
The Challenge of De-Escalation: A Review of Stage 1 EFT Part 2
When: Wednesday, October 19, 2022; 11am-1pm ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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The Challenge of De-Escalation: A Review of Stage 1 EFT
When: Wednesday, August 3, 2022; 11am-1pm ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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When Clients Face Ethical Dilemmas: Our Role as Therapists
When: Thursday & Friday, October 27 & 28, 2022; 12-3:15pm ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: William Doherty, PhD
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: William Doherty, PhD
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Navigating the Complexities of Race and Gender for African American Couples
When: Friday, June 10, 2022; 12-5:30pm ET
Where: On Zoom
Presenters: Nalini Calamur, LMFT; Paul T. Guillory, PhD; James Hawkins II, PhD, LPC; and Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Presenters: Nalini Calamur, LMFT; Paul T. Guillory, PhD; James Hawkins II, PhD, LPC; and Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Core Skills Training in EFT
Dates: Session 1: Thursday & Friday, April 28 & 29, 2022; Session 2: Thursday & Friday, June 16 & 17, 2022; Session 3: Thursday & Friday, September 15 & 16, 2022; Session 4: Thursday & Friday, November 10 & 11, 2022
Times: 12-7pm ET (Day 1), 11am-6:30pm ET (Day 2)
Location: On Zoom
Instructor: Paul Guillory, PhD
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Times: 12-7pm ET (Day 1), 11am-6:30pm ET (Day 2)
Location: On Zoom
Instructor: Paul Guillory, PhD
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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: Level 2
When: Mondays, March 28, 2022; April 11, 2022; April 25, 2022; and May 16, 2022; 12-3:15 ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Going Into The Fire: Working with Highly Escalated Couples
When: Friday & Saturday, March 4-5, 2022, 9am-4:30pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: George Faller, MS, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: George Faller, MS, LMFT
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Core Skills Training in EFT
Dates: Session 1: Thursday & Friday, September 23 & 24, 2021; Session 2: Monday & Tuesday, November 15 & 16, 2021; Session 3: Friday & Saturday, February 4 & 5, 2022; Session 4: Sunday & Monday, April 3 & 4, 2022
Times: 12-7pm ET (Day 1), 9am-4:30pm ET (Day 2)
Location: Sessions 1, 2 & 3 on Zoom; Session 4 in Northampton, MA (exact location TBD)
Instructor: Lorrie Brubacher, MEd, LMFT, RMFT
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Times: 12-7pm ET (Day 1), 9am-4:30pm ET (Day 2)
Location: Sessions 1, 2 & 3 on Zoom; Session 4 in Northampton, MA (exact location TBD)
Instructor: Lorrie Brubacher, MEd, LMFT, RMFT
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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: Level 1
When: Mondays, October 18, 2021; November 8, 2021; November 29, 2021; and December 13, 2021; 12-3:15 ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Antiracism Supervision
When: Friday, October 8, 2021, 12-3:15 EDT (originally scheduled for Friday, May 14, 2021)
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Yamonte Cooper, EdD, LPCC
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Yamonte Cooper, EdD, LPCC
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Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cultural Humility, and African American Couples
When: Friday, September 17, 2021, 11am-6pm ET
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Paul Guillory, PhD
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Paul Guillory, PhD
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Externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Orientation — Thursday, June 3, 2021, 7-9:30pm EDT; Optional Live Video Viewing – June 4, 2021, 9:30am-4pm EDT; Externship — Friday & Saturday, June 11 & 12, 2021 and June 18 & 19, 2021, 9:30am-4pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructors: Lorrie Brubacher, MEd, LMFT, RMFT; assisted by Paul Guillory, PhD
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Where: On Zoom
Instructors: Lorrie Brubacher, MEd, LMFT, RMFT; assisted by Paul Guillory, PhD
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Emotionally Focused Therapy in a Time of Racial Reckoning: Centering Race in Couple & Family Therapy
When: Friday, April 9, 2021, 12-7pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Presenters: Yamonte Cooper, EdD, LPCC; Paul Guillory, PhD; Bukky Kolawole, PsyD; Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Presenters: Yamonte Cooper, EdD, LPCC; Paul Guillory, PhD; Bukky Kolawole, PsyD; Marjorie Nightingale, JD, LMFT
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Follow the Emotion: The Challenges of De-escalation—A Refresher Course on Stage I of Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Friday, March 19, 2021 9am-4:45pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Danielle Green, LICSW and Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Danielle Green, LICSW and Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Uses and Misuses of Therapist Self-Disclosure in a Time of Collective Upheaval, Grief, and Loss
When: Friday, February 5, 2021, 12-4:15pm EST
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Dr. Janine Roberts
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Dr. Janine Roberts
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When Emotions Run High: Helping Couples Make Sense of Stuck Places With Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Thursday & Friday, January 21 & 22, 2021, 12-3:15pm EST
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy: An Introduction
When: Monday, December 7, 2020, 9am-4:30pm EST
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Gail Palmer, MSW, RMFT
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Becoming a Racially Conscious Therapist
When: Thursday & Friday, September 24 & 25, 2020, 12-3:15pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Dr. Bukky Kolawole, PsyD and Tony Hudson, MEd
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Dr. Bukky Kolawole, PsyD and Tony Hudson, MEd
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When Emotions Run High: Helping Couples Make Sense of Stuck Places With Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Friday, September 11, 2020, 9am-4:45pm EDT
Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: On Zoom
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Using Improvisation in Relationship Therapy
When: Friday, November 15, 2019 9am-12:15pm
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Daniel J. Wiener, PhD, RDT/BCT, AAMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Daniel J. Wiener, PhD, RDT/BCT, AAMFT
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Sexual Identity, Gender Identity: Staying Current in a Rapidly Changing Landscape
When: Saturday, October 26, 2019 9am-5pm
Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Keynote Speakers: Sidney Trantham, PhD and Acey Mercer, LMSW
Case Presentation Co-Moderated by: MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, EdD, LMFT and Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
Afternoon Workshops by: Acey Mercer, LMSW; Sidney Trantham, PhD; Steffani Brandenburg, LCSW, LICSW, CST; Julie Mencher, LICSW; Joseph Winn, LICSW, CST-S; and Jane Fleishman, PhD, MS, MEd, CSE
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Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Keynote Speakers: Sidney Trantham, PhD and Acey Mercer, LMSW
Case Presentation Co-Moderated by: MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, EdD, LMFT and Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
Afternoon Workshops by: Acey Mercer, LMSW; Sidney Trantham, PhD; Steffani Brandenburg, LCSW, LICSW, CST; Julie Mencher, LICSW; Joseph Winn, LICSW, CST-S; and Jane Fleishman, PhD, MS, MEd, CSE
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Self-Of-Therapist
When: Friday, September 20, 2019 9am-4pm
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Theresa Bullock Cohen, LICSW, BCC, CGP
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Theresa Bullock Cohen, LICSW, BCC, CGP
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What’s So Special About EFT? An Introduction to Working With Couples Using Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Friday, June 7, 2019 9am-12:15pm
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Networking Breakfast for NEAFAST
When: Friday, May 10, 2019 8:30-11am
Where: 20 Munroe Street, Northampton, MA
Presenter: Janine Roberts, Ed.D
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Where: 20 Munroe Street, Northampton, MA
Presenter: Janine Roberts, Ed.D
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Transforming Shattered Bonds: Addressing Affairs and Attachment Injuries with EFT’s Attachment Injury Resolution Model
When: March 29-30, 2019, Friday and Saturday 9am-5pm
Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Lorrie Brubacher, M.Ed., LMFT, RMFT
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Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Lorrie Brubacher, M.Ed., LMFT, RMFT
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On Becoming a Family: Clinical Approaches to Fostering Healthy Relationships
When: Friday, November 9, 2018, 9am-5pm
Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Co-Moderators: Jack LaForte, PhD, LMFT and Janine Roberts, EdD
Presenters: Carolyn Broudy, MD; Annette Cycon, LCSW; Charles Daniels, Jr., LICSW; Nancy Knudsen, LMFT; and Mirza Lugardo, LMHC
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Where: Smith College Conference Center, 51 College Lane, Northampton, MA
Co-Moderators: Jack LaForte, PhD, LMFT and Janine Roberts, EdD
Presenters: Carolyn Broudy, MD; Annette Cycon, LCSW; Charles Daniels, Jr., LICSW; Nancy Knudsen, LMFT; and Mirza Lugardo, LMHC
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Jumping Into the Fray: Working With Couples Using the Emotionally Focused Therapy Lens
When: Thursdays, September 20, October 4, October 18, November 1, November 15, 2018, 9am-12:15pm
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Monday Night Movies
When: Mondays, September 17, October 15, November 19, December 17, 2018, 5-7pm
Where: 53 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: 53 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Moderator: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Follow the Emotion: An EFT Refresher Course
When: Friday and Saturday, May 18-19, 2018, 9am-4:30pm
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Moving Couples Forward: Using Concepts of Differentiation and Attachment to Harness Growth
When: Friday, April 20, 2018
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT and Katherine Waddell, LMF
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT and Katherine Waddell, LMF
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When Emotions Run High: Helping Couples Make Sense of Stuck Places With Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Friday, March 9, 2018
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Nancy Knudsen, LMFT
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Getting Even: When Children Seek Revenge in Their Families
When: Friday, February 16, 2018
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Howard Wolfe, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Howard Wolfe, LMFT
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Tales From the Licensing Board: Ethical Issues Facing Couple and Family Therapists
When: Friday, December 8, 2017
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: I. Scott Cohen, LICSW, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: I. Scott Cohen, LICSW, LMFT
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Navigating the Danger Zone: Working with Dysregulation and State-Dependent Couples Therapy
When: Friday, November 17, 2017
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Kerry Lusignan, LMHC
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Kerry Lusignan, LMHC
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Addressing Addictions, Fostering Attachment with Emotionally Focused Therapy
When: Friday and Saturday, November 3-4, 2017
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Michael Barnett, LPC
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructor: Michael Barnett, LPC
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Narrative Therapy: A Postmodern Approach to the Therapeutic Process
When: Friday, October 20, 2017
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, Ed.D., LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: MaryAnna Domokos-Cheng Ham, Ed.D., LMFT
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The Leap to Systems Thinking: Learning from the Great Innovators
When: Friday, September 27, 2017
Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Jack LaForte, Ph.D., LMFT, Nancy Knudsen, LMFT, and Peter Titelman, Ph.D, LMFT
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Where: 40 Center Street, Northampton, MA
Instructors: Jack LaForte, Ph.D., LMFT, Nancy Knudsen, LMFT, and Peter Titelman, Ph.D, LMFT
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