WHAT YOU'LL DISCOVER IN THIS COURSE
Master skills that will enhance any trauma treatment
approach!
Join Sue and Leanne for expert guidance and in-depth insight on how to overcome obstacles in trauma
treatment and create deep, lasting emotional healing.
Through in-session client footage that showcases real clinical challenges, you'll
see exactly what to listen for and what to do to overcome emotional avoidance and keep your
sessions laser-focused on the precise steps to healing!
Module 1 | Introduction and EFIT Foundations
In this first module, Sue Johnson shares the evidence-based framework for treating trauma using
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy.
Discover how to move clients from distance and disconnection to being deeply engaged in the healing
process.
Here, you'll learn:
- The basics of EFIT treatment and how they may enhance your current practice
- The five "moves" you can use over and over to create lasting healing
- Specific interventions to help you overcome avoidance and move clients into
moments of significant change
Demonstration 1 | Overcoming Emotional Avoidance with Sue Johnson
Learn how to overcome emotional avoidance in treatment by watching Sue tackle it in her own work. Go
inside the therapy room while she works with a war veteran with complex PTSD.
Through session footage and commentary from Sue and Leanne, you'll gain the skills to:
- Maintain focus in-session while managing intellectualization, storytelling,
interruption, and more
- Confront interpersonal patterns that block progress while maintaining a robust
therapeutic alliance
- Use EFIT interventions to deepen emotional engagement and create corrective
emotional experiences
Module 2 | Core Challenges to Trauma Treatment
Join Sue and Leanne for an in-depth look at the most common blocks to progress in trauma
treatment.
You'll discover:
- The six most common ways therapists get stuck in treatment and exactly what to
do to get unstuck
- Real-life examples from Sue and Leanne's therapy experiences that provide
crucial insight on how to achieve breakthrough healing
Demonstration 2 | Resolving Emotional Blocks with Leanne Campbell
In this second demonstration, Leanne Campbell works with the daughter of wartime
survivors who is struggling with the impact of intergenerational trauma on her current
relationships.
Sue and Leanne highlight the stuck points encountered in the session and teach you the skills to:
- Recognize and confront intellectualization in-session
- Expertly help clients safely move into their bodies
- Move beyond surface emotions and emotional suppression to help clients connect
with the core of their pain
- Apply the five moves of EFIT to help you get past emotional blocks in session
Consultation Call Series
Take your skills to the next level by joining your colleagues as they share their work with true trauma
experts. Listen in as Sue and Leanne help guide the therapy process through feedback, consultation, and
role plays specifically aimed at framing clients' problems through the lens of attachment, mapping
the process, maintaining momentum, unblocking barriers to growth, and more!