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* Earn Up to 15 CE credits / hours
* Psychologists: Please see the CE section and agenda below for information regarding available credits.

Emotionally Focused Therapy: Strengthening Bonds in Couples, Individuals, and Families

James Hawkins, PhD, LPC

30 minute break daily

COURSE DATES:

SCHEDULE:

Week 2: July 6-10, 2026

Monday-Friday

9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. EDT

TOTAL HOURS:

FORMAT(S):

15

In-Person, Live-Online

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Course Description

Join EFT Trainer James “Doc Hawk” Hawkins to explore Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a humanistic, versatile, and empirically validated approach to psychotherapy rooted in the science of attachment and emotions. In this experiential workshop, Doc Hawk will offer a comprehensive introduction to EFT across three primary applications:

  • Individual Therapy (EFIT)

  • Couples Therapy (EFCT)

  • Family Therapy (EFFT)

Throughout the course, practitioners will explore the role of attachment in treating individuals, couples, and families by examining EFT’s core elements, learning to deepen clients' emotional awareness, and mastering the "EFT Tango" to guide therapeutic healing.


Doc Hawk will demonstrate how EFIT, EFCT, and EFFT can help clients identify and transform negative and restrictive processing patterns through a blend of didactic presentation, clinical video, live demonstration, discussion, and practical application. Participants will learn to support clients' emotional expression across different relational contexts, attentive to the unique dynamics of each therapeutic setting.


This workshop serves as a comprehensive introduction to EFT, a foundation for advanced training, and a place to deepen existing knowledge of EFT. Designed for therapists of all experience levels, it provides practical skills to enhance emotional safety and therapeutic connection while offering an opportunity to learn collectively with colleagues.

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About the Instructor

James Hawkins, PhD, LPC

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: James Hawkins has no financial relationships with ineligible organizations. He receives a speaking honorarium from MAK Continuing Education, LLC, Cape Cod Institute.

Non-financial: James Hawkins has no non-financial relationships with ineligible organizations.

James Hawkins, PhD, LPC, brings a wealth of experience and passion as a clinician, counseling educator, and communicator. Dr. Hawkins is a part of Sue Johnson’s EFT trainer team and trains internationally in helping clinicians learn Emotionally Focused Therapy. He is also the co-host of “The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy” podcast and a part of the “Success in Vulnerability” online training program, a program aimed at helping clinicians get more focus on working with clinical and relational distress.

James Hawkins, PhD, LPC
James Hawkins, PhD, LPC
James Hawkins, PhD, LPC
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"James Hawkins is an outstanding instructor and human. Such a pleasure to learn from him!" - 2025 Participant

"I enjoyed James' style. He was clear, straight forward and gave me some ideas on how to focus more, work more, and how to slow sessions down when needed." - 2025 Participant

"Not only did he include all participants, both in person and online, but the language he used was inclusive of all individual individuals." - 2025 Participant

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