Julia Altera: Softening the Pursuer
in Stage Two
In intimate relationships, we don’t just want to give and receive love – we need it. However, this exchange is often difficult or blocked. Even though we have a deep need to be loved and cared for by those who matter to us, this need sometimes remains unfulfilled. This can be so painful that we have no choice but to protect ourselves. As a result, without intending to, we fall into rigid negative interaction cycles—ones that are all too familiar in EFT.

EFT provides a roadmap for de-escalating these cycles, but to truly change the "music" of a couple’s dance, the therapist must be able to support the pursuer in softening. This workshop is designed to help develop this essential skill
This workshop is recommended for those who have completed the EFT Externship course
  • WHERE?
    Online with simultaneous translation into Russian

  • WHEN?
    10-11 may 2025
    9-00-15-30 CET

  • COST?
    $180

Learning objectives
  1. Understanding attachment theory in various contexts
2. Recognizing different types of pursuing behavior,
validating them, and effectively working with them in
Stage 1 and Stage 2
3. Identify how one partner’s defense mechanisms can trigger even more defenses in the other, creating negative cycles — with a focus on cultural influence
4. Explore the nuances of anxious attachment styles
5. Become familiar with the process of softening the pursuer
6. Explore how shame affects the pursuer's behavior and emotional responses, and learn to apply strategies for working with and transforming shame
7. Help pursuers explore their self-perception more deeply, taking cultural factors into account
8. Support withdrawers — help distancing partners maintain focus on the pursuer while respecting cultural communication styles
9. Support pursuers in their requests for help
Dr. Julia Altera is a clinical and forensic psychologist, certified trainer, supervisor, Emotionally Focused Therapist, and Schema Therapist. She is one of the founders of the EFT community in Italy and the director of the EFT Center in Northern Italy. Additionally, she is a co-founder of the EFT communities in Southeast and Northeast Brazil.
Before specializing in EFT, Julia Altera graduated with honors from the Miller Institute in Genoa with a degree in Cognitive-Behavioral Psychotherapy. She then earned a master's degree from the Faculty of Medicine and Surgery in Genoa in Criminology and Forensic Psychiatry. As an external consultant, she worked in psychiatric hospitals for prisoners, high-security prisons, and addiction treatment centers for drug and alcohol dependency. During this time, she also underwent international training in trauma treatment and dissociative disorders with Dr. Kathy Steele (ISSTD).
Dr. Julia Altera is fluent in Italian (native), Portuguese, and English and can conduct therapy, supervision, and training in all three languages

$180
10-11 may 2025
9-00-15-30 CET
Julia Altera: Softening the Pursuer
in Stage Two
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ИП Янковский Александр
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ИНН 20111199950162
ОАО «Оптима Банк»
БИК 109018
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