Topic: Trauma-focused EFT for Couples
Presenter: Dr. Irina Wen, Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor, Touchstone Psychology, PLLC, Clinical Associate Professor NYU, Langone Health
In this session, Dr. Wen discussed effective techniques and strategies in Trauma-focused EFT for Couples. She talked about the role of trauma in couple relationships and its dire effects on couples’ interactions and provided practical strategies for dealing with trauma in couple relationships. She defined trauma and its different facets and how trauma could esteem from diverse experiences and how these experiences can potentially affect couples’ relations. She also discussed the role of emotions in trauma and the emotional reconstruction of couple relationships, as well as EFT techniques in working with trauma. She described particular EFT techniques that are designed for trauma work and described how these techniques could be used by giving out examples from her clinical practice. The session ended with a question and answer section with Dr. Wen and participants were very grateful for Dr. Wen and her beautiful presentation that was deep and practical and moving at the same time. Having international guests is a recurring event in IREFT, aiming to enhance theoretical knowledge and practical expertise in different branches of emotion-focused work.
Wednesday, July 10th, 8:00 pm to 10:00 pm, Iran’s Standard Time (IRST)
