Stage 2 Antidote Events: Seeding Attachment and Choreographing Enactments
Presented by Ting Liu, Ph.D., ICEEFT Trainer & Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor

Many EFT therapists can help couples begin to de-escalate their negative cycle, but then feel less certain about how to move into Stage 2 work. What does it look like to help partners reach, respond, and risk from a more vulnerable place when the old protective patterns are still close by?

This 3-hour clinical training will focus on the pivotal shift from Stage 1 de-escalation to Stage 2 restructuring of the emotional bond. Dr. Ting Liu will help participants think more clearly about “antidote events”: moments in session where partners begin to access, share, and respond to attachment needs in ways that support secure connection.

The training will focus on two foundational Stage 2 interventions: seeding attachment and choreographing enactments. Participants will learn how to make implicit attachment longings more explicit, introduce attachment language into the clinical dialogue, and guide partners from talking about their pain to reaching toward each other from core vulnerability.

This workshop is especially suited for therapists who are trained in EFT (have foundational EFT knowledge and experience), are working with couples, can help partners de-escalate the cycle, and want more clarity and confidence in Stage 2 EFT work.

Participants will learn to:

• Identify the attachment “antidotes” each partner may need to move from rigid defensive patterns toward more secure connection.
• Use seeding attachment to help implicit, protective longings become more explicit and accessible in session.
• Choreograph enactments that help partners speak to each other from core vulnerability rather than only talking about the relationship.
• Support reaching, responding, and mutual risking as part of restructuring the couple’s bond.

Recommended prior EFT experience

This training is intended for clinicians who have completed an EFT Externship. Core Skills training is preferred.

About the presenter

Dr. Ting Liu is the Founder of the Asia EFT Center and Clinical Director at the Philadelphia Center for EFT. She is an ICEEFT Trainer and Supervisor, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and specialist in the cultural adaptation of EFT. Her clinical expertise includes complex couple therapy cases, including infidelity and breakups. She has authored two books and translated numerous key EFT texts for the Chinese-speaking world.

CE Credit
HCEFT is seeking approval to offer 3 continuing education credits.