Training in Emotion Focused and SPEAKS Therapy
Hi, I’m Dr Anna Oldershaw and I am an experienced presenter, trainer, clinical psychologist and clinical supervisor. I completed my Emotion Focused Therapy accreditation under the direct tutelage of Professors Les Greenberg and Robert Elliott, co-developers of the approach.
Since 2018, I have co-facilitated trainings with both Prof Greenberg and Prof Elliott across the accreditation program and am the lead trainer at the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute England.
I provide training in Emotion Focused Therapy, SPEAKS and bespoke workshops.
Training in Emotion Focused Therapy can provide therapists with the skills to integrate single session evidence-based therapeutic tasks into their existing practice. Therapists may also wish to train in greater depth by achieving accreditation as an Emotion Focused Therapist and by learning ‘disorder-specific’ models.
Accreditation involves a taught component specified by the International Society of Emotion Focused Therapy (isEFT) alongside supervised practice. The Level 1 (core skills), Level 2 (advanced skills) and Advanced Empathy are the required taught components for people seeking to be an accredited EFT therapist. This training is provided via the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute of England, a training institution recognised and accredited by isEFT and hosted by the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University.
More information about the accreditation pathway can be found here on the isEFT website.
Training in SPEAKS, an emotion focused intervention for adults with anorexia, will provide therapists with the background to this model and the skills to deliver new techniques into their psychotherapy practice.
SPEAKS follows an intervention guide in a process-oriented approach to facilitate evidence-based emotion processing change. Through this change it supports clients to connect with the “Real Me”; a reconfigured, resilient and integrated sense of self, with a ‘Healthy Adult’ able to take in good emotional information in order to act with self-agency and self-efficacy in getting needs met in healthy ways. It has been linked to improvements in anxiety, depression and eating disorder symptoms and behaviours..
The SPEAKS change process draws on techniques and tasks from a range of psychotherapy models, but most closely utilises psychotherapy practice from the fields of Emotion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy.
We run masterclasses and short courses on an ad hoc basis open to anybody wishing to attend. These are delivered by our internal team of trainers or by invited prestigious external trainers (e.g. Robert Elliott, Les Greenberg). These will be advertised on this page or you can join our mailing list to ensure you don’t miss out.
A popular choice are masterclasses and bespoke team training provided to services looking to enhance the Emotion Focused Therapy or SPEAKS skills of their team members. Contact me to discuss your service or team needs and we can develop a training focus that works for you.
I offer bespoke and tailored training packages regularly for both NHS and private services looking to enhance their Emotion Focused Therapy or SPEAKS skills and experience. The bespoke sessions are tailored packages at a length to suit your service. The minimum length is a half day. One-day training packages on a key focus of Emotion Focused Therapy or SPEAKS are the most popular (e.g. Working with the Inner Critic). Contact me for a free consultation on your service needs and exploration of a useful focus for your training event.
I am passionate about supporting high quality psychological therapy through supervision of other therapists. I offer a limited number of supervision spaces for therapists. These spaces can also be filled by trainee psychologists seeking independent therapy.
My supervision practice reflects my own clinical practice which focuses on dialogical self approaches, particularly Emotion Focused Therapy and Schema Therapy. Supervision is therefore often experiential and ‘live’ through the use of recorded therapy sessions and chair work.
What you will get:
I offer a welcoming, warm, empathic, non-judgemental supervision space. I understand the challenges and rewards of clinical work within the NHS and private practice.
Contact me to discuss your supervision needs and to explore whether I might be the right supervisor for you.
Why choose supervision with me:
Experienced Eating Disorder clinician with over 15 years experience
Duration: 60 minutes
Total Cost: £100
Emotion Focused Therapy training is booked through the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute of England, whereas SPEAKS training is booked directly through me. Please follow the booking link that relates to the subject and level of the training you are interested in. Or Contact Me if you are unsure.
Join our mailing list to be kept updated on all our upcoming training events. If there is a particular training you are keen to attend then email me and let me know! We sometimes have extra capacity to run additional events if we have enough interest.
Emotion Focused Therapy accreditation involves a taught component and supervised practice. The Level 1 (core skills), level 2 (advanced skills) and advanced empathy are the required taught components for people seeking to be an accredited EFT therapist. Once you have completed the taught components, the level you are trained to depends on how much supervised practice you decide to complete, and whether you would like to submit tapes of your practice to be rated. The International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy sets out on its website the different levels and what is required to reach that level, all the way through to becoming a certified trainer. You can find it here.
Training is delivered online or in person. When training is in person, it runs out of the Emotion Focused Therapy Institute England, based at the Salomons Institute of Applied Psychology, Canterbury Christ Church University in central Tunbridge Wells. Local travel and accommodation information can be found here.
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