Welcome to the third season of “Leaning into EFT” where participants will get a front row seat observing live therapy sessions unfold with couples, individuals and families. Each episode will feature the work of a different supervisor or trainer, where the therapist will walk us through their session and note key choice points, interventions and share their process and reflections of the session.
All sessions will take place from 10:00AM-12:00pm PST via Zoom.
We aim to create a safe, welcoming, low-cost space to gather, engage, learn and bask in the richness of our gifted EFT community. We hope you can join us!
Attendees may purchase a pass to the entire season (all seven episodes), or may purchase a single episode at a time. If selecting a single episode, please indicate when completing the registration form which episode you intend to attend.
S3E2 | “Facing Fear Together: Behind the Scenes of a Pursuer Softening” with Jim Furrow
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11 2024, 10:00AM-12:00PM PST
The softening event in Emotionally Focused Therapy is critical to a couple’s success in EFT. It is also the most challenging change event in the EFT process. Research findings point to the importance of working effectively with deepened emotional experience, which requires a therapist’s focused presence to walk partners through their most vulnerable fears. In this session we go behind the scenes of one of those moments and explore the heart of the matter in facing fear within a softening event.
James L Furrow, Ph.D., is a recognized leader and contributor to the practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with couples and families. Jim is editor and contributing author to five EFT texts including Emotionally Focus Family Therapy: Restoring Connection and Promoting Resilience and Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist: The Workbook. His research on couple therapy, positive youth development, and spirituality are featured in leading professional journals. He is a clinical fellow and an approved supervisor with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy and Certified Family Life Educator with the National Council on Family Relations. Jim is an ICEEFT certified EFT therapist, supervisor, and trainer and current director of the Center for EFT in Seattle, WA.