Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT) is a highly effective, empirically supported, experiential, model of couple therapy. This seminar incorporates video demonstration, case examples, didactic material, and interactive discussion, in order to introduce students to the practice of EFT and the underlying tenets and theory that ground and guide EFT therapists in their work with distressed couples.
Tuesday, November 4, 2014 | 4:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Neville Scarfe Building, Room 310
Participants will:
- gain an overview of the three stages of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT);
- learn to apply an adult attachment framework in work with distressed couples;
- understand relationship distress from a systemic perspective and recognize how discord results from negative interactional cycles that couples create together and fall victim to;
- learn strategies to soften reactive anger and withdrawal, and to access underlying emotions that evoke more engaged, caring responses in partners
This event is open to faculty, staff, and students who practice counselling or social work.
Facilitator Bio
Dr. Richard Harrison is a Registered Psychologist with 20 years’ experience as a clinician, educator, presenter and group facilitator. He teaches Counselling Psychology at the University of British Columbia and supervises graduate students in their clinical practice. Dr. Harrison has authored publications on psychotherapy and self-care in professional journals, including Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training; The Journal of the American Medical Association; and The Canadian Journal of Counselling; and has presented at international conferences. In 2008, he joined the Vancouver Couple and Family Institute, an internationally recognized Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) training centre, where he maintains an active clinical caseload of couples and individuals. Richard is a certified EFT therapist and supervisor. He offers professional consultation and workshops on couple therapy.