Emotionally Focused Family Therapy Talk – By Gail Palmer (RMFT, MSW)

EFFT is an attachment based intervention which conceptualizes family difficulties as attachment dilemmas. For example, children’s misbehaviour can be understood as bids for connection that become scrambled and misread by parents who are caught in their own reactive behaviours and emotions.  The EFFT therapist implements systemic and experiential interventions to help de-escalate the family’s negative dance that reinforces this attachment insecurity and works to activate the inherent parental desire to caretake their children. By structuring enactments that help children receive comfort and support from their parent, the EFFT therapist works to restore family bonds that foster resilience for children.

Objectives for Workshop

1. Participants will demonstrate an ability to conceptualize the family system and the problems families encounter from an attachment perspective.
2. Participants will demonstrate an increased knowledge of the Emotionally Focused Therapy Model as it applies to the family context.

About Gail Palmer, (RMFT, MSW)

Gail is one of the Founding Members of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute and Co-Director of the International Center of Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. She holds a Masters degree in Social Work and is a Registered Marriage and Family Therapist in Canada. Click to read more about Gail. 

TO Register click HERE

If attending virtually details on how to connect will be emailed to those that register. You do need a good internet connection-preferably cabled to the wall -WIFI can be problematic. If attending in person details on exact location will be sent to you.