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08/26/2026 & 09/09/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – Imagery Markers 8.4-8.6

Certified Therapists —Will Focus on Stage 1 of EFT + Stage 1 of Penner Protocol

AP Therapists — Will focus on Stage 1 of EFT + Stage 1 of Penner Protocol

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play: (These will be modeled by the supervisor this week)
  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
      • 15.4 -Getting Started
      • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
      • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
      • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
      • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
      • 9.1 Notice Feelings
        • Use 9.2 (Heighten Feeling) or 9.3 Deepen feeling
      • 8.4 -8.6 – Process Feeling, Process Memory, Prime Neural Pathways
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: Use client you have recently seen for this role play. Please have the client present as anxiously attached.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: Use client you have recently seen for this role play. Please have the client present as anxiously attached.

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

Please choose one of the two EFT STAGE 2 + Penner Stage 2 Protocol Meetings to watch (just meeting portion):

11/12/2025 Didactic – Rewatch Minute 10-1:14 – For 8/26 Meeting

1/21/26 Didactic – Re-watch Minute 10 – 1:20 – For 9/9/26 Meeting

Examples of Stage 2 Work in Penner: (NOT REQUIRED BUT WELCOMED FOR APPLICATION)

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 4 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything. Came in for sex therapy. Wife has low desire and husband higher drive.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband always wanting sex and feeling like an object
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Same As Above except add step 3
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
  • Client Presentation:
    • SAME CLIENT PRESENTATION AS LISTED ABOVE

AP Therapists:

Please read and watch:

Please choose one of the two EFT STAGE 1 + Penner Stage 1 Protocol Meetings to watch (just meeting portion):

10/29/2025 Didactic
1/14/2026 Didactic

Examples of Stage 1 Work in Penner: (NOT REQUIRED BUT WELCOMED FOR APPLICATION)

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 4 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 2: Map the cycle in the context of their sexual relationship
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything. Came in for sex therapy. Wife has low desire and husband higher drive.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband always wanting sex and feeling like an object
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Same As Above except add step 3
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle. 
  • Client Presentation:
    • SAME CLIENT PRESENTATION AS LISTED ABOVE

08/12/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – Imagery Markers

Certified Therapists —Will Focus on Stage 1 of EFT + Stage 1 of Penner Protocol

Leadership Cohort

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
        • 9.1 Notice Feelings
          • Use 9.2 (Heighten Feeling) or 9.3 Deepen feeling
        • 8.1. Evocative Imagery Naming or 8.2 Imagery Naming or 8.3 Resource Development
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists

Please read and watch:

Please choose one of the two EFT STAGE 1 + Penner Stage 1 Protocol Meetings to watch (just meeting portion):

10/29/2025 Didactic
1/14/2026 Didactic

Examples of Stage 1 Work in Penner: (NOT REQUIRED BUT WELCOMED FOR APPLICATION)

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 4 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 2: Map the cycle in the context of their sexual relationship
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything. Came in for sex therapy. Wife has low desire and husband higher drive.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband always wanting sex and feeling like an object
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Same As Above except add step 3
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle. 
  • Client Presentation:
    • SAME CLIENT PRESENTATION AS LISTED ABOVE

07/22/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – Imagery Markers

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage Stage 3 work step 8

Leadership Cohort

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
        • 9.1 Notice Feelings
          • Use 9.2 (Heighten Feeling) or 9.3 Deepen feeling
        • 8.1. Evocative Imagery Naming or 8.2 Imagery Naming or 8.3 Resource Development
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists + AP Therapists

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 8
    • Please watch the whole video at the bottom of the page until minute 37

Step 8 +(

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Summarize last step 7
    • Step 8: Facilitating the emergence of new solutions to old, previously unsolvable relationship problems.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Same As Above except add step 9
    • Step 9: Consolidating new patterns of relating to prevent relapse and build long-term confidence.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attachment

Leadership Co hort

07/08/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-12:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 0
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour
Educator: Danielle Schaefer

Description:

This continuing education session explores the unique spiritual needs of counselors, emphasizing personal communion with God, spiritual disciplines, dependence on the Holy Spirit, humility, and perseverance in ministry. Participants will consider practical ways to cultivate spiritual health within themselves in order to serve others with wisdom, grace, and faithfulness.

Resident Therpiats – Feel it Thru Markers

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage Stage 2 work steps 6-8

AP therapists — will focus on learning how to engage Stage 2 work steps 6-8

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
        • 9.1 Notice Feelings
          • Use 9.2 (Heighten Feeling) or 9.3 Deepen feeling
        • 9.4 Name Feeling
        • 9.5 Complete feeling
        • 9.6 Verify Completion of the feeling
        • 9.7 Discern action of the feeling
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists + AP Therapists

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 5 + 6 + 7
    • Please watch the whole video at the bottom of the page until minute 37

Step 5:

Step 6:

Step 7:

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
    • Step 7: Facilitate the expression of NEEDS and WANTS, and RESTRUCTURE the relationship to create TRUE emotional engagement
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
    • Step 7: Facilitate the expression of NEEDS and WANTS, and RESTRUCTURE the relationship to create TRUE emotional engagement
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attachment

6/17/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – Feel it Thru Markers

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage Stage 2 work steps 6-8

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
        • 9.1 Notice Feelings
          • Use 9.2 (Heighten Feeling) or 9.3 Deepen feeling
        • 9.4 Name Feeling
        • 9.5 Complete feeling
        • 9.6 Verify Completion of the feeling
        • 9.7 Discern action of the feeling
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 5 + 6 + 7
    • Please watch the whole video at the bottom of the page until minute 37

Step 5:

Step 6:

Step 7:

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
    • Step 7: Facilitate the expression of NEEDS and WANTS, and RESTRUCTURE the relationship to create TRUE emotional engagement
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
    • Step 7: Facilitate the expression of NEEDS and WANTS, and RESTRUCTURE the relationship to create TRUE emotional engagement
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Leadership Cohort

6/10/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – it will help them to use the experiential didactic time towards player compassion markers

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage and build alliance in step 4 of EFT

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 5 + 6
    • Please watch the whole video at the bottom of the page until minute 37

Step 5:

Step 6:

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
    • Step 6: Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Advanced Practice

SAME AS CERTIFIEDS ABOVE

05/27/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – it will help them to use the experiential didactic time towards player compassion markers

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage and build alliance in step 4 of EFT

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 5
    • Please watch the whole video at the bottom of the page until minute 37

Example of Step 5:

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
    • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner. Deepen, Distill, Disclose (Enact)
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Leadership Cohort

  • Please take some time to study out — Character in the Bible before our cohort
  • Come with observations you made about what it means to have Godly character

05/20/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – it will help them to use the experiential didactic time towards embodied Spirituality

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage and build alliance in step 4 of EFT

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
        • 7.1-7.3 — Welcome Parts, Validate Parts, Reframe Parts
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 4

Example of Step 4:

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
    • Step 4: Develop an understanding and experience of the problem (reframe) in terms of the cycle, the underlying emotions driving the cycle and the attachment needs which are normal and longing to be meant.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Advanced Practice Therapists:

Pre-didactic Material:

EFT Stage 2 – Step 6

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 10 (30 Minutes)
  • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner.
    • Enact disowned parts
  • Step 6:
    • Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 10 (30 Minutes)
  • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner.
    • Enact disowned parts
  • Step 6:
    • Promote acceptance of these tender and hidden parts, aspects of self and new ways of relating.
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

05/13/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – it will help them to use the experiential didactic time towards embodied Spirituality

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage and build alliance in step 4 of EFT

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

Please read through these to prepare for the experential role plays:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 3 AGAIN

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Leadership Cohort

NO ADDITIONAL CONTENT TO PREP

04/29/2026 Didactic

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Time: 11:00 am-1:00 pm CT
Outside Study: 2 hours
Didactic Presentation: 1 hour 45 mins
Educator: Melissa Abello

Description: This didactic will address different needs for each group of therapists.

Resident therapists – it will help them to use the experiential didactic time towards embodied Spirituality

Certified Therapists — will focus on learning how to engage and build alliance in step 2 of EFT

AP therapists — will focus their energy on learning the overall frame work of a leader

Pre-Didactic Materials:

Resident Therapists:

PLEASE READ + WATCH:

Please read through these to prepare for the experential role plays:

  • First Role play:
    • Role of the Therapist:
      • Perform a first third session using following markers (30 Minutes)
        • 15.4 -Getting Started
        • 15.5 – Task #2 Established Safety + Brain Sync
        • 2.1 –Leadership + Structure
        • 3.1 – 3.5 Markers (Embodied Spirituality)
  • Individual Client Presentation 1#: 35 year old female or male who came in for anxiety. The client has an avoidant attachment style.

Second Role Play:

  • Role of the Therapist:
    • Same as a listed about
  • Individual Client Presentation #2: 45 year old male, who came in because he is feeling really depressed. The client has an anxious attachment style

Certified Therapists:

Please read and watch:

  • EFT – STEP 3

First Role Play:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 5 (30 Minutes)
    • Step 1: Build Alliance
    • Step 2: Identify with the client their negative interaction cycle
      • Using TANGO + MEANING + PROTECTION
    • Step 3: Dive more deeply into and feel and share the emotions underlying and fueling each partners position in the cycle.
      • Attempt 2-3 rounds of the tango in this step
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached

Advanced Practice Therapists:

Pre-didactic Material:

Role Play #1:

  • Therapist Task: Session 10 (30 Minutes)
  • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner.
    • Enact disowned parts
  • Client Presentation:
    • Cannot seem to get things resolved between them ever. Never talk through anything.
      • Husband complains wife never wants to have sex
      • Wife: complains she feels constantly attacked by husband
    • Husband: Pursuer + Anxiously attached
    • Wife: Withdrawer + Avoidant attachement

Role play #2:

  • Therapist Task: Session 10 (30 Minutes)
  • Step 5: Delve into and identify disowned needs and aspects of self that have been hidden for each partner.
  • Enact disowned need
  • Client Presentation:
    • Wife feels like husband picks work over her all the time and husband feels like wife is ungrateful for him
  • Husband: Withdrawer + Disorganized attachment
  • Wife: Pursuer: + Anxiously attached