Professional Development for Therapists
Training in EFT
Our Clinic Director, Dr Clare Rosoman is an Internationally Certified EFT trainer. She regularly conducts training for mental health professionals in this powerful model of therapy and is assisted by our therapists at the Brisbane Centre for Attachment & Relationships. Therapists can become trained in EFT for Couples (EFCT), EFT for families (EFFT), and EFT for individuals (EFIT). Clare’s EFT training events are listed on our partner website www.bceft.com.au
Supervision/Consultation
Several of our psychologists are Psychology Board approved supervisors with AHPRA with various areas of practice endorsement. This means that they are able to offer supervision and case consultation to clinical psychology registrars, Educational and Developmental psychologists, general psychologists and other mental health professionals. Some are ICEEFT Certified EFT Supervisors, meaning that they can mentor EFT-trained therapists to become ICEEFT Certified EFT Therapists in their chosen modality (individuals, couples and families).
Learn More About EFT
5-ways EFT transformed my practice
Discover the 5 ways that EFT will make you a more effective, more authentic, and more satisfied therapist.
Watch videoDo I train in EFT for Couples or EFT for Individuals?
This video aims to answer your questions & to help you know which training is best for you & your clients.
Watch videoEFT in a Page for Therapists
Clare has made these handy summary sheets for therapists using EFT with couples and relationships (EFCT), EFT with individuals (EFIT), and EFT for families (EFFT). Therapists learning the EFT model have many skills and interventions to refine and consolidate, so reference sheets can provide a quick reference guide.
EFT Connections
EFT in Australia
The Brisbane Centre for Emotionally Focused Therapy (BCEFT) is our partner website and contains information about EFT and Clare Rosoman’s EFT training. It has links to videos for therapists and offers a list of EFT-trained/Certified Therapists and Supervisors in Australia.
BCEFTEFT Internationally
The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy is directed by Dr Sue Johnson and contains a wealth of information on EFT and resources for clients and therapists. It has a register of Certified EFT therapists and supervisors from all over the world.
ICEEFTWould you like to join our team?
Our culture
Our priority is to create and maintain a culture of acceptance, support and collaboration for our staff as well as our clients. We support our staff in finding work-life balance and in exploring their special interest areas. We embrace and seek diversity within our team, truly valuing human diversity and the richness this brings. We have a warm and encouraging culture with intentional moments of coming-together each day. We know that laughing and sharing with colleagues is vital to us all, and we whole-heartedly embrace this. We also make sure that we have chocolate in the fridge! Being part of a team with a shared mission, shared passion and support of each other is the absolute antidote to the isolation of solo-private practice. We intentionally and deliberately create and foster connections in the team to break isolation and to support growth.
Opportunities
We aim to provide emotional regulation skills and strategies to help our clients to overcome fears, to step out of unhelpful patterns of behaviour and to live meaningful lives. These come from approaches such as:
- Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Behaviour Therapy (such as exposure therapy)
- EMDR/li>
- Schema Therapy
- Self-compassion skills
- Mindfulness training
- Assertiveness and communication skills
- Parent training
Requirements
- All our therapists at the Brisbane Centre for Attachment & Relationships have postgraduate qualifications in psychology or counselling, this is an important requirement for joining our team.
- We look for special clinicians who align with our values and share our passion for attachment-based therapies.
- It is vital that our therapists possess a range of skills and abilities in evidence-based approaches in order to best assist our clients.
- We are drawn to therapists with excellent self-reflective capacity and a desire to collaborate with our team in order to contribute to the sense of community.
- We value our therapists being self-responsible and autonomous whilst still remaining connected to our group culture.
- We appreciate our therapists being well-organised and having great communication skills.
- Of course, special interest areas with advanced training in particular therapeutic modalities is a bonus, as is being able to provide clinical supervision to other therapists.
For EFT Couples’ & Relationship Therapists: Supporting You on Your EFCT Journey
by Jodie Goddard
Take every chance, drop every fear – Dr Seuss
When I started my EFCT journey, I had no idea what to expect. I was working in the mental health space, in the final year of my degree and looking for more direction in my work. As we understand, there are a variety of models we are trained in and utilise when working with a range of clients. Thus, it can be quite overwhelming finding your fit and creating a foundation to launch yourself from.
After completing the EFCT Externship, I fell quickly, deeply, and madly in love with EFCT and couple/relational work. I was and still am struck by the way that EFT just makes sense on a relational level. It is grounded by 30 years of process and outcome research and adopts an attachment perspective out of the research lab into therapy sessions with clients. It doesn’t just focus on cognition or behaviour; it incorporates and validates what makes us inherently human- emotional attachment.
As Sue Johnson acknowledges:
This drive to emotionally attach — to find someone to whom we can turn and say “Hold me tight” — is wired into our genes and our bodies. It is as basic to life, health, and happiness as the drives for food, shelter, or sex. We need emotional attachments with a few irreplaceable others to be physically and mentally healthy — to survive. I strongly resonated with the understanding that we are wired for connection and through a secure connection, such as the therapeutic alliance, we can see our clients process and grow.
If you’re curious about attachment and working with couples and relationships, the best place to start is diving into the EFT training sessions and immersing yourself in resources along the way! Check out the EFT Training and Certification on the BCEFT website to understand the structure and process. It doesn’t matter if you are new practitioner, seasoned, or looking to broaden your horizons, EFT will improve your practice.
Once you have commenced training, here are a few tips I hope can help you along the way:
1. After you have completed the EFCT Externship – don’t wait to start working with couples and relationships!
You might feel like you aren’t ready, but remember you are an eligible, skilled, and capable mental health practitioner! Trust that the best way to start implementing your knowledge from the Externship is through practice! Spread the word with your private practice, organisation, or work colleagues that you are seeing couples and put yourself out there.
2. Try to complete the Core Skills training fairly soon after Externship.
Completing Core Skills in EFCT training is the next training to compete after the Externship in EFCT. We all have busy schedules and commitments, but if you can complete the Core Skills training not too long after completing Externship, it will really enhance your couples’ work. It will keep your EFCT skills fresh and help (if you plan to) with certification. This isn’t a formal requirement or as important as my other recommendations but something to keep in mind at the outset. See BCEFT for a list of Core Skills events on offer in Australia and online.
3. Join the EFT community!
EFT has a big community locally and world-wide – see ICEEFT for more information. I joined formal and informal supervision groups to immerse myself. I made friends through the Externship and Core Skills trainings with therapists that understood the unique experience of relational work and encouraged me during the inevitable ups and downs. I am a lover of Instagram and follow several local and international therapists on the social platform to broaden my knowledge. Facebook also has local groups that you can join for information on EFT events, activities, and supervision groups.
4. Find the right EFT Supervisor(s).
One of the best recommendations I can make is to find an EFT supervisor that is a good fit for you. You also don’t need to choose just one, you can have as many as you like and can afford. I have two wonderful EFT supervisors I’ve had throughout training/practice. I rotate sessions on a regular basis, and they provide a wealth of knowledge, support, and encouragement.
5. Get reading/listening.
I got advice from my supervisor post-Externship to really immerse myself in the model content. Not just from training, but through my own outside initiative. I would recommend this for you too. Again, this isn’t a requirement, but it really helps the theory you’ll learn transfer into practice. And if you are a lover of EFT like me, you’ll really enjoy how much is at your fingertips to learn! Books, podcasts, and Instagram all have wonderful EFT offerings to inspire you.
