Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy® (EFCT)
“Externship” (also known as “Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy®,” “EFCT Externship,” “Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy”) is a training in the EFT for Couples (EFCT) stream. There are also equivalent courses in EFT for Families (EFFT) and EFT for Individuals (EFIT) streams.
Overview
An Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® is an immersive four-day (24+ hour) training experience, foundational for therapists aiming to specialize in EFCT. Led by certified trainers, it offers a comprehensive introduction to the EFCT model, focusing on the science of attachment and the systematic approach to couple therapy. This training is crucial for therapists because it equips them with the necessary skills to foster secure, resilient relationships in therapy. It’s the first step in formal EFCT training, opening the door to advanced practice and certification and enhancing therapists’ efficacy and confidence in their clinical work with couples.
What will I learn in an “Externship”?
Participants will obtain a clear understanding of the basic experiential and systemic concepts of an “Emotionally Focused” approach to therapy.
Participants can view clients in the web of their interpersonal attachments and conceptualize relationship distress and repair based on theories of attachment and emotion.
EFT is a relational therapy. The Externship will focus on the EFCT model in the 2019 book Attachment Theory in Practice and teach the model as implemented in a couple of therapy sessions.
Participants will develop skills in sharing and maintaining an engaged, open, and collaborative alliance with clients.
Participants will develop skills in the 5 moves of the basic macro-intervention—the EFT Tango—to change patterns of affect regulation, models of self and others, strategies for engaging others, and interactional patterns.
Participants will develop skills in EFT micro-interventions taken from experiential and attachment systemic intervention models.
Participants will develop skills for overcoming common blocks and impasses in couple therapy, shaping core corrective emotional experiences that lead to constructive dependency and what Rogers termed ‘existential living.’
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