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Emotionally Focused Individuals Therapy (EFIT)

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) is a groundbreaking therapeutic model that  facilitates emotional processing and the creation of secure relationships with self and others. Originating from Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples, EFIT adapts these principles for individual therapy, offering a structured approach to help individuals address various challenges including anxiety, depression, trauma and relationship problems. EFIT’s unique approach empowers mental health professionals to help their clients transform restrictive emotional patterns, foster internal coherence, and build deep resilience. In other words, EFIT allows them to be fit to flourish in life and in love.

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EFIT Essentials

Focus Areas

Foundational Training in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT).

Equips therapists with skills to foster:-

  • Emotional Transformation,
  • Regulate Affect
  • Build Secure Internal Bonds

Teaches the EFIT Tango and how to work with clients’ attachment needs.

Key Features

Equivalent to EFIT Level 1 + Level 2.

Combines Lectures, Clinical Demonstrations & Experiential Exercises. – Covers Attachment Theory, Self-Concept Development, & Emotional Processing.

First formal step toward EFIT certification.

Mastering EFIT: Skills & Supervision

Advanced Training in applying EFIT with real clients and complex cases. 

Helps therapists refine their skills using the EFIT Tango and attachment maps. 

Focuses on overcoming clinical challenges and sustaining momentum in therapy.

Includes expert therapist demonstrations of actual cases. 

Involves peer case presentations, feedback, role-plays, and live supervision. 

Supports therapists in deepening clinical skills and preparing for certification. 

Mastering EFIT: Skills & Supervision

Focus Areas

Offers advanced training in applying EFIT with real clients and complex cases. 

Helps therapists refine their skills using the EFIT Tango and attachment maps. 

Focuses on overcoming clinical challenges and sustaining momentum in therapy.

Key Features

Two-part consultation-based training. 

Includes expert therapist demonstrations of actual cases. 

Involves peer case presentations, feedback, role-plays, and live supervision. 

Supports therapists in deepening clinical skills and preparing for certification. 

Begins 2024.

The Steps to Certification in EFIT

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Additional Certification Steps

Beginning in 2024, therapists will be able to certify as an Emotionally Focused Individuals Therapist. By becoming certified in EFIT, you’ll not only sharpen your therapeutic skills and be better equipped to bring profound healing to your clients, you’ll also gain professional standing within a global community committed to nurturing secure relationships and advancing emotional well-being. 

Step 4: Take an Approved EFIT Short Course

Deepen your EFIT learning with one or more of our ICEEFT-approved courses.
View approved short courses.

Step 5: Supervision

Minimum of 8 hours of EFIT Supervision which can include up to 4 hours of group supervision.

Step 6: Application Package to ICEEFT

Submit your application package to ICEEFT for review by a Certified EFT Supervisor and Trainer. Full details are available to ICEEFT Members.

Achievement: Certified EFIT Therapist

Congratulations, you are a Certified EFIT Therapist! You have completed a major step on a lifelong learning journey.

Who Should Attend?

EFFT training is designed for mental health professionals who are passionate about strengthening family relationships through an attachment-based, emotionally focused lens. This includes:

Licensed Therapists and Counselors working with children, adolescents, and families

Psychologists specializing in family dynamics, trauma, or developmental issues

Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) seeking a structured, evidence-based model

Social Workers involved in child welfare, parenting support, or family-based services

School Counselors or Child Psychologists supporting parent–child relationships

Therapy Students & Interns who have foundational clinical training and want to specialize in attachment-based approaches

Professionals seeking EFFT Certification through ICEEFT

Anyone interested in using emotionally focused, experiential models to work with families

Note: Completion of a foundational EFT course (such as EFIT or EFCT Externship) is recommended but not mandatory for EFFT Essentials.

Upcoming Events

10 Feb, 2026

EFIT

Mastering Skills in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy – Jan 2026

The 2-day Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Mastering Skills and Overcoming Challenges with EFIT. This training builds on the foundations…

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19 Jan, 2026

EFIT

Emotionally Focused Individuals Therapy Essentials – January 2026 (ONLINE)

An Essential in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy® is an immersive four-day (24+ hour) training experience, foundational for therapists aiming to…

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Previous Events

20 Jun, 2025

EFIT

Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Essentials – June 2025

Duration: 4 days

A 4-day (24-hour) experiential training to apply EFT principles and interventions with Individual Clients.

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