{"id":28404,"date":"2025-07-22T15:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-07-22T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/?p=28404"},"modified":"2025-07-22T16:22:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-22T20:22:14","slug":"world-renowned-emotionally-focused-family-therapy-efft-expert-george-faller-to-offer-free-virtual-training-at-marshall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/2025\/07\/world-renowned-emotionally-focused-family-therapy-efft-expert-george-faller-to-offer-free-virtual-training-at-marshall\/","title":{"rendered":"World-renowned Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) expert George Faller to offer free virtual training at Marshall"},"content":{"rendered":"
Therapists, counselors, social workers and helping professionals have the opportunity to participate in a training opportunity with one of the foremost experts in the field of family therapy at Marshall University from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12.<\/p>\n

The one-day free training featuring George Faller, LMFT, is hosted by the West Virginia Behavioral Health Training Center, a project of the Marshall University Center of Excellence for Recovery in the Marshall University Research Corporation.<\/p>\n

Faller is a globally recognized trainer in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), founder of the New York Center for EFT, licensed marriage and family therapist, trauma specialist, author and retired Fire Department of New York lieutenant. He brings decades of frontline experience into his therapy and teaching and is widely regarded as one of the top global leaders in Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT), an attachment-based model proven to foster lasting transformation within families.<\/p>\n

The free, full-day virtual training will provide participants with core EFT skills to strengthen family bonds, navigate emotional reactivity and overcome therapeutic impasses. Using the TEMPO model and a structured three-stage framework, attendees will learn how to move families from protection and blame toward vulnerability, connection and healing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re incredibly honored to host George Faller for this training,\u201d said Kelly Wiltsey, Ed.S., LPC, project director of the WV Behavioral Health Training Center. \u201cHis exceptional clinical expertise and engaging teaching style bring Emotionally Focused Therapy to life in a way that is both accessible and impactful. This is a unique opportunity for West Virginia\u2019s behavioral health professionals to learn from one of the foremost experts in the field and to strengthen attachment-based healing for the families we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n

Participants will gain the tools to:<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Use EFFT as a guide through a family\u2019s emotional dynamics and key attachment issues<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Create new patterns of emotional healing that engage a family\u2019s natural ability to repair<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Identify protective patterns that block individuals from vulnerability and growth<\/p>\n

\u00b7 Implement a three-stage process for achieving deeper family connections through creating new alliances, accessing vulnerabilities, and engaging new patterns of positive interaction<\/p>\n

Through demonstration, videos and practice, attendees will learn to confidently lead families through emotional distress to relational breakthroughs.\u00a0This training is ideal for professionals in counseling, social work, psychology, addiction and prevention and case management and other non-clinical support roles.<\/p>\n

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Learn more about George Faller at https:\/\/www.georgefaller.com\/about<\/a><\/p>\n

Six Continuing Education (CE) hours are pending approval. Register now: https:\/\/wvbhtraining.org\/trainings\/<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Therapists, counselors, social workers and helping professionals have the opportunity to participate in a training opportunity with one of the foremost experts in the field of family therapy at Marshall University from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 12. The one-day free training featuring George Faller, LMFT, is hosted by the West Virginia Behavioral […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":239,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[46,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-murc","category-news-releases"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/239"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28404"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28407,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28404\/revisions\/28407"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}