Led by EFT Trainers Robert Allan & Helene Igwebuike | Online
Dates
Thursday/Friday, January 7/8, 2027
Thursday/Friday, January 21/22, 2027
1200 - 730pm pm BST (time in 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.
Cost
£700 early bird rate, until 30th November, 2026
£400 Student early bird (2026/2027 full-time students, proof required)
£800 Regular Fee, from 1st December, 2026
£500 Student regular rate (2026/2027 full-time students, proof required)
£400 (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.
Location
Online/Zoom
Times
1200 - 7.30pm BST (time in UK) all four days
THE Training team
Robert Allan - Trainer
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.
Helene Igwebuike - Trainer
Helene Igwebuike, M.A., is a certified Emotionally Focused Couple Therapist, Supervisor and Trainer. Helene loves spreading her love of EFT by training therapists in the model in the UK and abroad.
Helene is mixed race of both Nigerian and Danish heritage. Helene completed her MA research at Bath Spa University on the seeding attachment intervention and runs engaging workshops on seeding attachment to grow attachment security with couples.
Helene is passionately committed to helping couples and individuals heal and transform the relationship with themselves and loved ones. Helene has a wonderfully diverse cosmopolitan practice based in London and online and runs Hold Me Tight relationship enhancement workshops for couples.