Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) Mastering Skills
Online - 2 days | 10 Hours | 2:00 PM - 7:00PM
27th -28th May 2027
This advanced 10-hour training is aimed at therapists who have completed EFFT Essentials (or EFFT Level 2 ) and who want to deepen their clinical skills and confidence in the model.
You will work closely with experienced EFFT trainer Marianne Gustafsson who will guide you through authentic therapy sessions and clarify how to effectively overcome common clinical obstacles. Using the EFT Tangon and EFT’s change process , you will see how theory is put into practice – even when therapy becomes complex or gets stuck.
In a collaborative, safe and experiential learning environment, you will deepen your knowledge together with colleagues by presenting your own clinical cases. You will receive personal feedback, targeted consultation and practice through role-playing that strengthens your ability to make clinical decisions, maintain direction in the process and create lasting change for families.
Deepen your skills and overcome obstacles
“EFFT Consultation” is an advanced training course within the EFFT modality (Emotionally Focused Family Therapy). There are corresponding advanced courses in EFCT (for couples) and EFIT (for individuals).
Overview
Take your EFFT skills to the next level – and make a real difference in the therapy room.
Starting in 2026, you will have the opportunity at Stockholm’s EFT Center to deepen and refine your clinical practice and create even stronger and more sustainable client outcomes by further developing your EFFT skills.
This two-part in-depth course gives you a unique insight into how experienced EFFT trainers work in practice. Through authentic therapy sessions, it shows how they think, reflect, and navigate when therapy gets stuck – and how the Attachment Map and EFT Tango are used as a living, clinically guiding tool in family therapy.
The second part of the course focuses on your own clinical work . Together with colleagues, you will present cases, explore challenges and receive qualified guidance from EFFT educators/trainers. With the help of feedback, consultation and role-playing, we will deepen the most central parts of the model:
– formulating problems from an attachment perspective
– mapping and following therapeutic processes
– maintaining momentum in therapy
– resolving barriers to care, safety and attachment
A course for those who want to work more precisely, safely and effectively – and at the same time grow as a therapist.
What will I get from EFFT Consultation ?
You will develop your ability to:
• Create safety, structure and direction in the EFFT process through clear conceptualization and strategic planning of the continued treatment
• Establish and deepen a strong therapeutic alliance with both parents and children – even in complex and challenging cases
• Identify and follow central internal and relational patterns that block care, contact and therapeutic progress
• Use EFFT’s core interventions with precision , first to validate and stabilize, and then to dissolve relational blockages
• Work with therapeutic presence and attunement as active interventions to increase engagement, cooperation and emotional availability in both parents and children
• Apply a proven repertoire of EFT interventions that help families shift from reactivity to greater emotional balance, where parents’ care systems awaken and children dare to open their vulnerability.
• Deepen your proficiency in EFFT’s core interventions and use your EFT expertise to handle difficult moments in the session, increase your own calm, presence and focus, and ability to lead families through change
• Gain a more nuanced and vivid understanding of the EFT Tango and how it is used through EFFT’s different stages of change
• Work with core methods that lead families towards more secure attachment , strengthen families’ internal and external resources, and support long-term development and resilience
• Feel increased confidence and competence in leading the EFFT change process , even when therapy becomes emotionally intense or complex
Programme Overview
Date & Schedule
This training is split into 2 days of total training on May 27th & 28th from 2pm-2pm
Format
Presentations, clips from client sessions, ‘live’ sessions by one or more trainers, discussions, small groups & role plays
Venue
Online
Accreditation
ICEEFT – endorsed EFFT Consultation
Eligibility
Advanced trainee counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, systemic psychotherapists or other mental health professionals. The EFFT training is designed as a professional development opportunity to equip mental health professionals with the necessary skills and knowledge for effective EFFT practice. Through theoretical teachings, practical exercises, and collaborative learning, this program aims to deepen understanding and application of the EFFT model, enabling participants to positively impact the mental health and well-being of the families they serve.
Cost
Early Bird SEK 5900 plus VAT until 30th Jan 2027
SEK 6500 plus VAT.
EFFT Essentials (or EFFT Level 1 + EFFT Level 2 ) must be completed before participating in the EFFT Consultation.
Recommended reading:
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: Restoring Connection and Promoting Resilience. (2019)
Furrow, JL, Palmer, G., Johnson, SM, Faller, G. & Palmer-Olsen, L.
Routledge.
We actively welcome participants from diverse backgrounds and communities and abilities.
Sarah McConnell, MA
Sarah is an experienced couple and family therapist in independent practice in Derbyshire, North West England. She is UKCP registered and also licensed as an LMFT-S in Texas. Sarah trained in Gestalt Therapy at the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland, USA and then completed her Masters in Marriage and Family Therapy in Houston, Texas after working in the oil and gas industry as an executive leadership trainer and professional coach for 27 years. Sarah worked in independent practice in Houston and was one of the therapists involved in research in Houston using EFT couples therapy with the parents of autistic children demonstrating EFCT’s effectiveness over time (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28419496/).
Sarah moved back to the UK in 2016, and is now a Co-Director of the British EFT Centre. She is passionate in continuing to explore how neurodivergent clients can be better understood in therapy, and in developing EFFT and EFIT in Great Britain.
Marianne Gustafsson is a sociologist, licensed psychotherapist, supervisor and internationally certified EFT trainer. Together with Jens Mebius, she runs the Stockholm EFT Center , where she trains and supervises therapists in all three modalities of EFT – couples therapy (EFCT), individual therapy (EFIT) and family therapy (EFFT) – both in Sweden and internationally.
Family therapy is Marianne’s professional foundation and an area that is particularly close to her heart. She has a solid family therapy education and many years of clinical experience working with children, adolescents and families, especially from child and adolescent psychiatry (BUP). There, she has worked in multidisciplinary teams in both general psychiatry and specialist settings, with families facing complex challenges such as mental illness, depression, suicide issues, substance abuse, violence and trauma.
In her work with EFFT, Marianne combines her extensive experience in systemic family therapy with EFT’s attachment-based and experience-oriented approach. Marianne is a committed and inspiring educator who, with warmth, knowledge and solid clinical experience, helps therapists translate theory into practical change work. She is particularly passionate about strengthening relationships between children and parents and creating opportunities for increased security, emotional connection and healing in families.
Do I need prior EFT experience?
EFFT Essentials (or EFFT Level 1 + EFFT Level 2 ) must be completed before participating in the EFFT Consultation / Mastering Skills
Do I need to attend all of the sessions?
Yes, participants are required to attend all of the training sessions. If you are unable to attend part of the course, you may need to redo some or all of the training.
Does it count towards ICEEFT certification?
Completion is one of the requirements of certification. Click here to learn more about ICEEFT Certification
What do I need to attend?
A quiet room, undisturbed. Headphones, a stable internet connection, something to take notes – a pen and notepad for example and a working mic.
Can I record?
No – the use of audio, video recording and photography is strictly prohibited. Please note, the training will not be recorded
