Hold Me Tight – Couples Therapy Workshops

Specialties

Welcome!

The EFT Resource Center offers transformative couples retreats and workshops for all couples (including gay and lesbian couples) in every stage of their relationship — newly dating, committed relationships, pre-​marital and just married, and long-​time married. The workshops and retreats are based upon the highly successful approach to working with couples called Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT). Our couples retreat programs are offered by two experienced relationship experts and clinical psychologists with 20 years of combined experience, Dr. Silvina Irwin and Dr. Lisa Blum.

Join us for our next retreat! Spend the weekend learning a new way to shape your relationship for deeper connection and closeness with your partner. Strengthen, re-​energize, and repair your relationship in this internationally-​recognized workshop based on the best-​selling book, «Hold Me Tight: Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love.» Together with your partner, you will learn how to: — Get unstuck from cycles of pain and frustration — Make sense of your needs in the relationship — Begin to heal relationship wounds and heal injuries — Change the way you communicate — Deepen and enhance physical and emotional intimacy — Keep your love alive and thriving for years to come! For more information about EFT and the Hold Me Tight program, see: www​.EFTRe​source​Cen​ter​.com.

History

Established in 2011.

The EFT Resource Center was launched by Drs. Lisa Blum and Silvina Irwin, both licensed clinical psychologists with 20 years of combined experience working with individuals, families and couples. Several years ago they began training in Emotionally Focused Therapy with Dr. Sue Johnson, the founder and innovator of EFT, and recognized world-​wide relationship expert. The power of EFT to fundamentally change the nature of distressed couples’ relationships was so compelling, and had so much research evidence of its effectiveness — they were inspired to pursue advanced training, supervision, and consultation using EFT.

The EFT Resource Center was conceived as a home for EFT education, events and couples workshops in greater Los Angeles and beyond.

Please visit our website at www​.EFTRe​source​Cen​ter​.com for more details.

Meet the Business Owner

Drs. Blum — Irwi N.

Business Owner

Lisa Blum, Psy.D. (PSY#19 790) and Silvina Irwin, Ph.D. (PSY#19 710) are both relationship experts and licensed clinical psychologists with over 25 years’ combined experience. They have private practice offices in Pasadena and West Hollywood, and are both experienced practitioners of Emotionally Focused Therapy (Dr. Irwin is a Certified EFT Therapist). EFT is one of the few research-​validated therapies for helping couples and families strengthen relationships and build stronger connections. Their work includes individual children, teens, and adults, couples, and family therapy, and consultation, training, and public speaking on family, marital, and parenting issues. Drs. Blum and Irwin are the founders of the EFT Resource Center, and offer workshops for couples throughout the year to help couples enrich and strengthen their most precious relationships.