Live Review
Working with escalation
Summary and Q and A
Module 2: 9:30- 5:00 Both Days
DAY 1
9:30-12:30 Overview and Orientation to the module
EFT Learning Journey / Self of the Therapist
Review of Tracking the Cycle (Systemic Elements)
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Working with Emotion in Stage 1
Clinical Skills / Interventions to Access, Organize, Engage Emotion
Skills Practice
Summary and Q and A
DAY TWO
9:30–12:30 Enactments
How to set up Enacments
How to process Enactments
When Enactments are not received
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Clinical Video Review
Skills Practice of Assembling and Engaging Emotion
Setting up and Processing Enactments
Summary and Q and A
Module 3: 9:30- 5:00 Both Days
DAY 1
9:30 – 12:30 Orientation and Overview of the Module
Self of the Therapist / EFT Learning Journey
Review of Stage 1 Concepts
Markers of De-escalation
Overview of Distinctions in Working In Stage 1 and Stage 2
12:30– 1:30 LUNCH
1:30 – 5:00 The inner world of the Avoidant Attachment Style
Accessing and Distilling Working Models
Clinical Video Review of Withdrawer Engagement
Q and A
DAY 2
9:30 – 12:30 Didactic on WD-R process and eliciting working models
Overview of the WD-R process (steps 5-7)
Clinical Skills/Interventions to Elicit Working Models
Clinical Video Review
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Skills Practice Session
Accessing and Enacting Attachment Needs
Processing the “Reach”: The Corrective Emotional Experience
Summary and Q and A
Module 4: 9:30- 5:00 Both Days
9:30-12:30 Welcome, Check In, Overview of the Module
Self of the Therapist / Inner Critic in the Learning Journey
Review Stage 2 Goals and Processes: Withdrawer Engagement Review
Overview of Pursuer Softening
12:30-1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Understanding the Inner world of the Anxious Attachment Style
Clinical Interventions to distill Working Models
Clinical Interventions to Heighten Emotional Experiencing
Clinical Video Review
Skills Practice
DAY 2
9:30 – 12:30 Clinical Video Review
Skills Practice in Pursuer Softening – enactments
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 5:00 Clinical interventions to access Attachment Needs
Enactments of Attachment Needs
Redefining relational processes as secure
Summary and Q and A