2024 Dec. | EFCT Externship

Trainers

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  Debi Scimeca-Diaz ICEEFT Certified Trainer
  

  Debi Scimeca-Diaz

  ICEEFT Certified Trainer

  Debi Scimeca-Diaz, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, is an ICEEFT-approved EFT Therapist, Supervisor, and Trainer, as well as Director of the EFT Center of New Jersey. Additionally, Debi is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor in the state of New Jersey with over 25 years of experience in the field, including over 15 years as a Licensed Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor. She runs a full-time private practice where she offers EFT couples therapy and Hold Me Tight workshops; individual and group supervision and consultation; and EFT trainings at both the Externship and Core Skills levels. Debi’s mission is to leverage her skills as a clinician alongside her genuine compassion to foster healing through transformative emotional experiences for all her clients, creating sustainable and long-term connection in their relationships. Exposure to her work and her passion has inspired thousands of therapists in their paths toward training in Emotionally Focused Therapy. For more information, visit Debi’s website at www.CouplesTherapyNJ.com.

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  Greg Cheney ICEEFT Certified Trainer
  

  Greg Cheney

  ICEEFT Certified Trainer

  Dr. Greg Cheney is a retired U.S. Army Chaplain, Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist, AAMFT Approved Supervisor, and Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Supervisor. He holds a PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education.

  In his final military assignment, he served as Director of the Watters Family Life Center for Counseling & Resiliency and led the Family Life Chaplain Qualification Course at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Today, he is the Owner and Clinical Director of Valiant Couples Therapy and Consulting in Fuquay-Varina, North Carolina.

  Greg’s military career spans years deployed with airborne infantry and Special Forces units in Iraq and Afghanistan. He has spent decades supporting soldiers and their families through the unique challenges of military life and reintegration.

  As an EFT Trainer, Greg brings a distinctive voice to the work. His combat and caregiving experience deeply inform how he applies Emotionally Focused Therapy with combat veterans and first responders—and how he trains clinicians who serve these resilient but often underserved communities.