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EnglishWhat Is Encounter-centered TransformationTM (EcT) on Hedy Schleifer's Site?
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Encounter-centered Transformation™ (EcT) is the name Hedy Schleifer gives to her current approach for creating strong, productive, and creative relationships. It grew out of her earlier Encounter-centered Couples Therapy®, an approach she practiced and taught for decades. The key distinction on her site is scope and setting: she no longer offers the work as therapy, but she educates and guides couples through private intensives and trains mental health professionals, coaches, leaders, and executives in EcT so they can use it with the people they serve.
How EcT differs from the earlier therapy model
The site frames the shift as a change in what the work is for, not a repudiation of the earlier method. Encounter-centered Couples Therapy® was a therapeutic approach. EcT is presented as an educational and transformational approach to relationship-building that applies beyond the consulting room—to couples, but also to professionals and organizational leaders who want stronger, more creative working relationships.
| Dimension | Encounter-centered Couples Therapy® | Encounter-centered Transformation™ (EcT) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary setting | Therapeutic | Educational/transformational intensives and training |
| Who it serves | Couples in therapy | Couples in private intensives; mental health professionals, coaches, leaders, executives |
| Current status on site | No longer offered in a therapeutic setting | Core of Hedy's current work |
| Stated goal | Relationship repair within therapy | Creating strong, productive, creative relationships |
The idea underneath the method
Hedy's stated premise is that "relationships are not problems to be solved, but adventures to be LIVED." EcT is built around relational intelligence and maturity rather than troubleshooting conflict. Her background informs this: a BA in Psychology from UCLA, an MA in Clinical and Child Psychology from Tel Aviv University, 40 years of professional experience, and over 55 years of marriage to Yumi, which she describes as her "living relational laboratory." She also cites work on Muslim-Christian-Jewish relations and conflict dissolution as formative.
Who it is for, and what to expect
- Couples who want to deepen connection can pursue private intensives guided by Hedy using the EcT approach.
- Professionals—mental health professionals, coaches, leaders, and executives—can train in EcT to bring the approach to their own clients or teams.
- Readers exploring the site should note that the therapeutic version is explicitly no longer offered; anyone seeking clinical couples therapy should look elsewhere, while those interested in relationship education or professional training are the intended audience.
The site does not publish pricing, schedules, or enrollment requirements for intensives or training, so those details would need to be requested directly. What the site does make clear is the positioning: EcT is an educational, encounter-centered model for building relational capacity, delivered to couples and to the professionals who work with them.