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Two-day Masterclass: "Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy: Guiding Moment-to-Moment Clinical Decision Making" with Dr. Rhonda Goldman

EFT therapists are often knowledgeable and aware of the various types of markers and tasks they might offer in order to help clients to access, regulate, or shift emotional processing. This includes familiar tasks such as the two-chair dialogue to transform negative self-criticism and the empty chair dialogue to resolve unfinished business with a developmentally significant other from the past.

However, questions remain about which task to do when and when to switch and undertake a new or different task. For example, what if self-interruption emerges while undertaking unfinished business with a significant other? Answers to such questions are inherent in the case formulation process, which informs moment-by-moment clinical decision making.

Objective

This workshop will discuss how case formulation is used in EFT to help therapists form a bigger picture of client problems and formulate what to do when, in a co-constructive process with clients.

We will discuss how and why to follow particular emergent markers throughout the therapy process and how to facilitate productive therapeutic tasks.

Target Group

EFT Therapists

Content

The workshop will focus on freshly recorded psychotherapy sessions to analyze and discuss how to engage and use moment-by-moment process diagnosis to facilitate the ongoing work of undertaking tasks through to resolution as we help clients work toward emotional transformation.
There will be opportunities for practical work in small groups, and the processes will be discussed in the context of case formulation.
Finally, the workshop will address typical challenges and impasses in the EFT process.

Trainers

Dr. Rhonda N. Goldman

Rhonda Goldman, PhD, is one of the primary co-developers of Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples. She is a Professor at the Chicago School in Chicago. She is also a visiting professor at the University of Lausanne, 2026-2027. Goldman runs the Emotion-Focused Therapy Institute in Chicago.

She is actively involved with research, development, practice, and training in EFT. In addition to her upcoming book on EFT for Couples, she has co-authored seven texts on Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), including Learning Emotion Focused Therapy (2025, 2004) Deliberate Practice in Emotion-focused therapy (2021), theClinical Handbook of Emotion-focused Therapy (2019), Case Formulation in Emotion-focused Therapy (2015), Emotion-focused Couples Therapy (2008), Case Studies in Emotion-focused Therapy (2007). She has written many journal articles and book chapters on empathy, vulnerability, depression, and emotion.

Goldman is a founding board member of the International Society of Emotion-focused Therapy (ISEFT). She is a past-president of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI). She is a past editor of the journal Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies.

Dr. Goldman has traveled extensively, teaching and training in Emotion-focused therapy for both couples and individuals having trained people in China, Singapore, Hong Kong, Japan, S.Korea, Spain, Portugal, France, Belgium, Holland, Ireland, Germany, Switzerland, Denmark, Norway, Poland, United States, Canada, Ecuador, and Brazil.

Practical Information

Course Dates

24.03-25.03.2027

Times

9:15am - 5:00pm CET

Language

English

Location

IEFT Schweiz, Falkenplatz 11, 3012 Bern

Costs

790 CHF

Credits

One credit corresponds to a 60-minute unit. Recognition is according to the guidelines of the respective professional society.

Cancellation policy

Cancellation of the binding registration by the participant is possible up to 90 days before the start of the course. In this case, only the administrative costs (CHF 50.-) will be charged. In case of withdrawal of the registration less than 90 days before the beginning of the course, the full amount of the course will be charged.

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Registration

Two-day Masterclass: "Case Formulation in Emotion-Focused Therapy: Guiding Moment-to-Moment Clinical Decision Making" with Dr. Rhonda Goldman

IEFT Schweiz, Falkenplatz 11, 3012 Bern

Registration deadline: 22.02.2027
The number of participants is limited. The course will only take place if there are enough registrations.