Course

Core Skills **
Teri Murphy
Nov. 16-19 &
Dec. 7-9
9AM-4PM EDT

• Core Skills Training comprises two, three day workshops focusing on the Core Skills of each of the EFT steps. This is a training on Core Skills with C4c emphasis. It is the same ICEEFT Core Skills training but with an added faith emphasis. The training will contain instruction and experiential practice of EFT skills and interventions according to the ICEEFT guidelines. A maximum of 16 participants are permitted in each group so early registration is encouraged!

** Please note that you must have completed an EFT Externship prior to attending this training.

Course

Core Skills **
Sue Anne Piliero
Oct. 20th
12PM-4PM EDT

• Working with trauma and attachment wounds requires not just learning the theory or techniques; it requires boldly bringing ourselves into the healing equation.
• Core Self Reclamation Therapy (CSRT) is a relationally bold new clinical model devoted to undoing the structure of the Wounded Self so that the Core Self can be reclaimed.
• The CSRT Therapist targets the entrenched defenses and toxic shame states created by distorted mirroring and other traumatic experience, standing in on behalf of the patient’s Core Self to guide our patients back to their birthright of love.
• In this workshop, we will explore how to enhance and accelerate healing through specific interventions that target the deepest intrapsychic wounds.

Course

EFT Externship **
Teri Murphy
Sept. 20-23
9AM-4PM EDT

• This externship offers a unique opportunity to incorporate key insights from Dr. Sue Johnson and Kenny Sanderfer's recent book Created for Connection, a hands-on resource designed for Christian Couples.
• The Externship is approved by the International Center of Excellence for Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and provides the first level of training required for certification as an Emotionally Focused Therapist.

** Completing this course is a prerequisite for the Core Skills course.

Course

Navigating Gender Identity and Religious Faith in Therapy: An Introduction to the GRIT Approach
Mark Yarhouse, PsyD & Julia Sadusky, PsyD
9AM-1PM EDT

• In this workshop we will discuss emerging gender identities, such as gender non-binary, genderqueer, gender creative, and gender expansive experiences, as well as controversies in care for youth today, such as the use of puberty blockers, medical transition, and late-onset cases.
• We will also discuss considerations for counseling conventionally religious youth and their families as we strive for what is best practice when working with youth navigating potential conflicts related to gender identity and religious faith.
• We will also discuss how to educate others within an educational or religious setting who may not be familiar with transgender and non-binary experiences of gender identity.

Course

Life Model Works
Michel Hendricks
Jim Wilder
Nov. 17
9AM-1PM EDT

Neurotheology and Ten Essentials of Therapy They Did Not Tell Us in Graduate School

• Integrating faith into living with a brain and nervous system is something that has generally been missing from the graduate education of most therapists. Yet at the center of both faith and neurology stands the question of how human beings should be shaped and what a proper operation of body and soul would produce.
• How does this process of brain skill training impact the training of young therapists and their capacities?
• Provide a framework for the therapeutic tasks that clinicians face.

Course

Sexual Identity Therapy Training
Mark Yarhouse, PsyD & Julia Sadusky, PsyD
9AM-1PM EDT

• Intro to Narrative Sexual Identity Therapy
• Client centered approach to navigating conflicts between one's same sex sexuality and religious identity
• Approaching Sexual Minorities in Clinical Practice with Competency
• The goal is to help clients achieve personal congruence
• Practical Application of Sexual Identity Therapy to Family Therapy and Couples Therapy