When: Core Skills 1&2 Thursday March 20 - Saturday March 22, 2025; Core Skills 3&4 Thursday October 2 - Saturday October 4, 2025; 8:30 - 5:30 each day
Where: Bentley University Conference Center, Waltham, MA
Cost: $1,800. We may have a limited number of equity scholarships available for therapist who identify as Black or African-American. Please send us an email to inquire to eftmassachusetts@gmail.com
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations requested more than 30 days before the training will be issued a refund for the registration fee less an administrative fee of $100. Cancellations requested 10-29 days before the training will be issued a refund minus a $200 administrative fee. Refunds cannot be issued less than 10 days before the training; however, the registration fee can be transferred to an upcoming EFT MA training.
Level: Intermediate (completion of 4-day Externship required)
Target Audience: Marriage & Family Therapists, Social Workers, Mental Health Counselors, Psychologists
Limited to 23 participants
CEs: 44 CEs for LMFTs, LICSWs, LMHCs and Lic. Psychologists split between Core Skills 1&2 and Core Skills 3&4, for a cost of $40 for each 22 CEs.
From National Marriage Seminars:
Participants must have paid registration fees, signed in, attended the entire seminar, and signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available.
National Marriage Seminars of America is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. National Marriage Seminars of America maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Counselors/Marriage and Family Therapists/Mental Health Counselors Nearly all Professional Counselors, MFT & Mental Health Counselor boards accept APA. Check with your board to be sure.
Please Note: Licensing Boards change regulations occasionally. We attempt to stay on top of the most recent changes. If you have questions about a course meeting your specific board’s approval, we recommend you contact your board directly for a definitive answer.
Course Description:
Core Skills is designed to give you a "deeper dive" into each stage, step, and intervention that make up an "Emotionally Focused" approach. The first weekend of Core Skills covers Stage 1, the second weekend Stage 2 and working with attachment Injuries. Core Skills combines more nuanced diadic teaching with much more experiential practice than the Externship. It is required for certification. Core Skills participants are required to show a clip of their EFT therapy with couples.
Dr. James Hawkins, ‘Doc Hawk’, is a Licensed Counsellor with 11 years of experience and an ICEEFT certified trainer, supervisor, and therapist. He obtained a Master’s in Marriage and Family Counseling and a Ph.D. in Psychology and Counseling. He currently serves as a Clinical Coordinator at a non-profit counseling practice in Northwest Arkansas. James is the founder of Healing Conversations, a training program developed to equip organizations and communities to have productive conversations about race. He is the co-host of two podcasts, The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy, and The Leading Edge: Transforming Leadership Through Attachment Science. James is a part of the online training program, successinvulnerability.com developed to help EFT therapists and supervisors gain more focus in their clinical work. Doc Hawk brings a passion for helping individuals, couples, families, and communities in relational distress. James is married to his wife, Nicola and together they have five daughters.
Core Skills is limited to 23 participants. Cost is $1,800 for both weekends of training.