About Core Skills
Core Skills Training
Four Intensive 2-day Workshops (Fridays – Saturdays)
Core Skills 1-4
These workshops provide an in depth study of each of the EFT steps. Each day will contain instruction and group supervision of EFT work according to the guidelines set out by the Centre for Excellence in EFT (in Ottawa). When you sign up for the course you are committing your intention to complete all training modules.
Feedback
There will be opportunity for participants to get feedback on videos of their own work with clients. Bringing your own video to view is necessary to meet the Advanced Externship requirement of certification.
CEUs & EFT Certification
Attendance meets the ICEEFT course requirement (CEUs provided by Alliant International University)* when applying for Certified EFT Therapist designation.
The only outstanding requirement for Certification after attending Core Skills Training is eight hours of individual supervision. The application process is described here. The decision regarding readiness for certification is determined by the EFT Centre in Ottawa.
About our trainers lead Core Skills Trainers:
Scott R. Woolley, PhD,
Rebecca Jorgensen, PhD,
and Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT
Dr. Scott R. Woolley
Scott R. Woolley, PhD is a Professor in the MFT Masters and Doctoral Programs in the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. He is the Executive Director of the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy and a founder and director of the San Diego Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He also maintains a private practice focused on EFT couples therapy.
Dr. Woolley has trained therapists in EFT in many areas of the world, including Canada, Chili, Finland, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, England, Taiwan, and throughout the U.S. He has co-published, co-presented, and co-trained with Dr. Susan Johnson, founder of EFT.
Rebecca Jorgensen, PhD
Certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer Dr. Jorgensen did her training in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson. Becca is Co-Founder and Director at the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy (TRI EFT), the San Diego Center for EFT.
Becca is best known for providing EFT training and support, online and in-person and for her best selling therapy videos: EFT Step by Step Online Course, Emotionally Focused Therapy: A Complete Treatment as well as the Lasting Connection System™ that helps therapists learn EFT and supports couples through the therapy process. She is a co-director of a therapy clinic, EFT Counseling and Education that supports couples and helps therapists become both licensed and certified.
She holds the Licenses of Mental Health Counselor and Clinical Professional Counselor and is a Certified Supervisor. She maintains a clinical practice specializing in intensive couple therapy and EFT supervision and you will often find her doing webcasts, webinars and hanging out on various virtual platforms advancing online education and training on attachment and Emotionally Focused Therapy. You can follow her on Facebook and Instagram where she inspires professionals learning EFT and couples who want to be build secure attachment.
Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT
Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT is a licensed marriage and family therapist in San Diego California. She is a Certified EFT Trainer and Supervisor and has a family therapy and training clinic. She is a co-director of TRI EFT Alliant and servers with Scott and Rebecca on the Leadership Board of San Diego Center for EFT.
Kathryn teaches at the University of California San Diego and at Bethel University. With a heart for her homeland South Africa, Kathryn started www.eftsouthafrica.com/. She remains involved in EFT South Africa as she mentors the community and a Trainer-in-Training there.
As a AAMFT supervisor, Kathryn enjoys providing supervision in person and online. Supervisees have described her as warm, perceptive and skilled. With her strong work ethic, it is important to Kathryn to be accessible and responsive to those who work with her. For more information on Kathryn, visit her website at www.kathryndebruin.com
Qualifications
Participants are required to have completed an EFT Externship and be willing to present their own work through videotape presentation*.
Prerequisites
- Each participant must have read Sue Johnson’s 2004 edition of Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy.
- Each participant must have completed an OCFI approved externship in EFT.
- Each participant must be using EFT with at least two couples regularly.
- Each participant must acquire a signed release from couple(s) to video tape record sessions.
- Each participant must acquire a signed release from couple(s) to be a part of this consultation group prior to presenting any materials.
- Each participant will complete the Case Presentation Form and supply copies (emailed prior to session or hard copies) to each group member prior to presenting.
*More information about the Case Presentation Video Requirement
You will do one case presentation displaying your work with a couple for consultation and feedback about working in the EFT model. The date of your presentation will be assigned. The overall presentation is approximately 30 minutes, 10 minutes of case overview and up to 20 minutes of video review.
- Approximately 20 continuous minutes
- Case presentation form completed (see Forms drop down menu)
- 20 copies of case presentation to handout to course participants if not emailed to participants 5 days before presenting
- Bring digital media on DVD or USB storage device
Limited Seats
This course is limited to a maximum of 16 attendees. Attendance based on first-come basis. Registration and payment must be complete to be enrolled.
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