This is the foundational training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy. Externship includes presentations of theory, clinical techniques and skills, training exercises, video recordings, observation of sessions, discussion of specific cases and clinical issues, integrating didactic teaching, video demonstrations of real sessions, structured skills practice, and clinical discussion, with an extensive manual provided.
Participants learn how to:
Conceptualize relationship distress through the lens of attachment science
Track and interrupt the negative interaction cycles that keep couples stuck
Access, deepen, and reprocess primary emotions
Use the EFT Tango and core interventions to create new emotional experiences
Shape key bonding interactions that foster secure connection
Work through therapeutic impasses and help partners consolidate a more resilient, connected relationship
This Externship is the required first step on the ICEEFT pathway toward certification as an Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist. It’s designed for mental health professionals who work or are preparing to work with couples.
Date and Time: November 10-13, 2026 | 9:00 AM - 4:30 PM
Location: In- Person at the Holiday Inn and Suites Calgary South, Calgary Alberta T2J 7E1, Canada
Registration Opens on: September 01, 2026
Registration Closes on: November 09, 2026
Lorrie Brubacher
(Facilitator)
Lorrie Brubacher, a certified trainer, supervisor, and therapist with the International Centre for Excellence in EFT (ICEEFT), has been an individual, couple and family therapist since 1989. She founded and directed the Carolina Center for EFT for 15 years and is an adjunct at University of North Carolina, Greensboro. She trains internationally and publishes on the topic of EFT, and EFIT specifically. She co-developed EFT’s first inter-active video training program on the EFT Attachment Injury Resolution Model, has many EFT couple and individual training videos available at at http://steppingintoeft.com She has many published articles and chapters on EFT. Her book Stepping into Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Key Ingredients of Change ( 2018), is available in ten languages. The second edition and an accompanying workbook were published in 2025.
Learn More: EXTERNSHIP-EFCT-November-2026.pdf
Website:EFTCalgary.ca