nyceft quarterly seminar
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) with African American Couples
Presented by Marjorie Nightingale JD, lMFT
When: Friday, November 6th, 2020
Note time change 9:30AM-11:30AM
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: Non-member rate – $32; NYCEFT Member rate – $26; Full time agency, active or former military, graduate students, VA employees - $16
Based on her dissertation research and an award-winning article, Marjorie Nightingale will explore the use of emotionally focused therapy with African American couples. She will discuss the importance of self of the therapist work regarding race as a precursor to working with African American couples and encourage participants to consider the impact of their own identities on the work. Marjorie will also review how racial oppression uniquely impacts African American couple functioning and how to address these issues within the EFT model. There will be opportunities for experiential exercises during this seminar.
Presenter
Marjorie Nightingale JD, LMFT
Marjorie Nightingale is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in couples and sex therapy in a private practice in Washington, D.C. She received her master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy at LaSalle University and is a doctoral candidate in the Couple and Family Therapy Program at Drexel University where her research focuses on interventions for African American couples. She holds a post master’s certificate in Sex Therapy from the Council for Relationships, and a juris doctorate from the University of Maryland School of Law. She has taught in MFT programs at Drexel, Virginia Tech, Jefferson Health Programs and The Council for Relationships. Before entering the mental health field, Marjorie spent seventeen years practicing child welfare law and family law in Baltimore. She recently received the 2020 AAMFT Foundation’s Outstanding Research Publication Award for her first academic article: Emotionally Focused Therapy: A culturally Sensitive Approach for African American Heterosexual Couples.
