Working with Autism in
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Friday November 7, 2025
8 AM- 2:30 PM Pacific Time
Live on Zoom only
This workshop will not be recorded
This is course is endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and brought to you by TRI EFT Alliant.
This workshop presents an opportunity to understand how to practice Emotionally Focused Therapy where one or both members of a couple are autistic through a neurodivergent-informed lens. This workshop is designed to enhance cultural competence and improve awareness of what is often a misunderstood neurodevelopmental condition that remains largely misdiagnosed or undiagnosed in many individuals, especially within marginalized groups.
Through instruction, discussion, and EFCT video demonstrations with couples, participants will learn about areas of special consideration when working with autism and ways to adapt the practice of EFCT to accommodate autistic needs, thereby making EFCT neuroinclusive. Included also will be important discussions around autism diagnosis, marginalized identities, strengths, disabilities, and self-of-therapist considerations when working with autism.
Attending this workshop will enable you to:
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Identify the differing ways autistic and allistic (non-autistic) people experience and respond to the world
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Conceptualize autism from a non-pathologizing, non-ableist lens
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Identify the limitations of the DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)
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Adapt the EFCT model to accommodate differing neurotypes
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Redefine the corrective emotional experience for autistic people
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Understand how co-existing diagnoses (like ADHD and PTSD) and other marginalized identities intensify the autistic experience
Presenters:
Jenny Leung, MA, LMFT, RYT
Jenny Leung, MA, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Emotionally-Focused Therapist in Seattle, WA. Jenny brings her understanding and lived experience of being Asian-American and multiply neurodivergent to supporting couples of diverse ethnicity and/or neurotype through the lens of EFT. As a self-identified autistic and highly-sensitive human, Jenny is passionate about increasing understanding and advocacy for the unique needs of those who identify as neurodivergent or a member of any marginalized group. In addition to her relational work with autistic and mixed-neurotype couples, she runs neurodivergent support groups and provides adult diagnostic assessments for autism and ADHD. Jenny has been married for 18 years to her neurotypical spouse and together they are parents to a neurocomplex adolescent.
Scott R. Woolley, PhD
Scott R. Woolley, PhD is a Professor in the MFT Masters and Doctoral Programs in the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. He is the Executive Director of the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy and a founder and director of the San Diego Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy. He also maintains a private practice focused on EFT couples therapy.
Dr. Woolley is an EFT Certified Trainer and has trained therapists in EFT in many areas of the world, including Canada, Chili, Finland, Guam, Hong Kong, Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands, England, Taiwan, and throughout the U.S. He has co-published, co-presented, and co-trained with Dr. Susan Johnson, founder of EFT.
Scott has multiple children diagnosed with autism.
Improve the way you work with autistic clients.
Earn 6 CE’s
Schedule
Live on Zoom
Friday, November 7, 2025
8 AM to 2:30 PM Pacific Standard Time
Lunch from 11:30 AM – 12 noon
This workshop will not be recorded.
Participation Requirements
Completion of an EFCT Externship is strongly recommended but not required. Participants must be familiar with and abide by professional and legal confidentiality requirements regarding all client information shared in the training. Certification in EFT is offered by ICEEFT based on completion of all requirements and demonstrated competence in the model. Completion of training does not guarantee competence or certification. Enrollment in this training constitutes an agreement to hold harmless The San Diego Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Training and Research Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy (TRI-EFT), and all presenters and trainers from any and all claims, actions, and judgements, including all costs of defense and attorney’s fees incurred in defending against the same. I have read and agree to follow the terms for participation.
Pricing Information
• Regular Price: $250
• Intern/Associate Price $175
• Student Price $125
Questions?
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*Alliant International University Lifelong Learning & Professional Development program is approved by:
- the American Psychological Association to Sponsor Continuing Education for psychologists. Alliant International University Maintains Sole Responsibility For This Program And Its Content.
- the California Board of Behavioral Sciences (BBS) to provide continuing education for LPCCs, MFTs and LCSWs (provider #PCE234)
- NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 4469
TRI EFT Alliant is recognized by:
- the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Mental Health Practitioners as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed mental health counselors (provider #MHC-0331) and licensed marriage and family therapists (provider #MFT-0133).
- the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers (provider #SW-0844).
- the New York State Education Department’s State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists PSY 0286.
There are no known conflicts of interest, and no commercial support, associated with this program.
AI was not used in the creation of this course.
We are not authorized to speak on behalf of any licensing boards. If you have questions, check your licensing board’s website for their approved CE providers (for example, to see if they accept APA- or NBCC-approved CE providers). If you are still not sure, feel free to send what you have found on your licensing board’s website and we can help further clarify.