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Working with Trauma and Emotional Pain using the Expanded Focusing Task

With Lou Cooper

13-14 June 2026

One of the major obstacles to working with traumatic experiences is the distress that this can evoke, often leading clients to withdraw from therapy. The Expanded Focusing Task offers a way of processing trauma and emotional pain that allows clients to feel sufficiently safe to do this potentially life changing work.

In this workshop you will learn how to gently guide clients to revisit disturbing past events and work with them so that they no longer generate such heightened distress. The task draws on Emotion Focused Therapy and trauma informed practice. The workshop presents the clearly defined steps of the Task as developed by Dr Melissa Harte’s and outlined in her book Processing Emotional Pain Using Emotion Focused Therapy: A guide to safely working with and resolving emotional injuries and trauma (2019).

The workshop includes:

Reflection on the nature of trauma as it presents in the therapy space
Focus on how to create and maintain client safety during therapy
Step by step instruction in the Expanded Focusing Task
Video and live demonstration of the Task
Experiential opportunities to work with the Task

Who is this for

Whether you’re practicing or learning EFT, or if you’re interested in trauma work from other therapeutic perspectives, this workshop offers valuable tools and an approach that has the potential to transform your approach to working with trauma and emotional pain that can be easily integrated into your current practice.

Dates

13 & 14 June 2026

Hours

10:00 to 17:30

Place

Hellenic Society of Existential Psychology "Gignesthai"
33 Irodotou Street, Maroussi (KAT Station)

Language

English

Cost

Until Friday 15 May 2026: EUR 295

From Saturday 16 May 2026: EUR 345

Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Application form

Cancellation policy

If you cancel your participation 30 days or more before the date of the seminar you will be refunded the participation fee minus 25 euros for administration costs.
If you cancel less than 30 days before the date of the seminar you will receive a credit, minus 25 euros administration fee, which you can use for a future seminar.
If you do not notify us before the date of the seminar you cannot receive a refund or credit.
You can transfer your registration to another person at no extra cost. In this case, you need to let us know the name of the person.
The organisers reserve the right to cancel the seminar due to instructor illness, reduced attendance or other unforeseen circumstances. In the event of cancellation of the seminar, the participation fee will be refunded in full.

For more information and registration please contact here , at agathilakioti@gmail.com, or at 6944964300

Facilitator

Dr. Lou Cooper

Dr Lou Cooper is an Emotion Focused Trainer, Supervisor and Therapist based in Melbourne, Australia. Lou trains and presents at the Australian Institute of Emotion Focused Therapy in Melbourne and internationally and is the host of the popular Emotion Focused Podcast. They are passionate about sharing knowledge and information in ways that are easy to digest and may even amuse. Lou worked alongside Dr Melissa Harte for over a decade and is honoured to carry forward her impactful way of working.