Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy
The Carolina Center for EFT provides training to mental health professionals in Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. Located in central NC, our center serves the training needs of therapists in North and South Carolina. The training we offer is recognized by the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), directed by Dr. Sue Johnson, and can be applied toward becoming a Certified EFT Therapist.
Welcome to 2022 and to Martin Luther King Day weekend!
(This blog post ends with a UNCG sponsored public event in honor of Martin Luther King, so please read to the bottom!)
My day began with my son, who lives with autism, reading me a quote from St. Francis of Assisi entitled “Stages”:
Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and before you know it, you will be doing the impossible.
What a good reminder this is as we face a new year with a world dominated by all the uncertainties of COVID, the growing efforts to build a better future in a world dominated by systemic racism and oppression, and a climate crisis!
There are a few contexts for which I personally draw encouragement from this quote.
An Attachment Injury EFT “Nugget”
I love writing about EFT and AIRM, but for October I decided to make a video in lieu of a written blog post.
In this 7-minute video, I’ll be talking about working with a couple in distress after an attachment injury.
Our Commitment to Diversity
The Carolina Center for EFT is committed to helping our clients and our colleagues stand together for healing, safety, strength and solidarity during the increase in hate crimes and protests of white supremacy across our country. As a Center we are committed to creating safe, secure bonds in couples and families. As part of that commitment, we decry the messages of hatred and white supremacy being advanced.
We have all experienced the public outrage that has exploded due to long-term systemic racism and police brutality against Black Americans, including Jacob Blake, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Tony McDade. The impact that these and scores of other murders have on our public consciousness has amplified the oppression that has occurred for the entirety of American history.
You can read more about our commitment to diversity here.
Watch this space for the next Attachment, Diversity and Inclusion Discussion Series!
What is this new science of love?
Dr. Sue Johnson’s upcoming book shows how EFT is the new approach to psychotherapy – with individuals, couples and families. Listen to her introduce the book.
Do you wonder how to help your clients to build trust? Particularly after a betrayal or an attachment injury. How to deal with overt lies? How to validate the pattern of fearing to tell the truth?
There are times a therapist needs to differentiate between a negative cycle which has slowly eroded the bond of trust between partners and a specific injurious event which shattered the bond of trust in one momentous blow. All of EFT therapy is a process of building trust – and we take our time throughout the model, step by step, first of all tracking how an automatic self-protective pattern is blocking partners from trusting, and when it is safe enough to share the underlying fears and needs, to reshape a bond of trust. Annabelle Bugatti from Las Vegas interviews Lorrie Brubacher on Building Trust in EFT.
Referrals to EFT Therapists
Our Center provides a referral base of therapists in North and South Carolina who are trained in EFT.