Have you experienced the dilemma of helping couples achieve greater emotional connection through EFT, and yet found that this does not always translate directly into greater sexual desire, contact and flexibility between the partners?
This workshop will present a frame for understanding that dilemma and offer approaches for more fully integrating sexual concerns into our EFT work, with the goal of helping couples share a more vibrant sexual connection.
Because so many couples show up in couples therapy with (often unnamed) sexual concerns, couples therapists are de facto sex therapists as well. Sex is an important part of a couple’s bond, yet even the most seasoned EFT couples’ therapists often feel at a loss for how to work with a couple’s sexual cycle. This is because couples therapy and sex therapy have long been divided into separate worlds. Yet, as EFT therapists, you already have many of the skills to work effectively your clients’ sexual relationship concerns.
Join EFT Trainer Dr. Silvina Irwin and Supervisor Dr. Lisa Blum in this immersive 2-day training for EFT therapists to address how to work effectively with a couple’s sexual concerns. You'll leave equipped to work thoughtfully and effectively with the sexual dimension of your clients' relationships. We will offer discussions on theoretical foundations, clinical interventions, assessment protocols, and explore behavioral exercises to integrate seamlessly into your EFT practice. Clinical videos will be shared to bring these interventions and concepts alive. Walk away with the practical skills, knowledge, confidence, and clinical judgment to meet this need head-on.
What you'll gain:
Conceptual understanding on how attachment and sexual systems inform one another
Clinical interventions to assess the couple’s negative sexual cycle, and how to intervene
Assessment of both the couple’s and individuals’ sexual history, crucial for understanding their sexual cycle dynamics
Real clinical session video review and small-group practice to make it stick
Bonus! Half-Day Practical Applications Workshop (Optional) Feb 5th, 2027): Go deeper with a workshop practice session focused on assessing, preparing, and debriefing behavioral touch exercises with your couples — practical tools to integrate seamlessly into your EFT practice. (This workshop option is only available to those who have completed either this 12/2026 two-day training, or a prior advanced seminar on addressing sexual concerns with EFT.
The Practical Applications Workshop can be purchased separately or bundled for additional savings with the 2-Day Training. Options will be available at checkout
What you'll gain (Bonus Half-Day):
· Identify 2 or 3 touch / behavioral experiences to integrate into therapy when addressing a couples sexual relationship
· Describe when how to introduce touch exercises with your couples
· Practice skills in preparing the couple for touch exercises
· Practice skills in debriefing touch exercises
This ONLINE training is brought to you by the EFT Resource Center.
EFTCLA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. EFTCLA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Objectives: Participants will be able to:
Analyze a couple’s sexual relationship distress from an attachment frame, and outline a couple’s negative sexual cycle.
Describe good process and relevant content for taking a thorough sexual history.
Identify 2 or more models of sexual engagement and response, including the Dual Control Model of Sexuality.
Describe the difference between the goals of Stage 1 and Stage 2 in working with a couple’s sexual relationship.
Identify markers for de-escalation and readiness for Stage 2 processes in addressing a couple’s sexual cycle.
Outline interventions to help couples restart “safe touch”, including Sensate Focus and other mindful touch interventions.
List markers within the clinical process that indicate good timing to introduce touch exercises.
Outline an approach to introduce and process with a couple their sexual touch exercises for maximum effectiveness.
Describe 2 nuances in working with couples where sexual trauma is present in the couples sexual relationship.
Demonstrate increased self-awareness of possible blocks to one’s own comfort and flexibility in processing sexual content in couple’s therapy.
Americans with Disabilities Act Compliance:
EFCLA is available to make arrangements for individuals with particular needs. Anyone who requires special accommodation for a disability is requested to notify Hannah Cantrell at least two weeks in advance via email at admin@eftcla.org.
Cancellation Policy:
Please review our cancellation policy carefully: • All cancellations are subject to a $50 administrative fee. • If you cancel more than three (3) days before the start of the training, you will receive a refund of your registration fee, less the $50 administrative fee. • If you cancel within three (3) days of the start of the training, you will receive a 50% refund of your registration fee.
DETAILS":
Foundations Seminar, Two Days:
DATE: Fri 12/11/26 & Mon 12/14/26
TIME: 8:00 - 4:30 US PST / 10:00 – 6:30 Central / 11:00 – 7:30 EST
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LOCATION: Online via Zoom
CE: 14 CE’s for 2 Days
Practical Applications Workshop (Optional Add-on):
DATE: Friday, January 15th, 2027
TIME: 12:00 – 3:00 US PST / 2:00 – 5:00 Central / 3:00 – 6:00 EST
LOCATION: Online via Zoom
CE: 2.5
Total of 16.5 CEs for all three days
$20 CE cost for all CEs
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SPONSOR: EFTCLA is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. EFTCLA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
** There is no commercial support for this program.