Resources for Therapists
Let us help you on the journey…. Here are some resources and tools for your EFT work. Remember to also check out the Therapist Trainings, EFT Boost Videos, What is EFT, and EFT Certification pages, along the Resource pages for Couples, Families, and Individuals.
(And if you have suggestions of ICEEFT resources that you’d like to see on here as well, let us know!)
EFT Books for Therapists:
*The core text to learn EFT.
The classic workbook and most helpful for learning EFT. Useful forms for EFT with clients.
This is the 2nd edition of the classic workbook, and expands beyond couples to EFT with individuals (EFIT) and families (EFFT) as well.
Great chapters on recovering from an affair, EFT with addictions, and EFT with gay and lesbian couples.
Practical, easy to understand guidebook to learning EFT. Great chapters on Attachment Injury Repair (affairs), addictions, and EFIT too.
The latest by Dr. Sue Johnson, with great chapters on EFIT (2!), EFFT, and EFCT.
Has helpful case studies, including on EFFT with stepfamilies and traumatic loss.
The new “must have” primer on Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy for those wanting to apply EFT to their work with individuals.
An essential text for all wanting to do EFT with African American Couples in a culturally attuned way.
Classic on EFCT with trauma survivors.
EFT Books for EFT Clients (that we should know and have read too!):
Website Resources: (Remember to check the other pages referenced above for more!)
Training DVDs of EFT Counseling Sessions, etc.:
Teaching Videos by EFT Trainers on Various EFT Topics/Issues:
Listserv Resources:
ICEEFT Therapist Listserv - This is a useful listserv to join to get announcements about upcoming ICEEFT trainings, opportunities, and resources, not to mention a venue for EFTers around the world to bring their burning questions about EFT and get solid answers. It is worth being a part of!
Multicultural, Anti-Racism, and Inclusion Resources for EFT:
VIDEO: Racism and Attachment Theory - learn from EFT Supervisor and Trainer-in-Trainer Dr. James L. Hawkins in a podcast with host Shane Birkel.
VIDEO: Black Excellence and Healing from Trauma - Listen to Dr. Àdísà Àjàmú speaking at the Black Resource Center of San Diego State University (interviewed by Dr. Feion Villedas). He is a developmental psychologist who is the Director from UC Irvine's Center for Black Cultures, Resources, & Research. It is an inspirational talk to a group of black graduate students. This is powerful for all of us to watch and soak in!
VIDEO: Psychotherapeutic Work with Black Couples - Dr. Paul Guillory, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor, and Therapist
Attachment and Culture/Race-Related Interview Questions - by Dr. Paul Guillory, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor, and Therapist - in his book, Emotionally Focused Therapy with African American Couples: Love Heals (2022)
VIDEO: Talking about Race with Dr. Bukky Kolawole: Being an Ally in this Time of Racial Injustice - Dr. Bukky Kolawole is an articulate Certified EFT Therapist who has some stretching and helpful messages for learning to be a true ally amidst the present racial injustice.
Anti-Racism Resources - This is a wonderful google sheet with a number of resources for therapists & clients… created for others to share the burden.
VIDEO: Immigrant Couples Experience and Useful Tips from EFT Supervisor and therapist, Jila Behnad (powerful interview with her by trainer Jim Thomas) (See also “Can You See Me?” under the Training tab.)
VIDEO: About how African Americans learn to do Code Switching. (This applies to LGBTQ+ folx and others too.)
Working Therapeutically with LGBTI Clients: A Practice Wisdom Resource - superb resource! Can download helpful booklet!
VIDEO: LGBTQ+ Centered EFT - This video interview with Certified EFT Trainer Sandra Taylor provides windows into some of the relevant issues and awareness we need to have to serve LGBTQ+ clients in an attuned manner.
Using EFT with Polyamorous Relationships - article by EFT therapists Caitlin Edwards, Robert Allan, Nick Marzo, Ted Wynfield, and Ryan Hicks
Resources for Leading Hold Me Tight®* Workshops and variations (all from ICEEFT):
Hold Me Tight® (HMT)
Created for Connection® (the HMT for Christian Couples)
Healing Hearts Together® (the HMT for Cardiac Patients)
Hold Me Tight®-Let Me Go (for parents and teens)
Hold Me Tight®, Created for Connection®, Healing Hearts Together®, and Hold Me Tight®-Let Me Go are registered trademarks to Dr. Sue Johnson. (Per ICEEFT, all materials using these phases must include that acknowledgement.)
EFT Articles, Chapters, Articles, Publications, Research, and Non-English Publications:
ICEEFT has an Online Library with all of these written resources cited! Check it out!: ICEEFT Online Library
Remember to also check out the Therapist Trainings, EFT Boost Videos, What is EFT, and EFT Certification pages, along the Resource pages for Couples, Families, and Individuals.
For MORE RESOURCES for EFT Therapists, to Learn EFT, CLICK here for a separate (password protected) page for EFT Therapists ONLY including: Forms for therapy, helps for watching and learning from our videos, learning the EFT Tango, using EFT with Intimate Partner Violence, etc.
(If you are part of the Central PA EFT Community, the password will be shared through the Listserv. If you need to learn it separately and you are an EFT therapist, contact us.)
RESOURCES FROM OUR COMMUNITY GATHERINGS:
We also have a password protect page for Resources from our Community Gatherings for EFT therapists only. (The same password works for this page.) CLICK HERE if you want to see a video from our Gatherings (such as a Trainer Chat or training segment) or get handouts from those times. We are glad to support, encourage, and equip you! We’re in this together!!