Introduction to Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy

Presenter: Heike McCahon

This 2-day Intro to EFT workshop will help therapists work much more effectively with their couples. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples:

• is a short term, focused treatment that blends family systems and experiential approaches to therapy with attachment theory
• has strong empirical evidence for positive client outcomes
• reflects the most recent research on the nature of relationship distress, of adult love, and of emotion
• s at the leading/emergent edge of relationship therapy internationally.

What you will learn in the workshop:

• A clear roadmap of the steps and stages of EFT couples counselling
• Strategies to repair a distressed relationship
• Understanding relationship distress through an attachment lens
• Key interventions which will help heal couples in your clinical practice
• Slowing distressed couples down to create safety in a session
• Giving hope by helping partners gain insight into their distressing negative cycle of interaction
• Creating moments of connection for a couple - the antidote to stress and disconnection

Heike McCahon, M.A, Dip.Teaching Dip.Counselling, (MNZAC, ICEEFT) has been a therapist and tutor for 30 years and has great passion working with couples. Heike is an Emotionally Focused Therapy Certified Therapist and Supervisor, living in Christchurch.