Summary:
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples is one of the most research-supported and effective therapeutic approaches for helping partners move from distress to emotional connection. This session will explore EFT’s 9-step transformational process that can be used by psychologists, licensed mental health professionals, and ministry leaders and how it shifts couples out of reactive, repetitive conflict cycles and into patterns of emotional safety, responsiveness, and closeness. Using case examples, video demonstrations, and guided discussion, participants will see how EFT’s key change events unfold and learn how to use enactments to deepen emotional engagement between partners.
Learning Objectives:
. Identify and map a couple’s negative interaction cycle using attachment principles and describe how this cycle erodes emotional connection.
Analyze myths being promoted regarding narcissism, NPD, and the vulnerable narcissist
Recognize the impact of vulnerable narcissism on those around them while exploring the best practices for treating the vulnerable narcissist and those affected by narcissistic abuse