Certified Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) Training

These intensive four-day EFT Training Institute provides participants with a solid grounding in the skills required to work with emotions in psychotherapy. The focus of the program will be experiential, learning how to provide a change in core emotional structures. Participants receive in-depth skills training through a combination of brief lectures, discuss videos of therapy sessions, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing experiential practice as client and therapist in small break out groups. The phases of treatment will be described and the specific processes that lead to resolution will be discussed. 

Please note, participation and attendance during the full 4 days of the training is required in order to receive a completion certificate

These intensive four-day EFT Training Institute is designed to continue the development of emotion-focused skills for individual therapy while learning how to do case formulation. Instruction focuses on micro-skills of working with self-interruption, self-criticism, anxiety, vulnerability, self-soothing, and advanced unfinished business interventions. In addition, workshop participants will learn advanced emotion assessment, emotion regulation, and how to facilitate emotional productivity. Participants receive in-depth skills training through a combination of lectures, discussion of videos of client therapy, case discussions, and supervised experiential practice of skills in small break out groups. 

Requires completion of Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1.

Please note, participation and attendance during the full 4 days of the training is required in order to receive a completion certificate

This three-day small group workshop is for therapists who wish to advance their practice of EFT through video consultation and case discussion.  In addition, Dr. Greenberg will present EFT theory related to more complex therapeutic issues and advanced clinical skills in EFT practice. 

*Please note that each participant in this training will be expected to present one or more video or audio recordings of client sessions for supervision and discussion. If your therapy recordings are in a language other than English, you may still participate, if you subtitle the recordings to English subtitles. Additionally, participants will be required to prepare a brief EFT case formulation of the client they are presenting.  

This workshop fulfills part of the requirements for certification as an EFT therapist based on the standards of the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy. 

This training is open to participants who have already completed Level 1 and Level 2 Emotion Focused Therapy trainings (for individuals).  

This workshop offers an intimate small-group training experience, with enrollment strictly limited to 12 participants.

For more information, please email us at training@cpeh.ca

These intensive introductory 4-day training provides training in an Emotion Focused evidence-based couple therapy developed by Leslie Greenberg and Sue Johnson.  This approach focuses on de-escalating negative cycles, restructuring negative couples interactions into more virtuous ones, and strengthening the emotional bond in couples. You will learn the 5 stages and 14 steps of couples therapy and recent advances to theory and practice made by Greenberg and Goldman that will help you conceptualize and resolve relationship difficulties stemming from both love and power.

You will learn how to work with emotions of anxiety and sadness, related to threats to attachment security in addition to the emotions of fear, shame and anger related to threats to identity, status or power. In addition, the role of positive emotions such as warmth, love, caring, joy, and excitement are discussed. Furthermore, you will learn about a Forgiveness Treatment Approach related to working with Emotional Injury and issues of Betrayal developed by Greenberg, Warwar, and Malcolm.

This training is both didactic and experiential, centered on helping you become deeply familiar with the EFT-C model and interventions. You will receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice.

Participants should have a minimum of professional training in some form of therapy or be an accredited practitioner. 

If not, please contact us directly at training@cpeh.ca to inquire about your credentials and eligibility to take the trainings. 

Please note, participation and attendance during the full 4 days of the training is required in order to receive a completion certificate

These advanced experiential and didactic training is designed for EFT-C therapists, supervisors and trainers. You will learn advanced skills to work with challenging issues such as escalated couples as well as in-session blocks, interruptions, and impasses in therapy.  You will learn how to work with complex issues such as trauma, power and dominance.  In addition, you will learn more in-depth about a Forgiveness Treatment Approach developed by Greenberg, Warwar, and Malcolm to help couples resolve emotional injuries and issues of betrayal. In this workshop you will also learn how to incorporate experiential teaching and homework and how to promote positive interactions.  You will also learn how to address issues of physical intimacy in the relationship.

You will receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice. 

Prerequisite: Equivalent of EFT-C Level 1

Please note, participation and attendance during the full 4 days of the training is required in order to receive a completion certificate