A seven-day course on Level 2 of Emotion Focused Therapy
LEVEL 2A: Essentials of Advanced EFT Practice
LEVEL 2B: Advanced tasks in EFT Practice
by Professor Robert Elliott and Dr Christina Michael
When: From Wednesday 8th of February until Saturday 11th of February
Times: UK time: 09.30 – 17:00; Cyprus time: 11:30 – 19:00
Venue: Zoom (a private link with a password will be sent to each participant)
Language: English
Dear all,
It is an honour to announce that the co-founder of Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT), Emeritus Professor Robert Elliott will be with the Cyprus Institute for Emotion Focused Therapy online to deliver a core stand-alone module of an innovative, enhanced Level 2 training in Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for therapists who have completed an accredited Level 1 training in EFT.
Description:
This broad and in-depth intensive four-full plus six-half -days training series covers material not presented in Level 1 and builds on previous EFT training. The participants will get the opportunity to deepen the learning of EFT level 1 and to also learn to practice other advanced clinical skills including EFT case formulation, focusing skills in EFT, learn more about chairwork variants and challenges etc.
This is an intensive course, spread out February to June 2023, so that participants get more opportunity to practice and experience advance work and to begin to implement EFT in their client work so that they have the opportunity to discuss their EFT practice with the trainers throughout the duration of the course.
The format is a mixture of brief lectures, videos or demonstrations, experiential practice exercises in small groups, and discussion.
The course could be taken for continuing professional education credit. Taken with 5 hours of EFT supervision, this course could be used to meet requirements for Level A Certification recognised by the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (ISEFT).
This course is open to anyone who has completed an accredited Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1 anywhere in the world and wants to enhance their EFT knowledge and feel more competent in applying EFT in their work. This course is also open to anyone who has attended EFT level 2 in the past and wants to refresh their knowledge (you can also attend specific parts of EFT level 2, see costs below).
Course Outline:
LEVEL 2A: Essentials of Advanced EFT Practice
Day 1: EFT Case Formulation/Theory Refresher
(Wed, 8th of Feb, 2023)
Session 1a: EFT Case Formulation: The Five-Dimensional Model
- What is EFT Case Formulation? (Principles, Models, Straight Talk)
- 1. Main presenting issues/therapeutic focus
- 2. Key task markers
- 3. Key problematic emotions (emotion response types & schemes)
- 4. Emotion processing modes (dysregulated, restricted, working)
- 5. Self-other themes (self=>self; others=>self; self=>others)
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups; feedback provided by trainers
Session 1b: In-session Collaborative Case Formulation Work
- Case formulation as a meta-task
- How to do empathic case formulation responses
- Encouraging collaboration and client self-formulation
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Suggestions for developing case formulation skills
Day 2: EFT Exploratory Work
(Thu 9th of Feb, 2023)
Session 2a: EFT & Focusing
- What is Focusing?
- EFT adaptations of Focusing
- Focusing markers
- Clearing a space
- Focusing steps; Focusing as emotion scheme elaboration
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
Session 2b: Unfolding and Reprocessing Work in EFT
- Reprocessing and narrative work
- Re-processing work markers
- Systematic Evocative Unfolding: Applications & task resolution steps
- Narrative Re-Telling: Applications & task resolution steps
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback.
Day 3: Relational Difficulties and Two Chair Work
(Fri 10th of Feb, 2023)
Session 3a: Working with Relational Difficulties in EFT
- How to work with client challenges and other relational difficulties
- Group video skill practice with a range of relational challenges
- General principles for working with relational difficulties in EFT
- Varieties of confrontation and withdrawal difficulties in EFT
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback: Embody a challenging client
Session 3b: Two Chair Work & Depression
- EFT evidence, model and understandings of depression
- Varieties of conflict split marker
- EFT therapist response modes for chair work
- Conflict split resolution model & steps
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Practical suggestions: Introducing chair work; chair work on Zoom; talking to clients about chair work; case formulation & chairwork
- Alternative ways of working with conflict splits
- Strategies for working with the collapsed experiencer in depression
Day 4: Self-interruption, Enactments and Empty Chair Work
(Sat 11th of Feb, 2023)
Session 4a: Self-interruption Splits and Enactments
- Getting started with in-session enactments: Exercise
- How to do enactments in EFT
- Micro-markers for EFT enactments; Self-interruption conflict split marker
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Self-interruption & empty chair work; when to ignore self-interruptions
Session 4b: Empty Chair Work for Unresolved Interpersonal Relationship Issues
- Varieties of Unfinished business marker
- Change processes in Empty chair work
- Resolution steps in empty chair work
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Alternative ways of working with unfinished business
- Where from here? Suggestions for further development of your EFT skills and practice
- Processing the training
LEVEL 2B: Advanced tasks in EFT Practice
Day 1: Micro-markers in EFT: Learning to Read your Client
(21 Apr – Friday, California time 8:00 -11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30, UK time 16:00-19:30)
- Standard EFT micro-markers: vocal quality, poignancy, client experiencing
- Managing content vs process guiding.
- Following and leading the process.
- Video examples
- Video demonstration with Interpersonal Process Recall (IPR)
Day 2: Working with ambivalence and self-damaging activities in EFT part 1: Basic Motivational work
(12 May – Friday, California time 8:00 -11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30)
- An EFT perspective on motivational splits & Motivational Interviewing (MI)
- The Habitual Self-Damaging Split marker
- Small group work: Encountering self-damaging activities in our clients & ourselves
- A brief overview of Motivational Interviewing
- MI therapist facilitating responses
- Kinds of Change Talk: Preparatory and Mobilizing Talk
- An EFT perspective on facilitating Change Talk
- Video examples
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
Day 3: Working with ambivalence and self-damaging activities in EFT part 2: Two Chair Work for Motivational splits
(19 May – Friday, California time: 8:00 -11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30)
- Identifying the parts of self in Motivational/Self Damaging splits:
- Combining Unfolding and Two Chair Work for Motivational splits
- Live demonstration with a volunteer participant
- Hints for skill practice
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Comparing MI and EFT
Day 4: Working with Anxiety & Anxiety Splits
(26 May – Friday, California time: 8:00-11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30)
- Advanced Work with Two Chair Dialogue for anxiety
- What is anxiety? What types of anxiety difficulties are there? Why EFT for anxiety?
- The challenge of the research
- Key concepts: Anxiety splits; anxiety emotion schemes; anxiety response types; the general change process
- The Anxiety Split Marker & the Anxiety Split Triangle
- Resolution steps
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- The EFT model for (Social) Anxiety
Day 5: Advanced Empty Chair work
(2 June – Friday, California time: 8:00 -11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30)
- Review: Empty Chair Work for Unresolved Interpersonal Issues: Marker, applications & task resolution steps
- Marker variations/alternative presentations
- Micro-markers and variations in Empty Chair Work: Adaptations to deal with stuck points (e.g., self-interruption, failure to deepen)
- Dealing with Current Conflictual Relationship marker
- Dealing with mixed two-chair/empty chair presentations
- Relation to Compassionate Self-soothing Chair Work
- Video example
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
Day 6: Compassionate Self-soothing Chair Work
(9 June – Friday, California time: 8:00 -11:30, Cyprus time: 18:00-21:30)
- Working with Vulnerability: Empathic Affirmation task & its relation to Compassionate Self-soothing Chair Work (CSSCW)
- Applications & the Anguish marker
- Therapist stance; general suggestions
- Dimensions and four common versions of CSSCW
- Task resolution steps & model
- Video example
- Closure Self-Soothing Chair Work
- Skill practice in small groups with feedback
- Tips and conversational practices
- Where from here? Suggestions for further development of your EFT skills and practice
- Processing of the training
Who can participate: The course/s is open to anyone who has completed an accredited Emotion Focused Therapy Level 1 anywhere in the world.
Cost:
- For the complete package of Level 2 (2A + 2B):
- Before Monday the 23rd of January: Professionals: €595; Students: €545.
- After Monday the 23rd of January: Professionals: €645; Students: €595.
- For specific days of Level 2B: If you have completed an accredited EFT level 1 anywhere in the world you can book to attend specific days of level 2Β; this option is also available for people who have previously completed Level 2 and want a refresher. The cost for each day of the Level 2Β is €115. (**Note: In order to progress with your certification as an EFT therapist all days of Level 2 need to be completed).
Due to the experiential nature of the course, only few seats will be available – places will be booked on a first come, first served basis.
Standard Cancellation Policy applies.
