Introduction to Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) For Couples

This introductory workshop offers a foundational overview of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C), an evidence-based, experiential, and emotion-centered approach to couple therapy that helps therapists understand and work with the emotional and relational processes underlying couple distress. It is one of the most researched forms of couples therapy.

Greenberg and Goldman’s (2008) approach expands on the earlier work of Greenberg and Johnson (1988). While it retains a strong focus on attachment needs and fostering emotional responsiveness between partners, it also places greater emphasis on identity needs and the regulation of emotional experience within couple interactions. This becomes especially important when working with couples in which one or both partners carry histories of trauma, where difficulties with emotional regulation, safety, and sense of self may significantly shape relational dynamics.

WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES:

By the end of this introductory workshop, participants will be able to:

Develop a foundational understanding of Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) and its core principles
Understand couple distress through the lens of attachment and identity
Identify and track negative interaction cycles in couple sessions
Begin to identify primary and secondary emotional processes in couple interactions
Demonstrate beginning skills in empathic attunement to both partners
Recognize key therapist tasks in facilitating emotional processing within couple work
Reflect on their own therapeutic stance when working with couples

This workshop may be helpful for:

Psychologists, psychotherapists, counsellors, psychiatrists, trainees, and mental health professionals interested in working with couples from an experiential and emotion-focused perspective.

Professionals who are curious about the Level 1 Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) training offered through the Institute and would like an introductory understanding of the approach before committing to longer-term training.

Individuals therapists interested in deepening their understanding of emotional processes and interpersonal relationships are also welcome.

No prior training in EFT is required.

Facilitator

Simran Chatha (She/her) is a Clinical Psychologist, supervisor, and psychotherapy researcher with a deep interest in facilitating emotional transformation within individuals and couple relationships. She is an isEFT accredited Level C Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) therapist and an EFT Supervisor-in-Training. She is the Founder and Director of the Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute India (EFTii) and a part-time PhD at the University of Strathclyde. Her doctoral research focuses on empathy blocks as key interfering processes in psychotherapy. Her broader interests include psychotherapy process research in Emotion-Focused Therapy and other person-centered experiential approaches, supervision processes, conversation analysis, and comprehensive process analysis methodologies in psychotherapy research.

Course Details

For additional information about fees and course details, contact us at +91 7599900300 or mindweaverstraining@gmail.com

Introduction to Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) For Couples

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