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ICEEFT & Dr. Sue Johnson
What is ICEEFT?
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​ICEEFT is the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy. ICEEFT was founded by Dr. Sue Johnson who is the founder of this evidenced based therapeutic approach for couples, families and individuals called emotionally focused therapy. ​
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Who is Dr. Sue Johnson?
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Since the 1980's, Dr. Sue Johnson's dedicated her compassion to giving couples, families and individuals new starts to heal and find security in their most important relationships. Through this she developed emotionally focused therapy that grew to be a clinically reliable approach, evidenced by consistent results shown in peer-reviewed clinical research. You can review the clinical research on the ICEEFT website.
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Dr. Sue Johnson dedicated herself to helping others embrace their human need for connection, training hundreds of therapists to do the same, and wrote several books that have helped, and continue to help, so many people find the path forward to secure human connection. Some of these books are listed under the book recommendations page of this website.
Why is ICEEFT Important?
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ICEEFT is the ‘home base’ in a sense, for EFT therapists to gain their experience, training, expertise, support and credentialing in this therapeutic modality. Any therapist who wants to become competent in practicing EFT are required to receive their training through trainers under ICEEFT. Counselors can also become certified in EFT, in which ICEEFT holds specific standards counselors must meet in order to receive this kind of designation. To become certified, counselors must provide required credentialing information, meet a certain number of supervision hours with an EFT supervisor under ICEEFT, attend the required trainings, and provide recordings (with the consent of their clients) to display their ability to implement the core skills in the session room that they must have to effectively provide EFT. All certified EFT therapists must also be a member of ICEEFT. ICEEFT is incredibly important in supporting the quality of care clients receive from counselors who desire to practice EFT.
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There are three different certifications a counselor can pursue through ICEEFT. They can certify in emotionally focused individual therapy (EFIT), emotionally focused couples therapy (EFCT), and Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). ICEEFT provides accountability and credibility for EFT therapists by supporting therapists through a plethora of trainings and EFT communities in various locations in order to continue to remain ‘tuned’ into their EFT skills.
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Find a EFT Therapist
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If you are looking to work specifically with an expert in emotionally focused therapy (EFIT, EFCT, or EFFT), feel free to search the ICEEFT directory to find an EFT counselor in your area.
Elizabeth Hester, MA, LPC and owner of Plumeria Counselor PLLC is a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist. Feel free to contact us to schedule with her. She would be more than happy to walk this journey with you and your spouse/partner by utilizing her advanced experience in emotionally focused couples therapy.
