aug 5/6, Oct 21/22, Dec 2/3, Feb 3/4
LGBTQ+ CENTERED EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED Couple THERAPY CORE SKILLS
TRAINERS : ROBERT ALLAN, PhD, LMFT & Sandra Taylor, PhD
This is an official Core Skills® endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT)
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) Core Skills Training presents a set of four, two-day workshops and is designed to follow the EFCT Externship. Core Skills offers an in-depth opportunity to develop the skills essential to the practice of EFCT. Each segment includes instruction, role play, observation of video, and consultation.
In this training, we will be discussing, showing, demonstrating, and generally exploring EFCT with a focus on LGBTQ+ relationships.
About the Training:
Module 1: August 5-6, 2024 - Tango in Stage 1: Steps 1-2 Assessment
Module 2: October 21-22, 2024 - Tango in Stage 1: Steps 3-4 De-Escalation
Module 3: December 2-3, 2024 - Tango in Stage 2: Steps 5-7 Withdrawer Re-Engagement
Module 4:February 3-4, 2025 - Tango in Stage 2: Steps 5-7 Pursuer Softening
Mondays: 8:00am - 3:15pm, Tuesdays: 8:00am - 3:15pm MST (the time in Colorado/Alberta)
Location:
Online
Prerequisite:
EFCT 28-hour or 24-hour Externship
Registration:
Two options for payment:
Pay in full upfront - $1 700.00
Pay one at a time, due one month in advance of each Core Skills - $450
THE TRAINERS:
Sandra Taylor, PhD, is an EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist based in Lancashire, England. She works in private practice as an EFT therapist and Supervisor as well as providing EFT training AcRE Training. Sandra primarily trains therapists in Emotionally Focused Therapy in Britain with fellow trainer Helene Igwebuike, she is also a trainer for the Polish EFT Community (PSEFT) and is developing LGBTQ+ centred EFT trainings with fellow trainer Robert Allan. Sandra is a founding member of the British EFT Community and is a Joint Head of the British EFT Centre. Some of Sandra’s identities are that she is a lesbian cis-gender white female, disabled and Catholic. She co-edited with her partner ‘And GOD saw it all was very good: Catholic LGBT People in Europe Telling Their Stories’ (Esuberanza, 2015).
Sandra is an accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. She previously worked as Director of Relationship Counselling in a national charity, and was a Senior Lecturer providing counsellor trainer at the University of Cumbria after more than 10 years as an Occupational Therapist in a range of mental health settings.
Sandra is a warm, knowledgeable and engaged trainer with a passion for helping people learn EFT.
Robert Allan, PhD, is an EFT Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist Canadian based in London, UK. He is a Senior Lecturer and program lead for the child, adolescent, and family MA program at University of Roehampton in London. Robert has helped train and supervise therapists and students in Emotionally Focused Therapy across Canada, the US, and Europe. Among other identities, Robert is a gay, cis-gender male, and worked for 20 years in community based HIV, queer, and harm reduction work from the mid-1980s.
Robert’s interest in EFT extends to his research work where he has explored cultural adaptations of EFT. He is currently the co-Principal Investigator and supervised the Denver site for the first clinical trial of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT). He is also part of a research project exploring the impact of minority stress on students, faculty, and staff across five university campuses. Robert completed his PhD at Dalhousie University, he is a Licensed MFT in Colorado, and an Approved Supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. He is also a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and UKCP Full Clinical Member. Robert is a warm, knowledgeable, and engaged trainer with a passion for helping people learn EFT.