PRESENTS:
Brave Love, Great Sex
A Full Day Training with George Faller
Saturday, October 10, 2026
9AM to 5PM
Location: Preservation Park 1233 Preservation Park Way Oakland, CA 94612
Harnessing the Power of Sexual Attachment: The Sex Talk Your Clients Desperately Need—But Likely Aren’t Having
An EFT Approach to working with Sex
Sex is one of the most powerful—and avoided—topics in couples therapy.
In this dynamic workshop, George will guide you in working with the often overlooked—but essential—third attachment system of romantic love: the sexual system. You’ll learn how the sexual attachment system interacts with the emotional and caregiving attachment systems to create predictable patterns of interaction. Armed with an attachment MAP to integrate what happens inside and outside the bedroom, therapists can help couples transform shame, pressure, and avoidance into deeper connection.
Through practical interventions, case examples, and step-by-step guidance, you’ll gain tools you can use immediately to:
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Bring sex into the therapy room with clarity and confidence
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Identify and de-escalate negative sexual cycles
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Work effectively with desire discrepancies and sexual avoidance
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Help partners express vulnerability and respond with caregiving
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Strengthen both emotional and sexual bonds using an attachment lens
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Hit the target of great sex and sexual secure attachment
When therapists can skillfully address sex, they don’t just improve intimacy—they help couples build more secure, resilient relationships. Learn how to turn Brave Love and Great Sex into a lived reality.
George’s podcast Brave Love/ Great Sex has over 15 million downloads and the book Brave Love/ Great Sex is being released by Penguin in the fall of 2026.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the key assumptions of attachment theory as it applies to adult sexuality.
2. Identify the assumptions, stages, and steps of EFT, as well as key change events.
3. Describe key interventions that help clients to reprocess key emotional responses and reduce reactivity
4. Discuss common therapeutic impasses in EFT with sexuality and how to address them and implement EFT interventions in clinical exercises and case examples.
5. Apply techniques of sexual assessment in EFT treatment
6. Identify negative cycle around sexual issues and its interplay with the negative emotional cycle (MAP)
7. Apply techniques to transform negative cycles into stage two positive cycles and secure attachment
PRESENTER BIO:
George Faller is a retired Lieutenant of the NYC Fire Department who served during 9/11, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in both New York and Connecticut. His unique background and dynamic teaching style make him a highly sought-after speaker around the world.
George is an ICEEFT Trainer in EFT, the founder of the New York Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, an AAMFT-approved supervisor, teaches at the Ackerman Institute for the Family, serves as the Director of Training at Greenwich Advanced Counseling Center, and sits on the Board of the Tulane School of Social Work. Through his books—True Connection, Sacred Stress, Emotionally Focused Family Therapy, and Brave Love/ Great Sex along with his popular podcast Brave Love/ Great Sex and therapist training platform www.SuccessInVulnerability.com, George is committed to the mission of building a more emotionally secure world.
AGENDA:
9:00 AM - Registration
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM - Training
11:00 AM - Break
11:15 AM - 12:45 PM - Training
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM - Lunch
1:45 PM - 3:15 PM - Training
3:15 PM - Break
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM - Training
LUNCH INFORMATION:
Lunch is offered with your registration. You will be able to select a Meat, Vegetarian, or Gluten Free option directly on the form when you buy your ticket. If you have a strict dietary restriction, please email us at ncceftinfo@gmail.com by September 26, 2026.
COST: $250
Registration deadline: October 3 2026
Registrants can choose to get 6.5 Continuing Education (CE) credits for $40. A link to buy CES will be emailed to participants closer to the event date.
CONTINUING EDUCATION:
Details regarding the availability of Continuing Education credits will be provided following formal endorsement from Alliant International University.
There are no known conflicts of interest, and no commercial support, associated with this program.
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ACCOMMODATIONS:
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ADA NEEDS: We will be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please contact us at ncceftinfo@gmail.com at least two weeks prior to the seminar date.
NCCEFT PROGRAM GRIEVANCE AND REFUND POLICY:
The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (NCCEFT) is fully committed to conducting all activities in strict conformance with the American Psychological Association's Ethical Principles of Psychologists. NCCEFT will comply with all legal and ethical responsibilities to be non-discriminatory in promotional activities, program content and in the treatment of program participants. The monitoring and assessment of compliance with these standards will be the responsibility of the CPA PAS CE Program Director in consultation with the Board of Directors (Steering Committee).
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When a participant, either orally or in written format, files a grievance and expects action on the complaint, the following actions will be taken:
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CODE OF CONDUCT:
By registering for this training, participants agree to abide by the NCCEFT Code of Conduct, which ensures a respectful, inclusive, and supportive environment for all attendees. Failure to adhere to this Code may result in removal from the event without refund. Additionally, you give NCCEFT permission to take and use photos from the event for our website and community materials.
REFUND AND ATTENDANCE POLICY:
In the event that a program presentation has an attendance fee, CANCELLATIONS are subject to a $50.00 processing fee and must be received 14 days prior to be eligible for a refund.
