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Attachify Your Interventions
I learned a new word at the Chicago Externship I co-led a few months ago with Lisa Palmer-Olsen of San Diego: “attachify”. Lisa first heard it from Dan Kim, an EFT therapist and colleague, but who kno...
Announcing the CCEFT 2014-15 Core Skills Training
The dates are set for Chicago Core Skills, your chance to learn, practice and sharpen your EFT skills with couples! Over the course of four 2-day sessions, we work through EFT, step by step, to deepen...
Upcoming Workshops of Special Interest
Hi Everyone – hope you’re all enjoying a glorious Summer! I’m writing about some upcoming trainings in the area this Fall that are worthy of special consideration. Dr. Barry McCarthy is a long time se...
Dan Hughes on Active Empathy
I recently came across this short excerpt from a video interview conducted by Rich Simon of the Psychotherapy Networker with Dr. Dan Hughes, the creator of Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. Hughes d...
What happens during an Externship? (and some terrific testimonials!)
I’d never heard the word ‘externship’ before starting my own EFT training over 10 years ago and it’s still not a word I hear much outside of EFT circles. Wikipedia defines it as an ‘experiential lear...
Top Ten Benefits of Attending an Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
1. EFT is a research-validated approach to couple therapy: Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy was developed in the mid-1980’s by Dr. Les Greenberg and Dr. Sue Johnson. Since that time, dozens of outc...
Offerings from the 2013 Chicago Dig In, Part 3: Transparency
There are lots of good reasons to be transparent in our work with couples: it often helps them feel validated by normalizing their experiences and situations; it can also be highly affirming for clien...
Offerings from the 2013 Chicago Dig In, Part 2: Checking in with Ourselves When We Get Lost
Let’s face it; it’s easy to get lost while doing couple therapy. And there are so many ways to get lost that it’s surprising it doesn’t happen more often. To give a few examples: A couple gets into an...
The 2014 Chicago Externship in EFT with Couples!
Are you looking for ways to be more effective in your couple work? Join EFT trainers Jeff Hickey LCSW and Lisa Palmer-Olsen PsyD for this intensive training in the theory, interventions and treatment ...
Offerings from the 2013 Chicago Dig-In
In early December of last year I had the good fortune to be joined by two of my favorite trainer colleagues, Lisa Palmer-Olsen from San Diego and Jim Furrow from Los Angeles, for an advanced EFT train...