2024 May | EFIT Essentials

Trainers

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  Elana Katz ICEEFT Certified Trainer
  

  Elana Katz

  ICEEFT Certified Trainer

  Elana Katz, LCSW, LMFT, is a senior faculty member at the Ackerman Institute for the Family and a founding board member of the New York Center for EFT. One of the first therapists in New York to become certified in Emotionally Focused Therapy, she is now an EFT Trainer and the co-coordinator of the ICEEFT Diversity Committee. In addition to enjoying her role as therapist and trainer, Elana has applied her knowledge of attachment and relationships to help mediation and collaborative law clients, and their professional teams, intercept the recurring patterns that shape high conflict divorce. Elana has published a number of articles and book chapters, and she’s been quoted by the New York Times, the Associated Press, and other media outlets. She presents nationally and internationally, most often in the Midwest and Israel, and her private practice is in Manhattan.

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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