Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is currently one of the most effective approaches when dealing with marital distress. It is based on a well-developed and research-confirmed theory of adult love relationships - the theory of attachment by John Bowlby and his followers. This approach is enriched with the achievements of modern branches of knowledge about close relationships, about the nature of distress in a couple, about the patterns of development of emotional reactions. Our contemporaries call EFT love therapy.
International EFT programs
A distinctive feature of EFT is clarity and structuring. The therapeutic process is divided into 3 stages and 9 steps. Therapeutic techniques and techniques are selected appropriately for the purpose of therapy - to create a reliable attachment in a couple. The therapist acts as a consultant on the process of interaction between partners, as well as a director who creates a new, healing communication experience right during the sessions. At the same time, the therapy space itself is assumed to be safe, which is based on the alliance of the therapist and clients
EFT allows you to effectively restore relationships in a couple and create safe emotional connections between romantic partners and within the family. Studies have shown that 70-75% of couples as a result of therapy have shifted from distress to a relationship of reliable attachment, and almost 90% have shown the preservation of the results achieved after a while.
Balkan Institute of Family Therapy and the International Center for Improvement in the Field of Emotionally Focused Therapy
ICEFT (Canada)
All teachers of this program are certified foreign specialists due to the fact that there are no psychologists in Montenegro who have the necessary qualifications and the legal right to teach this method.
ICEFT (Canada)
All teachers of this program are certified foreign specialists due to the fact that there are no psychologists in Montenegro who have the necessary qualifications and the legal right to teach this method.
The steps described above are a prerequisite for certification in the EFT and meet the requirements of the International Center for Improvement in the Field of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy ICEFT.
At the end of the course, an international certificate is issued ICEEFT (The International Centre of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy).
1. Basic course on EFT
The first part of the ICEFT certification program is the basic EFT course (externship) - a four-day theoretical and practical seminar with a total duration of 28 hours. This is the first step to certification. Conducted by a certified ICEFT trainer and includes:
- Lectures with presentation of theory and clinical techniques
- Demonstrations of techniques
- Live monitoring of therapy sessions and/or video recording
- Exercises to practice skills in mini groups with assistants
The basic course will give you an idea of emotionally focused therapy, its goals and tools, a map of the therapeutic process, will provide you with a plan for working with the deep emotions of your clients and will advance in understanding the therapeutic process, which is able to strengthen the feeling of reliable attachment, closeness and unity among clients
- Lectures with presentation of theory and clinical techniques
- Demonstrations of techniques
- Live monitoring of therapy sessions and/or video recording
- Exercises to practice skills in mini groups with assistants
The basic course will give you an idea of emotionally focused therapy, its goals and tools, a map of the therapeutic process, will provide you with a plan for working with the deep emotions of your clients and will advance in understanding the therapeutic process, which is able to strengthen the feeling of reliable attachment, closeness and unity among clients
2. Core Skills Advanced Training in EFT
The second part of the ICEFT certification program is an advanced course on core skills. These are two three-day master classes with a total duration of 48 hours. It consists of 2 modules: advanced course 1/2 (core skills 1/2), advanced course 3/4 (core skills 3/4). It is carried out in small groups. During the training, participants must undergo group supervision by providing a record of working with a couple.
In the general context of the EFT tango process, each of the advanced courses is dedicated to specific stages and steps of the therapeutic process, therapeutic tasks and interventions specific to these stages. The work with the turning events of the EFT is covered in detail: the involvement of the estranged partner and the mitigation of the persecutor
In the general context of the EFT tango process, each of the advanced courses is dedicated to specific stages and steps of the therapeutic process, therapeutic tasks and interventions specific to these stages. The work with the turning events of the EFT is covered in detail: the involvement of the estranged partner and the mitigation of the persecutor
3. Supervisors
Supervision in EFT is carried out by ICEFT certified supervisors and candidates for supervisors and is available in an individual or group format. Certified EFT supervisors conduct supervisions to facilitate the therapist's integration of the AFT stage and the EFT tango movements. Such work is aimed at ensuring that the therapist is able to master the necessary interventions and ET skills, which will ultimately contribute to the creation of reliable attachment among clients. For supervision, it is necessary to provide a 10-20-minute segment of recording your work with a couple
4. Case analysis, submission of documents to ICEFT
To apply for certification, you must complete the previous steps, obtain ICEFT membership (possibly after completing an advanced course), provide two video recording segments (20 minutes each) illustrating your work in the first and second stages, conceptualization of the case and recommendation of the ICEFT supervisor with translation of all materials into English. For each segment of the video, the consent signed by the clients is required. Conceptualization should include a summary of the request, the attachment history of each partner, the cycle, describe the course of therapy and the therapist's reflection