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This episode discusses strategies for working with complex cases in Emotionally Focused Therapy with expert Kathryn DeBruin.

Welcome to We Heart Therapy, your destination for training, clinical conversations, and inspiration for Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) therapists around the world. In this episode, Dr. Belle, PhD, LMFT, ICEEFT Certified EFT/EFIT/EFFT Supervisor & Therapist and EFT Community Leader for Southern NV EFT, sits down with Kathryn DeBruin, ICEEFT Certified EFT Trainer, originally with the San Diego Center for EFT, now practicing and training in Utah, and a pioneer in helping develop the South African EFT community. Together, they explore one of the most important topics for developing EFT therapists: How do we effectively work with more complex cases in Emotionally Focused Therapy? As therapists grow in their EFT journey, they inevitably encounter clients whose presentations require greater flexibility, deeper attunement, and a more nuanced understanding of attachment science. In this rich clinical discussion, Kathryn shares decades of experience helping therapists navigate these challenging moments while staying grounded in the EFT model. In this episode, you'll learn: ✨ What makes a case "complex" in EFT ✨ How to stay anchored in the attachment model when sessions become…

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Host: Dr. Belle

Guest: Kathryn DeBruin

Topics covered

• Emotionally Focused Therapy
• complex cases
• attachment science
• therapist challenges
• trauma
• relationship dynamics

Keywords

• EFT
• complex cases
• attachment model
• therapist challenges
• trauma
• relationship dynamics
• emotional presence
• healing

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Organizations: San Diego Center for EFT, South African EFT community, ICEEFT

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