iSEFT Toronto 2017 Conference Call for Submissions

The second conference of the International Society for Emotion-Focused Therapy (iSEFT) will be held in Toronto, Canada, June 15-18, 2017. This is a conference where anyone interested in EFT can attend to learn about recent developments in Emotion-Focused Therapy and to hear about the latest research.

Jan Stiegler, from the Norwegian Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy, is the head of the program committee for the conference, has issued a call for submissions for presentations.  He writes: 

"We are especially interested in recent developments in EFT: theoretical developments, clinical developments, research and/or experiences with EFT applied to specific populations. Also, experiences with integrating EFT with other approaches will be welcomed.

There are three types of presentations at the conference; plenary panels, plenary talks, and parallel workshops.

Depending on the submitted abstracts, panels will be set up with a few presenters focused on a common theme, or various facets of a research project. Panels will be 90 minutes in duration with a minimum of 15 minutes for open discussion with audience members. Each panel will have a moderator. In some cases individual plenary talks might be preferred format for presenting. The length of these will normally be 45 minutes.

Workshops are intended to provide exposure or training in specific areas of EFT methods, populations or problems. Workshops could also have clinical presentation of assessment or treatment that is followed by discussion on how to apply the clinical procedures described.

Submissions should include: 

• Name of presenter(s)

• Title of talk, plenary or workshop

• Amount of time requested

• Abstract describing the subject to be presented. 

Please send submissions to me at stiegler@ipr.com or jan.stiegler@gmail.com.

Deadline for submissions is 31^st of October, 2016. 

How Much EFT Training do I Need to Begin Using EFT Methods in My Practice?

People sometimes ask me about what kinds of Emotion-Focused Therapy training are offered at the University of Strathclyde and what they do can with different levels of EFT training.   This is of course a matter of degree:

(1) EFT level 1 (4 days) provides an overview of EFT theory and practice and an introduction to the key therapeutic tasks.  Most people find this enough to begin experimenting with EFT tasks, although folks without previous systematic empathy training are more likely to find this frustrating.  At Strathclyde the training group usually consists of 20-30 participants.

(2) Advanced Empathic Attunement (3 days) is a new training now required for folks who want to go on to EFT level 2 and who don't have a previous training in a Person-Centered or other humanistic psychotherapy or counselling.  This provides lots of skill practice in the EFT empathy micro-skills that underlie the more complex EFT tasks, which we hope will mean that they will be much more likely to be successful in continuing to develop proficiency and not get stuck or discouraged. (n = 15 - 30 participants)

(3) EFT level 2 (3 X 2 = 6 days) provides a comprehensive training in the wide range of EFT tasks, and is focused on examining blocks to practice and putting EFT into practice with a wide range of client populations.  It's delivered in 3 X 2 day workshops, which are spaced over the course of an academic year Oct/Nov to May, with lots of skill practice. This completes the basic workshop training in EFT; with the addition of 5 hours of EFT supervision of own practice in either individual or group format it meets criteria for EFT Level A recognition: Completion of Basic EFT Training. (n = 15 - 30 participants)

(4) EFT level 3 consists of 6-7 X 1-day group supervision sessions over the course of a year and is focused on developing proficiency in EFT.  This can be repeated and is where participants really begin to develop proficiency in EFT.  (n = 12 participants)

(5) EFT individual supervision: 16 hours of individual or group EFT supervision of own practice by an approved EFT supervisor is required for Level B recognition: Completion of EFT Supervised Practice.

Interview on working with Anxiety

Here is a link to a video of me talking about anxiety and in particular Emotion-Focused Therapy concepts of anxiety and how to work with it: http://bcove.me/txhncnr6 .

Culture of Empathy Interview

Edwin Rutsch, the MC of the website Culture of Empathy and the various activities connected with it, has just published an interview with me about empathy and empathy training.  The video (from the ancient iMac in my office at work) is a bit fuzzy, but I'm pleased to see the interview up on Edwin's website and available at:http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Experts/Robert-Elliott.htm

Saturday Adventures Resume: Alloa Tower and the Pineapple

Entry for 30 April 2016:

Diane and I finally got a free Saturday today: We're both in town; we've sent our tax stuff to our American accountant; and there's no EFT training this weekend. 

So: After studying the possibilities, we decided to take in a couple of National Trust for Scotland properties in Clackmannanshire today. (That's the bit of Scotland that's squeezed in between Stirling and the Ancient Kingdom of Fife.) Alloa Tower is a well-restored castle keep on the old road between Edinburgh and Stirling, two of the main centres of power in Scotland for the Stewart royalty between 1500 and 1700. So we enjoyed a pleasant ramble around the 4 floors of the this structure, talking to the guides, looking at the large collection of interesting paintings. During the 10 minutes we were outside admiring the panorama views up at the top of the tower we even got to experience the latest of a series of late April Scottish hail storms. 

After that, we needed a bit more, so we hunted down an architectural folly a few miles away, called The Pineapple, because in fact it's topped by a tower in the shape of, well, a giant pineapple. Apparently, pineapples became of fad among the nobility in the 17th and 18th century Britain, leading to the creation of special greenhouses for growing them. It was a bit status symbol to be able to given others' a pineapple as an act of hospitality. Nothing says "Welcome", or "Thank you" like a fresh pineapple!

Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy 2016 Level 1 Training, University of Strathclyde 30 Aug - 2 September 2016

 

Emotion-Focused Psychotherapy

2016 Level 1 Training

Tuesday 30 August – Friday 2 September 2016, 

09.30 – 17.00

Venue:  University of Strathclyde, Glasgow

Facilitated by Robert Elliott and Lorna Carrick

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based form of psychotherapy/counselling that integrates person-centred and gestalt therapies, with particular relevance to working with depression, trauma, and anxiety difficulties. It has gained international recognition through the work of Les Greenberg, Laura Rice, Robert Elliott, Jeanne Watson, Rhonda Goldman, Sandra Paivio, Antonio Pascual-Leone and others.  The Counselling Unit at the University of Strathclyde is again pleased to offer Level One professional training in this approach to qualified counsellors and psychotherapists (Postgraduate Diploma/MSc Level or above).

Now in its eleventh year at the University of Strathclyde, this successful, four-day Level One EFT training programme will provide participants with a grounding in the theory and skills required to work more effectively with emotion in psychotherapy. Participants will receive in-depth skills training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modelling, case discussions, and supervised role-playing practice. We begin with an overview of EFT Emotion Theory, including basic principles and the role of emotion and emotional awareness in function and dysfunction; this will be illustrated by Focusing-oriented exercises. Differential intervention based on specific process markers will be demonstrated. Videos of evidence based methods for evoking and exploring emotion schemes, and for dealing with overwhelming emotions, puzzling emotional reactions, painful self-criticism, and emotional injuries from past relationships will be presented.

Participants will be trained in moment-by-moment attunement to emotion, and the use of methods for dialoguing with aspects or configurations of self and imagined significant others in an empty chair. This training will provide therapists from person-centred, psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioural and related backgrounds an opportunity to develop their therapeutic skills and interests, and provides the first step toward certification as an EFT therapist.

• This is the only official Emotion-Focused Therapy level 1 training offered in the UK. 
• This course could be taken for continuing professional education credit.

Cost: On or before 15 July 2016: £445; after 15 July 2015: £495

In order to keep costs to a minimum, catering is not included.

Register soon via our online shop at: http://onlineshop.strath.ac.uk/

Contact: jan.bissett@strath.ac.uk or 0141-444 8415 for further information on this training, the facilitators, ways of applying for this course or other APT events

                                                                                                       

 

Les Greenberg to present 2-day EFT workshop in London 31 May - 1 June

Les Greenberg is going to be presenting a 2 day EFT workshop in London 31 May - 1 June:

Emotion-focused therapy: The transforming power of affect.

For more information, go to: http://www.bps.org.uk/events/emotion-focused-therapy-transforming-power-affect-2-day-workshop