Changing emotion with emotion
Welcome to the Hellenic Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy (HiEFT)!
The purpose of the Institute is to promote Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) and to create a community of EFT therapists in Greece. To this end, the Institute organizes training seminars and specialized masterclasses for psychologists, mental health counselors and psychotherapists who want to learn how to work with emotions or are interested in becoming EFT therapists.
Upcoming workshops
Workshop with Dr. Leslie Greenberg!
The Hellenic Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy in collaboration with the French Institute for Emotion-Focused Therapy is organizing an online seminar with Dr. Leslie Greenberg titled: Working with Shame and Anger in Psychotherapy.
This seminar will teach therapists practical skills to help their clients transform shame into the healthy anger that they previously interrupted and work through the grief associated with the shame they experienced as children and the unmet needs associated with shame.
Dr. Leslie Greenberg is an international pioneer in the field of psychotherapy and emotion and founder of Emotion Focused Therapy.
The seminar is tailored for mental health professionals from a variety of educational backgrounds.
New books
Emotion Focused Counselling in Action
Robert Elliott & Leslie Greenberg (2024), Topos books
Translation and scientific editing: Agathi Lakioti & Christina Michael
This book is the definitive introduction to the theory and practice of emotion-focused counselling. Starting with an introduction to the main theory and concepts, it then guides you through the counselling phases from beginning to end. The final chapter extends your learning by examining different client populations, process research, and ways of monitoring your practice. Finally, the book lists the three main scales for monitoring and evaluating EFC practice.
Chapters include features such as case studies and session transcripts, sections for further reading, and reflection exercises to help enhance understanding of the approach.
The Greek edition includes the most recent (revised and enriched) version of the Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy Scale and a glossary of English and Greek-English terms.
THE POWER OF FOCUSING. A practical guide to emotional healing.
Ann Weiser Cornell
Translation: Agathi Lakioti, ΤΟΠΟΣ
Focusing is a bodily oriented method of self-awareness, change and growth. It involves feeling into our bodies and receiving the messages they have to give us about the situations we are experiencing. It is a process that helps us to understand ourselves and our emotions more deeply, to creatively solve the problems we face, and to make positive changes in our lives.
This book, in a simple and straightforward way, is for anyone interested in starting or continuing a journey of self-awareness and emotional healing. It can be of substantial help to anyone involved in the healing process - either in the role of the therapist or the role of the client. As the author describes, for therapists Focusing can be a very useful tool that significantly enhances their work. While for clients it can make the therapeutic process deeper and more effective.
Videos
What is Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)?
Leslie Greenberg
Why are emotions important?
Robert Elliott
The Institute is recognized by the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy
(ISEFT)
