2024 Nov. | EFCT Externship

Trainers

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  Kurt Wical ICEEFT Certified Trainer
  

  Kurt Wical

  ICEEFT Certified Trainer

  Kurt Wical, MA, Ph.D., LMFT began general practice in 1991 after receiving a MA in Counseling from the University of New Mexico. Wanting to learn more about working with couples and families he completed a PhD at the University of Minnesota in 2004. After completing an externship in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) in 2007 he began to specialize in couple therapy. He is certified by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) as an EFT therapist, EFT Supervisor, and EFT Trainer. Kurt has been providing workshops on EFT and training therapists in couple therapy for the last 12 years. Kurt is also the founder and director of the MN Couple Therapy Center and is the president of the Minnesota Center for EFT. To learn more about EFT courses in Minnesota go to www.mnceft.org or you can reach him directly at kwical@mncoupletherapycenter.com

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  Ryan Rana ICEEFT Certified Trainer
  

  Ryan Rana

  ICEEFT Certified Trainer

  Ryan Rana, PhD., LPC/LMFT
  Ryan is the founding Director of the Arkansas Center for EFT and is a Certified EFT Supervisor and Trainer.  A former counseling/marriage and family therapy faculty member at 3 universities, he did his training in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson and George Faller. In 2012, Ryan founded the Arkansas EFT community (now Arkansas EFT Center). Additionally, Ryan is the CEO and cofounder of The Joshua Center in Arkansas, where he maintains a private practice. Ryan’s clinical practices include: couples, sexuality, anxiety, depression, traumatic stress, high stress performance/recovery, team leadership dynamics and other similar areas. He provides EFT intensives with couples in Arkansas.  Ryan has a passion to advance EFT via education and trainings in several regions.  Before becoming a therapist, Ryan was an athlete and pitching coach at the collegiate level of baseball.  He also spends significant time studying military training processes and practices as well as dynamics of performance and sustainability in military and law enforcement – as well as how it relates to the process of strategies of change and healing in psychotherapy. Ryan is a civilian contractor with the US Army, US Marine Corps, and US Air Force. Additionally, Ryan is professional threat management consultant with Safehaven Security group. Ryan also has a social media presence as cofounder of The Leading Edge in Emotionally Focused Therapy podcast and www.successinvulnerability.com