Upcoming EFCT Events (EFT for Couples)
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (Ireland)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
James Parrin |
Ireland |
English |
August 30, 2025 |
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (Sweden)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Jens Mebius |
Sweden |
Swedish |
September 4, 2025 |
4 – 5 september, 2 – 3 oktober, 6 – 7 november och 4 – 5 december
Core Skills: Extended ~ Stockholm, Sweden, in Swedish
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Marianne Gustafsson |
Sweden |
Swedish |
September 4, 2025 |
Coreskills in the city of Stockholm
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (California, USA)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Kathryn de Bruin |
California, United States |
English |
September 4, 2025 |
THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS
Module One: September 4-5, 2025 Steps 1-2 Assessment; Module Two: October 30-31, 2025 Steps 3-4 De-Escalation; Module Three: December 4-5, 2025 Steps 5-6 Withdrawer ReEngagement; Module Four: January 29-30, 2026 Steps 7-8 Pursuer Softening
Times-All Modules: Thursday and Friday 9:00 am – 3:30 pm (Pacific Time)
30 minute lunch break
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (Britain)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Helene Igwebuike |
United Kingdom |
English |
September 4, 2025 |
This set of Online Core Skills will run from September 2025 to January 2026 in four two-day blocks as follows:
Block 1: 4-5 September 2025 with trainers Sarah McConnell and Helene Igwebuike
Block 2: 9-10 October 2025 with trainers Sarah McConnell and Helene Igwebuike
Block 3: 13 – 14 November 2025 with trainers Robert Allan and Helene Igwebuike
Block 4: 15 – 16 January 2026 with trainers Sarah McConnell and Robert
Core Skills 2: Extended ~ Online (Hong Kong, China), in Cantonese
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Tat-Ying Wong |
Hong Kong |
Chinese Cantonese |
September 9, 2025 |
Deepen your understanding of EFT and application to couple’s therapy.
Develop EFCT skills through instruction, demonstrations, and live session observations.
Hands-on practice of EFT techniques and exercises.
Receive individual feedback on your EFCT skills development through case presentations.
Understand and apply the EFT tango in different stages of therapy.
Apply the EFT through role-plays, discussions,
Core Skills: Extended ~ Chicago, IL, USA
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Gretchen Harro |
Illinois, United States |
English |
September 11, 2025 |
Experienced EFCT coaches participate in this training throughout all 4 modules and make this an even more incredible learning experience.
September 11-12, 2025
November 6-7, 2025
January 22-23, 2026
March 12-13, 2026
Core Skills LGBTQ+ Centred: Extended ~ Online (Britain/USA)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Robert Allan, PhD, Sandra Taylor |
Colorado, United States |
English |
September 15, 2025 |
EFCT Core Skills Training presents a set of four, two-day workshops and is designed to follow the EFCT Externship. Core Skills offers an in-depth opportunity to develop the skills essential to the practice of EFCT. Each segment includes instruction, role play, observation of video, and consultation In this training, we will be discussing, showing, demonstrating, and generally exploring EFCT with a focus on LGBTQ+ relationships.
Core Skills: Extended ~ Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Sam Jinich |
New Mexico, United States |
English |
September 19, 2025 |
Join Dr. Sam Jinich for Core Skills training in beautiful Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Core Skills give a “deeper dive” into each stage, step, and intervention that make up an “Emotionally Focused” approach to couples therapy. The first weekend of Core Skills covers Stage 1, the second weekend Stage 2 and working with attachment Injuries. Modules 1 & 2: 9/19/2025 – 9/21/2025. Modules 3 & 4: 1/9/2026 – 1/11/2026
Core Skills: Extended ~ New York, NY, USA
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Zoya Simakhodskaya |
New York, United States |
English |
September 19, 2025 |
Core Skills training consists of four, two-day trainings (11 hours each) that will focus on the core skills of each of the EFT steps/stages. The training will offer instruction, live case consultations, group supervision and experiential exercises as set forth by the ICEEFT. Participants are required to have completed an EFT externship. Core Skills training can be applied towards certification.
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (Germany) in German
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Matthias Angelstorf |
Germany |
German |
September 20, 2025 |
Core Skills: Extended ~ Online (USA)
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Deborah Scimeca-Diaz |
New Jersey, United States |
English |
September 25, 2025 |
All Training days are THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS
The entirety of this training will be completed online with ICEEFT Certified Trainer, Debi Scimeca-Diaz
CS 1: Sept 25-26, 2025 (Stage 1 Assessment and Cycle)
CS 2: Oct 16-17, 2025 (Working with Live cycles and Emotion)
CS 3: Nov 20-21, 2025(All about Withdrawers Stage 1 & Stage 2)
CS 4: Dec 11-12, 2025 (All about Pursuers Stage 1 & Stage 2)
Day 1 – 9am t
Core Skills: Extended ~ Vancouver, BC, Canada
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Veronica Kallos-Lilly, Yolanda von Hockauf |
British Columbia, Canada |
English |
September 25, 2025 |
Core Skills 3 & 4: Extended ~ Waltham, MA, USA
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
James Hawkins |
Massachusetts, United States |
English |
October 2, 2025 |
This is a 3-day in-person Core Skills training with ICEEFT trainer James Hawkins, PhD, hosted by EFTMA at Bentley University Conference Center, Waltham, MA. This is the second Core Skills module, consisting of Core Skills 3 & 4, and will be offered on Thursday, October 2, 2025, Friday, October 3, 2025 and Saturday, October 4, 2025 .
Core Skills 3 & 4: Extended ~ Online (Argentina), in Spanish
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Natalia Gilabert |
Argentina |
Spanish |
October 2, 2025 |
Entrenamiento en Habilidades esenciales en EFT para Parejas. ONLINE en ESPAÑOL
Core Skills: Extended ~ Quebec, Canada (Hybrid), in French
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Normand Gingras, Paul Greenman |
Quebec, Canada |
French |
October 3, 2025 |
Lors de cette formation avancée, vous apprendrez à approfondir vos connaissances et habiletés dans les mouvements et stades de la thérapie de couple centrée sur l'émotion. Cette formation se déroulera en trois parties. La 1ière partie aura lieu EN PRÉSENTIEL à Montréal les 3, 4, 5 et 6 octobre. Les 2ième et 3ième parties se dérouleront EN LIGNE les 16 et 17 janvier, et les 6 et 7 février.
Core Skills 3 & 4: Extended ~ Denmark, in Danish
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Jette Simon, Lone Algot Jeppesen |
Denmark |
Danish |
October 8, 2025 |
Core skills 3-4 – 8-9 Oct Aarhus (Lone Algot Jeppesen) 27-28 Oct Cph (Jette Simon)
Core Skills: Extended ~ Hildesheim, Germany, in German
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
Christine Weiß |
Germany |
German |
October 14, 2025 |
We meet and work 2 times 4 Days in the beautiful town Hildesheim close to Hannover, Germany
Core Skills: Extended ~ Arizona, AZ, USA
Trainer |
Location |
Language |
Date |
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