Led by EFT Trainer Robert Allan | Online
Dates
Thursday/Friday, June 10/11, 2027
Thursday/Friday, June 24/25, 2027
We are excited to be offering this Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship focused on LGBTQ+ relationships and endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). Continuing from the first LGBTQ+ Centered Externship in London in June, 2022 and the first online LGBTQ+ Centered Externship in 2023, we are delighted to be offering another one online. Please note the time zone is GMT+1, or the time in London, UK.
The EFT Externship is an introductory 24-hour training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. The main focus is working with relationships, primarily in couples, whilst we also recognize that relationships come in many forms. Taking place over 4 days, this training includes the observation of live and video recorded couple/relationship therapy sessions, presentations of theory and clinical techniques, skill training exercises, and discussions of cases, clinical material, and related issues.
In this training, we will be discussing, showing, demonstrating, and generally exploring EFT with a focus on LGBTQ+ relationships.
Cost
£725 super early bird rate, until 10th February 2027
£625 Student early bird (2026/2027 full-time students, proof required)
£800 early bird rate, until 10th April 2027
£700 Student early bird (2026/2027 full-time students, proof required)
£875 Regular Fee
£775 Student regular rate (2026/2027 full-time students, proof required)
£437.50 (half the full fee) Repeating the Externship - You must provide us with a scan of your certificate and we will invoice you directly
Some reduced fee places available, please see below for more information.
Register and More information
Location
Online/Zoom
Times
TBD
past paraticipant
The LGBTQ+ Centred Externship was the first time I have felt truly represented in a professional setting--an invaluable experience. The trainer did a beautiful job exemplifying EFT though live videos and teaching the concepts in an understandable way. Additionally, they have seamlessly woven in common issues that many of my queer and trans clients face as they navigate an often unwelcoming society. After this training I feel 10x more equipped to serve my clients in a competent, sensitive, and relational way. Simon Everest, MS, LAMFT (they/them/he/him), The Family Development Center
Our training will integrate
our own lived experiences as lesbian and gay trainers,
how to conceptualize and work with the impact of minority stress,
further considerations and elaborations for working in an attachment framework with your LGBTQ+ clients,
clinical examples with LGBTQ+ clients.
Our stance
We believe that lesbian, gay, and bi identities are inclusive of trans persons.
We recognize the words that we use to describe ourselves and others is constantly evolving, becoming ever more complex and precise as well as fluid rather than fixed.
We recognize the heterogeneity of LGBTQ+ people and will not be able to address every group and theme that could be included on this course.
We know that there are many intersecting identities that are important to tend to in our teaching as well.
We recognize that relationships come in many different forms and value their variety whilst not being able to cover them all on this course.
Participants
You are eligible to apply if
You are a member of a recognized professional mental health organization or a student on a substantial mental health course and
You are affirmative of people who are LGBTTQQIAP+
You want to develop your understanding of Emotionally Focused Therapy, particularly in relation to working with couples/relationships.
THE TRAINER
Robert Allan
Robert Allan, PhD, is an EFT Trainer, Supervisor, and Therapist Canadian based in London, UK. He left the University of Colorado Denver as a tenured Associate Professor in 2024 to become a Senior Lecturer and program lead for the child, adolescent, and family MA Counselling program at University of Roehampton.
Robert’s interest in EFT extends to his research work where he has explored cultural adaptations of EFT and working with the impact of minority stress. He is currently the co-Principal Investigator and supervised the Denver site for the first clinical trial of Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT).
Robert has helped train and supervise therapists and students in Emotionally Focused Therapy across Canada, the US, Europe, Australia, the Middle East, and Great Britain. Among other identities, Robert is a gay, cis-gender male, and worked for 20 years in community based HIV, queer, and harm reduction work from the mid-1980s.
Robert completed his PhD at Dalhousie University, he is an Approved Supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. and a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist and UKCP Full Clinical Member. Robert is a warm, knowledgeable, and engaged trainer with a passion for helping people learn EFT.