Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT)
Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT)
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Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is a groundbreaking therapeutic model that facilitates emotional processing and the creation of secure relationships with self and others. Originating from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, EFIT adapts these principles for individual therapy, offering a structured approach to help individuals address various challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship problems. EFIT’s unique approach empowers mental health professionals to help their clients transform restrictive emotional patterns, foster internal coherence, and build deep resilience. In other words, EFIT allows them to be fit to flourish in life and in love.
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EFIT
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is a groundbreaking therapeutic model that facilitates emotional processing and the creation of secure relationships with self and others.
Originating from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, EFIT adapts these principles for individual therapy, offering a structured approach to help individuals address various challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship problems.
EFIT’s unique approach empowers mental health professionals to help their clients transform restrictive emotional patterns, foster internal coherence, and build deep resilience. In other words, EFIT allows them to be fit to flourish in life and in love.
Completion of EFIT Essentials provides therapists with the tools to create lasting change in their clients’ lives.
EFIT Essentials is equivalent to EFIT Level 1 + EFIT Level 2.
Fundamentals
of Emotionally Focused Therapy
Step 1
Fundamentals of Emotionally Focused Therapy - Recommended
Engage with the essence of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in our one-day Fundamentals of EFT (FEFT) course. Grounded in attachment science, this 6.25-hour workshop provides practical tools to enhance your therapeutic practice across individual, couple, and family modalities.
Through didactic presentations, recorded client sessions, and experiential exercises, you’ll explore key EFT concepts and interventions.
This course is a stepping stone into the transformative world of EFT, aligning you with effective techniques to address anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Take this leap to augment your professional skills and make a lasting impact in your therapeutic journey.
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Overview
This is a one-day (6+ hour) introduction to Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and attachment theory for all modalities – individual (EFIT), couple (EFCT), and family (EFFT) therapy. This training will provide an outline of EFT, with an emphasis on attachment and relationships and sense of self, and how the EFT Tango applies to all three modalities.
More than just an EFT introductory course, Fundamentals of EFT provides the overall context of EFT and explains how the original “couple” model applies effectively as psychotherapy to EFFT (e.g., typically engaging with dyads) and EFIT (e.g., working with the individual and a younger/child self, or the individual and the inner experience of another person in their life). The Fundamentals course is aimed to serve two primary groups of attendees. The first group consists of those new to EFT, providing them with an introduction to its principles and applications across individuals, couples, and families. The second group includes those who have completed more advanced training in one or two modalities. For them, Fundamentals offers a valuable review and an opportunity to expand their knowledge of EFT’s applicability to all three modalities.
What will I learn in “Fundamentals”?
- Summarize the EFT perspective — experiential, growth oriented.
- Describe the key tenets of attachment theory.
- Describe the goals and stages of EFT across modalities
- Outline the core EFT interventions as they apply and differ in three modalities: individuals suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD; distressed couples; and distressed families.
- Specify the strengths of attachment theory and science as a map to a clear understanding of client problems and strengths, guiding every session.
- Utilize attachment science as a moment to moment guide to the shaping of potent systematic change in psychotherapy sessions.
- Define the moves of the EFT Tango and how they differ across modalities.
Who is this training for?
All mental health professionals and students aiming to enhance their practice by understanding the role of attachment in treating individuals, couples, and families. This one-day intensive workshop offers a practical introduction to EFT, underpinned by attachment science, to provide a foundational roadmap for healing through emotional connection. Attendees learn through didactic presentations, recorded sessions, experiential exercises, and an exploration of EFT’s core elements, including the EFT Tango. The course serves as a standalone event or a recommended precursor to further EFT training.
Prerequisites & Sequence
ICEEFT recommends taking Fundamentals before any other course. There are no prerequisites for Fundamentals.
An EFCT Externship ,or EFIT Essentials , or EFFT Essentials usually follows Fundamentals.
Recommended Readings:
“Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families” by Dr. Susan M. Johnson, 2019. Guildford Press.
“ A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Fitness and Growth in Every Client ” από Susan M. Johnson και T. Leanne Campbell, 2022. Routledge .
“ Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook (2nd Edition) ” των James L. Furrow, Susan M. Johnson, Brent Bradley, Lorrie L. Brubacher, T. Leanne Campbell, Veronica Kallos-Lilly, Gail Palmer, Kathryn Rheem, Scott R. Woolley, 2022. Routledge .
EFIT Essentials
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy
Step 2
Revolutionize your individual therapy practice
An ICEEFT-endorsed EFIT Essential training is the introductory 24+ hour training in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) and the first step towards certification.
This workshop equips therapists with the competencies to tune in to and harness the power of emotions, enabling transformation in clients’ self-concepts and relational bonds.
Participants learn how to delve into the heart of attachment and humanistic experiential perspectives, explore the intricacies of affect regulation, and unveil the therapeutic dance of EFIT Tango to facilitate corrective emotional experiences.
Completion of EFIT Essentials provides therapists with the tools to create lasting change in their clients’ lives.
“EFIT Essentials” (equivalent to EFIT Levels 1 and 2) is a training in the EFT for Individuals (EFIT) stream. There are also equivalent courses in EFT for Couples (EFCT) and EFT for Families (EFFT) streams.
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What will I learn in “EFIT Essentials”?
Participants will learn to:
- Describe the key elements of the attachment perspective on personality and its significance for clinical intervention
- Set out clients within and between cycles and how they create each other and link to presenting problems that manifest as emotional disorders
- Describe the core components of emotional disorders – depression and anxiety
- Outline the process of change and the elements of the EFT Tango to shape corrective emotional experience, such as affect assembly and deepening
- Describe the micro-interventions used by the EFT therapist
- Outline the applicability of EFIT for different clients with different symptomatology
- Adopt an attachment humanistic perspective on clients, problems and interventions
- Discover and distill core emotional experiences and promote emotional balance
- Outline protective, self-defining and interactional iatrogenic patterns
- Implement the 5 moves of the EFT Tango to shape corrective emotional experience and EFT micro-interventions
- Choreograph dramas that expand the self and open engagement with others
- Integrate corrective emotional experiences into models of self and other
- Validate the client’s sense of competence and worth in every session.
Who is this training for?
EFIT Essentials training is designed to be an immersive and enriching professional development opportunity, aimed at equipping mental health professionals with the essential skills and knowledge necessary for effective EFIT practice. Through a blend of theoretical teachings, practical exercises, and collaborative learning, this program aims to foster a deeper understanding and proficient application of the EFIT model, empowering participants to contribute to the mental health and well-being of individuals they serve.
Prerequisites & Sequence
Το ICEEFT συνιστά την παρακολούθηση του Fundamentals of EFT πριν από αυτό το σεμινάριο. Για το EFIT Essentials δεν απαιτούνται προαπαιτούμενα.
Το EFIT Level 1 μαζί με το EFIT Level 2 είναι ισοδύναμα με το EFIT Essentials.
EFIT Consultation follows EFIT Essentials (or EFIT Level 2).
Required reading:
A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Fitness and Growth in Every Client, Susan M. Johnson & T. Leanne Campbell, 2022. Routledge.
Recommended Readings:
Attachment Theory in Practice: Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Individuals, Couples, and Families, Dr. Susan M. Johnson, 2019. Guilford Press.
Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook, 2η έκδοση, James L. Furrow, Susan M. Johnson, Brent Bradley, Lorrie L. Brubacher, T. Leanne Campbell, Veronica Kallos-Lilly, Gail Palmer, Kathryn Rheem, Scott R. Woolley, 2022. Routledge.
EFIT Consultation
Mastering Skills & Overcoming Challenges
Step 3
Advanced training in EFIT
Advance your practice and improve your client outcomes by taking your EFIT skills to the next level!
Mastering Skills and Overcoming Challenges in EFIT: A Consultation Process” is a new training in the EFT for Individuals (EFIT) stream. For brevity, this page will refer to the course as “EFIT Consultation.
There are also analogous courses in EFT for Couples (EFCT) and EFT for Families (EFFT) streams.
In this two-part course, you will learn from expert trainers as they show and talk about their therapy sessions – where they get stuck, how they get unstuck, and how the attachment map and EFT Tango provide a beacon in all cases!
Next, join colleagues as they show their work and watch as expert trainers help guide the therapy process through feedback, consultation, and enactments specifically aimed at framing clients’ problems through the lens of attachment, mapping the process, maintaining momentum, unblocking barriers to growth, and more!
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What will I learn in “EFIT Consultation”?
- How to model safety as a surrogate attachment figure to promote relationship security and harness the potency of emotion to transform trauma, quell anxiety, dim the darkness of depression, and more!
- Ways of creating and maintaining a robust therapeutic alliance.
- Methods for tracking and identifying key inner and interpersonal patterns that block growth, connection, and progress in therapy.
- How the EFIT therapist uses key interventions to first validate and then dissolve blocks.
- How to harness the power of attunement, an attachment map, and key EFIT interventions to keep clients at their leading edge of discovery and promote growth within and between sessions.
- A proven set of interventions that you can rely on to move any and all clients away from reactivity and numbing to greater emotional balance, paving the way for increased growth, and growth through connection.
- Greater mastery of the core EFIT interventions, and how to use these skills to effectively move you and your clients out of stuck places and into growth! A more nuanced understanding of the core EFIT macro-intervention, the EFIT Tango, and the power of attunement in using the Tango to propel the therapy process forward.
- Key methods and interventions that will lead your clients into secure attachment, the platform for well-being and ongoing growth and connection!
- The confidence and competence to help any type of client, with any presenting problem.
Who it is for
This 10-hour training is tailored for therapists working with Individuals. Engage with expert trainers as they navigate through real therapy sessions, revealing how to overcome common hurdles using the EFIT Tango and attachment map. In a collaborative setting, join your peers in presenting your own cases, benefiting from personalized feedback and consultation, alongside insightful role plays.
The EFIT Consultation journey will equip you with enhanced strategies to foster secure attachments, maintain a robust therapeutic alliance, and effectively navigate through therapy sessions, fostering growth and overcoming barriers to progress.
With a balanced mix of expert insights, peer presentations, and interactive learning, you’ll gain the confidence and competence to address a diverse range of client challenges, enriching your practice and promoting meaningful change in your clients’ lives.
Prerequisites & Sequence
If you are new to EFT or EFT for individuals, it is strongly recommended you complete EFIT Essentials (or EFIT Levels 1 + 2) before starting this course.
If you have completed some EFT or EFIT training already, you may take Consultation as a stand-alone course.
For certification, both “EFIT Essentials” (or EFIT Levels 1 and 2) and EFIT Consultation are required.
Recommended reading:
Johnson, S. M. & Campbell, T. L. (2022).
A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Fitness and Growth in Every Client. Routledge.
EFIT Additional Training
Step 4
Approved EFIT Short Courses
For certification in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), a minimum of 6hrs of approved short courses must be completed. These 6+ hours may be completed via one or more of the following approved EFIT short courses.
Approved EFIT short courses include: EFIT for Anxiety, EFIT for Depression, EFIT for Grief & Loss, EFIT for Trauma.
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Steps toward EFIT Certification
A certified EFT therapist is a therapist whose experience in the model is formally recognized by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT).
Certification has a dual purpose: to promote high standards in the practice of EFT and EFIT, and to ensure that the same standards are upheld in supervision and training in the approach.
With EFIT certification, you not only deepen your therapeutic skills, enabling you to provide more meaningful support throughout your clients’ therapeutic journey; you also become part of a global professional community dedicated to fostering secure relationships and promoting emotional well-being.
A minimum of 8 hours of EFIT supervision is required, which may include up to 4 hours of group supervision.
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You can submit your application portfolio to ICEEFT for review by a certified EFT supervisor and trainer. More details are available to ICEEFT members.
Congratulations! You are a certified EFIT therapist. You have completed an important step in a lifelong journey of learning and professional development.
Overview of the Skills Required for ICEEFT EFT Certification
Learning and developing proficiency in the EFT model requires the development of a range of therapeutic skills, as described above.
