Full Course Description

Sue Johnson’s Emotion-Focused Individual Therapy Master Class: Experience the Healing Power of EFIT for Attachment Trauma

Program Information

Objectives

Categorize the key elements of the EFIT model.
Analyze the nature of the therapeutic alliance in this model.
Demonstrate the 5 Moves of the EFIT TANGO.
Perform the experiential micro interventions used in EFIT.
Evaluate key moments in a session where the therapist shapes core corrective experiences and argue the impact of these moments on sense of self.
Analyze how an EFIT session flows and gains momentum based on key decisions made by the therapist.
Differentiate the stages of the EFIT model.

Outline

Introduction to Emotion Focused Individual Therapy

Key concepts in EFIT conceptualization
The strengths of EFIT
Theoretical foundations and the importance of attachment
The role of the therapist
Introduction the EFT Tango: How dance plays a pivotal role in treatment
Goals of EFIT
The stages of EFIT
The 5 moves of the EFT Tango
Macro and Micro Interventions

Module 1: Session 1 with Allison

Introduction to the client
Recognizing and decoding emotional handles
Experiential assessment in action
The interplay of Moves 1, 2 and 3: How to know which move to use and when
Establishing a Safe Haven and why this is a vital component of treatment
Pacing of EFT: connecting to emotion from the first session
The importance of connecting the client with a sense of self-worth
Rolling with resistance
Gauging the window of tolerance

Module 2: Session 6 with Allison

How therapists can use tone, pace and language to engage the client
How to help your clients move into painful emotions without overwhelming them: Using emotional handles and the therapists’ empathic experience to guide them
The interplay of Moves 3, 4 and 5: How to know which move to use and when
Trusting in and relying on the model in times of uncertainty
The importance of Core Corrective Experiences
Using experiential interventions to reshape intrapsychic experience
How to tune into your client during interventions so that you can keep them within their window of tolerance
Resourcing- Helping your client to connected whether they have a secure attachment figure or not

Module 3: Session 11 with Allison

Identifying and working with core affect
What is “emotional music” and how can you use it to facilitate progress in treatment
Working through core corrective emotional experiences
How to help integrate the child and adult self
Processing the grief of trauma
What is a “proxy voice” and how to know exactly when to use it in season
Beginning of stage 2- moving into vulnerability
Using summarizing in session
How to change your clients emotional music
Moving through Stage 2 with reconsolidation
Making lasting change with EFIT

Target Audience

Counselors
Therapists
Psychologists
Addiction counselors
Marriage and Family Therapists
Social Workers

Copyright : 07/11/2022

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) for Healing Attachment Wounds

Take your practice to a new level with Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) created by Dr. Sue Johnson! Guided by attachment science and over three decades of research in EFT with couples, now learn to harness the power of emotion to move your individual clients to a place of safety.

Join Leanne Campbell as she shares Sue Johnson's clinical roadmap based on hundreds of studies – on human attachment, on emotion, and on the effectiveness of EFT/EFIT interventions...interventions of gripping emotional depth and effectiveness.

Learn a three-stage process –

Stabilization leading to symptom reduction, more emotional balance
Restructuring of models of self and other, the expansion and growth of a new sense of self
Consolidation - integrating changes into a new vision for life and an ever-stronger sense of self and relationships

EFIT taps into the primary vulnerabilities and needs of all clients, linking the therapist to what is universal – the basic structure of how we experience life, while respecting and honoring each individual as unique and entitled to empathy and responsiveness.

Program Information

Objectives

Evaluate the EFIT model as a secure base for effective therapy with individual clients.
Implement evidence-based stages to increase closeness, safe attachment, and connection.
Develop client interactions that expand the client’s sense of self and open engagement with others.
Determine how working with emotion as a key change agent will help clients move toward secure attachment.

Outline

Employ the basic structure of emotion, as well as how we change models of self and others
Utilize the empirically validated EFIT “roadmap” to guide clients through their vulnerability and motivation to a clear picture of stability and growth
Validate the client’s sense of competence and worth in every session
Limitations, risks, and areas for further research

Target Audience

Mental Health Professionals

Essential EFIT Assessment Training: A Proven, Novel Attachment Focused Assessment Method

Don’t miss this essential training from Dr. Leanne Campbell, long term collaborator with Dr. Sue Johnson on performing an Assessment formulated for working with both Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT).

In this video, Dr. Campbell briefly discusses the Emotionally Focused Therapy model before she dives into the assessment of EFT, how to use it when working with clients, key elements to keep in mind while working with clients and she concludes with a discussion of treatment plans.

Program Information

Objectives

Perform the 3 step process of EFIT.
Utilize the EFT tango during EFIT sessions.
Demonstrate an understanding of the EFIT treatment plan.

Outline

Attachment in context and Risk and Resilience
The Attachment perspective on health and distress
Understanding emotional disorders and the impact of trauma through an attachment lens
Tuning in and finding focus in EFT
The C.A.R.E model and its application in EFT
Case Conceptualization and Treatment Planning

Target Audience

Counselors
Psychologists
Psychotherapists
Social Workers
Marriage & Family Therapists
Addiction Counselors
Case Managers
Psychiatrists
Mental Health Professionals