Emotionally Focused Family Therapy Training in November 2016
Restoring Family Bonds through Attachment and Emotion Family Therapy Training in EFFT – with Gail Palmer (Canada) & Jim Furrow (US) 2-day workshop: 4-5th November, Wellington - 9.00am to 5.00pm. (No prior EFT training is required)
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) EFFT offers new insights and practical strategies for restoring relationships and strengthening the security of essential family ties. Based on the empirically supported practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, EFFT frees families from rigid relational patterns through the transforming power of emotion. As family members work through relational distress and past injuries new patterns emerge creating opportunities for deeper bonds and greater felt security. From this workshop participants will:
Deepen their understanding of family distress using theories of emotion and attachment Explore clinical practices that transform the emotional experiences of parents and children Learn how to create bonding interactions that promote patterns of secure attachment between family members.
This is the first time EFFT training has been offered in New Zealand, and two Certified EFT Trainers who are the leading edge of developing EFFT come together for this unique learning opportunity. Dynamic presentations, demonstrations and experiential exercises bring EFFT to life. There will be a live demonstration of a family session (dependent on a suitable referral).
Who should attend this workshop? It is ideal for those working directly with families particularly where there is a focus more on attachment, nurturance and connection between family members, rather than on dimensions of power and control. EFFT frames emotional experiences between family members within a context of attachment theory, and works to create and maintain secure bonds. This approach will be of interest to counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and social workers who are already working this way and/or want to explore such an approach. Others who don’t work directly with families can also benefit from attending – because the individuals and couples we work with are strongly impacted both by their past and current family life, and this workshop will enrich your clinical understanding of the context of your clients and increase your confidence in working with the family system.
About Gail Palmer Gail is one of the Founding Members of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute and co-director of the International Centre of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and is Chair of the Education Committee. She is a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of AAMFT. For the past 30 years Gail has trained and supervised therapists and students in Emotionally Focused Therapy and has conducted Externships, Core Skills Advanced trainings and workshops on a various EFT topics across Canada, the US and Europe. Working with families is a particular interest to Gail and she has developed the application of the EFT model to families with both presenting and writing on EFFT.
About Jim Furrow Jim is the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of Marital and Family Therapy at the Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, California. He is a Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor of the AAMFT, and a Certified EFT Trainer. He has co-authored both Becoming an EFT Therapist: The Workbook, and The EFT Casebook, as well as publishing numerous other articles specific to the practice of EFT. Jim maintains an active research program studying the process of EFT and its outcomes, and trains therapists in both EFT for couples and families in North America and Europe.
Registration and fees
These trainers are confirmed, but the workshop is dependent on sufficient registrations. Please register your interest by 1 July – email:
[email protected] (and any enquiries to this same email address) $425 early-bird rate available until 1 August; and $500 full rate thereafter. (In the event of cancellation all registration fees will be returned in full).
