IEFT

Swiss Society for Emotion-Focused Therapies (EFT-CH)

The Swiss Society of Emotion-Focused Therapies (EFT-CH) is an association within the meaning of art. 60 et seq. of the Swiss Civil Code. EFT-CH was founded in Bern, on April, 25th, 2015. The purpose of EFT-CH is to promote activities aimed at enhancing the clinical and theoretical aspects of the psychotherapeutic approaches focused on emotions (namely Emotion-Focused Therapy, EFT).
As such, EFT-CH encourages the meeting of people involved in professional activities related to research and/or clinical practice of EFT and supports training and research activities. EFT-CH provides and promotes theoretical training and practice and organizes and coordinates workshops, symposia, conferences on a local, national and international level. Finally, it encourages the publication of research and clinical cases and promotes contact and collaborations by encouraging participation in activities and initiatives aimed at the further understanding of emotion-focused practice in psychotherapy. It disseminates the knowledge related to emotion-focused approaches. EFT-CH operates within Switzerland, and in cooperation with its international Partners.

Board

Today, in January 2020, the EFT-CH board counts 6 members, elected  until 2021.

 
Dr. Catalina Woldarsky, PhD         Member
Dr. Marielle Sutter, PhD                 President
Dr. Emma Schmied PhD                Finances
M. Sc. Ben Kneubühler                   Vice-President




Catalina Woldarsky Meneses, PhD.

Psychologue spécialiste en psychothérapie, FSP

Dr. Woldarsky completed her doctorate degree in clinical psychology at York University under the direction of Dr. Leslie Greenberg. She has extensive training in Emotion-focused therapy (EFT) for individuals and couples. Her research has focused on exploring how forgiveness unfolds in couples. Dr. Woldarsky is a clinical supervisor certified by the International Society for EFT, as well as a trainer affiliated with the Swiss Institute for EFT in Bern. She is based in Lausanne where she works in private practice, while also teaching at Webster University.

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Dr. phil. Marielle Sutter

Marielle Sutter studied psychology and sociology at the University of Berne. She attained her Ph.D. with Prof. Klaus Grawe. Her first psychotherapy training was an integrative CBT training at the University of Berne and since 2008 she has been trained in Emotion-Focused Therapy with Leslie Greenberg, Lars Auszra and Imke Herrmann. In 2015, together with Leslie Greenberg and Theres Hofer, she founded the Swiss Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy (IEFT.ch) in Berne. As the director of the Swiss Institute for EFT she organizes isEFT certified training in Switzerland and is engaged in training and supervision in the german and french part of Switzerland, in Germany and in Austria. She runs a private practice in Bern and is a board member of the Swiss Association for Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT-CH). She is an isEFT recognized supervisor and trainer in training.

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Dr. phil Emma Schmied

Dr. phil Emma Schmied is a licensed psychotherapist FSP (since 2006), presently working in a private practice in Bern. She is an instructor and clinical supervisor in the postgraduate master’s program for psychotherapy at the University of Bern (since 2008) and associated instructor at the institute for EFT in Bern (since 2017). She received her Master in clinical psychology and psychotherapy  in 1998 and her phD in 2001 , both at the University of Bern. After a post-doc year at King’s College, London (2002) she completed her integrative psychotherapy training at the University of Bern in 2005. In 2009 she started her training in emotion focused therapy and became a certified EFT therapist in 2017. She is a founding member of EFT-CH and currently member of the board.

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M. Sc. Ben Kneubühler

Members

Presentation of the EFT-CH Members by Name, Specialty and Languages

Name: Bärtschi, Judith, lic. phil. (Level C, EFT Therapeutin), Eidgenössisch anerkannte Psychotherapeutin FSP, Psychotherapeutische Praxisgemeinschaft Storchengässchen 6, 3011 Bern, 031 311 40 80 , info@psychotherapie-baertschi.ch, www.psychotherapie-baertschi.ch
Speciality: Psychotherapie für Jugendliche, junge Erwachsene und Erwachsene. Persönliche und berufliche Entwicklungskrisen, Beziehungs- und Ablösungsprobleme, Anpassungs- und  Belastungsstörungen,Identitätsprobleme, Selbstwertprobleme und Hemmungen, emotionale Instabilität und Selbstkontrollverlust, depressive Verstimmungen, Ängste und Panikattacken, psychosomatische Störungen.
Language: Deutsch

Name: Mireille Baumgartner, Rue de l'Industrie 3, 2502 Bienne, 032 325 12 36
mireille.baumgartner@bluewin.ch, www.sex-o-log.ch
Speciality: d'une part consultations sexologiques et de l'autre thérapie de couple EFT liées ou pas à des problèmes sexuels
Language:  français

Name:  Dr. Lauren Deimling Johns, Counselling Psychologist, 078 977 91 19,
info@laurendeimlingjohns.comhttps://www.laurendeimlingjohns.com/
Specialty: I focus my work in supporting immigrants, expats, migrants, aid field workers, civil servants, medical professionals and their families. I have specialized in treating posttraumatic stress and vicarious trauma.
Language: English native and Spanish fluent

Name: Sara Frank, Paar- und Familientherapeutin M.A. MFT, Sexualtherapeutin, Paartherapie & Psychologische Beratung Sara Frank Luzern, Wesemlinrain 20, 6006 Luzern, s.frank@therapie-luzern.ch, 077 479 27 04, www.sara-frank.ch
Specialty: Emotionsfokussierte Paartherapie, emotionsfokussierte Familientherapie, Sexualtherapie
Language: Deutsch und Englisch

Name: Lorena Gamboa Psychologue-Psychothérapeute FSP, Rue Louis-de-Savoie 90, 1110 Morges, tél. 021 802 34 15
Speciality: Troubles anxieux, troubles de l’humeur, psychotraumatologie
Language: Français, espagnol, anglais

Name: Dr. Daniel Gassmann, Praxisgemeinschaft für Psychotherapie, Bundesgasse 16, 3011 Bern, praxis-gassmann@fsp-hin.ch, 031 312 33 55 , www.praxisgemeinschaft-psychotherapie.ch
Specialty: Emotion focused therapy for individuals and couples, sleeping disorders
Language: German and english

Name: Kaspar Kellenberger, Praxis Zeitraum, Gutenbergstrasse 5, 3011 Bern , eft@praxis-zeitraum.ch, 077 472 44 52 , www.praxis-zeitraum.ch
Speciality: Emotion focused therapy for individuals and couples
Language: German and english

Name: PD Dr. Ueli Kramer, Département de Psychiatrie-CHUV,  Place Chauderon 18, CH-1003 Lausanne, tél. 021 314 00 50. 
Speciality: Troubles de l'humeur, troubles de la personnalité
Language: Français, allemand, anglais

Name: Lic. phil. Frank Margulies, Psychologische Praxis, Zeughausstrasse 39, 8004 Zürich, 043 317 19 38, www.praxis-margulies.ch
Speciality: Individual and couple therapy (EFT and person-centered)
Language: Deutsch, Français, Español, English

Name: Robert Richardson, Tél./phone 079 901 14 01, https://romailler-richardson.ch/robert-richardson/
Speciality: Je pratique la psychothérapie avec les enfants, les adolescents et les adultes. Mon approche intègre la thérapie centrée sur les émotions, la thérapie cognitive et comportementale, l’EMDR (thérapie qui cible les traumatismes), et l’intégration du cycle de la vie (ICV). I also offer psychotherapy consultations in native English.
Language: English, Francais

Name: Dr. phil. Emma Schmied-Smith, Praxisgemeinschaft lg23, Länggassstrasse 23, CH-3012 Bern, Tel.: 079 4828242, Mail: emma.schmied@fsp-hin.ch, Website: www.psychologie.ch/member/emma-schmied-smith
Speciality: Emotional-basierte Schwierigkeiten aller Art, vor allem im Einzelsetting 
Language: Deutsch / English

Name: Marielle Sutter, Länggassstrasse 23, 3012 Bern, 031 302 03 93 , 079 469 61 42 , www.ieft.ch
Speciality: EFT im Einzelsetting und EFT für Paare
Language: Deutsch, Französisch, Englisch

Name: Lic.phil. Tobias Steiger, Psychotherapeutische Praxis, Schauenburgerstrasse 22, 4052 Basel; 061 271 55 52. Website: https://www.tobiassteiger.ch.
Speciality: Emotionsfokussierte Paartherapie, Emotionsfokussierte, Focusing-orientierte, Personzentrierte und Systemische  für Erwachsene, Jugendliche, Kinder und Familien.
Language: Deutsch, Englisch, Italienisch

Name: Alexine Thompson-de Benoit, Ch. de Jolimont 13, 1091 Grandvaux, 079/ 960 9252 , www.serremoifort.com
Speciality: EFT Couple's therapy
Language: French and English, some Italian

Name:  lic. phil. Sophie Wick, Praxis im Zentrum, Nidaugasse 70, 2502 Biel/Bienne, 076 408 18 24,
sophie.wick@psychologie.ch, www.sophiewick.ch
Specialty: EFT im Einzelsetting und EFT für Paare (ergänzt duch kognitiv-behaviorale und interpersonale Psychotherpie), speziell auch für Personen und Paare nach Kindsverlust oder unerfülltem Kinderwunsch
Language: Deutsch (Französisch in Ausnahmen)

Name: Dr. Catalina Woldarsky, Rue de la Gare 12, 1003, Lausanne.  info@catalinawoldarsky.com, 079 245 70 79 ,www.catalinawoldarsky.com
Speciality: Emotion focused therapy for individuals and couples
Language: English, Spanish, and French.

International delegates:

isEFT international delegate: Marielle Sutter
ICEEFT international delegate: Alexine Thompson
International research delegate: Ueli Kramer

Honorary Members

Franz Caspar, Prof. Dr.

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Franz Caspar is Professor emeritus of the Dept. of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy at the University of Bern (which he das directed 2007-2018). As part of the department, he has directed a psychotherapy outpatient clinic (where he has also maintained psychotherapy practice) and two postgraduate psychotherapy training programs
Former positions: Professor in Freiburg, Germany (1999-2005), Professor in Geneva (2005-2007). Before (1979-1999) Assistant-Lecturer in Bern. 1997-1999 Head Psychologist, Psychiatric Hospital Sanatorium Kilchberg.
Diploma in Psychology and Political Science 1977 in Hamburg. Doctorate 1985 and Habilitation in 1995 in Bern.
Certified psychotherapist in Bern, Zürich, and Geneva, as well as Baden-Württemberg.
Past President Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR), Advisory Board Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration (SEPI), and past steering committee member of this society, Past President International Federation for Psychotherapy (IFP). Past and current member of various boards and committees in professional organizations.
Outstanding Early Career Contribution Award SPR (1993) and Distinguished Career Award SPR (2018).
Member National Research Council, Swiss National Science foundation.
Main research interests: Therapists (in particular their information processing), Therapy training, therapeutic relationship, case formulation, psychotherapy integration.

Ann Weiser Cornell, Dr.

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Dr. Ann Weiser Cornell is an American author, educator, and worldwide authority on Focusing, the self-inquiry psychotherapeutic technique developed by her close colleague, Eugene Gendlin. She has taught Focusing in more than 20 countries. Dr Cornell has written several definitive books on Focusing, including The Power of Focusing: A Practical Guide to Emotional Self-Healing, Presence: A Guide to Transforming Your Most Challenging Emotions, and Focusing in Clinical Practice: The Essence of Change. She has taught Focusing around the world since 1980, and has developed (with Barbara McGavin) a system and technique called Inner Relationship Focusing. Dr Cornell is also a past president of the Association for Humanistic Psychology. For more information see her Wikipedia entry or website http://focusingresources.com/

Robert Elliott, Ph.D.

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Dr. Elliott is Professor of Counselling in the Counselling Unit at the University of Strathclyde, where he directs its research clinic and  teaches      emotion-focused therapy and psychotherapy research.  A professor Emeritus of Psychology at the University of Toledo (Ohio), he is co-  author  of Facilitating emotional change (1993), Learning process-experiential psychotherapy (2004), Research methods in clinical  psychology(2002),  and Developing and Enhancing Research Capacity in Counselling and Psychotherapy (2010), as well as more than 120  journal articles and book  chapters. He is past president of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and previously co-edited the  journals Psychotherapy Research,  and Person-Centered Counseling and Psychotherapies.  He is a Fellow in the Divisions of Humanistic  Psychology, Psychotherapy, and Clinical  Psychology of the American Psychological Association.  He has received the Distinguished Research Career Award of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, and the Carl Rogers Award from the Division of Humanistic Psychology of the American Psychological Association.  He regularly teaches EFT in Scotland, the Netherlands, and Belgium and is currently doing research on EFT for social anxiety.research on EFT for social anxiety.

Diana Fosha, Ph.D.

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Diana Fosha, Ph.D. is the developer of A E D P  (Accelerated Experiential-Dynamic Psychotherapy), and founder and current director of the AEDP Institute, an internationally recognized  school that specializes in training therapists in a healing-oriented transformational approach to the treatment of attachment trauma. A leader in the field of transformational studies in trauma treatment, Fosha's work on healing transformational processes focuses on integrating neuroplasticity, recognition science and developmental dyadic research into experiential clinical process work with patients. The author of numerous papers and book chapters, she is the author of The transforming power of affect: A model for accelerated change (Basic Books, 2000); senior editor, with Daniel Siegel and Marion Solomon, of The healing power of emotion: Affective neuroscience, development & clinical practice (Norton, 2009), and co-author, with Natasha Prenn, of Supervision essentials for Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (APA, 2016). Two DVDs of her live AEDP clinical work, including one on working with men, and one on clinical supervision, have been issued by the American Psychological Association (APA)Diana Fosha practices in New York City, presents at international conferences, and leads workshops and trainings worldwide. Many of her papers are available through the AEDP website at www.aedpinstitute.org

Les Greenberg, Ph.D.

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Dr. Greenberg is one of the originators and primary developers of Emotion-Focused Therapy for individuals and couples. He is a Distinguished Research Professor of Psychology at York University in Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Greenberg is actively involved in the training, research, and development of Emotion-Focused Therapy at the Emotion-Focused Therapy Clinic, and he travels throughout North America and internationally doing presentations and workshops in Emotion-Focused Therapy. He has co-authored a number of major texts on emotion-focused approaches to treatment, including Emotion in Psychotherapy (1986), Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (1988), Facilitating Emotional Change (1993), Emotion-Focused Therapy: Coaching Clients to Work Through Emotions (2002). His more recent works include Emotion-Focused Therapy of Depression (2006), Emotion-Focused Couples Therapy: The Dynamics of Emotion, Love and Power (2008), and Emotion-Focused Therapy: Theory and Practice (2010).

Sue Johnson, Dr.

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Dr. Sue Johnson is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, popular presenter and speaker and a leading innovator in the field of couple therapy and adult attachment. Sue is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research.
Sue Johnson is founding Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, as well as Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology, at the University of Ottawa, Canada.
Dr. Johnson has received a variety of awards acknowledging her development of EFT and her significant contribution to the field of couple and family therapy and adult attachment. Sue has been appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor recognizing outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to Canada. In 2016, she was named Psychologist of the Year by APA, and has been honored by AAMFT for her Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Couple and Family Therapy.

Past Presidents

Dr. Ueli Kramer, PhD                    President of EFT-CH 2015-2020

Here a flyer for free distribution

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