3-Day Clinician Training: Emotion Focused Skills Training for Youth (EFST-Y)

$750.00

We are excited to invite you to a unique training opportunity in Emotion Focused Skills Training for Youth (EFST-Y)—a compassionate, evidence-informed therapeutic model designed to meet the pressing mental health needs of youth and young adults facing moderate to severe challenges.

Whether you have previously trained in Emotion Focused Skills Training for Parents (EFST-P) or are new to this approach, this training is open to all therapists—no prerequisites required.

EFST-Y was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in direct response to the complex and often overwhelming mental health crises seen in youth, including:

  • Suicide attempts

  • Severe depression and anxiety

  • Trauma

  • Peer victimization

  • School refusal

  • Aggression

  • And other cases where traditional treatments have fallen short

Created with clinical consultation from Dr. Joanne Dolhanty, the founder of EFST, EFST-Y builds on the principles of Emotion-Focused Therapy. It empowers clinicians to:

  • Deepen emotional awareness and self-efficacy in youth

  • Understand youth struggles within their emotional and environmental context

  • Support families as active agents of change

  • Craft meaningful, individualized treatment plans grounded in compassion

EFST-Y is adaptable for individual, group, and family therapy, making it ideal for clinicians working across a wide range of settings—with children, adolescents, families and young adults. If you're looking for a powerful, flexible model to support your most challenging cases—or simply want to deepen your therapeutic toolbox—EFST-Y may meet your needs.

Format: Virtual, ZOOM

When: November 10th, 11th and 12th, 2025 9:00AM(EDT) till 3:00PM(EDT) each training day.

Cancellations & Refunds: We require a minimum of 10 participants to proceed with the scheduled training. In the unlikely event that the minimum is not met those who registered will be refunded their purchase. Cancellations received fourteen 14 days prior to the training will receive a full refund of the registration fee, less the processing fee.

Materials Provided: We have developed this training such that clinicians who attend are able to make use of their learning from this training immediately after attending. That is our commitment to you and your time. In order to help ensure that this is possible training participants get a clinician manual, guide and toolkit which contains the theory, practice and interventions needed to start support your clients with EFST-Y. Clinicians also get a youth workbook that still in draft.

We are excited to invite you to a unique training opportunity in Emotion Focused Skills Training for Youth (EFST-Y)—a compassionate, evidence-informed therapeutic model designed to meet the pressing mental health needs of youth and young adults facing moderate to severe challenges.

Whether you have previously trained in Emotion Focused Skills Training for Parents (EFST-P) or are new to this approach, this training is open to all therapists—no prerequisites required.

EFST-Y was developed during the COVID-19 pandemic in direct response to the complex and often overwhelming mental health crises seen in youth, including:

  • Suicide attempts

  • Severe depression and anxiety

  • Trauma

  • Peer victimization

  • School refusal

  • Aggression

  • And other cases where traditional treatments have fallen short

Created with clinical consultation from Dr. Joanne Dolhanty, the founder of EFST, EFST-Y builds on the principles of Emotion-Focused Therapy. It empowers clinicians to:

  • Deepen emotional awareness and self-efficacy in youth

  • Understand youth struggles within their emotional and environmental context

  • Support families as active agents of change

  • Craft meaningful, individualized treatment plans grounded in compassion

EFST-Y is adaptable for individual, group, and family therapy, making it ideal for clinicians working across a wide range of settings—with children, adolescents, families and young adults. If you're looking for a powerful, flexible model to support your most challenging cases—or simply want to deepen your therapeutic toolbox—EFST-Y may meet your needs.

Format: Virtual, ZOOM

When: November 10th, 11th and 12th, 2025 9:00AM(EDT) till 3:00PM(EDT) each training day.

Cancellations & Refunds: We require a minimum of 10 participants to proceed with the scheduled training. In the unlikely event that the minimum is not met those who registered will be refunded their purchase. Cancellations received fourteen 14 days prior to the training will receive a full refund of the registration fee, less the processing fee.

Materials Provided: We have developed this training such that clinicians who attend are able to make use of their learning from this training immediately after attending. That is our commitment to you and your time. In order to help ensure that this is possible training participants get a clinician manual, guide and toolkit which contains the theory, practice and interventions needed to start support your clients with EFST-Y. Clinicians also get a youth workbook that still in draft.