Individual & Relationship Counseling Associates

02/10/2026

To love someone you have to see how they are like you and how they are not like you, and you have to see how their differences are gifts, ways of helping you to see yourself and the world in new ways…. Dr. Brian Bantum

08/12/2025

Couple / Marriage Therapist Colleagues: take your work to the next level in October:

🌿 Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) Externship® – Davis, CA – In Person
📅 October 10–12, 2025 | 🏡 Retreat-style home, Davis, CA
🎓 Brought to you by the Greater Sacramento-Davis EFT Center

Join Nancy T. Aikin, Ph.D. – Certified EFT Trainer, Supervisor, and Couple & Family Therapist – assisted by Con Sheehan, LCSW – Certified EFT Supervisor, Couple, Family & Individual Therapist – for this small-group, high-impact three-day training.

You’ll learn to:
+See relational distress through an attachment lens
+Shape corrective emotional experiences for couples
+Master the EFT Tango to evolve interaction patterns
+Build engaged, collaborative alliances with clients

Perfect for: Therapists ready to elevate their couples work, build confidence, and begin the journey toward EFCT certification.

Details:
🕗 8:30 AM – 6:00 PM daily (Oct 10–12, 2025)
🎯 24 CE Credits (full attendance required)
💰 Early Bird $950 (before Sept 9) | Regular $1,100 | Students $750 | Alumni Refresher $300
⚠️ Limited to 20 participants
📌 Register now: https://aikinassociates.com/2025-efct-externship/
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFCT) Externship® – Davis, CA – IN PERSON | Aikin Associates
Regular price: $1,100 Early bird: $950 (register before Sept. 9)Students: $750Externship “Refresher” Alumni rate: $300

05/28/2025

The Reno/Tahoe Community for Emotionally Focused Therapy, RCEFT, welcomes Ali Barbosa, MFT, Dir. Mexico Center for EFT for a 3-Day immersive EFIT Essentials training.

📅 June 20-22, 2025 | Reno, Nevada
👨‍🏫 Instructor: Ali Barbosa, ICEEFT Certified Trainer & Director, EFT Mexico
🎓 24 Hours Continuing Education
Registration: https://rceft.org/learn-eft/

EFIT Represents a Paradigm Shift in Individual Therapy
As clinicians, we know that lasting change happens when we can effectively address the emotional underpinnings of our clients' struggles. Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy offers a research-backed framework that goes beyond traditional approaches.
Core Therapeutic Advantages of Learning EFIT:
🔗 Attachment-Informed Framework
Understanding how early attachment patterns create present-day emotional blocks gives us precise intervention points for sustainable change.
⚡ Structured Change Process
The model provides a clear therapeutic sequence from emotional awareness to behavioral integration—eliminating guesswork in treatment planning.
✨ Present-Moment Attunement
Learn to identify and amplify those critical moments when clients are most receptive to transformative insights.
🎯 Emotion as Clinical Guide
EFIT transforms how we conceptualize emotional experience—moving from emotional regulation to emotional utilization as a pathway to healing.

03/30/2025

Rebuilding trust after an affair is one of the hardest things a couple can face — but healing is possible.
We just published a new article that explores how couples therapy, grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), can help couples move from pain and disconnection toward repair and renewed connection.
If you or someone you care about is navigating the aftermath of betrayal, this may offer a helpful starting point.
📖 https://csheehanjr.com/rebuilding-trust-after-infidelity-how-emotionally-focused-therapy-helps-couples-heal/

Healing after betrayal is possible. Learn how Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) helps couples rebuild trust and connection after infidelity.

02/26/2025

If you want to get started with couples therapy but are uncertain how to choose a therapist, you might find this article helpful:

Wondering how to find the right therapist for you? An experienced couple's therapist recommends these questions...

01/22/2025

It's my pleasure to introduce Maddie Huntley, CSW-I. Maddie has a rich background and will bring a lot to the field! Learn more about Maddie via the link below.

Looking for a therapist in Reno? Maddie Huntley is a strengths-based therapist dedicated to helping you build confidence and create change.

01/12/2025

Meet Reno EFT Therapist, Karen McKinney, LCSW

Karen McKinney, LCSW Therapist in Reno, NV Attachment-Based EMDR, EFIT and Addiction Counseling in Reno Karen is a dedicated therapist in Reno, NV specializing in helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, and other mental health challenges. With over eight years of experience, Karen has supporte...

12/17/2024

Welcoming Gina Bemis, CSWI to our team! Gina does attachment based couple and individual therapy in Reno.

12/16/2024

If you're considering couple therapy, here are some answers about what to expect. There's a lot of confusing info online and on TV. If you still have questions, call us and we'll give you answers where we can. Our therapists provide free consultations.

Wondering What Happens in Couples Therapy? Find out how EFT can help you and your partner feel more connected. Call 775-235-2205, free...

12/13/2024

Here's a short video discussing getting started with therapy in Reno, NV at Individual & Relationship Counseling Associates.

Therapy in Reno, NV. A brief introduction to individual, family, marriage and couples counseling in Reno. Emotional & Relationship Health Counseling Associat...

11/10/2024

Michael Barnett brings lived experience and years of professional evolution to this compassionate, warm and easy to use workbook for addiction. It is ultimately a guide for getting to the heart of what drives addictive processes and having a new experience of what is possible when change happens. It is a way through isolation and bad feelings about oneself to healing relationships.

Barnett takes an attachment approach to helping readers develop strategies for creating more solid relationship resources in times of distress. This is the focus those of us who help people with addiction know matters as much as any other. I look forward to providing this workbook to my clients who struggle not just with chemical (drug and alcohol) addictions, but also with process addictions.

The Emotionally Focused Therapy Workbook for Addiction: How to Heal the Loneliness and Shame That Trigger Addictive Behaviors (Harbinger Self-help Workbook)

10/16/2024

This is a straightforward and understandable discussion about what causes and relieves relationship distress.

I got the pleasure to interview one of my heroes in the Relationship world Dr. Sue Johnson. We talked about our own struggles in Relationships and how to we...