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ICEEFT
The International Centre For Excellence In Emotionally Focused Therapy
Creating Connection
“We must recognize that we are more than ‘homo sapiens’. We are ‘homo vinculum’ -the one who bonds with others. And these bonds are what will save us. They always have.”
Welcome to ICEEFT
Founded in 1998 by Dr. Sue Johnson and her colleagues in Ottawa, Canada, the Centre offers educational courses and training to mental health professionals (externships, workshops, core training etc.), provides certification for EFT therapists around the world and undertakes clinical research studies. ICEEFT works closely with its various affiliated EFT Centres and Communities.
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Please see our ICEEFT Statement on the War in Ukraine.
A Primer for Becoming an Emotionally Focused Therapist, 2nd Edition is now available for purchase. A free sample chapter is available at https://bit.ly/3I0EjZD. View promotional video for the online Attachment Science in Practice Course (please note that this course does not count toward EFT Certification)
Couples, Families & Individuals
ICEEFT serves as a centre of excellence for the promotion of secure, resilient individuals and successful relationships between partners and within families.
Science
Our mission includes the further expansion and refinement of the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model through process and outcome research.
Professionals
A central aspect of our mission is to educate health professionals and increase public awareness about the efficacy of EFT and its role in strengthening relationship bonds.
Dr Sue Johnson
Sue Johnson is a clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, author, popular presenter and speaker and one of the leading innovators in the field of couple therapy. She presents and writes on attachment and bonding, the science of love, interventions to repair relationships, trauma couples and forgiveness.
Sue holds professorships at the University of Ottawa in Canada and at Alliant University in San Diego, California. She is one of the originators and the main proponent of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy ( EFT), a powerful, tested intervention to help couples repair rifts and build strong loving bonds. She is also the Director of the Ottawa Couple and Family Institute and the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) which has numerous affiliated Centres and Communities in North America and Europe.
Click to view Dr. Sue Johnson's upcoming appearances.
Sue's Invitation to Externship in EFTDr. Sue Johnson talking about relationshipsLove Sense: from Infant to Adult2 Interventions
More videos from Dr. Sue Johnson
Love Is Listening: Dementia Without Loneliness
Hold Me Tight
This book offers a revolutionary new way to see and shape love relationships. The stories, new ideas and exercises offered in Hold Me Tight are based on the new science of love and the wisdom of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), an effective new model developed by Dr. Johnson.
Learn More about Hold Me Tight – The Book
The Hold Me Tight Program is now available as an online course. For a limited time, save 50% on this powerful and effective program.
Learn More about Hold Me Tight – On-Line
Products
Escaping the Trauma Trap: Transforming Life-Long Trauma in EFT couple sessions EFIT – Creating Core Change in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Working with Anxiety and Depression Facing the Dragon Together. EFT with Traumatized Couples
Mission Statement
ICEEFT serves as a centre of excellence for the promotion of secure, resilient individuals and successful relationships between partners and within families. Our mission includes the further expansion and refinement of the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model through process and outcome research. Another central aspect of our mission is to educate health professionals and to increase public awareness about the efficacy of EFT and its role in strengthening relationship bonds.
EFT is Global
Click here to see ICEEFT Affiliated Centres and Communities.
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