The Core Skills course gives in-depth training in the theory and practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). It is a small-group course — max 15 people — mixing theory with hands-on practice.
Who is the training for?
Participants should have finished an EFT externship and be ready to share their own client work through an audio or video clip.
Learning aims
This workshop aims to deepen participants’ skills in:
♡ Doing an EFT assessment
♡ Learn to spot attachment feelings that spark and drive change.
♡ Using EFT to connect with and deepen attachment feelings.
♡ The nine steps of EFT.
♡ Key shifts in EFT: easing negative patterns, drawing in a distancing partner and softening a blaming one.
Course structure
♡ At least a quarter of each training day is spent watching and trying EFT through exercises, role-plays and reviewing recordings.
♡ At least one live session will be held during the course.
♡ The Core Skills course totals about 32 sessions.
♡ The training will be in English and, when needed, translated into Estonian.
A certificate is awarded on finishing the core training module.
To get it, you must:
- submit homework,
- making a video recording,
- Analysis and reflection.
Date: 25–28 March 2027
Venue: Üks Maja, Valdeku 66, Nõmme, Tallinn
Training fee
The training fee is €550 if you register and pay the full amount in one go before 1 March 2027.
If you register after 1 March, the training fee is €600.
Pay by invoice (VAT applies) or cash by prior arrangement.
When you sign up, we’ll send an invoice for a €100 + VAT deposit. Paying it secures your place.
The deposit is non-refundable if you withdraw from the training less than 30 days before it begins.
The rest is due by 15 March or, by prior arrangement, on the day before training starts.
More info and booking:
Sille Ruus
📧 sille@efteesti.ee
📞 521 5265
A deposit of €100 secures your place on the training course (VAT will be added to the invoice). The deposit is non-refundable if you withdraw less than one month before the course begins.
Who is trainer Simona Herb?
Dr. Simona Herb is the president of the Romanian Association for Systemic and Emotionally Focused Psychotherapy (www.eftromania.ro) and the director of the EFT HUB Psychotherapy Center (www.efthub.ro).
Since 2017, she has been an internationally certified Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) trainer, certified by the www.iceeft.com (ICEEFT). At that time, she became the first and only EFT trainer in Eastern Europe.
Simona currently conducts EFT training and supervision for several generations of therapists in Romania and abroad (Italy, Czech Republic, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary, Iran, and Estonia).
She also leads personal development workshops focusing on couple relationships (“Hold Me Tight”) and parent-teenager relationships (“Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go”).
In Romania, she has conducted numerous professional workshops for psychotherapists on topics such as working with emotions, trauma in relationships, the impact of infidelity and recovery, and much more.
Since 2020, she has been president of the Romanian Association for Systemic and Emotionally Focused Psychotherapy, which is accredited by the Romanian College of Psychologists. The association offers long-term training programs for psychologists who wish to become licensed psychotherapists in Romania.
Her passion for relationships and emotional harmony extends to the academic world – Simona teaches at the Faculty of Psychology at Alexandru Ioan Cuza University and at the Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences at the University of Bucharest.
“We know that love makes us vulnerable, but we are never as strong and confident as when we love.”
— Dr. Simona Herb