NCCEFT Fall Kick-Off--Attachment Therapist as Fellow Traveler: Attunement in EFT

NCCEFT Quarterly Meeting--Fall Kick-off

Attachment Therapist as Fellow Traveler:

Attunement in EFT

Presented by:

Sam Jinich, PhD, Certified EFT Trainer

and

Michelle Gannon, PhD, Certified Supervisor

SUBJECT:

Emotions tell us where to focus our attention and they are also our most important tool to bring about change in our clients. In EFT, vulnerable emotions are accessed, explored, and expanded to facilitate client shifts toward more adaptive integrated emotion and need expression in relationships. This involves greater experiential involvement in therapy as clients focus inward on their meaning-making process.  As a client’s level of experiential involvement deepens, the client’s discourse shifts from superficial and impersonal to more internal self-referenced statements. Deeper levels of engagement have been associated with positive and successful therapy outcomes in EFT for couples (Johnson & Greenberg, 1988; Makinen & Johnson, 2006).Evoking vulnerability in our clients requires that we remain finely attuned to their underlying emotional and physiological experience. Integrating both attachment principles and brain science has led therapists to understand that social relationships fundamentally shape how our brains develop, construct reality and adapt to psychological stressors throughout life. It is through the communication of emotions that attachment experiences organize the brain. An emotionally rich connection with another person can change both brains. In this presentation we will discuss how accessing and opening ourselves to stimuli that impacts us emotionally can prime and fine tune our emotional capacity to resonate better with our clients.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

Participants will:

A) Participants will describe how Attachment Theory principles and advancement in brain science supports the importance of developing greater attunement skills.
B) Participants will be able to discuss and explain core therapeutic practices in EFT to attune to and evoke attachment emotions, longings and fears.
C) Participants will develop and demonstrate attunement skills through didactic instruction, evocative music, video clips, poetry and experiential exercises and consider whether as therapists their own experiential involvement deepens their client’s discourse and in turn shifts it from the superficial and impersonal to more heartfelt expressions of vulnerability.

PRESENTERS:

Sam Jinich, PhD is a Certified Emotionally Focused Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist, and the Director of the San Francisco Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy (SFCEFT) 

Dr Jinich received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, San Diego and San Diego State University’s Joint Doctoral Program. He completed his internship and postdoctoral training at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. Sam is one of the Founders of the Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (NCCEFT) and he is Past President of the San Francisco Psychological Association.

Sam has been an Individual and Couples Therapist in San Francisco for over 25 years. 

Sam co-facilitates the Hold Me Tight Workshop for Couples  with Michelle Gannon, PhD., Clinical Director of the San Francisco Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy and Certified EFT Supervisor and Therapist

Sam teaches EFT in the SF Bay Area as well as internationally in both English and Spanish.

Michelle Gannon, Ph.D. is a San Francisco Clinical Psychologist who has been an Individual and Couples Therapist in San Francisco Private Practice for over 25 years.

Michelle Gannon, Ph.D. has been Endorsed and Certified by the International Centre of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) as a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist and Supervisor/Consultant.

Michelle Gannon, Ph.D. also attended the International Training Program in Australia in Daring Way™ and Rising Strong™ led by Dr Brené Brown and Michelle is a Certified Daring™ Way Facilitator and Rising Strong™ Facilitator.

Michelle enjoys integrating Dr Brené Brown and Dr Sue Johnson’s work with her individual clients, couples, workshops and trainings.

In addition to working with individuals and couples in her San Francisco private practice, Michelle Gannon, Ph.D. leads workshop and trainings in San Francisco, Marin, 1440 Multiversity, Esalen Institute, Big Sur and Internationally.

Michelle Gannon, Ph.D now co-leads Hold Me Tight® Workshop for Couples  with Sam Jinich, Ph.D. and Rising Strong™ Workshop with Beth Jaeger-Skigen, LCSW.

Dr Gannon received her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from California School of Professional Psychology and did her Ph.D. dissertation research on psychotherapy outcome at Stanford University. She earned her Bachelor of Science from University of Toronto.

Also, Michelle teaches and supervises therapists in Attachment Theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Forgiveness and Attunement at the San Francisco Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy (SFCEFT).

AGENDA:
10:00 AM - Networking and Professional Socialization (not included in CE credits)
10:30 AM - NCCEFT Announcements (not included in CE credits)

10:50 AM - Training begins
11:50 AM - 10-minute break (not included in CE credits)

12:00 noon - Training resumes
1:00 PM - Training ends

TARGET AUDIENCE:
This training is appropriate for mental health practitioners who work with couples using Emotionally Focused Therapy.

ACTIVITY LEVEL:
This presentation is appropriate for mental health professionals who work with couples using Emotionally Focused Therapy.  Level is introductory to intermediate.

COST:
This training is free to members, who will receive Continuing Education (CE) credit at no charge.  This training is available to non-members for $10, and CE credit is available for an additional $25.  Prepayment is made online through the website at the time of registration.  Payments are not accepted at the door.

CONTINUING EDUCATION: 
This course meets the qualifications for 2 hours of continuing education credit for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences;

Psychologists:  The Northern California Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy (NCCEFT) is approved by the CPA OPD to sponsor continuing professional education for psychologists in California. NCCEFT maintains responsibility for this program and its content. (Provider # NOR055)

NCCEFT is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and/or LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.  NCCEFT maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content. Provider # 93337

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Those who attend this workshop in full, complete the course evaluation and sign in/out will receive CE credits. A certificate of completion will be provided at the end of the workshop. Please note that credit will only be granted to those who attend the entire workshop.  Those arriving more than 15 minutes after the start time or leaving before the workshop is completed will not receive CE credit.

ACCOMMODATIONS:

NCCEFT meets all applicable local, state and federal standards, including the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42, U.S.C. 12101-12213 (2008)). We hold events only at professional venues that comply with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA), 42, U.S.C. 12101-12213 (2008)

ADA NEEDS: We will be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please contact us at NCCEFT.programs@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).

While NCCEFT works to assure fair treatment for all participants and attempts to anticipate problems, there will be occasional issues which will require intervention and/or action on the part of NCCEFT. This procedural description serves as a guideline for handling such complaints.

When a participant, either orally or in written format, files a grievance and expects action on the complaint, the following actions will be taken:

1. If the complaint concerns a speaker, the content presented by the speaker, or the style of presentation, the individual filing the complaint will be asked to put his/her comments in written format. The CE Program Director will then pass on the comments to the speaker, assuring the confidentiality of the aggrieved individual.

2. If the complaint concerns a workshop offering, its content, level of presentation, or the facilities in which the workshop was offered, the CE Program Director will mediate and will be the final arbitrator. If the participant requests action during a workshop or conference, the CE Program Director or his/her representative will:

a. attempt to rectify the situation, and/or

b. provide a credit for a subsequent presentation, in the event of a program having an attendance fee or

c. provide a partial or full refund of the registration fee, in the event of a program having an attendance fee.

Actions 2b and 2c will require a written note, documenting the grievance, for record keeping purposes. The note need not be signed by the aggrieved individual.

3. If the grievance concerns the business practices of the NCCEFT CE program in a specific regard, the CE Program Director or Administrator will attempt to arbitrate.

REFUND AND ATTENDANCE POLICY:

In the event that a program presentation has an attendance fee, CANCELLATIONS should be made 48 hours prior to the event.