Healing Relationships, Creating Connections
Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
Friday, March 9, 2012
9:00 am to 4:30 pm
Grace M. Pollock Training & Community Center at Philhaven
Mt. Gretna, PA 17064
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Event is FREE for Evangelical Seminary staff and reduced to $35 for Evangelical Seminary students.
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is an empirically validated, structured approach to couples therapy. Dr. Sue Johnson and her colleagues have developed EFT and researched the effectiveness of the model over the past 15 years. EFT is now one of the best-delineated and empirically validated approaches in the field of couple therapy. The research has shown a 70 to 75 percent recovery rate from marital distress; and 90 percent of couples report significant improvement in the relationship.
EFT is based in attachment theory and is designed for treating couples and families. It is extremely successful because healing occurs within relationships. We all strive to feel loved, valued and appreciated in the relationships that matter most. EFT helps people see how they get stuck in negative patterns of interaction, often resulting in distress. Once people begin to understand these negative patterns of interaction, they can create new ways of relating to each other that brings about closeness¸ connection and renewed intimacy.
An EFT therapist creates a safe environment where the couple and/or family can process and reprocess painful emotional experiences and find ways to heal and reconnect with each other. EFT is an experiential, systemic approach that works in the here and now. It focuses on emotional intimacy, connection and bonding within significant relationships.
Presenter Debi Scimeca-Diaz is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor and an AAMFT approved Supervisor in the state of New Jersey. A graduate of Alliant International University in 1997, she has a full-time private practice, where she specializes in couples therapy and provides on-going local and long-distance EFT supervision and training. She spent nine years as a Clinical Director of an Outpatient Clinic, where she supervised and trained MA level therapists working toward licensure. Currently, she is the Director of the New Jersey EFT Center. She is dedicated and passionate about providing quality training to other professionals.
Recognition
Psychologists, Social Workers, and Counselors
This program is sponsored by Philhaven, an approved sponsor for Continuing Education Credits by the American Psychological Association for psychologists and has pre-approval from the Pennsylvania State Board of Social Work Examiners to sponsor continuing education credits to Pennsylvania Licensed Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Licensed Professional Counselors. This program is approved for five (5) APA continuing education credits.
Agenda for the Day
- 9:00-9:30am Registration
- 9:30 -10:30am Introduction to Working with Couples and Families Utilizing Emotionally Focused Therapy;
- Understanding Attachment Theory and Relationship Distress
- 10:30-10:45am BREAK
- 10:45-12:15pm EFT: Stages and Steps 1 to 4
- 12:15-1:15pm LUNCH provided
- 1:15-2:30pm EFT: Stages and Steps 5 to 9
- 2:30-3:00pm Interventions in EFT and Change Events in EFT
- 3:00-3:15pm BREAK
- 3:15-4:15pm Small group role-plays/ Discussions and Questions.
- 4:15-4:30pm Evaluations and check-out
