Certification for EFT Therapists and EFT Supervisors
Certification is a professional development process designed to help you deepen your understanding and integration of the Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) model.
To become certified, you must complete the EFT Externship and Core Skills 1–4 training sessions, along with a minimum of 8 hours of EFT supervision.
Certification materials typically include a case description and two video clips of about 20 minutes each that demonstrate your grasp of EFT interventions and therapist presence.
If you are currently preparing for certification, you can refer to the resources and guidelines provided on this page.
Video on Certification
In this introductory video, two of our senior trainers share their insights about the EFT certification process, what assessors look for, and how therapists can best prepare for evaluation.
Documents for Certification
Requirements for Certification
Road to Certification
Certification Checklist
Skills Overview
EFT Supervisor Certification
EFT Certification – Indian Version
Certification for EFT therapists and supervisors.
Certification is a professional development process designed to help you deepen your understanding and integration of the EFT model. It is not a certificate you buy; it is evidence that the model has become part of how you work.
What certification asks of you.
Externship and Core Skills 1 to 4
Complete the four-day EFT Externship, followed by all four Core Skills modules.
A minimum of 8 hours of EFT supervision
With a certified EFT supervisor or an approved Supervisor Candidate.
Find a supervisorCase description and video
Certification materials typically include a case description and two video clips of roughly twenty minutes each, demonstrating your grasp of EFT interventions and therapist presence.
Assessment and certification
Your submission is reviewed against the ICEEFT criteria. The documents below set out exactly what assessors look for.
Video on certification.
Two of our senior trainers share their insights about the EFT certification process, what assessors look for, and how therapists can best prepare for evaluation.
Everything you need, in one place.
Guidelines, checklists and requirement summaries for both therapist and supervisor certification.
Requirements for certification
The minimal criteria for therapist certification, stage by stage.
DownloadRoad to certification
The full path from Externship to certified EFT therapist.
DownloadCertification checklist
A checklist to work through before you submit.
DownloadSkills overview
The skills you must demonstrate at each stage of the model.
DownloadSupervisor certification
Requirements and application route for supervisor candidates.
DownloadCertification, Indian version
Requirements adapted for therapists certifying through India EFT Council.
DownloadPreparing for certification?
Start with supervision. Most therapists find that the eight hours are where the model finally settles into their clinical work, rather than a box to tick at the end.