projects and participations

Editing and translating 'EFT en Partnergeweld' into French. Launched in February 2025 the book is slowly entering domains of healthcare and forensics in Francophone countries. 

Mediation methodology that focuses on handling, understanding and making emotions constructive. More appropriate and better enforceable agreements are the result.

NWA Sexually transgressive behaviour and sexual violence This NWA programme aims to bundle existing knowledge and develop new knowledge about what effectively contributes to preventing (on- and offline) sexually transgressive behaviour and sexual violence as much as possible.

Implementing EFM as preferred intervention in domestic violence cases and cases of transgrassive behavior. Instigated by public prosecution (OM Sint Maarten), probation (SJIS) and RJPi-trainers Sanne Bartels and Makiri Mual.  

November 2025: the first EFT externship  for therapists, psychologists in the Carribean (Sint Maarten) with ICEEFT-trainer Karin Wagenaar. Hosted by Inspired SXM (Caroline van Oost and Sanne Gruyters). Info? connect with Caroline info@inspiredsxm.com

EFM handbook - doing justice to emotions - desk edition. To be published in November 2025. The EFM handbook describes the methodology, tailored to the various legal domains such as family law, criminal law, public administration, complaint and disciplinary law and offers exercise sheets and work material.

A former student of the EFM-basis course, Mrs. Sabine Janssens, tells what the course has brought her. Click here for a video message from Sabine.

Emotionally Focused Mediation (EFM) is an adequate answer to the tensions that run high in mediations. In particular family matters about divorce, contact, parenthood and authority. EFM has the most important task of emotional regulation. Social workers from Kwintes who handle these difficult cases benefit from it ...