Alaska EFT (aka Alaska EFT Community) is an officially recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, proudly affiliated with the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) as part of its broader community in the state of Alaska. We support our EFT community by providing training and opportunities to connect and collaborate in person and online. We are committed to cultivating a safe and supportive environment. Our inclusive community welcomes people of all diversities, backgrounds, and neurotypes.
Our goal is to do good for the therapists of Alaska so they can do good for the people of Alaska!
foster connection between the growing number of EFT trained providers in the state of Alaska
encourage growth and refinement of our skillset as EFT providers
be a resource in finding education, community, and supervision opportunities
cultivate a safe and welcoming environment that is inclusive of diverse providers within the Alaska EFT community
Stance on Diversity
Alaska EFT aligns with the stance on diversity established by ICEEFT. The stance is as follows:
We aim to cultivate a climate of inclusion, an environment where all can feel safe, valued, cared for, and given an opportunity to form meaningful connections with each other. In all facets of our work, we strive to embody what we hope to see in the world — a just, loving humanity and community in which people are free to be themselves fully — where people can embrace their most basic universal human attachment needs without fear of persecution or marginalization as a result of religious affiliation or non affiliation, race, ethnic or national origin, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, class, mental health, physical character or ability.
These values are inherent in the attachment science and humanistic approach to intervention that all our work is based on. Specifically, humanistic approaches such as EFT are collaborative and respectful. We create a safe place for people and treat them as persons, not problems or types. Our approach is non-pathologizing in practice. Our values are inclusive and egalitarian while viewing human connection as sacred — something to be honored and cultivated. Our scientific and theoretical base outlines key universals, emotion and attachment while respecting individual differences.