EFFT with Young Children
This is a 5 segment training with Jim Furrow and Kathryn de Bruin
EFFT for Families with Young Children: Exploring and expanding resources for the EFT therapist
Workshop Description:
Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) is an attachment-based approach that combines both systemic and experiential interventions to transform parent and child relationships through more secure relationships that provide resources for resilience and thriving. This workshop focuses on the use of EFFT with families of young children (0 – 6years old) through focusing on attachment-focused assessment and play therapy practices necessary for treating family distress and disorder in early childhood. Attention will be given to how EFFT practice with younger children incorporates different skills drawing from non-verbal attachment assessments and play-based interventions.
This workshop involves didactic instruction, experiential exercises, video examples and case example demonstrating the practice of EFFT with young children and their parents. This interactive workshop will include consultation with participant cases exploring the application of this training. Five three-hour sessions scheduled once a month provide participants an opportunity to apply and consult on the direct application of this training.
1. The importance of working from a systems modality when working with children and teenagers.
2. A family systems approach to Intake Calls for Children and Families
- Experiential Exercise
3. A family Systems approach to Assessment and First Sessions with Children and Families
- Experiential Exercise - Video Examples
- Break Out Group Discussion
4. Play Therapy Models that work within a Systems Approach
- Experiential Exercise - Video Examples
- Break Out Group Discussion
5. A family Systems approach to Middle Stage Treatment with children and Families
- Experiential Exercise - Video Examples
- Break Out Group Discussion
6. Q and A