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DAY 1 – Morning

Therapeutic Beginnings: Rapport, Intersectionalities, Introductions & Empathy in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Empathy exercise

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DAY 1 – Afternoon

Understanding the Change Process in EFT: Affective Neuroscience & Emotion Theory

🡆 Experiential: Experiential integrated into lecture: body scan and videos.

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Day 2 – Morning

Overview of EFT theory & practice: Process Diagnostic Assessment & Productive Emotion Processing

🡆 Experiential: Practicing empathic responding and process assessment

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Day 2 – Afternoon

Case Formulation in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Practicing empathic responding and process assessment

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Day 3 (half-day)

Working with Over- and Under-regulation in EFT; Working with unclear felt sense and over-reactions.

🡆 Experiential: Practicing focusing or systematic evocative unfolding

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Day 4 (half-day)

Working with self-criticism in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Practicing two chair task for self-critical split

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Day 5 (half-day)

Working with self-caring (anxiety) in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Practicing two chair task for worry split

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Day 6 (half-day)

Working with unfinished business (old stuck feelings) towards a significant other in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Practicing empty chair task for unfinished business

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Day 7 (half-day)

Working with self-interruption or blocking of emotion in session in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Open marker task practice

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Day 8 (half-day)

Working with anguish, and ending in EFT

🡆 Experiential: Open marker task practice

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Experiential work:

Unless otherwise indicated, experiential work will take place in small groups of 5-7 individuals. Group membership will be decided in our first meeting and will remain stable for the remainder of the sessions. Facilitators will alternate between two groups so that each group will have some facilitated time and some time without a facilitator present. Facilitation will be conducted by Dr. Sarah Thompson, and one other person as needed based on enrollment.

Interested in reading ahead of time? Check out Dr. Thompson’s blog series: Focus on Emotions.