Welcome to isEFT

Founded in 2011, isEFT is an international organization of Emotion Focused Therapy (commonly abbreviated as "EFT") training centers. Emotion Focused Therapy is an empirically-supported psychotherapy approach that views emotions as centrally important in human functioning and therapeutic change. An emotion-focused approach promotes emotional awareness, expression, regulation, understanding and transformation of emotion and the development of empathy as a path to health and well-being in individuals and couples. It is an evidence-based approach to the treatment of problems in living and interpersonal problems and is dedicated to the scientific study of the process of human change in therapy.

Upcoming events

EFT Level II - Leuven, Belgium

22 Nov 2019

Leuven, Belgium
Emotion Focused Skills training for Schools - Toronto

29 Jan 2020

Toronto, Canada
EFT Social Anxiety Training - Los Angeles

22 Feb 2020

Los Angeles
Emotion Focused Skills training for parents - Toronto

25 Feb 2020

Toronto, Canada
EFT Level I - Calgary, Canada

16 Mar 2020 (PDT)

Calgary, Canada
EFT level II - Toronto

01 Apr 2020

Toronto, Canada

Changing Emotions with Emotions

EFT in the News

May 28, 2018 at Site de Cery, Lausanne: Debate "Transforming emotional memories: from science to clinical practice". Emotional Memory by David Sander and Changing emotion with emotion by Leslie Greenberg. video
How do you change emotions? Les Greenberg: video
Why are emotions important? Les Greenberg: video
What is the role of emotion in distress? video
New Therapist talks to Les Greenberg: video
Interview with Les Greenberg about EFT by Juliette Becking, video
Talking about evolution and essence of EFT - Jeanne Watson, video
Emotion Focused Therapy for Depression, Jeanne Watson: video

Alfred & Shadow -
A short story about Self-Criticism

Alfred & Shadow -
A short story about emotions

Resources

Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) has evolved in recent years to have a significant impact on the field of psychotherapy. Its increasing popularity and the growing support for its efficacy with a wide variety of problems have made EFT an important approach to psychotherapy treatment. Please click here to view a list of books written by primary developers of EFT.

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ISEFT in the News!

A new interview with Les Greenberg: What is the role of emotion in distress? video

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Training Standards

The ISEFT Board has created minimum standards for training programs in order for the program to be recognised as an ISEFT certified Training that meets criteria for training in EFT.