Coming Events
OFferings for Clinicians & The General Public
Workshops and trainings below are geared for clinicians, caregivers and the general public as noted. Time zones also vary according to the host.
Attachment and Emotion in Family Therapy: Four Clinical Approaches
Joins Drs. Adele Lafrance, Jim Furrow, Guy Diamond and Dan Hughes as they present on their respective models of family therapy. Their models utilize experiential techniques directly in sessions to increase individuals’ and families’ capacity for emotion regulation and collaborative communication. In this summit, these leaders will discuss and compare their unique and similar theoretical and clinical strategies as well as the empirical research that supports their therapy approaches.
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$100
October 29, 2021 • 9am - 5:30 CT
Hosted by: The Family Institute, Northwestern University
What to Say When Nothing Seems to Work: An EFFT Virtual Caregiver Workshop
Does your child or loved one—young or adult—suffer from anxiety, depression, substance use problems, an eating disorder, or other mental health concern? Do you struggle with their behavior and/or setting limits?
Inspired by Emotion-Focused Family Therapy – and with a healthy dose of humor - this evidence-based workshop will introduce practical skills to strengthen relationships, increase cooperation and respond to strong emotional reactions, including expressions of worry, anger, hopelessness, even silence. The workshop will focus on one of EFFT's most powerful and foundational tools, emotion coaching, for use with kids, teens and even between co-parents. Though this is a caregiver workshop, clinicians are welcome to attend for their own learning.
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$125 for an individual (family discounts)
November 4, 2021 • 5pm - 8:00pm MST
Facilitated by Dr. Adele Lafrance, C.Psych
Three-Day EFFT Core Clinician Training - 18 CE Credits
The essence of EFFT is to afford caregivers a role in their child’s recovery, regardless of their age, level of motivation or involvement in formal treatment themselves. The clinician’s role is to support parents and caregivers to increase their involvement in three domains including behavior coaching, emotion coaching and in the use of therapeutic apologies, if relevant.
A fourth module involves supporting caregivers to identify, understand, and transform “emotion blocks” that can lead to therapy-interfering attitudes or behaviors in caregivers. The training will introduce clinicians to the theory and skills involved in the approach. Facilitators will engage participants using didactic and experiential learning, including skills and techniques that can be integrated into existing treatment models for those clients & families who do not respond to standard care. The third day of training will allow space for the demonstration and experiential practice of caregiver block chair-work, a powerful psychotherapeutic technique for the transformation of caregiver fear and other emotion blocks.
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$725 CAD (group discounts available)
December 1-3, 2021 • 9am - 4:00pm PST • 18 CE hours
Facilitated by Dr. Adele Lafrance, C.Psych and Natasha Files MSW, RSW
Caregiver Block Chair-Work - 3-Hour Clinician Training with Dr. Adele Lafrance
This online workshop for clinicians will provide a theoretical and skills-based overview caregiver block chair-work, likely the most powerful and and efficient psychotherapeutic interventions from EFFT to understand, work through and/or transform problematic patterns of parenting / caregiving. Participants will be supported in their learning via lecture, experiential activities and video demonstration (participation is at your comfort level). All participants will also be provided with the latest script for this intervention. No prior training or experience in EFFT is required to attend this training. Videos and live demos may be included and therefore this training will not be recorded.
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$125 USD
January 18, 2022 • 10am - 1:00pm MT
Facilitated by Dr. Adele Lafrance, C.Psych
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