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The values of attachment and EFT teach us how to make sense of human behavior and how to understand the people around us. But our human need for safety and connection doesn't end just because we're not in session. Even as we interact socially with friends and peers, and other therapists personally and professionally, we are still looking for signs up safety and connection. Join We Heart Therapy Ho...

Did you know that EFT is effective for helping not only couples but families connect also? Join special guest Gail Palmer (EFT Trainer/Supervisor and Co-Director of ICEEFT) and We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti (LMFT, certified EFT Therapist) as they discuss how to use Emotionally Focused Therapy to help families in your therapy practice. For more information on Gail, contact her at: Gail Pal...

Join your host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainers Scott Woolley, PhD and Rebecca Jorgensen, PhD for this very special edition of EFT Talk discussing competing attachment in romantic relationships. Competing attachment is anything a partner turns to outside of the relationship for comfort/soothing/escape or to meet their emotional or attachment needs that is not their partner. This happens...

Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainer Karin Wagenaar as they discuss how to help clients with personality disorders using Emotionally Focused Therapy, an evidence based model of counseling, and the gold standard of couples counseling. EFT Trainer Karin Wagenaar is a clinical psychologist, psychotherapist, couple and family therapist in the Netherlands. She is a cert...

Emotionally Focused Therapy is the gold standard of couples counseling, and the same interventions and methods are just as effective in helping individual clients as well. Many EFT therapists that are used to working with couples may forget that they already know how to work with individuals to a degree, and they already use the principles and interventions when working with a particular partner w...

When practicing Emotionally Focused Therapy, sometimes therapists experience their own blocks and triggers as their own vulnerabilities and humanness get triggered by what comes alive in the room. Join We Heart Therapy Host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT & EFT Trainer Kathryn De Bruin as they discuss how to address self of the therapist issues in Emotionally Focused Therapy. For more information on EF...

In Emotionally Focused Therapy, many therapists learning the model struggle to know the markers for de-escalation and the start of Stage 2, and how to help couples learn how to bond with each other more deeply during Stage 2. Stage 2 can be very diverse, and it's more than just about having clients discuss their needs. Join We Heart Therapy host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti and EFT Trainer Dr. Scott Wooll...

As a therapist, What do you do when one partner in a couple's relationship has a shut down sexual desire or never learned to view sex as important? Learn about how to help re-engaging the sexual withdrawer, or partner's who don't see sex as important, especially when their attachment needs are being met, lack sexual desire, or never learned to view sex as a necessary element of maintaining a deepl...

As an Emotionally Focused therapist, learning how to attune to client's attachment dilemma's and their emotional pain can be more complex than it sounds. Especially if there is a lot of reactive emotion in the session or a total lack of emotion. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT, & Certified EFT Trainer Ryan Rana, PhD as they discuss how to attune to your clients in session. F...

Attachment Science and Emotionally Focused Therapy teach therapists how to understand emotion and work with emotion live in the therapy room to help create second order change. Some therapists may find themselves triggered by the amount of emotion alive in the therapy sessions, especially coming from highly escalated couples. Join your We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, LMFT and special guest...

We all have clients that have a variety of ways of expression emotions, even when they don't appear to be emoting outwardly. Silence can become a little but of a shaky area for therapists to understand what do with the silence, how long to allow the silence to continue, and how to delve into it. Similarly, some cultures and people emote much less obviously than others. Understanding micro-expressi...

Helping clients heal from Trauma can be both challenging and rewarding. Mastering competencies on pacing, skills and interventions and empathy is something that requires continuous education and growth. Watch We Heart Therapy Host Dr. Anabelle Bugatti, PhD LMFT and EFT Trainer Dr. Silvina Irwin, PhD, LP as they discuss how to effectively work with trauma using Emotionally Focused Therapy, a model...

If you've helped a client struggling with an addiction, you've probably discovered that often times shame is at the heart of their struggles. Emotionally Focused Therapy can be very effective for helping clients struggling with addictions and who are caught in a shame spiral. Join your host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD/LMFT, and Certified EFT Trainer Michael Barnett, LPC as they discuss how to use Emotio...

Shame can be one of the most blocking emotions in therapy, and presents a variety of challenges for the therapist in trying to help their clients and couples heal. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainer Rebecca Jorgensen PhD as we discuss how to work with shame in Emotionally Focused Therapy. For more information on trainings with Rebecca Jorgensen, find her at: htt...

Learning how to do EFT Emotionally Focused Therapy can be exciting and challenging. And let's face it, sometimes we get lost in session, clients throw us curve balls, and we get stuck as we're trying to help a couple work through their cycle. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD/LMFT/Certified EFT Therapist and EFT Trainer and LMFT Debi Scimeca-Diaz from the Center for EFT in New Jerse...

Treating clients with addictions using Emotionally Focused Therapy can be very effective. However, many therapists have questions as to contraindications and whether or not a couple with addictions is ready for couples therapy. Join your host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD/LMFT, and Certified EFT Trainer Michael Barnett, LPC as they discuss how to use Emotionally Focused Therapy to effectively help couples...

Emotionally Focused Therapy is well known among couples therapists in private practice, but many aren't aware of its applicability and efficacy in agency settings and with high risk populations. Join We Heart Therapy Host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and Jim Thomas, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer & Therapist as they discuss how to use EFT in agency settings or with High Risk Populations.    For more...

We all have clients from diverse cultures and backgrounds. Understanding differences in cultural expressions of emotion and attachment needs is extremely important if we are to be effective therapists. While Dr. Ting Liu specializes in bringing EFT to the Asian culture, the discussions in this video are applicable to a variety of cultures and clients, especially when it comes to being able to pick...

Understanding how to work with culturally diverse clients is an important part of creating an alliance and providing effective and ethical services for clients. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, LMFT/Cert. EFT Therapist and special guest EFT Trainer Dr. Simona Herb, founder of the EFT center in Romania, The Psiris Center. Dr. Simona is a pioneer of attachment and therapeutic practice in...

Do your clients and couples suffer from Depression? Ever wonder how to put their depression into the cycle or how to create and access a secure attachment frame to help treat the depression? Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and special guest Ting Liu, PhD EFT Trainer/Supervisor and director of the Philadelphia Center for EFT as well as the Asia Center for EFT as we discuss ho...

The art of repairing attachment injuries in session can be difficult if not done carefully. Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) has a mini model specifically for healing attachment injuries. Join We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti PhD, LMFT and EFT Trainer Leanne Campbell, PhD (Vancouver Island EFT) as they discuss how to heal attachment injuries, also including elements of shame and grief. For...

Many times couples present for therapy with a sense of urgency because of an attachment injury, or an injurious event in their relationship. Learning how and when is the most effective point in therapy to address this injury is important. Luckily in Emotionally Focused Therapy, EFT, there is a process for repairing these moments. A meta model within EFT, designed specifically around addressing the...

Broken Trust is one of the most common reasons couples enter couples therapy. It can also present many challenges for the therapist as they work with the couple on the healing process. Join We Heart Therapy Host Anabelle LMFT, Certified EFT Therapist and EFT Trainer/Supervisor Lorrie Brubacher LMFT as they discuss how to use EFT to help couples repair trust. For more information on Emotionally Foc...

When learning EFT, it's not uncommon to hear the phrase "get curious" with your client, and sometimes it can be challenging to fully understand what "getting curious" actually means. Join We Heart Therapy Host Anabelle Bugatti, PhD, LMFT and Jim Thomas, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer & Therapist as they discuss the EFT techniques and use of curiosity and empathy to align with clients. Jim Thomas is...

Do you get stuck when your couples report a discrepancy in sexual desire? Learn about what to ask in a sexual assessment with your clients with Certified EFT Supervisor/AASECT certified Sex Therapist Expert Michael Moran and We Heart Therapy host Anabelle Bugatti, LMFT, certified EFT Couples Therapist. For more information or to schedule a workshop on sexuality in your area, contact Michael Moran...