CORE SKILLS IS THE NEXT STEP TO BECOMING A CERTIFIED EFT THERAPIST.

Participants that have completed the Externship and want to continue learning EFT can continue on to Core Skills. Core Skills is the second EFT training series required for EFT certification. Core Skills is divided into four learning modules, each 12 hours long. During each module, specific emphasis and immersion is placed on each stage and step of EFT.

**WBCEFT currently does not have a next Core Skills series scheduled. Please check back to this page for updates on when the next series will be offered.

About Core Skills:

In small groups, approximately 12-16 people, participants study in-depth, each of the EFT steps, through didactic instruction, role play and presentation of their own work via video tape. Participants must show 10 minutes of their work with a real couple during one of the core skills modules.

In the overall context of the EFT Tango, each Core Skills module is dedicated to specific steps of the model and the therapeutic tasks and interventions characteristic of those steps. The first module covers Stage One of EFT steps one and two, the second module covers Stage One of EFT steps three and four, the third module covers Stage Two of EFT steps five, six, and seven for the withdrawer, and the final module covers Stage Two of EFT steps five, six, and seven for the pursuer.

*The scope of this training primarily focuses on couples' work, discussing the unique complexities and challenges in these dynamics. However, the interventions and theoretical framework can also be applied in family and individual sessions.

Prerequisites for Core Skills

Participants must:

have completed an ICEEFT-approved Externship in EFT
be licensed therapists or license-eligible psychotherapy interns or students or otherwise legally allowed to practice as mental health professionals
be using EFT with at least one couple who is willing to be videotaped for case consultation