October 20–23, 2026
St. Louis University, Il, Monastero Building
3050 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
9:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily
One hour lunch break each day
24 CEUs available for purchase
Learn the Science of Love and Connection
The St. Louis EFT Community is honored to welcome Rebecca Jorgensen, LCMHC, ICEEFT Certified Trainer and Supervisor, to St. Louis for our 2026 Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy Externship.The EFCT Externship is a four day, in person core training and the foundational step in learning Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. This internationally recognized training introduces therapists to a clear, structured, and deeply relational model for helping couples move from distress and disconnection toward secure emotional bonding.
Therapists from across the Midwest are invited to join four days of immersive learning that integrates research, clinical application, and experiential practice. Whether you are new to EFT or seeking to refresh and deepen your skills, this externship offers a grounded and inspiring roadmap for working with couples.
What to Expect
This externship introduces the core theory, clinical framework, and interventions of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy, the most empirically supported model of couple intervention available today.
You will learn how to:
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- Understand relationship distress through an attachment lens and recognize the emotional logic of conflict
- Help partners access and reprocess emotional responses that maintain negative interactional cycles
- Shape key interactions that foster safety, emotional accessibility, and bonding moments
- Navigate common therapeutic impasses and guide couples toward secure connection
Learning includes engaging presentations, video examples, live demonstrations, and structured small group exercises designed to support integration of the model into your clinical work.
Why EFCT
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy is grounded in more than 30 years of research, with over 20 outcome studies demonstrating an average 75 percent success rate in improving relationship satisfaction and emotional closeness.
EFCT stands apart for its strong empirical foundation, clear clinical roadmap, and capacity to create lasting emotional change. No other couples therapy model combines this level of research support with such depth of emotional transformation.
Completion of the EFCT Externship is the first step toward certification through ICEEFT and inclusion in the international EFT therapist directory.
Training Details
Dates: Tuesday through Friday, October 20–23, 2026
Times: 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM daily
Location: St. Louis University, Il Monastero Building
3050 Olive Street, St. Louis, MO 63103
Continuing Education:
24 CEUs are available for purchase. Final CEU details will be listed in accordance with licensing requirements.
Registration and Pricing
Early Bird Price: $800
Available through August 15, 2026
$400 due at registration
$400 due by October 12, 2026
Regular Price: $900
Applies after August 15, 2026
$500 due at registration
$400 due by October 12, 2026
All registrations close on October 12, 2026.
This includes regular registrations, scholarship registrations, and all remaining balance payments. No registrations or payments will be accepted after this date.
Scholarship Information
A limited number of need based scholarships are available to support accessibility and inclusion.
Scholarship application deadline: September 4, 2026
Scholarship offers communicated by: September 21, 2026
Applicants will be invited to indicate the level of support needed, including 25 percent, 50 percent, or 75 percent reductions. Scholarship funds are limited and are intended to support as many therapists as possible.
The scholarship application is available HERE.