Upcoming EFCT Events (EFT for Couples)
Core Skills: Extended ~ Hildesheim, Germany, in German

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Christine Weiß | Germany | German | October 14, 2025 |
We meet and work 2 times 4 Days in the beautiful town Hildesheim close to Hannover, Germany
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy ~ Bend, OR, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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James Hawkins | Oregon, United States | English | October 15, 2025 |
The Four Day EFT Externship is the most comprehensive and basic level of training and education in EFT, taught by an ICEEFT registered trainer. An externship includes observation of live interviews, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skills training exercises and discussion of clinical application using the EFT theory and framework. Come join us in Bend Oregon and enjoy the beauty of the Northwest.
Core Skills: Extended ~ Arizona, AZ, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Rachel Thomas | Arizona, United States | English | October 15, 2025 |
This in person EFCT Core Skills will be limited to 16 participants and will be moving through the EFT process facilitating a deeper understanding of the interventions and techniques of the model in this four, 2-day training format.
Session 1 – October 15–16, 2025
Session 2 – November 13–14, 2025
Session 3 – January 15–16, 2026
Session 4 – February 12–13, 2026
Core Skills: Extended ~ Las Vegas, NV, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Cindy Goodness Zane | Nevada, United States | English | October 16, 2025 |
Core Skills (Extended) is the second step in official basic EFT Training. This 48 Hour EFCT training is broken up into 2 x 3 Day weekends hosted live & in person in Las Vegas, NV. Core Skills is designed to deepen your clinical skills in applying the EFT model, its steps, stages and its specific interventions in a smaller group format. Join us in Las Vegas!
Modules 1 & 2: October 16th- 18th, 2025
Modules 3 & 4: February
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® ~ Online (Turkey), in Turkish

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Nilufer Kafescioglu | Türkiye | Turkish | October 17, 2025 |
This will be an online externship taking place on October 17-18-24 and 25th.
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (Japan), in Japanese and English

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Gail Palmer | Japan | English, Japanese | October 25, 2025 |
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Online Core Skills in Japan
Official online Core Skills training for Dr. Sue Johnson's Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) will be held over four weekends starting in October, 2025.
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy ~ New Orleans, LA, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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George Faller | Louisiana, United States | English | October 27, 2025 |
Louisiana EFT Community has been honored to have EFT Trainer George Faller, MS, LMFT as our EFT trainer since 2012. Our Externship dates are Monday (10/27/25) until Thursday (10/30/25) starting at 8:30am until 5pm CST. The EFT Externship will be located at Tulane University's School of Social Work. In this four- day Externship, participants will learn through a combination lectures, observations, live sessions and break out groups for role
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (USA)

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Paul Guillory | Colorado, United States | English | October 27, 2025 |
Dr. Guillory brings a wealth of experience and a particular interest in working with multicultural realities and the impact of marginalization and understanding how it activates our attachment systems and the role of emotional coherence in co/regulating and maintaining health, well-being, and possibly thriving.
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy ~ Singapore

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Ting Liu | Singapore | English | October 29, 2025 |
This in-person, four-day (24-hour) Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) in Singapore offers foundational training for therapists. It focuses on attachment science and a structured approach to couple therapy, equipping participants with essential skills to foster secure, resilient relationships. This training also serves as the first step toward advanced EFCT practice and certification. Scholarship opportunities are available fo
Core Skills 1 & 2: Extended ~ AR, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Ryan Rana | Arkansas, United States | English | October 29, 2025 |
EFT Core Skills Training offers an in-depth opportunity to develop the core skills essential to the practice of EFT. In the overall context of the EFT Tango, each Core Skills session is dedicated to specific steps of the model and the therapeutic tasks and interventions characteristic of those steps. The first Core Skills training covers Stage One of EFT (steps one and two), and the second covers Stage One of EFT (steps three and four).
Core Skills 1 & 2: Extended ~ Online (USA)

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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James Hawkins | Arkansas, United States | English | October 29, 2025 |
EFT Core Skills Training offers an in-depth opportunity to develop the core skills essential to the practice of EFT. In the overall context of the EFT Tango, each Core Skills session is dedicated to specific steps of the model and the therapeutic tasks and interventions characteristic of those steps. The first Core Skills training covers Stage One of EFT (steps one and two), and the second covers Stage One of EFT (steps three and four).
Core Skills: Extended ~ Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Cindy Goodness Zane | Pennsylvania, United States | English | October 30, 2025 |
Take the next step in your Emotionally Focused Therapy journey with our Core Skills training in Pittsburgh! This intensive series offers in-depth instruction in the key stages and interventions of EFT for couples. Through didactic teaching, video demonstrations, and experiential practice, you’ll deepen your skills and confidence in applying EFT with couples. Completion of an EFT Externship and showing your own session recordings are both required
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (USA)

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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George Faller, Elana Katz | New York, United States | English | October 30, 2025 |
Join our small group experience designed to help you deepen your understanding through hands-on guidance in a supportive environment, including instruction, role play, observation of live interviews, and consultation. Each participant is encouraged to present a short video clip of their own work.
Session 1: assessment, identifying the cycle; Session 2: Cycle De-escalation; Session 3: Withdrawer Re-engagement; Session 4: Pursuer Softening
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® ~ San Antonio, TX, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Joe X Cantu | Texas, United States | English | October 31, 2025 |
This is a EFCT Externship presented over two consecutive Friday/Saturday weekends.
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy® ~ Ankara, Turkey, in Turkish

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Senem Zeytinoglu-Saydam | Türkiye | Turkish | November 1, 2025 |
Core Skills: Standard ~ Online (Australia)

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Clare Rosoman | Australia | English | November 3, 2025 |
This four-day (24hr) course revises and deepens therapists' understanding of the EFCT model and the interventions used to achieve the three change events identified by process research that move loving relationships from insecurity to security. It includes case presentations, video demonstrations, and experiential exercises, as well as providing practical resources for therapists to use with their clients.
Core Skills 2: Extended ~ Singapore

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Ting Liu | Singapore | English | November 3, 2025 |
This in-person Advanced Core Skills Training 2 in Singapore is part of the comprehensive 48-hour Core Skills program. This 12-hour session focuses on refining specific interventions to stabilize distressed relationships in Stage 1, incorporating didactic teaching, case consultations, and experiential exercises.
Externship in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy® ~ Salt Lake City, Utah, USA

Trainer | Location | Language | Date |
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Kathryn de Bruin, Robin Williams Blake | Utah, United States | English | November 4, 2025 |
The 2025 Salt Lake City Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy Externship, featuring esteemed ICEEFT Trainers Kathryn de Bruin and Robin Williams Blake!