Focus on Emotion is proud to present this 2-day workshop in Emotion-Focused Therapy for Couples, led by Rhonda Goldman. Building on the latest research conducted by Dr.Goldman, Les Greenberg and colleagues, this training will provide participants with in-depth skills training through lectures, video demonstrations, modelling and supervised role-playing practice.
Emotion-Focused Therapy for couples is one of the most researched interventions in couples therapy. EFT focuses on the emotional bond between a couple but also on each partner’s own emotional experiences and needs. It strives to uncover the manner by which each partner’s emotional reaction to events contributes to negative interactional patterns within the relationship. Over the course of therapy, the fractured emotional bond is healed by identifying these negative interactional cycles, and transforming them by accessing, articulating and responding to primary attachment and identity related emotions and needs. The essential goal of EFT is thus the creation of new, healthy patterns of interaction by using emotion to restructure interactions.
In this workshop, Rhonda Goldman will explore the foundations of EFT for Couples but will also focus on more recent developments in EFT, e.g., the development of the self and the relationship system through the promotion of self- and other-soothing; how to deal with unmet needs whether from adulthood or childhood; how to work more explicitly with emotions (specifically fear, anxiety, shame, power, joy, and love); and the affect regulation involved in the three major motivational systems central to couples therapy (attachment, identity, and attraction).
This workshop constitutes one of the steps towards certification as an EFT Couples therapist. See here for training standards: http://www.iseft.org/Standards-for-couples
Opleidingscentrum voor Experiëntiële, Emotion-Focused en Existentiële Psychotherapie, Counseling & Coaching