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NYCEFT live session review and fundraiser for ukrainian therapists
We at NYCEFT have been deeply troubled by the war on Ukraine and stand in solidarity with the victims of this war. NYCEFT's own trainer Dr. Zoya Simakhodskaya grew up in Ukraine and has been teaching EFT in Ukraine and Russia for years and personally knows many of those affected. It is therefore especially meaningful and important to us to be able to support the Ukrainian therapists working to bring connection and care amidst the ongoing trauma and loss, even as their own lives and families have been thrown into chaos. We offer this fundraiser to help support their mission, which we believe poignantly reflects the core EFT value that the human heart needs connection to survive the unimaginable.
This training showcases a live session conducted by NYCEFT trainer Dr. Zoya Simakhodskaya in which she helps a young couple navigate their differences to connect more deeply in beautiful Stage 1 work. We will show segments from this live session and Dr. Ayanna Abrams and Dr. Irina Wen will serve as discussants, offering commentary and answering questions.
When: June 20th, 6:30-8pm ET
Where: Online via Zoom
Cost: submit a receipt showing your donation for the amount of your choosing to https://secure.wayforpay.com/button/be20348685470 (see below for more info or an alternative option) to info@nyceft.org
Discussants:
AYANNA ABRAMS, PSYD
Dr. Ayanna Abrams is a licensed clinical psychologist in Georgia and CEO/Founder of Ascension Behavioral Health. She obtained her master's and doctorate degrees in clinical psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with emphasis on diverse populations and families. Dr. Abrams' specialties include working with college aged populations and graduate/professional students, entrepreneurs and executive level leaders; she is a maternal mental health provider and also offers highly sought after romantic relationship/marital counseling for Black couples. She has extensive clinical experience working with people of color, specifically Black women, Black men and Black couples. She has several features in The New York Times, Essence Magazine, and MindBodyGreen and you can find her regularly offering her expertise to Silence the Shame and Therapy for Black Girls platforms. Dr. Abrams was also recently featured as a mental health expert on Peace of Mind with Taraji (on Facebook Watch). Since 2020, she has served on the board of Black Girls Smile, a non profit organization dedicated to supporting and improving the mental health and advocacy for Black women and girls. Dr. Abrams is the co-founder of Not So Strong, an initiative to improve the mental health and relationship functioning of Black women through use of vulnerable storytelling and is a contributing author to Emotionally Focused Therapy for African American Couples: Love Heals and a new publication, A Handbook on Counseling African American Women: Psychological Symptoms, Treatments, and Case Studies.
Irina wen, PHd
Irina Wen, Ph.D. is a Clinical Psychologist at the Touchstone Psychology, PLLC, and a clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry at NYU Langone Health. Dr. Wen specializes in relationships and couples therapy as well as treatment of trauma-related disorders, including post-traumatic stress and complex trauma. Dr. Wen is a dedicated practitioner of Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples and is a certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor. She is passionate about helping people build stronger, more secure and lasting connections and repair old relationship injuries. She offers psychotherapy to couples and individuals and teaching, supervision, and consultation to other clinicians.
Live session consultant:
zoya simakhodskaya, PHd
Zoya Simakhodskaya a licensed psychologist and certified EFT therapist, supervisor and trainer. She has a full-time practice in Chelsea, NY with adults and couples, specializing in cross-cultural and bilingual population. In addition to her psychotherapy practice, Zoya has many years of experience providing crisis intervention in a psychiatric emergency service and continues as a voluntary faculty at NYU School of Medicine. Zoya trains EFT therapists locally, nationally and Internationally. She is particularly interested in the intersection of couples therapy and sexuality.
Please reach out to Rachel Goldstein at rachelgphd@gmail.com or 917-525-3073 with any questions about this event.
To protect clients' privacy, this event will not be recorded.
CEs are not available for this event.
About the Fundraiser:
The Ukrainian EFT Association (UAEFT) has created a program to connect Ukrainian couples and families with Ukrainian EFT therapists to receive help, no matter where they are. While many of the therapists (who are either still in Ukraine or are themselves refugees abroad) now are continuing to provide help to their clients or refugees, they receive no income. The fund would pay therapists for the work they are doing so they can support their families. http://uaeft.org.ua/
You may contribute in two ways:
1) Directly to an account of the Ukrainian Association of Emotionally Focused Therapy:
https://secure.wayforpay.com/button/be20348685470
2) If you have difficulties with the above transfer, you can donate to the Gofundme Fundraiser set up on their behalf. All money gets transferred directly to the Ukrainian Association of Emotionally Focused Therapy:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-ukrainian-eft-therapists
