We Heart Therapy

EP 109: How to Use EFT/EFIT Emotionally Focused Therapy on Yourself! - Featuring EFT Trainer Ali Barbosa

18 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to We Heart Therapy — your go-to channel for deep, experiential learning in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT).   In this powerful and ...

EP 108: Mapping The Positive Cycle in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy with EFT Trainer Dr. Sandra Taylor

17 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to We Heart Therapy 💛 — your home for high-level Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) training and clinical insight.   In this episod...

Working on Self of the Therapist (SOT) Issues in EFT Supervision with EFT Trainer Senem Zeytinoglu

28 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to We Heart Therapy – The EFT Talk Series, where we explore the heart of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) through meaningful conversations ...

EP 106: EFT Certification Process Updates with Gail Palmer, EFT Trainer and ICEEFT Co-Founder/Co-Director

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

EFT Certification Updates with Gail Palmer | EFT Talk with Dr. Belle Curious about how to become certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy? In this ep...

EP 105: How to Work with Two Withdrawers in Emotionally Focused Therapy with EFT Trainer Dr. Tal Padeh

21 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to We Heart Therapy: The EFT Talk Series! 💕   In this powerful episode, host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervis...

EP 104: Healing Addiction, Shame & Trauma with EFT | Dr. Belle & EFT Trainer Michael Barnett LPC

02 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

EFT Talk: Your Guide to Emotionally Focused Therapy 🎙️ 💙 Featuring Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, Cert. EFT Supervisor & Therapist   ✨ Healing A...

EP 103: What to Do When Clients Say “I Don’t Know” EFT Tips with EFT Trainer Lieven Migerode

11 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

What to Do When Clients Say “I Don’t Know” EFT Tips with Lieven Migerode   Welcome back to We Heart Therapy, the channel for Emotionally Focus...

EP 102: How to Use EFT/EFIT in Group Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Andrea Pagani

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to We Heart Therapy, the mental health podcast for Emotionally Focused Therapists! In this episode, Dr. Belle (PhD, LMFT) speaks with Dr...

EP 101: Working with View of Self in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Robin Williams Blake

26 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

🎙️ Working with View of Self in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti-Duarte, PhD, LMFT) & Robin Williams Blake...

EP 100: Attachment Based Suicide Assessment in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Rachel Thomas

07 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this powerful episode of the We Heart Therapy Youtube Channel and podcast, on our series EFT Talk, host Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti aka Dr. Belle, ...

EP 99: How to Think Systemically in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Simona Herb

18 Mar 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of *We Heart Therapy*, join host Dr. Belle, aka Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT (Certified EFT Supervisor/Therapist), as she welcomes spec...

EP 98: The Importance of Playfulness with Emily Nagoski

26 Feb 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this enlightening episode of We Heart Therapy, host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, and author of *Using...

EP 97: Using L'TEMPO to Track the Negative Cycle in EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. James Hawkins, aka Doc Hawk

29 Jan 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to We Heart Therapy! In this episode, join Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, and special guest Dr. James ...

EP 96: Attuning to High Reactivity using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainers George Faller & Giulia Altera

31 Dec 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Managing heightened emotions and reactivity in couples therapy can be challenging, but this conversation provides essential strategies for maintaining...

EP 95: Parts Work Using EFT-Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer "Doc Hawk" James Hawkins

28 Nov 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Exploring Parts Work in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) 🧠 Welcome to ‪@Wehearttherapy‬ ! In this episode, join Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti,...

EP 94: Relapse & Addiction-Using EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy with The Real Imhoffs Chad & Angela Imhoff

14 Sep 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of We Heart Therapy, host Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor and Therapist, sits down with EFT Supervisor Chad Imhoff "The...

EP 93: Understanding Stage 3 of EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Sarah McConnell

22 Aug 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, Certified EFT Supervisor/Therapist, and British EFT Trainer Sarah McConnell in an in-depth discussion on the crucial Stage ...

EP 92: Betrayal Trauma in EFT Featuring - EFT Trainer Dr. Lisa Palmer-Olsen

22 Jul 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Join us on We Heart Therapy as host Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, a Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, dives deep into the intricacies of working with ...

EP 91: Working with Triggers in Session with Trauma-Trauma Couples using EFT Trainer - Featuring Sandra Taylor, PhD

10 Jun 2024

Contributed by Lukas

In this insightful video, join Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, a Certified EFT Supervisor & Therapist, and EFT Trainer Sandra Taylor, PhD, Director of the B...

EP 90: Ketamine Assisted EFT Psychotherapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Kathryn Rheem & Jennifer Olden, LMFT

16 Apr 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Unlock the transformative potential of Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) using EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, pioneered by Dr. Sue Johnson, by ...

EP 89: Doing a Couples Intensive or Retreat with EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring Jim Thomas

13 Mar 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Many EFT Therapists have become interested in doing Intensives for their couples but aren't sure how to dive in. In a more focused format, therapists...

EP 88: What is Attunement? In Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Gretchen Harro

17 Feb 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Attunement is a pivotal clinical and social skill within Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), serving as a cornerstone of interpersonal connection. In t...

EP 87: Women in Leadership-Biographical Interview of Dr. Sue Johnson Pioneer of Emotionally Focused Therapy

16 Jan 2024

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Sue Johnson is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, popular presenter and speaker, and a leading innovator in the field of cou...

EP 86: How to Confront in Session the EFT Way - Featuring EFT Trainers Lieven Migerode & Jef Sloothmaeckers

28 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When clinicians and therapists have clients that are more challenging than others because they present with more difficult dynamics, it can feel hard ...

EP 85: Holding Two Truths Together Using Emotionally Focused Therapy - EFT Trainer Cindy Goodness Zane

25 Oct 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Whenever two people come together, they each bring different experiences often around the same events or situations that have taken place. In couples ...

EP 84: Taking the CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) out of EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) - Featuring EFT Trainer Jim Thomas

26 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emotionally Focused Therapy is an attachment-based model working in the zone of live emotions to help create second-order change. Join We Heart Therap...

EP 83: How to do EFT Couples Therapy Intensives - Featuring special guest EFT Supervisor, Kelly Bourque, LMFT

09 Sep 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Many Couples Therapists are interested in learning how to conduct intensive therapy sessions but are unsure how to go about switching from regular ong...

EP 82: Back to the Basics of EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy Featuring - EFT Trainer Teri Murphy, PhD, LMFT

06 Jun 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist practicing Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), understanding secure attachment is paramount to providing effective couples counseling. S...

EP 81: Back to the Basics of EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy Featuring - EFT Trainer Debi Scimeca Diaz, LMFT

25 Apr 2023

Contributed by Lukas

As mental health clinicians and couples therapists, having an effective map to help clients navigate their emotional pain and problems is essential. A...

EP 80: Working with Couples with Step Family Issues using EFT & EFFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Gail Palmer

18 Mar 2023

Contributed by Lukas

When people re-partner or remarry, bringing children with them from past relationships into their new relationship, sometimes the process of formulati...

EP 79: Working with Grief using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Leanne Campbell

20 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a therapist or professional counselor, working with clients who have been through a loss and are grieving is an important area to be fully t...

EP 78: Working with Withdrawers in Emotionally Focused Therapy (Part 2) - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Sam Jinich

12 Feb 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In relationships we often get into negative "cycles" or patterns of interaction, where miscommunication leads to anger, defenses, and disconnection. O...

EP 77: Using EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy with Individuals - Featuring Dr. Sue Johnson - Pioneer of EFT

01 Jan 2023

Contributed by Lukas

Emotionally Focused Therapy currently holds the APA Gold Standard of couples counseling because of its rigorous research and outcome studies on the ef...

EP 76: Working with Spiritual & Religious Bypasses in Session Using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer James Hawkins

06 Dec 2022

Contributed by Lukas

The client's use of their spiritual values and religion in their therapy sessions can really be an asset to the client's mental health. However, somet...

EP 75: Working with Anger as Trauma using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainers Jef Slootmaeckers & Lieven Migerode

10 Oct 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anger can easily be one of the most misunderstood emotions. Anger tells us something important about a person's pain and fear and plays an important f...

EP 74: Grief and Relationship using EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Clare Rosoman

06 Sep 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As therapists, we often help couples rebuild their connection, but what happens when a couple doesn't stay together? There are many resources for grie...

EP 73: Working with Binge Drinking and Addictions using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Jim Thomas

20 Aug 2022

Contributed by Lukas

As therapists, we often have clients that come to therapy that engage in habits and behaviors that are consistent with addiction, but because their be...

EP 72: Working with Autism & Emotion in Couples Therapy using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Scott Woolley, PhD

06 Jun 2022

Contributed by Lukas

There are many reasons why a person may have had to learn to shut down emotion, avoid doing emotion or simply was never taught how to express their em...

EP 71: Working with Anger Using Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer George Faller

28 Mar 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Anger is perhaps one of the more misunderstood emotions and is commonly more challenging dynamic therapists work directly with when it comes alive in ...

EP 70: Using Emotionally Focused Therapy to Repair Social Injuries - Featuring EFT Trainer James Hawkins PhD

14 Feb 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Right now in society, it has never been more important to learn how to have hard conversations that are effective and lead to understanding and healin...

EP 69: Using EFT for Individuals (EFIT) healing from Break Ups - Featuring EFT Trainer Helene Igwebuike

03 Jan 2022

Contributed by Lukas

Therapy isn't always about restoring bonds and helping them heal and avoid breaking apart; sometimes bonds and relationships break apart, and our clie...

EP 68: Having Relentless Empathy for Challenging Clients in EFT - Featuring EFT Trainers Jef Slootmaeckers & Lieven Migerode

29 Nov 2021

Contributed by Lukas

When clinicians and therapists have clients that are more challenging than others because they present with more difficult dynamics, or seem resis...

EP 67: Working with Trauma using EFT for Individuals ”EFIT” - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Leanne Campbell

10 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you're a therapist or professional counselor, working with clients who have been through trauma is an important area to be fully trained in to prov...

EP 66: How to work with Porn and Sex Addiction in EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Clare Rosoman, PhD

27 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist, having a clear road map as to how to help your clients with Pornography and sex addiction using a model of counseling that is proven t...

EP 65: Working with Military Populations Using Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Greg Cheney

02 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist, having a clear road map as to how to help your clients based on a model of counseling that is proven to be effective is essential. The...

EP 64: Women & Sex - Featuring Dr. Belle & Sexpert Dr. Laurie Watson, host of Foreplay Radio Podcast

22 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Many women don't have the kind of sex life they enjoy or desire. Many have grown up in households where they were taught not to talk about sex or ...

EP 63: Understanding Attachment Science, Bonding, Behavior & Emotions - Featuring EFT Trainer Andrea Pagani

15 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Attachment Theory and Science is widely understood as the science of love and bonding, yet Attachment Science is so much more. Attachment science is a...

EP 62: Let's Talk About Sex! And Why talking about it is Uncomfortable! - Featuring Sexpert Laurie Watson, PhD

11 Jan 2021

Contributed by Lukas

While Hollywood may portray an openness about sex all the time, as therapists in clinical practice, we've learned that behind closed doors, many coupl...

EP 61: How To Work in the Present Moment/Present Process using EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Nancy Gardner, PhD

28 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a licensed psychotherapist and supervisor of developing therapists, one of the challenges I find therapists struggle with are with recognizing the ...

EP 60: EFT Talk: Using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help with ADHD - Featuring EFT Trainer Alexine Thompson

26 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Having ADHD can present many challenges to everyday life. As a therapist, we are also not immune to the impact of ADHD as a many practicing mental hea...

EP 59: EFT Talk: Working with Pursuers-Pursuer Softening in EFT - Featuring North Italian EFT Trainer Dr. Giulia Altera

04 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist using the model Emotionally Focused Therapy, we know that one of the steps within this method as part of Stage 2 work, involves helping...

EP 58: EFT Talk: Working with Withdrawers in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) - Featuring EFT Trainer George Faller

06 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist, Understanding the world of a client who shuts down and withdrawers and has a hard time opening up and sharing themselves can present u...

EP 57: EFT Talk: Shame & Honor Cultures in EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Kathryn De Bruin & Carmen Morrison

16 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist working in mental health, we often work with clients from backgrounds that are diverse and different than ours. Multicultural counselin...

EP 56: EFT Talk: Seeding Attachment in Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Helene Igwebuike

06 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In Emotionally Focused Therapy, EFT therapists have a phrase called "Seeding attachment" that specifically refers to the strategy in EFT of continuall...

EP 55: EFT Talk: Men and Emotions - Featuring Evryman's Founder Owen Marcus & Relationship Expert George Faller

24 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Men have been one of the most neglected and under-taught groups of people when it comes to emotions. What makes understanding and acting productively ...

EP 54: EFT Talk: Working towards Forgiveness in Attachment Injuries with EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Sam Jinich

27 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

When couples come to therapy for an affair or some other type of attachment injury, forgiveness can be challenging for the injured/betrayed partner to...

EP 53: EFT Talk: The Importance of an Attachment History-Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Ryan Rana

06 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As an Emotionally Focused Therapist, getting a client's attachment history and connect the dots between the past and the present can provide a lot of ...

EP 52: EFT Talk: Keeping your Focus in Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Sharon Chatkupt Lee

30 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Learning how to do Emotionally Focused Therapy well with clients is both exciting and challenging. One of the main area therapists struggles within th...

EP 51: EFT Talk: Catching Bullets in Session with EFT - Featuring EFT Trainer Zoya Simakhodskaya

13 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As a couples counselor or marriage therapist, it can be difficult to effectively intervene in session when your couple starts to escalate and one part...

EP 50: EFT Talk: EFT with Chronic Illness - Featuring EFT Trainer Paul Greenman

22 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Many of our clients and couples come into therapy and suffer from a chronic or terminal illness that creates limitations that can become barriers to c...

EP 49: EFT Talk: Becoming an EFT Therapist (Special Edition) - Featuring Wesley Little & Ed Peterson

11 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Emotionally Focused Therapy is the current Gold Standard of couples therapy, and really enriches the lives of not only people who participate in EFT T...

EP 48: EFT Talk: Learning EFT & The Developing EFT Therapist - Featuring EFT Trainer Elana Katz

20 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Learning Emotionally Focused Therapy is exciting, life-changing and practice revolutionizing. Learning the model can seem simple, but as many therapis...

EP 47: EFT Talk: Helping Couples Who Want to Break Up, Using Emotionally Focused Therapy - Featuring EFT Trainer Ting Liu

29 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Not all clients that come to counseling want to save or fix their relationships. Being able to help these couples break up with dignity, and have a se...

EP 46: EFT Talk: Working with Domestic Violence & IPV with EFT - Featuring Lieven Migerode and Jef Slootmaeckers

02 Jan 2020

Contributed by Lukas

It's formerly been thought that couples with domestic violence or inter-partner violence are not appropriate candidates for couples therapy. This is n...

EP 45: EFT Talk: Explaining Emotional & Attachment Needs in EFT -- Featuring EFT Trainer Kenny Sanderfer

12 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist using Emotionally Focused Therapy, sometimes it can be hard to explain things to clients in a way that really reaches them. Explaining ...

EP 44: EFT Talk: Blocks in the EFT Tango (Emotionally Focused Therapy) -- Featuring EFT Trainer Ali Barbosa

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist learning Sue Johnson's attachment-based model of counseling, EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy, there are many times where we can get stu...

EP 43: EFT Talk: [EFT Tool Tips] How To Get Your Clients To Agree to Recording Sessions -- Featuring Teri Murphy, PhD & Anabelle Bugatti, PhD

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to EFT Tool Tips! Are you a practicing mental health therapist working with Emotionally Focused Therapy and struggle with how to talk to your ...

EP 42: EFT Talk: De-escalation in Emotionally Focused Therapy -- Featuring EFT Trainer Jim Thomas LMFT

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When learning EFT, knowing when your couple has de-escalated and is ready for stage 2 can be a bit of a grey area. Join We Heart Therapy Host Anabelle...

EP 41: EFT Talk: Lost in Content in EFT -- Featuring EFT Trainer Debi Scimeca Diaz

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When working in session in EFT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, sometimes it's easy to get distracted and lost in content. Join We Heart Therapy host, Dr...

EP 40: EFT Talk: Working with OCD using Emotionally Focused Therapy -- Featuring EFT Trainer Jenny Fitzgerald, PhD

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you wonder how to conceptualize OCD through the lens of attachment? Do you work with couples and individuals and use Emotionally Focused Therapy, b...

EP 39: EFT Talk: [EFT Tool Tips] The Art of Going Slow in EFT -- Featuring Teri Murphy, PhD & Anabelle Bugatti, PhD

05 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Learning EFT? Do you get you get stuck sometimes when working with clients using EFT? Then tune into EFT Tool Tips! This week we discuss the art of go...

EP 38: EFT Talk: The Steps of the EFT Tango -- Featuring EFT Trainer Sharon Chatkupt Lee, PsyD

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Learning how to do Emotionally Focused Therapy well with clients is both exciting and challenging. One of the main strategies in EFT is integrating th...

EP 37: EFT Talk: Applying EFT To your Life Personally & Professionally -- Featuring EFT Trainer Jim Thomas

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The values of attachment and EFT teach us how to make sense of human behavior and how to understand the people around us. But our human need for safet...

EP 36: EFT Talk: EFFT Emotionally Focused Family Therapy -- Featuring EFT Trainer Gail Palmer

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Did you know that EFT is effective for helping not only couples but families connect also? Join special guest Gail Palmer (EFT Trainer/Supervisor and ...

EP 35: EFT Talk: Competing Attachment in Romantic Relationships -- Featuring Scott Woolley & Rebecca Jorgensen

30 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join your host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainers Scott Woolley, PhD and Rebecca Jorgensen, PhD for this very special edition of EFT Talk dis...

EP 34: EFT Talk: Working with Personality Disorders using EFT -- Featuring EFT Trainer Karin Wagenaar

04 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainer Karin Wagenaar as they discuss how to help clients with personality disorders us...

EP 33: EFT Talk: Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT) -- Featuring EFT Trainer Lorrie Brubacher

03 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emotionally Focused Therapy is the gold standard of couples counseling, and the same interventions and methods are just as effective in helping indivi...

EP 32: EFT Talk: Self of the Therapist in EFT -- Featuring EFT Trainer Kathryn DeBruin

02 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When practicing Emotionally Focused Therapy, sometimes therapists experience their own blocks and triggers as their own vulnerabilities and humanness ...

EP 31: EFT Talk: Understanding Stage 2 Emotionally Focused Therapy -- Featuring Scott Woolley PhD

01 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In Emotionally Focused Therapy, many therapists learning the model struggle to know the markers for de-escalation and the start of Stage 2, and how to...

EP 30: EFT Talk: Re-Engaging Shut Down Sexual Desire/Sexual Withdrawers in EFT -- Featuring Michael Moran

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As a therapist, What do you do when one partner in a couple's relationship has a shut down sexual desire or never learned to view sex as important? Le...

EP 29: EFT Talk: How to Attune to the Attachment Dilemma & Emotional Pain in EFT-- Featuring EFT Trainer Ryan Rana

29 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As an Emotionally Focused therapist, learning how to attune to client's attachment dilemma's and their emotional pain can be more complex than it soun...

EP 28: EFT Talk: Working with Emotion in Session using EFT -- Featuring EFT Trainer George Faller LMFT

28 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Attachment Science and Emotionally Focused Therapy teach therapists how to understand emotion and work with emotion live in the therapy room to help c...

EP 27: EFT Talk: Silence and Micro-expressions in Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring Dr. Ting Liu

27 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all have clients that have a variety of ways of expression emotions, even when they don't appear to be emoting outwardly. Silence can become a litt...

EP 26: EFT Talk: Healing Trauma with Emotionally Focused Therapy, Featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Silvina Irwin

26 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Helping clients heal from Trauma can be both challenging and rewarding. Mastering competencies on pacing, skills and interventions and empathy is some...

EP 25: EFT Talk: Working with Addictions & Shame in EFT Featuring EFT Trainer Michael Barnett

25 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

If you've helped a client struggling with an addiction, you've probably discovered that often times shame is at the heart of their struggles. Emotiona...

EP 24: EFT Talk: Healing Shame with Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen

24 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Shame can be one of the most blocking emotions in therapy, and presents a variety of challenges for the therapist in trying to help their clients and ...

EP 23: EFT Talk: Stuck Spots & Curve Balls in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy-Featuring EFT Trainer Debi Scimeca Diaz

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Learning how to do EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy can be exciting and challenging. And let's face it, sometimes we get lost in session, clients throw...

EP 22: EFT Talk: Treating Addictions with EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Michael Barnett

22 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Treating clients with addictions using Emotionally Focused Therapy can be very effective. However, many therapists have questions as to contraindicati...

EP 21: EFT Talk: EFT In Agency Settings and with High Risk Populations-featuring Jim Thomas

21 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Emotionally Focused Therapy is well known among couples therapists in private practice, but many aren't aware of its applicability and efficacy in ag...

EP 20: EFT Talk: EFT With Diverse Cultures & Communities; EFT With the Asian Community

20 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We all have clients from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Understanding differences in cultural expressions of emotion and attachment needs is extre...

EP 19: EFT Talk: EFT with Diverse Cultures: Clients from (Former) Communist Cultures Featuring Simona Herb, PhD

19 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Understanding how to work with culturally diverse clients is an important part of creating an alliance and providing effective and ethical services fo...

EP 18: EFT Talk: Treating Depression with Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Ting Liu, PhD

18 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do your clients and couples suffer from Depression? Ever wonder how to put their depression into the cycle or how to create and access a secure attach...

EP 17: EFT Talk: Attachment Injury Repair with Shame & Grief in EFT featuring ICEEFT EFT Trainer Leanne Campbell, PhD

17 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The art of repairing attachment injuries in session can be difficult if not done carefully. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) has a mini model specifi...

EP 16: EFT Talk: Repairing Attachment Injuries Stage 1 & 2 EFT--Featuring EFT Trainer Lorrie Brubacher

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Many times couples present for therapy with a sense of urgency because of an attachment injury, or an injurious event in their relationship. Learning ...

EP 15: EFT Talk: Rebuilding Trust with EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy Featuring EFT Trainer Lorrie Brubacher LMFT

15 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Broken Trust is one of the most common reasons couples enter couples therapy. It can also present many challenges for the therapist as they work with ...

EP 14: EFT Talk: Curiosity & Empathy in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy; Featuring EFT Trainer Jim Thomas

14 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

When learning EFT, it's not uncommon to hear the phrase "get curious" with your client, and sometimes it can be challenging to fully understand what "...

EP 13: EFT Talk: Sexual Assessment in EFT-Discrepancies in Desire & Sexual Scripts with Michael Moran

13 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Do you get stuck when your couples report a discrepancy in sexual desire? Learn about what to ask in a sexual assessment with your clients with Certif...

EP 12: EFT Talk: EFT For Affairs Part 2---Featuring EFT Trainer Scott Woolley, PhD

12 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Helping couples struggling to heal from an affair can be a daunting task. Furthermore, it can be difficult to have empathy for the straying partner. J...

EP 11: EFT Talk: Working with Affairs in EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy featuring EFT Trainer Scott Woolley, PhD

11 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Helping couples struggling to heal from an affair can be a daunting task. Furthermore, it can be difficult to have empathy for the straying partner. J...

EP 10: EFT Talk: Working with Withdrawers EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy, featuring EFT Trainer Kathryn Rheem, PhD

10 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Withdrawer Re-engagement is a key change event in the beginning of Stage 2 EFT. Understanding the emotional inner workings of withdrawers can also be ...