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John Amendt is a Certified Supervisor!
On behalf of the Chicago Center for EFT it is a great pleasure to announce that John Amendt, LCSW, LMFT is a newly certified EFT Supervisor! John took part in the first Chicago Externship and has been...
The Four Components of Emotion
By guest blogger, Josh Marder, LMFT Most couples have trouble expressing their softer primary emotions when they come in for couples therapy. We know that’s where we’ve got to go… but how do we get t...
Finding my “professional home”
by guest blogger, Ileana Ungureanu, MD, PhD, LMFT I first learned about the EFT model in my MFT Master program. As any graduate student, I was looking for a theory, a model to be my ‘professional home...
EFT as my guide, personally and professionally – Sara Morrow, MSMFT
EFT as my guide, personally and professionally, by guest blogger, Sara Morrow, MSMFT – Staff Therapist, The Family Institute at Northwestern University www.family-institute.org As a young thera...
Getting back to EFT! – Gretchen Harro, M.A., LMFT
by guest blogger, Gretchen Harro, M.A., LMFT As I was driving home from work the first day after a lovely, long vacation my thought was, “That could have gone better.” My client sessions hadn’t been ...
Janet Voss is a Certified EFT Therapist!
Hi All, I would like to announce that Janet Voss has recently been conferred certification as an Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist. For those of you that know Janet, you know how warm she is. B...
The Theory never lets me down – Nikki Lively, LCSW
by Nikki Lively, LCSW – www.nikkilively.com I’ve been interested in doing couples therapy since early 2006 when I realized that in order to be a truly effective perinatal mental health special...
The EFT Externship: The end of a search and the beginning of a journey, Jean Lee PsyD
I was trained mainly as an individual therapist. Heavily influenced by the psychodynamic perspective, the idea was to go down and deep into an individual’s psyche. However, since my pre-doctoral inter...
Getting More Juice from Enactments
Enactments – pt. 2 Enactments are key to partners establishing and deepening engagement, so it pays to know when and how to use them for maximum impact, from the first session through stage 2. To para...
Are you happy with your enactments?
Enactments – pt.1 Have you been doing enactments with your couples? Having any questions about how, why and when to do them? You’re not alone. Read on… Enactments are the face-to-fac...