IN PERSON EVENT
Fundamentals of Emotionally Focused Therapy
Presenter: Gretchen Harro, MA, LMFT
Date: Friday, October 30, 2026
Time: 9:00 am – 4:30 pm CDT
Location: CityView Banquet and Meeting Center, Champaign, IL
About the Workshop
Looking to elevate your skills and take your practice to the next level? In just one day, Fundamentals of EFT will demonstrate how Emotionally Focused Therapy provides a map to lasting healing for all modalities – individual (EFIT), couple (EFCT), and family (EFFT) therapy. Grounded in attachment science, this workshop will provide you with practical tools to guide your understanding and take your first step into the transformational world of EFT.
Learning Objectives
Participants will learn to:
- ICEEFT has 7 goals: Summarize the EFT perspective – experiential, growth oriented. Describe the key tenets of attachment theory. Identify the goals and stages of the EFT model across modalities.
- Outline the core EFT interventions as they apply and differ in three modalities: individuals suffering from depression, anxiety and PTSD, distressed couples and distressed families. Specify the strengths of attachment theory and science as a map to understanding of client problems and strengths and how attachment guides every session.
- Utilize attachment science as a moment to moment guide to the shaping of potent systematic change in psychotherapy sessions. Define the moves of the EFT Tango and how they differ across modalities.
About the Presenter
Gretchen Harro, MA, LMFT is a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer. Gretchen is a life-long midwesterner, and strongly identifies with her Swiss roots. Her great passions are to help couples rediscover the joy of their friendship and to help therapists become more effective and efficient in their work, which also brings her joy! Gretchen is known for her personal warmth and for adding creative elements to the training to make the learning more accessible to multiple learning styles. She owns a private practice in Buffalo Grove, IL.
More Details
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- Registration will close Monday, October 26th, 6:00 pm CDT.
- Register early to secure your spot. Space is limited!
- Event Address: CityView Banquet and Meeting Center, South room, 45 E University Ave, Champaign, IL 61820.
- CE Credit: Participants attending the seminar will earn 6.25 CE credits for attending the entire program. Partial credits will not be offered.
- ChicagoEFT is approved by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs (#168.000220), Psychologists (#268.000137) and for LCSWs and LCPCs (#159.000961). ChicagoEFT maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
- More details will be sent out to all registrants after registration closes. Please add info@chicagoEFT.com to your contacts to avoid having this email sent to your spam folder.
- A limited number of discounted registrations are available for therapists who work with under-resourced populations in a community mental health organization or similar not-for-profit organization and either work in Illinois or within a 200 mile radius of Chicago, and to students, active military, and veterans. Send an email to info@ChicagoEFT.com from your work or school email address and tell us how you qualify.