The Skills Lab Membership/Fast-Track EFCT: From Externship to Certification Roadmap

  • $37

Fast-Track EFCT: From Externship to Certification Roadmap

  • Course
  • 3 Lessons
  • Includes 1 additional product

Fast-Track EFCT is a 30–40 minute mini-workshop for EFCT/couples therapists who love the model but feel lost about certification. Learn an efficient path from Externship to certified, how to use supervision and taping intentionally, plus get a Supervision Skills & Session Tracker and bonus “See-Me-Work” transcript of an entire session with a Stage 1 couple early in their work.

Includes 1 additional product

This is for you if…

Fast-Track EFCT is designed for EFCT and couples therapists who:

  • Have done (or are planning) Externship and/or Core Skills and genuinely love the model

  • Feel a mix of excitement and dread when they think about certification

  • Sometimes leave sessions thinking, “That did not feel like the EFCT I learned in training”

  • Want supervision to be more than a general venting space—they want it to build specific EFCT skills

  • Know that time and money are limited and do not want to wander for 18–36 months without a clear plan

  • Crave a peek behind the curtain at how a certified EFCT therapist actually handles content spirals, escalated couples, shut-down withdrawers, and sex conversations

If that’s you, this workshop gives you a clearer map and some concrete tools to start walking it.

What you’ll walk away with

By the end of this workshop, you’ll have:

  • A realistic, efficient overview of the EFCT certification path
    Not just “Externship → Core Skills → supervision → tapes → application,” but what these steps look like in real life—without sugarcoating.

  • My Four Pillars to Efficient Certification

    • Clarity on your map

    • Deliberate supervision

    • Strategic taping

    • Early application thinking

  • Clarity about whether and when certification makes sense for you
    You’ll know if this is a “yes,” a “not yet,” or a “yes, but I need a better plan.”

  • A strategy for making your supervision hours count
    You’ll see how to walk into supervision with a couple, a clip, and a clear EFCT question—so each hour actually moves you closer to certification instead of just spinning.

  • A new relationship with taping
    We’ll talk about how to start taping earlier, how to pick cert-friendly couples, and why taping is part of an efficient path (not something to save for the very end).

Concrete language and moves for your hardest sessions
Through the “Behind the Sessions” transcript pack, you’ll get actual dialogue examples of how I handle content spirals, high escalation, “I don’t know” withdrawers, and sex conversations within an EFCT frame.

What's Included

When you purchase Fast-Track EFCT, you get:

1. Fast-Track EFCT Workshop (30–40 minutes)

A focused video training where I:

  • Walk through the Efficient Certification Pathway and its four pillars

  • Show how to apply this framework at different stages of your journey

  • Help you decide what the next 3–12 months could look like if you want to move efficiently toward certification

2. Supervision Skills & Session Tracker (downloadable template)

A simple, therapist-friendly tracker you can use for every supervision session to:

  • Log your couples, stages, and stuck points

  • Clarify one EFCT question per session

  • Track the skills you’re actually building over time, not just your hours

This tool alone can change how your very next supervision hour feels.

3. “See-Me-Work” Transcript of an Entire Session of Stage 1 work with an early couple

In this transcript, I demonstrate:

  • How I start a session with a new couple who has already completed their individual attachment-history sessions

  • Real language that couples use (not demo-tape-perfect)

  • Realistic blocks from the couple and how I get around them

  • Realistic in-session cycle “pop-ins” where the pursuer criticizes in session and how I use that to bring it back to the cycle

  • A realistic Stage 1 enactment set-up and processing

  • All 5 moves of the EFT Tango, labeled as I’m using them

  • Descriptions of what I’m doing and why alongside the dialogue

Where I would start the next session

Why getting the roadmap now can save you months (or years)

Most EFCT therapists are not failing because they’re lazy or bad at this. They’re struggling because:

No one ever gave them a big-picture map of the journey.

  • Supervision became a place to vent, not a place to build toward tapes.

  • Taping felt so scary and perfectionistic that they delayed it again and again.

  • The model felt so rich and complex that it was hard to know where to focus.

Over 18–36 months, that confusion turns into:

  • Extra supervision costs

  • Delayed certification

  • Quiet self-doubt every time they sit down with a couple

Fast-Track EFCT won’t solve everything (and it’s not meant to). But it will give you:

  • A clearer sense of where you are

  • A realistic understanding of the road ahead

  • A few well-chosen focus points that can keep you from wandering in circles

Whether you aim for certification or simply want to feel more grounded as an EFCT therapist, you deserve a map.

Who’s teaching this?

About Stephanie

I’m Stephanie Cox, MS, LMHC, a Certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, Private Practice Owner and EFCT Supervisor.

A little about my journey:

  • Completed my EFCT certification in about 17 months (faster than the typical 18–36 month path) by getting very intentional about how I used supervision, taping, and my own learning.

  • Have sat exactly where you’re sitting: heart-racing in Stage 1 with reactive couples, second-guessing my Tango moves, and putting off taping because it felt terrifying.

  • Now I specialize in helping EFCT and couples therapists feel less alone and more structured in the in-between: after the trainings, before certification and beyond.

My work is all about:

  • Translating the model into in-the-room moves and language

  • Helping you use your supervision hours wisely

  • Supporting a certification process that feels human, not hazing

  • Creating more skilled EFCT Therapists for a population that needs it

Fast-Track EFCT is the “here’s the map and here’s why you’re not failing” conversation I wish I’d had at the beginning.

Frequently asked questions

You've got questions. We've got answers.

Q: Do I need to be fully trained in EFCT to benefit from this?

 A: No. If you’re anywhere from “EFCT curious” to post-Externship/Core Skills and using EFCT in sessions, this will help you understand the path and your options.

Q: Does this workshop count as formal ICEEFT supervision?

A: No. This is an educational workshop plus tools, not supervision. The Supervision Skills & Session Tracker is designed to help you get more out of your actual ICEEFT supervision sessions. If you are looking for formal supervision, then the Supervision Pod is your next stop.

Q: How long do I have access?

A: You get ongoing access to the replay, tracker, and transcript pack as long as this product exists on my platform. You can revisit it anytime.

Q: Will this tell me every step I need for certification?

A: It will give you a clear, high-level map and concrete strategies for using your time more efficiently to get to certification. It’s not a replacement for formal training or supervision—but it makes both of those investments work harder for you.

Ready to make your EFCT certification path more efficient?

If you’ve been circling EFCT certification and don’t want to wander for 3 years in scattered supervision, this is your next best small step. Get the workshop, the supervision tracker, and the behind-the-scenes transcripts, and start using your time and energy more intentionally.