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    Emotionally Focused Family Therapy for Families in Transition - VIRTUAL

    • November 15,2024

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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy for Families in Transition - VIRTUAL

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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an attachment-based approach blending systemic and experiential interventions to transform parent-child relationships, especially amidst family transitions like divorce, separation, and multiple homes.

Workshop Format:

6 hour training

9 - 3:30pm with a 30min lunch break

Participants will learn to:

  1. Conceptualize family distress in high-conflict transitions.
  2. Apply key EFFT practices with parents and children facing divorce.
  3. Assess cultural factors influencing family engagement.
  4. Engage families around cultural practices using the CARE model.
  5. Identify therapist practices for assessing co-parenting.
  6. Analyze emotional dynamics post-divorce.
  7. Develop strategies for attachment-related affect in young children.
  8. Apply techniques to address relational blocks in parent-child interactions.
  9. Practice enactments to promote safety and security in families.

Workshop Outline:

  • Preparation: Systemic lens, court documentation review
  • Theoretical Overview: Impact of high-conflict stress, cultural considerations
  • Early Treatment Phase: Session structure options, emotional landscape assessment
  • Middle Treatment Phase: Working with parental blocks, engaging family vulnerability
  • Late Treatment Phase: Rituals, documentation, self-therapist considerations
  • Closing: Q&A

Instructor(s)

Kathryn de Bruin, MFT, Lisa Palmer-Olsen, PsyD and James Furrow, Ph.D.

BA (SW); MA (MFT), LMFT, AAMFT, CAMF. Certified EFT Supervisor

Kathryn de Bruin

I am the owner of Kathryn de Bruin Therapy and Training, and a licensed San Diego based Marriage and Family Therapist and Therapist Trainer.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Certified EFT Supervisor and Trainer
AAMFT Supervisor
Registered Play Therapy Supervisor

Lisa Palmer-Olsen

Dr. Lisa J. Palmer-Olsen, Psy.D. is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in San Diego, California for over twenty years. She is also a Certified International Emotionally Focused Therapy Trainer and AAMFT approved Supervisor. Dr. Palmer-Olsen’s primary clinical and research interests are in the area of family systems and high conflict couple work, specifically with clients dealing with trauma and attachment related injuries. As a founder and Co-Director for Renova San Diego Inc, a non-profit 501(c)(3) based out of San Diego, she is committed to providing quality San Diego services accessible to all who seek it. Dr. Palmer-Olsen is passionate about providing affordable, high caliber training to mental health clinicians around the world. Dr. Palmer-Olsen completed her dissertation research on how to train and teach Emotionally Focused Therapy to professionals. Lisa was trained directly by the founder of the EFT model Dr. Susan Johnson.

Jim Furrow

James Furrow, Ph.D., is leader and contributor to the practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with couples and families. Together with EFT originator, Dr. Susan Johnson, Jim co-authored Emotionally Focused Family Therapy; Becoming an EFT Therapist: The Workbook and The EFT Casebook. He is also co-authored Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy for Dummies, a practical resource for couples and therapists seeking an everyday understanding of EFT principles and practices. Formerly Jim served as the Evelyn and Frank Freed Professor of Marital and Family Therapy at Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, where he trained psychologists and marital and family and conducted research on adolescent risk and resilience. He is a clinical fellow and an approved supervisor of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, a member of the National Council on Family Relations, and a Certified Family Life Educator. He co-founded the Los Angeles Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, where he served as Executive Director before relocating to the Seattle area. Jim is an ICEEFT certified EFT therapist, supervisor, and trainer.