Emotionally Focused Therapy Trainer Robin Williams Blake

07/03/2025

It was such a pleasure to join Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti-Duarte, PhD, LMFT) on her show and spend time talking about something not only dear to my heart but essential for all clinicians to understand—the importance of uncovering and reshaping our clients’ View of Self. One might say this is at the very core of the Emotionally Focused Therapy process, especially when working in EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy).

In this episode, Dr. Belle and I dive into the powerful and essential topic of View of Self and View of Other in Emotionally Focused Therapy. We explore how the way clients see themselves—shaped by attachment injuries, emotional experiences, and relational patterns—impacts their emotional responses, connection struggles, and their path to healing.
In this episode, we cover:
What “View of Self” really means in the EFT model
How to identify and work with negative self-perceptions in session
Key interventions and markers for effective restructuring
Using the EFT Tango to access and shift internal self-view
How attachment and self-concept intertwine in therapy
This conversation is packed with clinical gems, theory-to-practice insights, and gentle reminders of the deep humanity behind our clients’ struggles.

Whether you’re just beginning your EFT journey or have years of experience, I hope this episode offers new clarity and inspiration for your work.

Watch or listen to the episode here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuyFCgnXOQg

DrBelle Anabelle

🎙️ Working with View of Self in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)with Dr. Belle (Anabelle Bugatti-Duarte, PhD, LMFT) & Robin Williams Blake, EFT Trainer & D...

07/03/2025

I'm so excited about the opportunity to travel to Salt Lake City this November and join forces with the incredible Kathryn De Bruin to offer EFCT Externship training for the Northern Utah Emotionally Focused Therapy community.

Every time I work with Kathryn, I come away inspired. She's such a gifted teacher—clear, grounded, and full of heart—and I always learn something new. It's a real privilege to collaborate with her again.

As many of you know, the EFCT Externship is the first step in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy training. It's designed for therapists who want to better understand the power of working with emotion through an attachment lens—especially when helping couples move from disconnection to deep connection.

As I often say, the art of EFT lies in bringing together the map, the interventions, and the person of the therapist. It's this blend of science and humanity that makes EFT so powerful. I can't wait to explore it alongside Kathryn and the wonderful therapists in Utah.

Hope to see you there!

07/03/2025

In EFIT, we learn to see anger not as a problem to eliminate, but as a protector—a loyal defender that often rises in the absence of safety. When a client shows us anger, it’s rarely the whole story. Beneath the surface, we often find fear crouched in the shadows—fear of rejection, abandonment, or vulnerability. And at the very center, if we stay with it, we often touch the tender core: a longing to be seen, to be loved, to matter. When we welcome anger with curiosity and compassion, we open the door to the emotions it’s been trying to guard, and to the unmet needs still waiting for connection. This is the art of EFIT—following the signal of anger into the heart of the self.

07/03/2025

Save the Dates!
Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) Essentials
3-Day In-Person Intensive | April 30 – May 2, 2026
24 Hours | ICEEFT-Approved | Atlantic Canada

I'm thrilled to bring this powerful training to Atlantic Canada!

Join me, Robin Williams Blake, ICEEFT Certified Trainer and Supervisor, for a 3-day intensive designed to equip you with the tools to apply Emotionally Focused Therapy with individual clients.

This is your chance to deepen your clinical skills, engage in experiential learning, and begin the path toward certification in Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) — all within a warm, supportive, and engaging learning environment.

Whether you're supporting clients through anxiety, depression, trauma, or life transitions, EFIT helps you harness the power of attachment and emotion to foster healing and change.

Registration opens soon – don’t miss out!
For more information, contact: sara@saralamb.ca

Presented by Robin Williams Blake, ICEEFT Certified Trainer & Supervisor

This is an ICEEFT-Approved Training.

06/30/2025

"Anger wears the armor, but shame holds the wound."
The art of EFT is learning to see beyond the armor. In EFIT, we meet anger and we wonder what it’s protecting. So often, it’s shame underneath, silent and hidden. When we help clients feel safe enough to lower their guard, healing begins. The therapist’s attunement makes room for both the protector and the pain. Learn how to work with all of your client's emotions, not just the emotions you're comfortable engaging, with EFIT - Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy in consultation (individual, dyadic and group) theartofeft.ca

05/13/2025

We are thrilled to announce Homeward Bound—a brand new ICEEFT-approved training! Registration officially opens in June, but you can secure your spot now by adding your name to our early interest list. If you work with Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) and/or Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT), you won’t want to miss this first-of-its-kind conversation on how to integrate these two powerful approaches to help clients come home—to themselves and to each other.
We chose the title Homeward Bound because, isn’t that what we all long for? To feel at home in our own skin and to belong in the hearts of those who matter most.
Don’t miss this opportunity.
Fill out the quick survey today to make sure you’re on the list!
https://forms.gle/eaJUH695mNNdGsMLA

04/29/2025

https://www.robinwilliamsblake.com/blog/phrases-that-guide-my-work

Remembering Sue: The Phrases That Guide My Work
Written By Robin Williams Blake

Honouring Dr. Sue Johnson's legacy, this heartfelt tribute shares 12 powerful phrases that continue to guide therapeutic work, healing, and human connection.

04/13/2025

Zooming in Thru Trainers’ Eyes – Season 3: EFIT
Presentation 2 with ICEEFT Trainer Ali Barbosa
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
1:00 PM – 3:00 PM ET

We are thrilled to welcome back Ali Barbosa, ICEEFT Trainer from Mexico, for our second presentation of the season!

Ali is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified EFT Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer. He is the founder and director of **EFT México**, the first ICEEFT-affiliated Centre in Latin America. With a full-time private practice in Mérida, México, Ali works with adult individuals and couples—often in bilingual settings—and has brought EFIT training to therapists across Mexico, Brazil, Spain, Costa Rica, Panamá, Argentina, and the U.S.

Known for his warm presence and clear, collaborative teaching style and his passion for spreading EFT across the Spanish-speaking world has made him a beloved figure in the global EFT community.

Ali appeared in our first season and is back by popular demand! In this EFIT session, you’ll witness Ali help his client slow down, organize their emotional world, and deepen their connection to self.

Sign up for Ali’s presentation or register for the full season!
It’s not too late to watch our first incredible session with Dr. Leanne Campbell.

Join hosts, Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen and Robin Williams Blake
for this unique and powerful EFIT training series.

Don’t hesitate - register today!

https://www.trieft.org/other-training/zooming-in-thru-trainers-eyes-season-3/

Rebecca Jorgensen Eftdoc

04/13/2025

Learn the Art of EFT: The Journey of Learning Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) - From Gallery Tour to Studio Practice

“The act of psychotherapy has often been described as an art form — a blending of science, intuition, and presence. EFT is no different.

Learning Sue's model is a creative, lifelong journey toward therapeutic artistry.”
— Robin Williams Blake, ICEEFT Trainer

The EFCT Training Map

24-hour EFCT Externship

Like taking a guided tour of a museum, the Externship introduces you to the landscape of EFCT — its history, structure, and emotional power. You begin to understand the architecture of attachment and the elegant structure of the model. You get the map, the theory, and the purpose behind every piece.
And while we can no longer meet EFT's curator in person, Sue Johnson’s vision lives on in her videos, her writings, her wisdom - the Sueisms. Her spirit guides the tour, reminding us that love is not a bargain it's a bond.

Core Skills Additional Training

Core Skills invites you to return to that museum, this time as a student of the art itself. You stop in front of the pieces that move you. You linger. You study the brushstrokes. You begin to feel what it’s like to hold the brush yourself. You explore. You’re curious. You’re in a safe and secure place to ask about your personal artistic blocks — surrounded by a small cohort and supported by seasoned artists.

EFCT Consultation - minimum 8 hours

In consultation, you step into the studio. Here, under the guidance of a supervisor you begin to paint. You try something, reflect, adjust. Your consultant doesn’t paint for you; they support your process, helping you see things you may not yet notice — where the emotion is blooming, where the cycle slips by, where your therapist voice can strengthen. This is where your artistry takes shape — informed by structure, grounded in science, and infused with your unique humanity.

Peer Consultation (Optional)

Many participants form peer consultation groups — spaces to keep learning and practicing together. These groups become a secure base and safe haven, where you can lean in, try new moves, share your struggles, and keep growing together.
Are you ready to walk back into the museum? My colleague Dr. Senem Zeytinoglu Saydam and I have a new core skills starting on April 22nd at 10 AM.
https://tceft.ca/all-new-events/

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04/04/2025

In Emotionally Focused Therapy, across all modalities — EFIT, EFCT, and EFFT — something powerful happens when we name our client's growth. When we reflect back their courage, capacity, or change, they start to feel it too. Our attunement becomes a mirror, and in that mirror, they begin to see themselves differently. This is how transformation unfolds — not just through insight, but through being seen.

03/28/2025

Dear EFT Colleagues,

I’m delighted to share that I have been asked to offer a special training session as part of a fundraiser for the Caribbean EFT Community—it's raising funds to support an upcoming EFT Externship, helping to make this powerful training more accessible for therapists in the Caribbean region. What a great cause!

You are invited to join us for a powerful and practical Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)training that will deepen your clinical skills and support this important mission.

🎥 Watch a Full EFIT Stage Two Session
🧭 Learn to skillfully apply the EFT Tango to help clients move from self-criticism and shame to self-acceptance, self-compassion, and self-care

🗓️ Monday, April 7, 2025
🕚 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM EST
📍 Online via Zoom
💳 $45 USD | $35 USD for Caribbean Residents
🎓 3 CEUs (Pending Approval)

Presenter:
Robin Williams Blake, RP
ICEEFT Certified Trainer, Supervisor & Therapist
Founder & Director, Toronto Centre for EFT

In this workshop, I’ll walk you through:

- Establishing safety and trust in EFIT Stage One
- Using the C.A.R.E. framework (Context, Attachment, Relationship, Emotion)
- Exploring developmental narratives
- Promoting emotional expression and awareness
- Applying the Tango in a full video demonstration of a Stage Two session

This event is more than a training—it’s a chance to be part of a larger movement to expand EFT access and support clinicians across the Caribbean. I’d be grateful if you could share this opportunity with colleagues, networks, and communities who might benefit.

🎟️ Register now: https://forms.gle/p3VqgoSXWufVi4Pt7
🌐 Visit the Caribbean EFT website: [https://caribbeaneft.org](https://caribbeaneft.org)

Let’s come together to learn, grow, and uplift one another as we bring EFT’s healing power to more communities.

Warmly,
Robin Williams Blake
On behalf of the Caribbean EFT Community

03/23/2025

https://www.robinwilliamsblake.com/sarah-berneche