Trauma in EFT
Day 1 with Dr. Leanne Campbell: couple therapy when trauma shapes the relationship.
One-day workshop on trauma in couple therapy
On 14 June 2027, Dr. Leanne Campbell comes to Zurich. The first day is dedicated to couples. In a relationship, trauma often shows up indirectly: as an intense reaction to a small trigger, as sudden withdrawal, as mistrust that neither partner can quite place. Leanne Campbell shows how Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT, also EFCT) understands these reactions as protection, and how partners can offer each other safety. The day can be booked on its own. The following day is about trauma in individual therapy (EFIT).
Content
- How trauma drives and intensifies a couple’s negative cycle.
- What changes when one partner has a trauma history, and what changes when both do.
- De-escalation with traumatized couples: pacing, holding and validation.
- How a partner moves from being the trigger to becoming a source of safety.
- Guiding enactments so that both partners can stay with the encounter and grow from it.
Case examples, demonstrations and exercises show what this looks like in session.
Goal
After this day, you will recognize trauma-related reactions in a couple’s cycle, keep the process safe, and guide couples toward encounters in which closeness holds again.
Who it is for
Couple therapists and professionals who work with couples. Basic knowledge of EFT, for example from the EFT Externship or EFT Fundamentals, is an advantage.
Trainer
Dr. Leanne Campbell
Dr. Leanne Campbell is a psychologist in Canada and co-director of the Vancouver Island Centre for EFT. For more than 30 years she has worked with people after trauma and loss. As a certified trainer of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT), she trains therapists in EFT and EFIT. Together with Sue Johnson she wrote “A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT)”, the first foundational book on EFIT.
Key facts
- Date: Monday, 14 June 2027
- Time: 9:00 am to approx. 4:00 pm
- Venue: On site, ISP Zurich, Grossmünsterplatz 6, 8001 Zürich
- Early-bird price until 31 December 2026: CHF 350.– per day, both days CHF 600.–
- Price from 1 January 2027: CHF 390.– per day, both days CHF 690.–
- Language: English
- Trainer: Dr. Leanne Campbell – ICEEFT-certified EFT trainer, co-director of the Vancouver Island Centre for EFT
- Please note: The day takes place if there are enough registrations. Places are allocated in order of registration.
Day 2 follows on Tuesday, 15 June 2027: Trauma in EFIT, working with individuals. Both days are part of our EFT further training.
Register for Trauma in EFT and EFIT
In the form, choose whether you attend both days or a single day.
Terms and conditions
By completing and submitting the registration form, I register bindingly for the selected days of the training “Trauma in EFT and EFIT”. If I am unable to attend, the full fee remains due unless a replacement participant is found. The invoice is sent by email and is payable within 30 days.
If there are not enough participants, the organizer cancels the course no later than 14 days before it starts. If the trainer is unable to attend or in case of force majeure, the course may also be cancelled at short notice; the organizer will inform participants immediately. Payments already made are refunded in full. Further claims (e.g. travel or accommodation costs) are excluded. Participation is at your own risk.
Organizer: Der Psychologe.ch GmbH, Grossmünsterplatz 6, 8001 Zürich · mail@eft-paartherapie.ch
