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2019 Program Archive

New York State Society for Clinical Social Work Westchester Chapter with the ACE Foundation of NYSSCSW Presents

EMOTIONALLY FOCUSED COUPLE THERAPY (EFT): AN OVERVIEW

Program Description

Through a PowerPoint presentation as well as the viewing of a videotape segment of Sue Johnson working with a couple, this training will introduce participants to Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT).

EFT, formulated by Dr. Sue Johnson, is a short-term, experiential, systematic and empirically tested intervention designed to reduce distress and create stronger, more secure attachment bonds in adult love relationships. This highly effective approach to couples therapy focuses on emotion (rather than the content of the specific problem a couple is facing) as the essential transforming element in couple therapy.

For willing partners, the clinician helps the couple identify their “destructive cycle” and then validates both partners’ experiences, acknowledging their reactions to each other. The goal is to unite them against the cycle, rather than each other. The EFT therapist helps both partners change the way they react to each other, creating new emotional experiences. This “new (healthier) dance” becomes the norm for the couple, with newly found emotional safety and love in their relationship.

Registration Options

*NYSSCSW Discount applies to NYSSCSW current members only.

**Student Discount only applies to full time students currently enrolled in social work and MHP master level programs.

This is an ACE Foundation Program. If this is your first time taking an ACE Foundation program not co-sponsored by an NYSSCSW, you will be prompted to make your complimentary account on the ACE Foundation Learning Center platform, where you will be able to access all program information, course materials and information for future ACE Foundation programs from your member dashboard. You will be asked to set a password for your new ACE Foundation Learning Center account.

Date:

Saturday, September 7, 2019

10:45am - 12:45pm

Registration:

Registration is closed.

contact Hours:

2.0 Contact Hours Will Be Awarded For This Program

Presenter:

Jodi Ames-Frankel, Ph.D.

Location:

Mental Health Association
29 Sterling Ave.
White Plains, NY 10606

Program Originator:

Westchester

Course Number

257

NYS CE Accreditation for:

LCSW, LMSW, LP, LMFT, LMHC

The Advanced Clinical Education (ACE) Foundation of the NYS Society for Clinical Social Work, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed marriage and family therapists #MFT-0028; licensed mental health counselors #MHC-0045; licensed psychoanalysts #P-0017; licensed psychologists #PSY-0121; and licensed social workers #SW-0056.

Out of State Providers:

Out-of-state providers are welcome to request a certificate upon completion of the presentation evaluation but must check with their own state licensing boards to inquire about whether or not the certificate is recognized as transferrable for CEs in their state’s jurisdiction.

Program Details

At the end of this presentation, participants will be able to:

  1. Describe the basic theoretical understanding of the EFT model and name three stages and nine steps used in EFT.
  2. List six EFT interventions for deepening emotions.
  3. Identify and explain how to track negative cycles in couples.
  4. Explain the difference between primary and secondary emotions.
  5. Define five common underlying emotions of pursuers and five common underlying emotions of withdrawers.

Psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, licensed psychoanalysts, nurse practitioners, family and marriage/couple therapists and mental health counselors

This seminar is appropriate for clinicians with all levels of experience.

Jodi Ames-Frankel, Ph.D., Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Mount Kisco, NY, specializing in the treatment of trauma, complex grief, bereavement, depression and anxiety. Dr. Frankel has extensive experience working with individuals, couples and groups as well as supervising clinicians who are learning to become EFT therapists. She has also received training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and has applied this model, when working with many NYC firefighters who responded to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on 9/11 and their families.

Bibliography/References
Workshop lecture with powerpoint presentation, viewing of a videotape from a segment of a couple session with Sue Johnson using the EFT approach and time for audience participation.

Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed, as evidenced by signing in and out and completing a course evaluation. Certificates will be emailed approximately ten business days after the completion of the course.

ACE welcomes participants with diverse abilities. Please contact Kristin or Jennifer at info.acefoundation@gmail.com, at time of registration, to request accessibility accommodations. Accommodation requests are considered in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities ACT (ADA), Section 505 of the Rehabilitation ACT.

Cancellation Policy:

Cancellations made at least five days before the event will be fully refunded. For cancellation please call 1-800-288-4279, or email us at info.acefoundation@gmail.com.

Inclement Weather Policy:

Should Inclement weather occur, we will be notifying all registrants via the email by which the registrant signed up. Please be sure to check your email before you leave for the course.

  • 2.0 Contact Hours will be awarded once the entire course is completed.
  • All registrations must be submitted by the Wednesday prior to the program.
  • Certificates will be emailed approximately ten business days after the completion of the course.
  • For questions regarding disability access please contact Kristin or Jennifer, at time of registration, so that we can see to it that arrangements are made to accommodate your special needs: info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
  • For questions regarding course content, please contact Kristin or Jennifer: info.acefoundation@gmail.com.
  • In the event of any grievance please contact: director.acefoundation@gmail.com.

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