4 Day EFT Externship (2021)
NOVEMBER 3-6 2021 (ONLINE/LOS ANGELES) | 10AM-5PM DAILY
PRESENTERS: Michael Barnett, LPC & Dr. Silvina Irwin
This is the most comprehensive and basic level of training and education in EFT, taught by an ICEEFT registered trainer. An externship includes observation of live interviews, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skills training exercises, and discussion of specific cases, clinical material and issues.
This is an ICEEFT-approved prerequisite course for certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy. See below for learning objectives and additional information.
NOVEMBER 3-6 2021 (ONLINE/LOS ANGELES) | 10AM-5PM DAILY
PRESENTERS: Michael Barnett, LPC & Dr. Silvina Irwin
This is the most comprehensive and basic level of training and education in EFT, taught by an ICEEFT registered trainer. An externship includes observation of live interviews, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skills training exercises, and discussion of specific cases, clinical material and issues.
This is an ICEEFT-approved prerequisite course for certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy. See below for learning objectives and additional information.
NOVEMBER 3-6 2021 (ONLINE/LOS ANGELES) | 10AM-5PM DAILY
PRESENTERS: Michael Barnett, LPC & Dr. Silvina Irwin
This is the most comprehensive and basic level of training and education in EFT, taught by an ICEEFT registered trainer. An externship includes observation of live interviews, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skills training exercises, and discussion of specific cases, clinical material and issues.
This is an ICEEFT-approved prerequisite course for certification in Emotionally Focused Therapy. See below for learning objectives and additional information.
COURSE PREREQUISITES | DAILY EDUCATIONAL OBJECTIVES | CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDITS | CANCELLATION AND OTHER POLICIES
This 4-day course is a comprehensive introductory course to Emotionally Focused Therapy.
The course includes observation of live, unscripted therapy sessions with real couples, presentations of attachment theory and clinical techniques, skills training exercises, and discussion of specific cases of clinical material. By attending, participants will:
Obtain a clear understanding of the basic experiential and systemic concepts of an “Emotionally Focused” approach to couples therapy.
Develop skills in helping partners reprocess the emotional responses that create and maintain relational distress.
Develop skills in helping partners shape new interaction patterns and bonding events.
Develop skills to overcome therapeutic impasses with couples.
The externship is recommended for mental health professionals, students and clergy that counsel couples including psychologists, social workers, psychiatrists, marriage and family therapists, and mental health interns.
Participants learn to:
See relational distress from an attachment perspective, help partners reprocess the emotional responses that maintain relational distress, shape key new interaction and bonding events, learn to apply EFT principles to work with individuals, and overcome therapeutic impasses. Participants are strongly encouraged to read the Dr. Sue Johnson’s 2004 book on EFT, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection, before coming to the externship.
Recommended Reading:
In addition to the training materials that will be provided to all Externship participants, it is recommended that you purchase Attachment Theory in Practice prior to the first day of the Externship.
Pricing, November 2021
Early Bird: $995.00 (through September 15)
Regular Registration: $1095.00
Associate Registration: $850.00
Student Registration: $675.00 with student ID
Some fellowships available for therapists who work with underrepresented communities. Please email to learn more.
Twenty-eight (28) CEs applied for most disciplines.
