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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)

Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) extends the principles of Emotionally Focused Therapy to mend and fortify familial bonds. The core objective is to cultivate secure family patterns, where attachment, caregiving responses, and emotional bonds are effective. EFFT centralizes on stabilizing negative interaction patterns, restructuring parent-child interactions, and consolidating the felt security through new connection patterns. Following attachment science, it guides families to experience swift progress as members become more responsive and engaged, uncovering and addressing previously unrecognized attachment-related emotions and needs, thus fostering individual growth and intergenerational relationship enhancement.

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EFFT Essentials

Focus Areas

Introductory Training in Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). 

Equips therapists to repair and strengthen family relationships through an attachment lens. 

Focuses on Restructuring Parent:-

  • Child Interactions,
  • Emotion Regulation,
  • Fostering Secure Family Dynamics.

Key Features

Equivalent to EFFT Level 1 + Level 2

Lectures + Experiential Exercises + Clinical Demonstrations

Emphasises Practical EFFT steps to facilitate lasting change in family systems.

First Official Step toward EFFT certification.

Mastering EFFT: Skills & Supervision

Advanced Consultation & Supervision-based training in EFFT.

Designed to help therapists navigate Complex Family Dynamics & Emotional Blocks.

Focuses on deepening clinical skill using the EFFT Tango & Attachment Mapping with Families.

Two-part:-

  • Supervision
  • Consultation Series. 

Includes Live or Recorded case presentations by Expert Trainers. 

Peer case sharing with Feedback, Mapping, & Role Plays. 

Focused on overcoming stuck points and maintaining caregiving momentum in sessions. 

Mastering EFFT: Skills & Supervision

Focus Areas

Advanced consultation and supervision-based training in EFFT.

Designed to help therapists navigate complex family dynamics and emotional blocks.

Focuses on deepening clinical skill using the EFFT Tango and attachment mapping with families.

Key Features

Two-part supervision/consultation series. 

Includes live or recorded case presentations by expert trainers. 

Peer case sharing with feedback, mapping, and role plays. 

Focused on overcoming stuck points and maintaining caregiving momentum in sessions. 

Launching in 2024.

The Steps to Certification in EFFT

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Additional Certification Steps

Beginning in 2024, therapists will be able to certify as an Emotionally Focused Family Therapist. Your certification not only elevates your professional credentials but also opens doors for international collaboration, continuous learning, and practice growth. We invite you to explore the certification requirements for EFFT and join us in advancing an evidence-based, impactful modality that significantly enhances the quality of familial relationships and the wellbeing of individuals within those family systems.

Step 4: Take an Approved EFFT Short Course

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

Step 5: Supervision

Minimum of 8 hours of EFFT 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 EFFT Therapist

Congratulations, you are a Certified EFFT 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.

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