Addiction Unplugged: The Power of Attachment in EFT

Date:Date: November 15-16, 2024 | Time: 9am - 5pm MST both days, Arizona time (MST)

Location: Sonoran University of Health Sciences, Tempe, AZ

Certificate of Attendance: 14 hours (7 hours of instruction per day; 1-hour lunch not included)

**CE certificates are available for purchase if a free certificate of attendance is not sufficient (psychologists and out-of-town participants may be interested in this option).

ABOUT THE TRAINING

Description:
This powerful experiential training will provide trauma informed lens for the most challenging aspects of working with clients on the addictive continuum. An integration of sociocultural sensitivity, family of origin influences, and emotional process will be addressed in approaching addiction through the lens of attachment. This workshop will offer participants practical ways of tailoring EFT skills and interventions to work more effectively across stages to help couples heal and strengthen their bond when it’s been shattered by the impact of addiction.

Learning Objectives:

1. Describe an attachment-based understanding of the impact of addiction on the brain and relationships.
2. Identify therapist biases in working with clients on the addictive continuum
3. Discuss cultural influences on our current opinions on addiction
4. Discuss the role of trauma in the development of addictive behaviors.
5. Describe EFT Assessment Skills when a client presents with behaviors on the addictive continuum
6. Discuss how to determine if EFT is indicated when addiction or possible addiction surfaces in treatment.
7. Describe the systemic elements to addictive processes (i.e. how they effect a couple’s cycle)
8. Practice placing addiction and addictive processes into a couple’s negative cycle.
9. Explain the impact of addiction on emotional regulation and processing specific to EFT work.
10. Practice EFT skills that are tailored to work with the emotion regulation abilities of clients on the addictive continuum
11. Describe the role of shame on the clinical presentation in working with couples on the addictive continuum
12. Discuss how Stage 2 EFT processes can effectively heal the emotional pain that substances historically were used to dull

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Michael Barnett, MA, Ed.S, LPC, LPCC is a licensed psychotherapist in both California and Georgia with over 30 years of clinical experience. Michael is an ICEEFT certified supervisor and trainer in EFT, and is the founder and director of the Atlanta Center for EFT. Michael is an active member of the National Association for Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, American Counseling Association, the California Professional Counselor’s Association, and the Licensed Professional Counselor's Association of Georgia, where he served on their board of directors for several years.

The central focus and passion of Michael's work is both couple’s therapy, and training professionals who work with couples. His interest in couple's therapy began early in his career. Michael specifically noticed that effective and successful couple’s therapy healed not only the relationship, but in the process of therapy, the individuals within the relationship consistently evolved into the best and most authentic versions of themselves, healing emotional pain and historical wounds in the process. In addition to his clinical work, supervision and training, Michael conducted a research project that incorporated EFT into inpatient addiction treatment protocols at a leading alcohol and drug treatment center in Atlanta.

​Diversity Statement: This presentation is informed by the ICEEFT statement and commitment to anti-racism. Specifically, this training includes an assessment focus on the CARE model outlined by Johnson & Campbell (2022), which guides therapist to evaluate attachment, emotion, and therapist alliance issues within the context of ethnicity, culture, and social location of families. Various examples are used through the training to illustrate the application of EFFT to families representing different social contexts.

Cancellation / Refund Policy: In the event that you have paid for an upcoming event but are not able to attend, you may request a refund up to 30 days prior to the event. Refund requests must be received in writing via email to: azeftcommunity@gmail.com. Requests received at least 60 days prior to the start of the event will receive a full refund of the registration minus the Eventbrite refund fee. Requests received between 30-59 days prior to the start of the event will receive a 50% refund of the registration minus the Eventbrite refund fee. No refunds will be issued for cancellations received less than 30 days prior to the start of the event.