Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an evidence-based therapy approach that views family difficulties from an attachment frame. For example, children are often labeled with behavior issues that could be better understood and changed within the context of the parent-child relationship. Often these negative behaviors can be seen as bids for connection that become scrambled and misread.
The EFFT therapist uses systemic and experiential interventions to de-escalate the family negative interactional patterns that reinforce attachment insecurity. These shifts activate inherent parental desire to caretake their children by processing parental blocks. When counselors provide the safe support seen in EFFT, parents reactivity resulting from being overwhelmed and isolated can be softened resulting in children reduction of behavior issues and greater closeness in the parent- child relationship. This training will be especially helpful for counselors who work with children, adolescents, and families.
Presenter: Gail Palmer, MSW
For more information: Alicia Kelly, LPC 225-242-9711 aliciakellylpc@gmail.com OR
Michele Louviere, LMFT 504-818-8041 lacommunityforeft@gmail.com
To register: https://louisianaeft.org/connecting-efft
Approved for 1.5 CE clock hours in Diagnosis; no NBCC credit s available for this program.
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