Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. We are still on break from the stuck series. In this episode, we have a special guest, Dr. Julia Conroy. We discuss her research on the coregulatory effects of EFT. In this episode, there were some tremendous psyched nuggets to use to give a frame and validation for both clients and therapists. Her research also validates the power of experiential work in EFT. Here is a link to her research article: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jcad.12453.  You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, James interviews Nicola on her journey in learning EFT. We hope this episode is helpful for people about to go to an EFT core training. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, James and Nicola discuss the image that guides him doing move 2 of the tango. This episode discusses how to honor and address spiritual bypasses or blocks in the clinical process. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to another installment of our stuck series. This episode discusses how to honor and address spiritual bypasses or blocks in the clinical process. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to another installment of our stuck series. This episode discusses how the process gets stuck when we don't address cultural marginalization.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

This is the final episode dedicated to helping you in stuck processes. In this episode, we discuss the process for dealing with rigid patterns of stuckness in the process and how to work in our roles as clarifiers.  Meta Ladder: When the EFT Map is Blocked CPR attempts "Ditch"/TERROR Processes Enactments Blocked By Us One-on-One Meetings: Alliance Repair & Trauma One-on-One Meetings: Change Role/Meta Process Clarifier Conjoint Clarifier Break-up No More Conjoint Meetings Stabilization Only  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is the sixth episode dedicated to helping you join stuck processes. In this episode, we discuss the use of triggers to help get traction.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@leftpodcast). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is the sixth episode dedicated to helping you join stuck processes. In this episode, we discuss the use of triggers to help get traction.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is the fifth episode dedicated to helping you join stuck processes. In this episode, we seek to help therapists know their process and get the most out of their presence in session. Our central case is that you can't try to avoid it, and it helps to plan to go towards issues plaguing the process.   Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is our fourth episode dedicated to helping you join stuck processes. In this episode, we talk about taking a direct approach to handling repeated behaviors or processes that come up in therapy. Our central case is that you can't try to avoid it, and it helps to plan to go towards issues plaguing the process.   Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is our third episode dedicated to helping you join in really stuck processes. In this specific episode, we talk about how to avoid getting stuck in the content solution trap.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This is our second episode dedicated to helping you join in really stuck processes. In this specific episode, we talk about coming alongside burnout pursuers. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

We are launching a series of episodes dedicated to helping you join in really stuck processes. In this specific episode, we talk about clients who keep using blame as a strategy in session.   Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity (November 10-11th, 2023) Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

In this episode, we cover what to do when a couple comes in, presenting in a "withdraw-withdraw" cycle.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. The Leading Edge After Core Skills: Navigating Emotional Reactivity Experienced EFT therapists are invited to join the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Podcast hosts for a weekend workshop. The objective is to help therapists sharpen their focus with a decision tree of interventions based on attunement to the emotional reactivity in the session. Registration Link: https://www.northtexaseft.com/event/leading-edge-of-core-skills-training/ You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, we discuss the skillful and attuned use of attachment summaries to help bring focus, containment, and a quick breath into the clinical process.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability's exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. Self of the Therapist Training  Join EFT Trainer Dr. James Hawkins (aka Doc Hawk) and EFT Supervisor Dr. Chad Imhoff (aka The EFT Guy) for this TWO-DAY CEU Event! This workshop will help you develop an awareness of your emotional process while working with your clients. This workshop will include teaching segments, demonstrations, and role plays designed to help you experience your process in areas where therapists often get stuck. Thursday, August 17th, and Friday, August 18th: both days, 9:00 am-4:00 pm (1-hour break for lunch). 12 CE's available. Self of the Therapist Training Link https://www.eventbrite.com/e/self-of-the-therapist-workshop-with-dr-james-hawkins-and-dr-chad-imhoff-tickets-588777759127?aff=ebdssbdestsearch You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.    

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, dochawklpc.com.  Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, Ryan and I try to help you see the differences between stages 1 & 2 and why it matters.   Link to register for Arkansas EFT Externship  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, com. Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of knowing our tendencies toward priming maneuvers and the use of presence. Each has its benefits. We want you to know which you skew towards and how and when the use it for the most impact in the session.   Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, com. Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

We know you do hard work as a therapist. In this episode, come alongside you to see some places where certain things may slightly rob you from getting the full effectiveness out of your work.   Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, com. Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

This episode covers the importance of understanding the change process for our clients.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, com. Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

This episode highlights the importance of hovering with our clients in their pain and fear.  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website, com. Check out our online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV) You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

We are honored to have Dr. Kathryn Rheem from The EFT Cafe as a guest on this episode. Kathryn and James discuss the importance of working with the body's experience to create change. They also discuss using the Levels of Experiencing Scale in EFT.    More info on Experiencing Scale  https://goodmedicine.org.uk/sites/default/files/experiencing%20scale.pdf experiencing.htm

In this episode, we revisit a popular topic of working with clients' blocks to vulnerability. We take time not just to talk about getting past the block but about the significant work of reorganizing the chaotic experience in the block.  * This is an update of a previously released version of this episode because I (James) made an error and gave the wrong name to the lady who does the Netflix show on home organization (Marie Kondo), and I did not correct myself or edit it before releasing the episode. While our heart is to help, we seek to own and take care to make sure our words do not cause hurt, and this error was hurtful. I am glad one of our Asian-American listeners pointed this out so I could fix it, and prevent my words from hurting more people.  

In this episode, James and special guest Chad Imhoff talk about the importance of knowing yourself as an important tool in the therapeutic process.   More About the S.O.T Training with Chad and James.   Join EFT Trainer Dr. James Hawkins (aka Doc Hawk) and EFT Supervisor, Dr. Chad Imhoff (aka The EFT Guy) for this ONE-DAY CEU Event! This workshop will help you develop awareness around your own emotional process while working with your clients. We will include moments of training, demonstrations, and of role plays designed to help you experience your process in areas where therapists often find themselves getting stuck.   Here is the registration link: S.O.T Registration Link 

Word of memory, written by Dr. Lisa J. Palmer:    It is with a heavy heart and tremendous pain, that we need to share with our community the passing of Dr. Katherine McKay over this last weekend. It has been a shock to all of us who have been along her side during this fight with cancer. We know she is with her God and getting fitted for angel wings as we share this very sad news.   After providing countless EFT workshops on supervision, diversity, trauma and coping with loss for other families, Katherine imprinted our entire community with her kindness and loving heart towards all. We will miss her greatly. She started the Supervisor's Collaborative with me that has now grown to over 400 people. We will be honoring her this Thursday at 9am PST and 12 pm Eastern, if you are interested in showing your support.   We will be running the contributions through Renova San Diego, our nonprofit corporation. 100% of the contributions (minus processing fees) will go to Katherine's daughter and her husband. All eligible donations to Katherine's family will receive a 501 donation receipt for your contribution, If requested.   Please join us in sharing this Go Fund Me link with as many friends, colleagues and EFT community members as you can, so we may help Katherine's family during this painful time.   With love and appreciation to everyone, EFT support Team (Lisa Palmer-Olsen, Kathryn de Bruin, Marlene Best, Feion Villodas, James Hawkins, Ryan Rana, Leanne Campbell and Jim Furrow)   Here is the link to the gofundme in memory of Katherine. Katherine's gofundme

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. Link for Self of the Therapist Training with James and Chad.  You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

We had the privilege of interviewing Dr. Leanne Campbell on the CARE. The C.A.R.E Model of Assessment in EFT is a great tool to help in assessment and attunement throughout the EFT process with individuals, couples, and families. Leanne so graciously shared an outline of her notes with us. You can also read The Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy.  We hope you find this helpful.  CARE Model Outline CONTEXT An experiential therapist seeks to enter the phenomenological world of the client. Therapist immerses self in contexts in which clients live and have lived, with attention to: Identity (e.g., race, ethnic, spiritual, religious, gender, sexuality) Environmental factors (e.g., socioeconomic, work/organizational, neighborhood) Experiences (e.g., racism, colorism, discrimination, sexism). ATTACHMENT The therapist explores attachment and relationship history, with attention to: Pivotal experiences/critical moments that have shaped models of self and others. Coherence of narrative. Current relationship resources; relationship security/insecurity, intimacy/sex; potential intergenerational impacts, risk/vulnerability, and resiliency factors. RELATIONSHIP/THERAPEUTIC ALLIANCE As a ‘temporary attachment figure,’ the therapist establishes a ‘secure base’ characterized by A.R.E. at the outset of therapy. The therapist monitors the therapeutic alliance throughout the process of therapy. Therapist attunes to potential ruptures; contextual factors, including key The therapist joins with the client in discovering and exploring painful material. EMOTION The therapist attends to the expression of emotion, affect regulation strategies, and capacity (e.g., ‘window of tolerance), with attention to: Core features of ‘emotional disorders (e.g., self-criticism, numbing, detachment, nightmares, flashbacks, hypervigilance, heightened anxiety); Process elements, e.g., body language, facial cues; automaticity and/or rigidity of strategy; capacity (on a continuum from wide to narrow); ‘emotional handles,’ e.g., poignant words, images, phrases.

As therapists, we train to help people in deep valleys of pain and grief and go with them to peaks of anxiety and anger. In this episode, we want to talk about using their times of joy and celebration. 

In this episode, we talk about the role of repetition in the EFT process and how to use it in an attuned way in session. 

We wanted to get some insight and supervision from an expert, so we called in Gail Palmer to be a special guest on this episode. Listen as Gail helps us understand how to use the structure of the Tango with attunement to the attachment process occurring in the room. 

In this episode, we talk about a common but serious issue we have seen in our work and the work of other EFT therapists. The issue(s) shows up in the moves we make between Tango moves 3 & 4. How do we get the most out of these significant moments to change clients' moves in their attachment dance? 

If you would like to support Ukrainian EFT therapists through supervision, running support groups, or providing relevant training, please email the director of the Ukrainian EFT Association (UAEFT) Inna Garbuz at il-g@i.ua   If you would like to contribute financially, UAEFT is creating a program to connect Ukrainian couples and families with Ukrainian EFT therapists to receive help, no matter where they are. While many of the therapists (who are either still in Ukraine or are themselves refugees, abroad) now are continuing to provide help to their clients or refugees, they receive no income. The fund would pay therapists for the work they are doing so they can support their families.    You could contribute in 2 ways:   1) Directly to an account of the Ukrainian Association of Emotionally Focused Therapy at the link: https://secure.wayforpay.com/button/be20348685470   2) Those of you who are having difficulties with the above transfer can donate to the Gofundme Fundraiser Zoya set up on their behalf. Money goes to her US account and then gets transferred to the association account.   https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ukrainian-eft-therapists

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/. 2 Lists to Assess Risk  These two lists work together. The more positive variables you have from the first list, the more you can go down the vulnerability ladder with your clients, the second list. You build safety in list one to take more risks on list 2 to push your clients’ leading edge and help them succeed in vulnerability.  List 1 – Risk Assessment: Variables to Consider Variables to consider when determining the level of Risk you go for. The more of these variables you have, the more Risk you can go for. Alliance with the therapist (trust). Alliance with the EFT process (trust). The number of sessions. The number of successful missions (Corrective Emotional Experiences, Bonding Events). Tolerance window of the person you are working with and prepping to share. Their safety level with their partner. Tolerance window of the listening partner.  List 2 – Elements of Experience Risk Ladder This is just our way to describe the various elements of experience. The further you go down this ladder, the riskier it is. Going up the ladder is slicing it thinner. Protective Behaviors Secondary Emotion (Emotion that is used to create space vs. create connection) Story Construction About Distressed Relationship (Meaning) What They Think (What they say it means about them, others, the relationship) Recognition of Danger Cues/Triggers Primary Emotion (Emotion that is used to create connection vs. create space) Hang Out and Stay in Primary Emotion Individual Trauma Attachment Injuries Vulnerable View of Self Attachment Needs – When they are in distress      

We are honored to have Dr. Kathryn de Bruin share with us about integrating EFFT and Play Therapy into her work with families.  Here is a link if you want to get more in-depth training with Kathryn on EFFT for Families with Young Children. 

Training Event with James & George: Working with Our Clients' Vulnerable View of Self.  In this focused online training, we will show you with precise in-session interventions how to skillfully and empathetically help clients shift their focus from a defensive view of others to a vulnerable view of self. Link to Register:  Working with Our Clients' Vulnerable View of Self.  Link to George's podcast with Dr. Laurie Watson (Foreplay Radio)  Link to our online training program Success in Vulnerability. 

Here is a link to Leanne's EFIT training with Sue Johnson. EFIT Training with Sue and Leanne.  Here is a link to the EFIT Primer book by Sue and Leanne.   

Join us for this four-session 12-hour training focused on how to work relationally with couples to heal from attachment injuries with attention to shame, racial tensions, grief, and loss. Date: March 31, April 1, 7, 8, 2022 Time: 9:15 - 12:30 PM (Pacific Time) Location: Online Early Bird Fee before February 15th: $470 (CAN) Full Fee after February 15th: $495 (CAN) Scholarship funding is available upon request. This event will be recorded. Participants will have the option of watching part or all of this training by streaming at their convenience until April 30, 2022. Registration is now open! CEs have been requested This is an ICEEFT Approved Training Link for registration: Healing Attachment Injuries Registration Link 

We are honored to have Dr. Sue Johnson as a guest on this Episode. We ask about her focus when clients are reactive or when they are open to vulnerability. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

Ryan and I take time to talk about what "The Leading Edge" means for us and how it guides us on this podcast. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This episode addresses the danger of getting distracted by data that takes you out of attunement with the client's process. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This episode aims to equip you to gain clinically valuable information from your client's story while avoiding getting caught in content solution traps. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

This episode talks about the importance of focus and attunement to guide our experiential work with clients. Specifically, we are focused on capturing our clients' in-moment responses as we intervene with their present moment experience. This goal is to organize and guide the process towards felt corrective experiences. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program www.successinvulnerability.com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program www.successinvulnerability.com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other. You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge. We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples. You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com Check out our online training program www.successinvulnerability.com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

We have put together two shows to talk about when things go "bad"  in session. Our focus is to give you some insight and tactical moves to handle when things go "bad" in session.  

We have put together two shows to talk about when things go "bad"  in session. Our focus is to give you some insight and tactical moves to handle when things go "bad" in session. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

In this episode, we talk about the role of psychoeducation in the EFT process. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

In this podcast, we take time to explore the role of social experiences on attachment styles.  We look at the possible fears and strategies within each attachment style and how they make sense from a personal and societal perspective. Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Drs. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Therapists, Supervisors, and Trainers. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can financially contribute to this podcast on Venmo (@dochawklpc) or Cash App ($dochawklpc). Type LEFT or Leading Edge in EFT in the comments or notes section. All financial contributions are greatly appreciated and will help us keep producing content to help you push your leading edge.   We desire to use this podcast to help equip therapists with tools and encouragement to help them with relational distress. We are also a part of a team that has created an online training program, Success in Vulnerability (SV). Success In Vulnerability is your premier online education experience that leads with innovative instruction to advance your therapeutic effectiveness through Success in Vulnerability’s exclusive Modules and full-length Clinical Examples.   You can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and his website com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website com. Check out our online training program com You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  

Attachment and emotions are universal, but social factors impact the formation and expression of both. We are in the midst of an exciting time in EFT where there are intentional and active conversations amongst the various ethnic and cultural groups about what EFT looks like in their context. In this episode, we discuss what we are hearing from our colleagues as we join them in this learning journey.      

I (James) asked our colleague Elana Katz for the pivotal moment when the EFT process clicked for her. She thought for a moment and then leaned in with a question that really resonated with me, "James, do you trust the process"? I thought about the times when I was following the EFT map, and I allowed my client's reactivity and defenses to shift my focus from the present moment distress. I also thought about the times I stayed with the live emotional process and hit pay dirt.  The path to change in EFT requires the therapist to work towards places where clients are the most fortified in relational pain and distrust. Along the road, there are blockades and reactivity that can make therapists want to reverse course and find a path that is not as treacherous. However, the years of EFT research and process study have proven that is the path towards transformative change in emotional and relational distress. To stay the treatment course therapist must truly trust the process. In this episode, Ryan and I talk about trusting the process. 

Breaking Down Enactments  The focus of this episode is to help... Participants learn how to utilize enactments in counseling. Identify the critical points in using enactments as an experiential tool in counseling. Participants will be able to evaluate their own clinical use of this intervention. Pre-Enactment Is it organized and alive in the client? Assess their experience of reaching/sharing. Bring the therapist fully into the moment. Load it with clear simple language that conveys the attachment-related emotions, longings, vulnerability. During Enactment Be ready for blocks. CPR Catch it Permission for protection/hesitance Return to enactment Reset it You may have to slice it thinner. Do it! After the Enactment Read the traffic lights. (partner's ability to respond)Red: Stop-Something completely blocking the partner from being able to respond Yellow: Caution-There is a slight bit of mistrust or confusion. May not be able to respond fully. Green: Go for Bonding Moment-They see it, feel it, and want to bring comfort to it. Check for a shift in body markers.    

In this episode, we take time to talk about the five most likely places where your next session could go bad. We all do them from time to time, but we want to help you improve in each of these areas. Starting poorly. In the sessions after you have completed your assessment, start with the last leading-edge point from the last session. Example: Last time we met this is what the cycle looked like. Here is what you did well, and here is where you got stuck. Is your relationship in the same place or is it different? Going for protection when they need you to organize their protection. It’s a mistake to go for longings when a couple is reactive. Attune with them where they are in their protection to help them open up their attachment channel. You need to resonate with the reactive energy and protection to meet its function, so it won’t be needed as much. Going for longing is right­—just don’t get ahead of them. Allowing the reactivity and blocks to change your focus. We are always focused on titrated amounts of corrective emotional experiences. Don’t throw your map out of the window when the storm of the reactive cycle comes. Meet them in reactivity with your map. Don’t let the cycle drive the session to the same painful places they always experience. Hoping tracking the cycle will change things. “Cognitive work sets the table, but new experiences are the food.” Tracking the cycle is a massive reframe of the attachment view of the reactivity in their relationship. What part of the pain never gets talked about in a way that is clear, and/or gets responded to with empathy and comfort? Multiple misses around enactments. Not doing enough of them. Not getting them clear.

The EFT tango is the process that guides the therapist through a proven path of helping clients and couples have repeated moments of corrective emotional experiences. In this episode, we talk about the 5 most common exits that therapists make in doing this tango in session. Missing the vein Mediating content (solution trap) Leaving pain too early (passing it before you get it hot) Not enacting or not enacting enough  Getting there and fumbling   

In this episode, we take time to celebrate James becoming an EFT Trainer-in-Training and we take time to talk about the EFT certification process. We talk about how the process of certification and how the process really does help you push the leading edge of your clinical work with couples and families.  Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.  You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com. You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

In this episode, we discuss the importance of always assessing reactivity through the therapeutic process to help you intentionally focus on whether you need to work with blocks and secondary emotions or go for work in more vulnerability. We want to make sure you don’t get caught in one of these three error zones.  Getting caught in no man’s land trying to do both (deepening vulnerability or missing openness by over organizing) at the same time.   Going for vulnerability when the couple/client is too reactive. Over organizing when the client is open to vulnerability and needs you to follow the juice (live emotion) and guide them toward success in corrective emotional experiences.   Key Point: When people are in reactivity, please stop what you are doing and lean into their secondary emotions and blocks. When people are emotionally open, go with our theory of change, and guide them in having success in their vulnerability via corrective emotional experiences.

Block School 101 Blocks occur along the road to helping people have success in vulnerability; having moves to work with those blocks will increase your effectiveness. Blocks are a way of telling you are on the right track. How good you are as a therapist is determined by how effective you are at working with people’s blocks. Pro’s know how to work with their client’s mistrust and defenses. Success with blocks is a combo of how distressed the relationship is and how good the therapist is at working with distrust.  In this episode, we discuss the who, what, when, where, why, and how of blocks.  Who experiences blocks? – Any attachment oriented human. All people hesitate and hold back.    What is a “block”? – blocks are a break in the natural attachment process. Their reach is blocked. It’s not safe to reach. Blocks are mistrust in action. We are helping people unlearn their rigid dependence on their protection.  When do blocks come up in the process? – Blocks can happen at any point in the process, and they tend to look different in each stage. Stage 1- more reactive blocks. Don’t allow vulnerability or needs to be accessed. (blame, view of other) Stage 2- depth block. Blocking access to model of self, or disowned parts of self ( view of self, can tell you I’m sad but don’t want to show or see how I feel about me)  Where do blocks tend to happen in session? – right before a breakthrough. Right when you are on track and right before the person is about to go to the place they are supposed to go. For experienced therapist the blocks actually indicate the right whole to fish in.  Why do these blocks occur? -  the natural function of the body to protect us from danger so the body sends up energy. body saying this is familiar. It's about to happen again. You are about to get hurt.  What Not To Do. Be surprised: Expect blocks to occur when you are trying to open up people’s attachment channels. The blocks are what they are needing you to help them with. Be Disappointed: Don’t treat their blocks like a hindrance to your work. See blocks as indicators of where the work needs to occur. Teach/Try Harder: You can’t psycho-ed clients out of blocks. They have been trying aspects of this before they came to see you. Before they came to you, they have hundreds of thousands of disappointing attempts of trying to outwork these blocks. Shame: Blaming them or showing them how they are at fault. “The reason you are in this situation is because you…” Let blocks win/lose focus: The block disorients the therapist and the therapist aborts the mission of working with emotion in the attachment channel and this moves to some more 1st order type of work. What To Do: See them coming they are telling you you’re on track. 2-part response Give it permission (honor it and validate it with attachment function) “That makes sense to me” “Of course” “How would you do anything else?” 3 forms of validation then push into the leading edge. And yet this anger communicates something else in this cycle Push into the leading edge Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.    You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com. You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

The Stuck Client: Repetitively Reflecting the Attachment Dilemma Ever have a client or moment in therapy that where the process comes to a halt or you can’t get traction? Many times, it is because the client is stuck in a dilemma. They are in a hold repeat pattern. The client is holding the dilemma and hoping someone sees their dilemma. They keep repeating the same pattern trying to get out of their dilemma. EFT Trainer, Rebecca Jorgenson stated, “Until your clients see that you have their dilemma they aren’t going to change” https://academy.psychotherapy.net/a/3858/TPH9DeF6 Attachment tells us that when there is too much distance things are not safe, and the first thing that happens is rigidity. That initial rigidity is the natural human response to fear. What we are concerned with is when people lose their ability to be flexible and adjust and try new moves or shift energy. In this episode, we want to help you understand these dilemmas and how you can attune to the client’s dilemma to help them be able to shift out of their limbic panic place. Pursuer Dilemma: Try to explain myself, but it sends my partner away. I try to be quiet hoping they will come around and nothing happens. Withdrawer Dilemma: I try to step forward, but when I try it leads to more conflict, but then I move away to let the storm pass and I get told I don’t care.  For Both: Both of you have 2-3 moves and all of them feel like they suck at helping you connect with your partner. Neither of you feels like you have a good move here.  Takeaways The more stuck they are the more repetition they need of their dilemma to get them out of their pit. You address stuckness by going to the stuckness Repetition is key. (the more stuck the more reps you will have to till they show you that they believe you have gotten it. Stay until you get resonance. You want resonance on both sides. Be prepared for how awkward repetition is.   Please check these other places Ryan has covered this material!  The Couples Therapist Couch(Episode116): https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-couples-therapist-couch/id1281853816?i=1000465911536  Annabelle Bugatti-We Heart Therapy (Episode link for Ryan’s Interview)(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXnh0M7iZWY&t=1106s Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.  You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/pushtheleadingedge/ You can follow Ryan on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ryanranaprofessionaltraining/ and on his website https://ryanranatraining.com/. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website https://www.dochawklpc.com/. You can follow George @https://www.georgefaller.com/ or https://www.facebook.com/GeorgeFallerLMFT/,

The 3 Parts of Focus Getting the mission started. Resetting focus when you lose it (this will happen because of reactivity). Trusting the process to the mission.  Show Nuggets: YouTube link to Sue Discussing the EFT Tango. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZ7ELF8mE3Q Knowing the EFT map (steps and stages) An understanding of the role of emotion in an attachment framework. A great resource on adult attachment (https://www.amazon.com/Attachment-Adulthood-Second-Structure Dynamics/dp/1462533817/ref=sr_1_4?crid=8N3E1AZ3W9L5&dchild=1&keywords=adult+attachment&qid=1586193336&sprefix=adult+attachment%2Caps%2C172&sr=8-4) It is hard for our couples to keep focus because they lose sight of connection when they get hurt. We are asking our clients to get into a process that has been a source of pain for them in the past so it makes sense why it is hard for them to maintain focus when we get into vulnerability in session. Skilled therapists have to be able to hold focus when the client’s protection tries to get them out of their fear. A very focused therapist has clients who are nervous because the therapist does a good job of holding a focus on emotion and attachment. We can’t be completely responsible for the outcome, but we (therapists) are responsible for the process in the session. When you are focused on the target (bond/attachment) your client’s attachment will throw your blocks. The blocks are actually a good sign that you are on target. “It’s not that you can’t talk about content at all. What we want to do is to not get stuck in content. In content is so much emotion, but you have to learn to do is to use the content as opposed to restricting it out of the room.” Dr. Alison Lee, Vice President and co-founder of ICEEFT.

Episode: 3 Points of Attunement 1. Attunement with Client. (Common way of thinking about attunement) The client decides when you are in attunement, not the therapist. Therapists tend to overate the level of attunement. Practical suggestion: Ask your client at times in the session, “Am I understanding you? Do you feel like I am with you in your experience?” As a part of wrapping up the session, you can ask, “Do you feel like I was attuned/with you in your experience?” 2. Attunement with self Energy-matching Tolerance-Therapist has to have a full range of expression. If we think of emotional attunement as a high powered V8 engine, are there more times you are operating on 3 cylinders. Soul-The ability to meet people in really deep places.  3. Attunement to target Once you are on a mission to get a response back to vulnerability, you sometimes have to intentionally mis-attune with some spontaneous cues that present in order to stay on target to honor the vulnerability that was shared. Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge  You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com.  You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com.  

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, Certified EFT Therapist/Supervisor in Training, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Supervisor/Trainer.  We are so grateful for the work of Sue Johnson, Gail Palmer, George Faller, and the committed team of EFT trainers. Because of their work, we can now work to grow in the micro moves that help us come alongside couples struggling to work through blocks and repair their bond. In this episode, we discuss the importance of "finishing the mission" of accessing and responding to vulnerability in the session.  Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.   You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge  You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com.  You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com.  You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.

Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, Certified EFT Therapist/Supervisor in Training, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Supervisor/Trainer.  If we cannot connect with each other’s experiences, then we cannot be a part of each other’s healing.  We can work through our anger and defensiveness to experience each other on more personal and intimate levels that lead to change.  In this episode, Ryan and I are privileged to have had our fellow contributor George Faller, and friend Charlie Simpson on this episode. We all spent the day talking about our own personal experiences with race and ethnicity, and we decided to invite you all into this experience with us.  Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.  You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com. And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge   You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com.  You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com.  You can follow George @ https://www.georgefaller.com/.  You can reach Charlie @ https://www.arkansasrelationshipcenter.com/.

The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy  Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, Certified EFT Therapist/Supervisor in Training, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Supervisor/Trainer.  In this episode, Ryan and I talk with our friend and mentor George Faller about the leading edge of working with people in emotionally loaded moments in therapy.  Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.  You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com, and you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website  ryanranatraining.com You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com.  You can hear more from George on Foreplay Radio Podcast. https://www.foreplayrst.com/, and check out his website https://www.georgefaller.com/. His Facebook page is @GeorgeFallerLMFT

The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy Welcome to the Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. James Hawkins, Ph.D., LPC, Certified EFT Therapist/Supervisor in Training, and Ryan Rana, Ph.D., LMFT, LPC, ICEEFT Supervisor/Trainer.  In this episode, we take time to express our gratitude for some of the people who have played a role in helping us develop as people and therapists. We want you to let you in on a personal aspect of who we are before we begin this podcast journey together.   Thank you for listening. We hope this experience helps you push the leading edge in your work to help people connect with themselves and with each other.  You can contact us at pushtheleadingedge@gmail.com And you can follow us on our Facebook page @pushtheleadingedge You can follow Ryan on Facebook @ryanranaprofessionaltraining and on his website ryanranatraining.com. You can follow James on Facebook and Instagram @dochawklpc. You can also check out his website dochawklpc.com. You can see our EFT training Schedule at https://www.arkansaseft.com/events