Pathway To Certification
To become EFT certified participants need to undertake three training events in chronological order:
Externship Training
Prerequisites: Participants MUST be qualified mental health professionals or be in training to become qualified. Participants need to be legally allowed to practice as a mental health professional in the country in which they are practising.
This four-day training is the first step towards becoming a Certified EFT Therapist. It is followed by the four-day Core Skills 1 training and then the four-day Core Skills 2 training.
The Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship gives practicing therapists a globally successful model from which to guide their therapeutic work with couples, individuals and families. Evidence-based and well-researched, Emotionally Focused Therapy is a therapeutic practice which has developed alongside theories of adult attachment and bonding.
In accordance with attachment theory and practice, Emotionally Focused Therapy at its heart believes relationships are at the core of human experience.
The Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship gives practicing therapists a globally successful model from which to guide their therapeutic work with couples, individuals and families. Evidence-based and well-researched, Emotionally Focused Therapy is a therapeutic practice which has developed alongside theories of adult attachment and bonding.
In accordance with attachment theory and practice, Emotionally Focused Therapy at its heart believes relationships are at the core of human experience.
Externship participants learn to:
Following Externship training is Core Skills Level: 1 and Core Skills Level:2. If you have any questions about this training please email our Trainers Yve Gould or Heike McCahon by clicking on their names.
- Use theories of attachment and emotion to conceptualise relationship distress and repair
- Build strong therapeutic alliances
- Use positive levels of validation to support careful attunement
- Access underlying emotions which make people feel vulnerable in close relationships
- Become conscious of the emotional forces underlying repetitive destructive cycles
- Create powerful enactments to shape new patterns of engagement.
Following Externship training is Core Skills Level: 1 and Core Skills Level:2. If you have any questions about this training please email our Trainers Yve Gould or Heike McCahon by clicking on their names.
