EFFT Trainings Open to the Public
In Person and Online Offerings
All EFFT and related trainings listed below are facilitated by certified trainers and count towards certification requirements.
ONLINE OFFERINGS:
Transforming Problematic Parenting Patterns with Caregiver Block Chair-Work
September 27, 2022 • 10am - 2:00pm MST
Four-hour training with Dr. Adele Lafrance
This online workshop for clinicians will provide a theoretical and skills-based overview of caregiver block chair-work, likely the most powerful and efficient psychotherapeutic intervention from EFFT to understand, work through and/or transform problematic patterns of parenting / caregiving. Participants will be supported in their learning via lecture, experiential activities and video demonstration (participation is at your comfort level). All participants will also be provided with the latest script for this intervention.
No prior training or experience in EFFT is required to attend this training. Clinicians are welcome to bring video of their use of the technique for consultation/feedback, time permitting. This training meets criteria towards certification through the International Institute for EFFT. Videos and live demos may be included and therefore this training will not be recorded.
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$150 USD (student/discount rate available for those with financial insecurity using code: DISCOUNT)
3-Day Advanced EFFT Clinician Training
This advanced training is suited for those participants with a minimum of two days prior training in Emotion-Focused Family Therapy*. A review of the theory and basics will serve as a foundation for the training. Participants will have the opportunity to deepen their skills and learn new techniques in the domains of emotion coaching and relationship repair as well as in the processing of parent blocks. Participants will also learn a new technique to support the processing of child resistance to parental involvement. Learning will be supported using demonstrations, new videos as well as new and expanded experiential activities. This advanced training is an excellent learning opportunity for medical professionals, psychologists, social workers, nurses, educators and others who interact with individuals, parents and/or families in our community. Participants will learn techniques that can be integrated into existing treatment models for those clients & families who do not respond to standard care. *A minimum two days prior training is required.
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$725 CAD (student rates and group discounts available)
Oct 12-14, 2022 • 8:00am - 3:00pm PST
Facilitated by: Dr. Adele Lafrance and Natasha Files, RSW, MSW
2-Day EFFT Core Clinician Training - 12 CE credit hours
The essence of EFFT is to afford caregivers a role in their child’s recovery, regardless of their age, level of motivation or involvement in formal treatment themselves. The clinician’s role is to support parents and caregivers to increase their involvement in three domains including behavior coaching, emotion coaching and in the use of therapeutic apologies, if relevant.
A fourth module involves supporting caregivers to identify, understand, and transform “emotion blocks” that can lead to therapy-interfering attitudes or behaviors in caregivers. The training will introduce clinicians to the theory and skills involved in the approach. The facilitator will engage participants using didactic and experiential learning, including skills and techniques that can be integrated into existing treatment models for those clients & families who do not respond to standard care.
Click here to register - hosted by EFFT-Texas
$375 USD - group discount: 10% off for groups of 5 or more / use code GROUP and please email us to let us know who is a part of your group.
October 21-22, 2022 • 9am - 4:30pm CT • 12 CE credit hours
Facilitated by: Dr. Adele Lafrance
Transforming Caregiver Self-Blame Using Didactic and Experiential Techniques
November 10, 2022 • 10am - 2pm MST
Four-hour training with Dr. Adele Lafrance
EFFT research has demonstrated that when parents carry self-blame, not only do they suffer, but their caregiving can be negatively affected as well. In fact, when self-blame is deep, reassurance to lift self-blame is likely to be ineffective. This workshop will provide participants with a series of cognitive and emotion-focused strategies to transform caregiver self-blame, including a specifically designed chair-work intervention.
Benefits of these interventions include:
· Reduced shame and self-blame
· Better quality of life
· Decreased defensiveness
· Increased sense of empowerment / engagement
· Increased access to caregiving instincts
Participating clinicians will receive step-by-step instruction and scripts where relevant to increase confidence to effectively implement the interventions with parents and caregivers post-workshop. A video demonstration will also be included in the workshop, time permitting. Participation can be active or passive.
This training meets criteria towards certification through the International Institute for EFFT. Videos and live demos may be included and therefore this training will not be recorded.
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$150 USD (student/discount rate available for those with financial insecurity using code: DISCOUNT)
Therapeutic Apologies in Psychotherapy
Therapeutic Apologies are one of the most powerful interventions used in Emotion-Focused Family Therapy. They can be integrated and delivered in the context of individual, couple and family-oriented therapies. This two-day training will take a deep dive into the practice of three different therapeutic apologies to heal relationship injuries (client delivers an apology to another), release self-blame (clients enacts an apology using empty chair-work to release self-blame) and transform resentment into forgiveness, even when the other party is unavailable or deceased (client expresses resentment to imagined other who engages in a specifically constructed apology to release the pain). Scripts for each of the interventions will be reviewed, followed by video demonstrations and opportunities for practice, as desired. This training meets criteria towards certification through the International Institute for EFFT.
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$450 CAD + GST (Student discount and group rates available)
December 1-2 2022 • 8:00am - 3:00pm PST
Facilitated by: Dr. Adele Lafrance, C.Psych, & Natasha Files MSW, RSW
4- Part Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Core Clinician Training
Save-the-dates: January 16, 18, 23 & 25, 2023 • 3:30 - 6:30 PST - 12 CE credit hours
4-part training with Dr. Adele Lafrance and Natasha Files, MSW, RSW
The essence of EFFT is to afford caregivers a role in their child’s recovery, regardless of their age, level of motivation or involvement in formal treatment themselves. The clinician’s role is to support parents and caregivers to increase their involvement in three domains including behavior coaching, emotion coaching and in the use of therapeutic apologies, if relevant. A fourth module involves supporting caregivers to identify, understand, and transform “emotion blocks” that can lead to therapy-interfering attitudes or behaviors in caregivers.
This training will introduce clinicians to the theory and skills involved in the approach. The facilitator will engage participants using didactic and experiential learning, including skills and techniques that can be integrated into existing treatment models for those clients & families who do not respond to standard care. This training meets criteria towards certification through the International Institute for EFFT.
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$450 CAD + GST - (student rates and group discounts available)