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Digital Seminar

When Hurting Helps: Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) to Transform Trauma and Self-Harm


Speaker:
Susan Johnson, EdD
Duration:
1 Hour
Language:
Presented in EN, subtitles in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR, handouts in EN, ES, DE, IT, and FR
Copyright:
02 Oct, 2023
Product Code:
POS059569
Media Type:
Digital Seminar


Description

The aim of all therapists is to heal, so it is particularly challenging to work with clients who intentionally self-harm. Learn directly from Dr. Sue Johnson, treatment developer of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy, who will show you how to: 

  • Facilitate the safe haven needed to explore destructive behaviors 
  • Identify and work with the core emotions that trigger negative coping 
  • Create corrective emotional experiences that spur growth and positive coping 

Credit


Self-Study Credit

This self-study program consists of 1.0 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary by country and local regulatory bodies. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your local regulatory organization to determine specific eligibility and requirements. 



Handouts

Speaker

Susan Johnson, EdD's Profile

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Dr. Sue Johnson was an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, popular presenter and speaker and a leading innovator in the field of couple therapy and adult attachment. Sue was the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research.

The founding director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), Dr. Johnson authored numerous books and articles including Attachment Theory in Practice: EFT with Individuals, Couples and Families (2019), The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (3rd edition, 2019), and A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) (2021).

Sue trained behavioral health providers in EFT worldwide and consulted to the over 75 international institutes and affiliated centers who practice EFT, including Veterans Affairs and the US and Canadian militaries. She was a Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University in San Diego, a Professor, Clinical Psychiatry at the University of British Columbia, Canada, and a Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology, at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Sue Johnson had employment relationships with University of British Columbia, Campbell & Fairweather Psychology Group, Alliant International, University Ottawa, Couple and Family Institute, and the International Center for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. She received royalties as a published author. Dr. Johnson received a speaking honorarium, recording royalties, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. She had no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Sue Johnson served on the editorial board for the American Journal of Family Therapy (AJFT) and the journal Couple and Family Psychology: Research & Practice.


Additional Info

Program Information

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.

 

For a more detailed outline that includes times or durations of time, if needed, please contact cepesi@pesi.com. ** no”Access to Self Study” tab available. 


Objectives

  1. Utilize a non-pathologizing approach to create a strong therapeutic alliance that allows clients to share information about self-destructive behaviors  
  2. Determine the core emotions that trigger self-harm as coping for traumatized clients.
  3. Utilize interventions from the EFIT Tango to reduce self-harm behaviors.
     

Outline

Top tips for creating a supportive and secure therapy framework 

How to understand and talk about self-destructive behaviors from an attachment lens 

EFIT overview: fitting the need for emotional balance with an attachment-based roadmap 

Ask evocative questions to unpack emotions and deepen emotional experience safely 

Construct corrective emotional experiences to resolve blocks to growth 

Limitations of the research and potential risks 
 

Target Audience

  • Addiction Professionals 
  • Counselors 
  • Marriage & Family Therapists 
  • Psychologists 
  • Psychiatrists 
  • Social Workers 
  • Other Mental Health Professionals 

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