In The News
Since the 2010 summit, EFT has been growing leaps and bounds!! Locally for NYCEFT, and globally for ICEEFT, there are so many exciting things happening in our EFT Communities!
Local News
Our very own George Faller, LMFT, President of NYCEFT, and Certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer, and the leading force behind the tremendous growth of EFT in the Greater New York area, was interviewed by NBC Nightly News, as an individual making a difference as a firefighter and licensed marriage and family therapist for the FDNY. Go to www.msnbc.com, Nightly News, left column to Making a Difference. In search box on lower left, enter Firefighter Dec 3, 2010. The clip that was shown on NBC will appear in a box mid-column. Well done, George!
In New York City, ICEEFT and Ackerman Institute for the Family have co-sponsored 4 externships since 2008, with over 550 individuals attending, from over 20 states and 6 countries.
Originally established in 2009, NYCEFT celebrated official status as a not-for-profit organization in February 2011. Membership has grown to 80 members from New York, Connecticut and New Jersey, there are now 24 Certified EFT Therapists and 18 Certified Supervisors and Approved Supervisor Candidates. A number of our NYCEFT members are bi-lingual, speaking languages such as Spanish, French, Russian, Hebrew and Hungarian.
Trevor Crow, LMFT, from Southport, CT, hosts a fabulous weekly radio show, where she interviews renowned professionals in related fields.
Global News
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Since it’s origin in 1998, Emotionally Focused Therapy has grown exponentially throughout the world. It is now taught, and the therapy is now used, in over 30 countries within all 6 continents world wide.
There are currently over 200 Certified EFT Therapists throughout the world, many of whom are also certified supervisors or approved supervisor candidates helping train therapists. In addition, there are 30 Certified Trainers, four of whom are in Europe. These trainers have presented the 4 day EFT Externship to several thousand therapists world wide.
As EFT continues to grow and expand, a substantial body of research continues to support the growth. Sue Johnson and ICEEFT note that EFT achieves the “Gold” standard in terms of empirically validated psychotherapy research. See the article attached to this website for more information about the research results, and watch for recently completed EFT research that is anticipated to be published in 2012.
Hold Me Tight: Seven Conservations for a Lifetime of Love
is now published in English, Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, Hungarian, Taiwanese Chinese, mainland Chinese, Korean and German, and is in press in Greek, Italian, Russian, and Swedish. It is also available in a 2011 UK version. In addition, the Hold Me Tight hardcover continues to sell as well as it has for the past 3 1/2 years and has been sited on the Wall Street Journal best sellers list.
Here’s what top professionals have said about Hold Me Tight:
Bill Doherty author of Take Back Your Marriage This book will touch your heart, stimulate your mind, and give you practical strategies for improving your marriage. It will be an instant classic.
Barry McCarthy, author of Getting It Right the First Time A truly revolutionary, breakthrough book… the most important, valuable book for couples published in the 21st century.
The Emotionally Focused Casebook is published in March 2011.
Streaming Seminars on EFT
The San Diego Center for EFT sponsors “Streaming Seminars”. You can get EFT Support from the comfort of your own home or office. The first one, featuring Drs. Scott R. Woolley and Rebecca Jorgensen was a big success. Participants commented on really enjoying learning in the comfort of their own home and feeling a greater sense of EFT bonding. Therapsits joined the event from all over the world, Hong Kong, Japan, Netherlands, Italy, Australia, Canada and the United States, including Hawaii. You can learn about the upcoming events by signing up for Training News and Tips at https://www.emotionallyfocusedtherapy.us/Training.html/.
When you sign into the Streaming Seminar for the first time, the site looks like this: 
