Upcoming Professional Trainings & Events
listed in chronological order
Community Workshop
EFT & Ethics
with Keith Cross, Ph.D., LMFT
Board Member of AZEFT, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Academic Review Committee Member,
and a Member of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee
Board Member of AZEFT, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Academic Review Committee Member,
and a Member of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee
EFT clinicians often face unique ethical dilemmas when engaging partners or family members in the therapy process. Navigating this complex and dynamic system requires a thorough understanding of state rules as well as ethical standards. This session will present relevant legal and ethical considerations for EFT clinicians and offer several risk management strategies. Using case scenarios, participants will work in small groups to share their reflections and insights on some of the more common ethical dilemmas often faced by EFT clinicians.
Date: Friday, July 30, 2021 | Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $25 for AZEFT Members, $30 for Non-Members
Certificate of Attendance: 3 hours
Keith Cross, Ph.D., LMFT earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Arizona State University and his Masters and Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University. Dr. Cross currently serves as Full Faculty in the Masters of Science in Counseling program at Prescott College where he primarily teaches Practicum/Internship, Professional Counseling Ethics, as well as Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy. Dr. Cross also runs a group private practice in Prescott that specializes in working with couples. He currently serves as a Board Member of AZEFT, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Academic Review Committee Member, and a Member of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee.
Objectives of This Training:
Date: Friday, July 30, 2021 | Time: 9:00am - 12:00pm MST
Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting (link will be provided before event)
Cost: $25 for AZEFT Members, $30 for Non-Members
Certificate of Attendance: 3 hours
Keith Cross, Ph.D., LMFT earned his Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from Arizona State University and his Masters and Ph.D. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Purdue University. Dr. Cross currently serves as Full Faculty in the Masters of Science in Counseling program at Prescott College where he primarily teaches Practicum/Internship, Professional Counseling Ethics, as well as Marriage, Couple, and Family Therapy. Dr. Cross also runs a group private practice in Prescott that specializes in working with couples. He currently serves as a Board Member of AZEFT, Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners Academic Review Committee Member, and a Member of the American Counseling Association Ethics Committee.
Objectives of This Training:
- Identify the ethical risks unique to couple and family work with EFT.
- Know the specific State of Arizona statutes and rules that apply when engaging in couple and family work utilizing EFT.
- Analyze how ethical standards and state licensure laws are applied in real life counseling scenarios.
- Identify effective risk management strategies when using EFT.
2021 Externship
Join us for the next VIRTUAL Arizona 4-day Externship in 2021. This introductory training will take place over two weeks:
August 19-20, 2021 & August 26-27, 2021
Externship will be taught by ICEEFT Certified Trainers Dr. Lisa Palmer-Olsen and Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT.
Details and online registration to come.
August 19-20, 2021 & August 26-27, 2021
Externship will be taught by ICEEFT Certified Trainers Dr. Lisa Palmer-Olsen and Kathryn de Bruin, LMFT.
Details and online registration to come.
Annual 2-Day Training
Getting Grounded with the EFT Tango
with Sharon Chatkupt Lee, PysD
Traditionally we have taught Emotion Focused Therapy for couples as a model of steps and stages. For some people the steps and the stages are the comforting map of EFT, but for others the steps and the stages can be a real stumbling block that slows down the learning and fills people with insecurity. In Sue Johnson’s most recent book, she uses the EFT Tango to illustrate how we can move through individual, couple and family sessions moving easily from systemic work into emotional deepening and back into integration. We still use the steps and stages to guide us in our work, but the EFT Tango can help us orient ourselves throughout the session regardless of step or stage.
This workshop is designed to give the clinician a firm grasp of using the EFT Tango. We will observe, practice, and experience the EFT Tango over and over again. We will watch sessions and break down the moves one at a time. We will develop simple hand holds that you can use in your session to help you feel oriented, confident and in charge of your sessions. We will practice each move of the tango and share the learning in small groups. This workshop will be lively and experiential, and a wonderful learning opportunity for EFT clinicians of all training levels.
Date: November 5-6, 2021 | Time: 9am - 5pm both days
Location: Virtual on Zoom
Certificate of Attendance: 14 hours
Cost: By 7/31/21 - Members $340, Non-Members $375, Students $125
8/1/21 - 9/30/21 - Members $365, Non-Members $400, Students $125
On or After 10/1/21 - Members $390, Non-Members $425, Students $125
**A $100 discount is offered to attendees working in a community mental health agency or who are active members of the military
**If you are wanting an in-person leaning experience, we strongly encourage you to get together with colleagues to watch the training together and practice the skills together.**
Sharon Chatkupt Lee, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, Oregon since 2003. Sharon fell in love with EFT and began studying seriously to be an EFT therapist in 2006 alongside advanced gestalt training. Once certified in EFT, Sharon became a founding member for the Oregon Community for Emotionally Focused Therapists.
She has special interests in supervision and self-of-therapist development in EFT, as well as trauma. She is a student of yoga therapy, which has further developed her ability to work with trauma and the body. Sharon lives with her husband, their two teens, and a labradoodle named Huckleberry Finn who works in the office with her. Out of the office you will find her with family, walking in the woods, doing yoga, kayaking, knitting, or working on social justice issues. Since 2018 when Sharon became a trainer, she has been teaching on how we can be more embodied and tackle more complexity in our work by grounding ourselves in the tango. Sharon wants to build an EFT community in which more people feel they belong and to find ways to realize the ideals of anti-racism and anti-oppressive work within the EFT model and our community.
This workshop is designed to give the clinician a firm grasp of using the EFT Tango. We will observe, practice, and experience the EFT Tango over and over again. We will watch sessions and break down the moves one at a time. We will develop simple hand holds that you can use in your session to help you feel oriented, confident and in charge of your sessions. We will practice each move of the tango and share the learning in small groups. This workshop will be lively and experiential, and a wonderful learning opportunity for EFT clinicians of all training levels.
Date: November 5-6, 2021 | Time: 9am - 5pm both days
Location: Virtual on Zoom
Certificate of Attendance: 14 hours
Cost: By 7/31/21 - Members $340, Non-Members $375, Students $125
8/1/21 - 9/30/21 - Members $365, Non-Members $400, Students $125
On or After 10/1/21 - Members $390, Non-Members $425, Students $125
**A $100 discount is offered to attendees working in a community mental health agency or who are active members of the military
**If you are wanting an in-person leaning experience, we strongly encourage you to get together with colleagues to watch the training together and practice the skills together.**
Sharon Chatkupt Lee, PsyD, is a psychologist in private practice in Portland, Oregon since 2003. Sharon fell in love with EFT and began studying seriously to be an EFT therapist in 2006 alongside advanced gestalt training. Once certified in EFT, Sharon became a founding member for the Oregon Community for Emotionally Focused Therapists.
She has special interests in supervision and self-of-therapist development in EFT, as well as trauma. She is a student of yoga therapy, which has further developed her ability to work with trauma and the body. Sharon lives with her husband, their two teens, and a labradoodle named Huckleberry Finn who works in the office with her. Out of the office you will find her with family, walking in the woods, doing yoga, kayaking, knitting, or working on social justice issues. Since 2018 when Sharon became a trainer, she has been teaching on how we can be more embodied and tackle more complexity in our work by grounding ourselves in the tango. Sharon wants to build an EFT community in which more people feel they belong and to find ways to realize the ideals of anti-racism and anti-oppressive work within the EFT model and our community.