Welcome to isEFT

Founded in 2011, isEFT is an international society for Emotion Focused Therapy (commonly abbreviated as "EFT") training centers. Emotion Focused Therapy is an empirically-supported psychotherapy approach that views emotions as centrally important in human functioning and therapeutic change. An emotion-focused approach promotes emotional awareness, expression, regulation, understanding and transformation of emotion and the development of empathy as a path to health and well-being in individuals and couples. It is an evidence-based approach to the treatment of problems in living and interpersonal problems and is dedicated to the scientific study of the process of human change in therapy.

Changing Emotions with Emotions

isEFT-CONFERENCE - PORTO 2023

EFT TRAINERS' MEETING (in person) – June 27-28, 2023

ISEFT CONFERENCE (in person) – June 29-30, 2023

CONFERENCE THEME: CHANGING EMOTIONS IN A CHANGING WORLD

The Conference Website is online! The portal to register is open!

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL IN PORTO!

IN THE SPOTLIGHT

Interview Rhonda Goldman EFT Couples, febr. 2023

Webinar 'Deliberate Practice in Emotion Focused Therapy', maart 2023

Emotion Focused Podcast, hosted by dr. Lou Cooper

How to subscribe the isEFT Listserv.

On the EFT listserv. you can email all members of this listserv. a question, proposal, idea, etc. related to EFT all at once. If you would like to subscribe to the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy's Listserv, please send the following information to listserv.iseft@gmail.com : E-mail address, First Name, Last Name.

Important: Please note that by subscribing to the Listserv, you are not joining isEFT. Therefor you have the option of joining isEFT.

Any e-mails to listserv.iseft@gmail.com will be received by our technical support staff. If you would like to email a certain individual, contact them separately or through the listserv.

isEFT NEWS:

PCEP Journal:

We are very excited to announce that isEFT has become an organizational WAPCEPC (World Association for Person Centered & Experiential Psychotherapy & Counseling) MEMBER. As such, we can now offer the Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies PCEP journal to our isEFT members at a reduced price (4 issues per year). If you want more information on the isEFT membership and the PCEP journal, please send an email to contact.iseft@gmail.com

The Portuguese EFT institute (SPTFE - Sociedade Portuguesa de Terapia Focada nas Emoções) is proud to host the upcoming isEFT conference in Porto, Portugal.

We hope you can join us in Porto for a lively gathering on Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT). More information on the program and registration will follow soon on this website.

Emotion Awareness Day: June 2, 2023

On the world's third Emotion Awareness Day in 2023 we pay international extra attention to Emotions as our main driver and compass. An international day to 'celebrate emotions'!. To stay informed about the program on June 2nd follow: https://www.emotionawarenessday.com/

Vale Melissa Harte (1959-2021)

The members of the Board of isEFT wish to express their deep sadness on the death of Melissa Harte, an International Trainer with the Australian Institute for EFT in Melbourne, Australia. Melissa was an esteemed and cherished colleague. She will be remembered for her energy, dedication, and enthusiasm as she worked to build an EFT Institute in Australia, sharing the approach widely with colleagues and clients. EFT as an approach and the International Organisation grew stronger with her contributions. Her presence among us will be missed in the years to come but her legacy and memory will live on. Our sincere condolences to her family and friends. www.aieft.org

Videos

Debate "Transforming emotional memories: from science to clinical practice". Emotional Memory by David Sander and Changing emotion with emotion by Leslie Greenberg. video
How do you change emotions? Les Greenberg: video
Why are emotions important? Les Greenberg: video
What is the role of emotion in distress? video
New Therapist talks to Les Greenberg: video
Interview with Les Greenberg about EFT by Juliette Becking, video
Talking about evolution and essence of EFT - Jeanne Watson, video
Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression, Jeanne Watson: video

Alfred & Shadow -
A short story about Self-Criticism

Alfred & Shadow -
A short story about emotions

Resources

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) has evolved in recent years to have a significant impact on the field of psychotherapy. Its increasing popularity and the growing support for its efficacy with a wide variety of problems have made EFT an important approach to psychotherapy treatment. Please click here to view a list of books written by primary developers of EFT.

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ISEFT in the News!

A new interview with Les Greenberg: What is the role of emotion in distress? video

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Training Standards

The ISEFT Board has created minimum standards for training programs in order for the program to be recognised as an ISEFT certified Training that meets criteria for training in EFT.