In this four-day Externship, participants will learn through a combination of lectures, observation of live interviews and role-play exercises. Upon completion of this course, participants will:
Identify the basic stages and steps of Emotionally Focused Therapy
See marital distress from an attachment perspective
Help couples recognize and deescalate problematic patterns of interaction
Help couples understand the underlying attachment needs that drive these negative patterns
Help couples create and restore the emotional bond between them
Help couples repair attachment injuries, fostering healing within and between the couple.
EFT Externships and Core Skills trainings are designed for mental health professionals. This continuing education workshop provides 20 clinical hours. The cost of 1 ticket is $600.Tulane University faculty and staff may contact us for discount codes.
George Faller is retired Lieutenant of the NYC Fire Department, A licensed Marriege and Family Therapist in New York and Connecticut and an Approved Supervisor for the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. He is the founder and President of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). As an EFT Trainer, George teaches several classes at the Ackerman Institute for the Family (the oldest family institute in the United States) in NYC, is a board member of the Porter Cason Insitute for the Family at Tulane University in new Orleans and is the firector of training at the Center for Hope and Renewal in Greenwich, CT. Specializing in trauma, Family EFT and Self-of-the-Therapist issues, George is committed to bringing EFT to underprivileged populations and pushing the leading edge of effective therapy. George hopes his new book Sacred Stress contributes to the EFT movement of making our world a more secure place.