FY27 Performance Work Statement EFT Externship certification training

PERFORMANCE WORK STATEMENT (PWS)

EFCT Externship Training
Part I
General Information
1. GENERAL: This is a non-personal services contract to provide tailored/customized professional certified training in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFCT) Therapy at the Watters Family Life Chaplain Training Center, Fort Bragg, NC. The Government shall not exercise any supervision or control over the contract service providers performing the services herein. Such contract service providers shall be accountable solely to the Contractor who, in turn is responsible to the Government. The Contractor, in turn, shall be accountable to the Government for Contractor or subcontractor personnel.
1.1. Description of Services/Introduction: The Contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform EFCT certified training, as defined in this Performance Work Statement (PWS), except for those items specified as government furnished property and services. The Contractor shall perform in accordance with (IAW) the terms and conditions of the contract and consistently with the established standards in this PWS and contract.
1.1.1. EFT Externship training is required of all interns/therapists to ensure all staff can work safely, competently, confidently with clients who are stuck in distressing negative relational patterns and receive a certificate of completion for EFCT Externship Training.

1.2. Background: EFT is a short-term structured approach for individual, couple, and family therapy validated by over 30 years of empirical, peer reviewed, outcome research. EFT meets the “gold standard” set by the American Psychological Association for psychotherapy research. The International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) is the official organization that qualifies EFT trainers and certifies training. Family Life Chaplain Student cohorts are trained in EFCT each year. Due to the nature of the population of the Fort Bragg community and the clients who come to the Family Life Training Center for counseling services, our student chaplains require EFCT training to ensure safe, competent care for our Soldiers and Families. 1.2.1. EFCT Externship Training provides students the training, collaboration, and supervision required to ensure students can work safely, competently, confidently with clients who are stuck in distressing negative relational patterns, and receive certificate of completion for EFCT