Emotionally Focused Therapy

Synopsis

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) course offers a comprehensive theory of the love relationship and attachment between adults, as well as a process for addressing and healing distressed relationships. The experiential/systemic therapy focuses on helping spouses/ partners restructure the emotional responses that maintain their negative interaction patterns. The trainee therapist will be introduced to a series of nine therapeutic steps in EFT, and learn basic EFT skills to lead the couple away from conflict deadlock into new bonding interactions in their relationship.

Level: 5
Credit Units: 5
Presentation Pattern: Every January

Topics

The Field of Couple Therapy: The Place of EFT
Basics of the EFT Model
Adult Attachment Theory
Overview of the Process of Change: Stages and Steps
EFT Interventions
EFT Stage 1: Alliance and Assessment
EFT Stage 1: De-escalation
EFT Stage 2: Restructure the Bond: Withdrawer Re-engagement
EFT Stage 2: Restructure the Bond: Pursuer Softening
EFT Stage 3 Consolidation of a Secure Base
Becoming an EFT Therapist
Trauma and Attachment Injuries

Learning Outcome

Appraise the theoretical underpinnings of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples
Assess the ‘music of the dance’ between partners, and move the couple into effective loving and a relationship of interdependence
Formulate the way EFT tenets are linked to key emotions and events in interactions between spouses/partners
Compose interventions on accessing key elements of emotional distress and de-escalating destructive interaction patterns
Construct positive interactions that renew trust and intimacy or reduce destructive interaction patterns
Recommend the ways therapist is able to overcome therapeutic impasses in couple therapy in local contexts

Part-time Programmes / CET Courses

Singapore University of Social Sciences

Emotionally Focused Therapy