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Training Institutes at York

The clinic is pleased to announce its 2023 continuing education program for community-based professionals. Description of each Institute and registration forms come after the calendar section.

Additional institutes will be posted as we determine availability.

2023 Training Calendar**

DatesTypes of Training Institute
May 16 to 19, 2023EFT Level 2 Spring Institute (Videoconference Format)
July 25 to 28, 2023EFT Level 1 Summer Institute (Videoconference Format)
August 1 to 4, 2023EFT Level 2 Summer Institute (Videoconference Format)
September 19 to 21, 2023EFT Level 3 Fall Institute (Videoconference Format)
October 24 to 27, 2023 EFT Complex Trauma - Yoga Therapy Masterclass (In Person)

** York University Psychology Clinic reserves the right to cancel any registration at its sole discretion, in which case a full refund will be provided.

This four-day Institute is designed to continue the development of emotion-focused skills for individual therapy. The enrollment is limited to 20 registrants so that participants get more opportunity to practice and experience advanced work with two-chair dialogue and unfinished business. Instruction focuses on the markers of self-interruption, vulnerability, trauma, and alliance ruptures.

Trainers: Dr. Les Greenberg (Day 1 &2) and Dr. Serine Warwar (Day 3 & 4)

Fee: $1570.00

Registration form EFT L2 - Spring Institute 2023

Once again the clinic is please to offer the Toronto Summer Emotion-Focused Institutes - Level 1 & 2. The formal will be virtual.

This intensive 4-day training Institute provides participants with a solid grounding in the skills required to work more directly with emotions in psychotherapy. The focus of the program will be experiential, learning how to provide a change in core emotional structures. Participants receive in-depth skill training through a combination of brief lectures, video demonstrations, live modeling, case discussions, and extensive supervised role-playing practice.

EFT level one program description [PDF]

Trainers: Dr. Les Greenberg (Days 1 & 2) and Dr. Serine Warwar (Day 3 & 4)

Fee: $1230

Registration form EFT L1 - Summer Institute 2023

This four-day Institute is designed to continue the development of emotion-focused skills for individual therapy. The enrollment is limited to 20 registrants so that participants get more opportunity to practice and experience advanced work with two-chair dialogue and unfinished business. Instruction focuses on the markers of self-interruption, vulnerability, trauma, and alliance ruptures.

Trainers: Dr. Les Greenberg (Days 1 & 2) and Dr. Serine Warwar (Day 3 & 4)

Fee: $1570

Registration form for EFT L2 - Summer Institute 2022

This 3-day Institute involves supervision and discussion/consultation by Dr. Les Greenberg of cases that each registrant brings. The group will consist of 12 participants and each person will have the opportunity to present one or more video or audio recorded sessions or transcripts of sessions for supervision. In addition, issues of application and advanced skills will be discussed and practiced if desire.

Prerequisite: EFT Institutes level one and two

Fee: $1295.00

Registration form for EFT L3 - Fall Institute 2023

This 4 day institute will provide more in-depth training in areas first introduced in the basic EFTT course and, additionally, will introduce yoga-based principles and practices that can augment standard EFTT interventions. Change in EFT is contingent on clients’ awareness of emotion, ability to regulate and reflect on emotional experience, and to access healthy self-protective resources to modify maladaptive emotion schemes - to change the “same old story”. This is the essence of emotional transformation regardless of the procedure. Yet anyone learning and practicing EFT with traumatized clients will come across individuals who struggle in these areas, who are “stuck”, and have difficulties engaging in standard EFT interventions. The most recent iteration of EFTT integrates principles and practices derived from yoga therapy that address client emotional processing difficulties that interfere with their ability to engage in EFTT interventions and benefit from therapy.

Prerequisite: EFT Institutes level one and two and EFT Trauma

Fee: $1445.00

Registration form for EFTT-Yoga Masterclass - Fall Institute 2023

EFTT- YT Masterclass Content

When cancellations are made more than 14 days prior to the workshop date, you have a choice: receive a refund (less $50.00 administration charge) or a credit for the full amount (less $20.00) to any future York University Psychology Clinic (YUPC) workshop.

If cancellation is received fewer than 14 days prior to the workshop date you will receive a credit (less $50.00 administration charge) to any future YUPC workshop.

We regret that a refund/credit cannot be offered if your cancellation is not received at least one full business day prior to the day of the workshop. Alternatively, a colleague may attend in your place at no extra cost. Please notify us in advance of the name of the person attending.

The 3 & 4 day Institutes requires a $250.00 non-refundable deposit. These non-refundable deposits are not transferable unless we are able to fill the vacancy created by the change in plans. Please note, that if registration payment is transferred it is only transferable once.

When cancellations are made 28 days prior to the workshop date, you have a choice: receive a refund (less the $250.00 non-refundable deposit)or a credit towards a future Institute.

We regret that a refund/credit cannot be offered if your cancellation is received with fewer than a 28-day notice prior to the workshop date.