Certified Emotion Focused Therapy, Couples – Level 2

Early Bird Rate Available until December 14th, 2026

Overview

Developed by Leslie Greenberg and Rhonda Goldman, Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT-C) is one of the world’s most researched, evidence-based approaches to couples’ therapy. Building on the pioneering work of Leslie Greenberg and Sue Johnson (1988), this advanced four-day certification training is designed to deepen therapists’ skills in helping couples resolve conflict, heal emotional injuries, and create stronger, more secure relationships.   

Designed for EFT-C therapists, supervisors and trainers this institute focuses on advanced interventions for working with complex relationship dynamics. In addition to attachment, EFT-C addresses identity needs—including power, self-esteem, shame, and vulnerability—providing a comprehensive framework for understanding and transforming relationship distress.  

Participants will deepen their ability to: 

• Work with challenging clinical presentations, including highly escalated couples, therapy impasses, blocks, and interruptions. 
• Treat complex issues such as trauma, power struggles, dominance, and emotional injuries. 
• Apply the Forgiveness Treatment Approach (Greenberg, Warwar, & Malcolm, 2010) to facilitate healing following betrayal and significant relationship injuries. 
• Facilitate emotional processing that transforms destructive interactional cycles into secure patterns of connection. 
• Work effectively with attachment- and identity-based emotions, including anxiety, shame, anger, sadness, longing, and struggles with self-worth. 
• Conduct effective enactments, incorporate individual sessions, assign therapeutic homework, and implement relapse prevention strategies. 
• Address physical intimacy concerns, foster positive emotional connection, and promote partners’ capacity for self-soothing. 

This highly experiential training combines brief lectures, extensive clinical video demonstrations, collaborative case discussions, supervised small-group practice, live coaching, modelling, and feedback to help participants confidently integrate advanced EFT-C interventions into their clinical practice. 

Who should attend: Licensed psychologists, registered psychotherapists, social workers, marriage and family therapists, counsellors, and other regulated mental health professionals. Graduate students are also welcome.

Couples Level 1 Training required.

Please note, participation for the full 4 days is required in order to receive a completion certificate. 

Please contact us directly at [email protected] to inquire about your credentials and eligibility to take the trainings. 

CE Credits

• Pending Approval with CPA