Bible and coffee on a rustic table during an Emotionally Focused Therapy Externship with a Created for Connection focus.

Emotionally Focused Therapy EFT Externship and EFT Core Skills with a Created for Connection the Hold Me Tight Guide for Christian Couples focus.

EFT Core Skills 3-4
with a Created for Connection focus
Birmingham, AL
September 27-29, 2023

Join Dr. Greg Cheney and Dr. Teri Murphy for this
3-Day IN-PERSON training!

Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting

is pleased to offer

EFT Core Skills Modules 3 and 4

The EFT Tango in Stage 2

Withdrawer Re-engagement: Steps 5, 6, and 7

Pursuer Softening: Steps 5, 6, and 7
Consolidation: Steps 8 and 9

EFT Core Skills Modules 3 and 4 training focuses on the core skills of using the EFT Tango to accomplish each of the EFT Steps in Stage 2. The training will contain instruction and experiential practice of EFT skills and interventions developed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). Core Skills training is one of the prerequisites for ICEEFT certification as an EFT therapist.

Upon completion, the participant will be able to:

Demonstrate the use of key EFT Interventions through the Moves of the EFT Tango (especially Tango Moves 2-5) to facilitate Withdrawer Re-engagement.
Explain the use of key EFT Interventions through the Moves of the EFT Tango (especially Tango Moves 2-5) to facilitate Pursuer Softening.
Apply skills, using Tango Moves 1 and 5 to help clients consolidate new interactional positions by highlighting positive cycles.
Demonstrate ways to use Tango Move 5 to celebrate a secure bond and to help clients to create a new attachment narrative of growth.

Presenters: Dr. Greg Cheney, LMFT, LCMHC and Dr. Teri Murphy, LMFT

When: September 27 - 29, 2023

Where: 200 Missionary Ridge Dr., Birmingham, AL 35242

The registration fee is $900 (regular rate), $700 (student rate). Registration is limited to 16 participants and closes on September 25, 2023.

Continuing Education Credit Available: 24 NBCC credit hours

Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7357. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.

If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact us.

Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting

1441 E Broad St., Suite 194, Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526

Meet Your Trainers

Dr. Greg Cheney ICEEFT Certified Trainer

Greg Cheney, PhD, LMFT, LCMHC

Dr. Greg Cheney is a Chaplain (Lieutenant Colonel) in the US Army, a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. He holds master degrees in divinity and counseling. He also holds a doctorate in Counseling and Counselor Education from North Carolina State University. He is stationed at Fort Bragg, NC where he is the Director of both the Watters Family Life Center for Counseling & Resiliency and the Family Life Chaplain Training Program. Greg spent years deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan while assigned to airborne infantry and Special Forces units and a career caring for soldiers and their families upon their return. As an ICEEFT certified EFT Trainer, his combat experience informs how he approaches EFT for use with combat veterans and first responders. Greg is passionate about honoring the sacrifice of these heroes and their families.

Dr. Teri Murphy ICEEFT Certified Trainer

Teri Murphy, PhD, LMFT

Dr. Teri Murphy is a certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) trainer, supervisor and therapist and former assistant professor at Trevecca Nazarene University and guest speaker at Vanderbilt University’s nurse practitioner program, where she taught the EFT model. Her PhD is in Clinical Counseling, Education, and Supervision. Teri trains EFT for local centres and communities in TN, KY, AL, MT, and Southern NV. Teri also trains Family Life Chaplains with the U.S. Army & supports the Army Strong Bonds program. Teri is the Co-Director for EFT Tennessee, the ICEEFT Center in Tennessee. She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist & has been in private practice in the Nashville area for over 10 years. Prior to her therapy training, Teri was an engineer in Space & Missile Systems with the U.S. Air Force. Presently, Teri is develops training in self-of-the-therapist, fun ways to learn research, & spiritual integration in EFT.

CS 3-4 Registraton

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First Name

Email Address

Last Name

City and State

Year & Location of ICEEFT Externship Completion

Date & Location of ICEEFT Core Skills 1-2 Completion

If Yes, Enter Your School and Graduate-Level Program

Enter Your License or Clergy/Pastoral Counseling Organization

I agree to the following:

I have the educational training, qualifications, and professional credentials to practice as a mental health professional in the area where I live or I am in a formal training program or supervised internship as a mental health professional or pastoral counselor.

I agree not to record any part of this training in any format (audio, video, etc). Personal written notes of a non-confidential nature are permitted.

I agree to keep confidential the personal identifying information of case material shared in this training.

I have completed an EFT Externship.

I have/will have an active caseload of couples from which to present a recording and to practice skills between modules (caseload does not have to be large).

Refunds are available for up to 60 days after the date of payment minus a $200 administrative fee. Refunds will not be issued after two weeks prior to the event. An an alternative, your full tuition can be transferred to another training event led by Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting.

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Student Rate - $700

Regular Rate - $900

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EFT Core Skills 3-4 with a Created for Connection focus Birmingham, AL September 27-29, 2023