Dr. David R. Fairweather

Registered Psychologist #1312
Certified EFT Supervisor & Trainer
Co-Director - VICEFT

David Fairweather is co-founder and co-director of the Vancouver Island Centre for EFT, and Campbell & Fairweather Psychology Group in Nanaimo and Victoria, B.C.  From 1996-2006, David was a psychologist and supervising psychologist within the correctional system, and focused extensively on parole assessments as well as conducting psychotherapy and research surrounding offenders and trauma populations. As part of this prior experience, he was also qualified as an expert witness in various areas including Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Forensic Psychology, Psychological Assessment, and Risk Assessment. 

In his private practice on Vancouver Island since 1998, and with a primary focus on areas such as trauma, grief, and loss, David has broad experience in areas including posttraumatic stress disorder, other trauma and stress-related disorders, marital/couple and family therapy, depression, anxiety, vocational/career issues, and has also specialized in forensic and clinical assessments, including cases of work injury and personal injury.  He also has continued to work extensively with law enforcement agencies, and Canadian Forces members and veterans.

Trained by Dr. Sue Johnson in the early 1990s, and involved with early EFT studies that established its now well-known empirical efficacy, David has been practicing EFT for almost three decades. Known for his empathic style and therapeutic use of laughter and humour, David helps individuals, couples, and families move away from the rigid negative patterns that keep them stuck, and toward places of authentic emotional contact, from which they can build more compassion and self-awareness, and find more balanced, flexible, and fulfilling ways-of-being and relating together.

In addition to maintaining an active and full-time clinical practice, David currently co-manages a two-site office comprised of over twenty clinicians and is an investigator for an ongoing Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) outcome study.  Emphasizing an EFT approach within his own clinical work, David has also extensively provided EFT trainings to other mental health professionals on Vancouver Island and other parts of Western Canada, as well as the U.S.A., U.K., and Europe, and has also been involved in the development of a variety of training materials, including DVDs and online streaming resources.


Dr. T. Leanne Campbell

Registered Psychologist #1320
Certified EFT Supervisor & Trainer
Co-Director - VICEFT
International speaker, and Co-author of the first Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) text

Dr. Leanne Campbell is co-director of the Vancouver Island Centre for EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) and Campbell & Fairweather Psychology Group and is an Honorary Research Associate of Vancouver Island University.  Trained by Dr. Sue Johnson in the early 1990s, she has continued to work in the EFT model since that time, and has provided psychotherapy services to hundreds of individuals, couples, and families over the past about three decades.  By request, Dr. Campbell also provides personalized results-driven ‘intensives’ (i.e., ‘boot camps’) for couples motivated to improve their relationship and/or address ‘attachment injuries’ related to infidelity, other significant life events and/or transitions (e.g., loss or trauma). 

Known for her expertise in trauma, Dr. Campbell has provided hundreds of psychological assessment reports for forensic/legal and personal injury matters being considered before various levels of Court.   She also is regularly called upon to provide expert opinion, as well as psychological evaluations for various insurance companies and bodies involved in adjudicating personal injury and other trauma-based claims. In addition to maintaining a full-time private practice, with a primary focus in the areas of relationship strain, trauma, grief and loss, Dr. Campbell currently co-manages a multi-site practice comprised of twenty-five clinicians and is a site co-ordinator for an Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT) outcome study. 

An active ICEEFT Certified Trainer, Leanne trains professionals around the globe and is involved in the development of various materials including DVDs, on-line educational/training programs, books, workbooks, and articles.  Most recently, she co-authored the first basic EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) text with Dr. Sue Johnson, A Primer for Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): Cultivating Fitness and Growth in Every Client (Routledge, 2021), as well as a workbook for therapists training in EFT (see Furrow et al., Routledge, 2022).


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Dr. Sue Johnson

Registered Psychologist #2443
Founding Director - ICEEFT

Dr. Sue Johnson is an author, clinical psychologist, researcher, professor, popular presenter and speaker and a leading innovator in the field of couple therapy and adult attachment. Sue is the primary developer of Emotionally Focused Couples and Family Therapy (EFT), which has demonstrated its effectiveness in over 30 years of peer-reviewed clinical research.

Sue Johnson is founding Director of the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT) and Distinguished Research Professor at Alliant University in San Diego, California, as well as Professor Emeritus, Clinical Psychology, at the University of Ottawa, Canada.

Dr. Johnson has received a variety of awards acknowledging her development of EFT and her significant contribution to the field of couple and family therapy and adult attachment. Sue was appointed in 2017 as a Member of the Order of Canada, the country’s highest civilian honor recognizing outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to Canada. In 2016, she was named Psychologist of the Year by APA, and has been honored by AAMFT for her Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Couple and Family Therapy.

As author of the best-selling book: Hold Me Tight, Seven Conversations for a Lifetime of Love, Sue Johnson created for the general public, a self-help version of her ground-breaking research about relationships – how to enhance them, how to repair them and how to keep them. This best seller has been adapted and developed into a relationship education and enhancement program. This Hold Me Tight® program has been translated into numerous languages and also adapted for specific groups such as for couples facing heart disease, for families with teens, and for Christian couples, and is also offered in an online format.

Her book, Love Sense, The Revolutionary New Science of Romantic Relationships outlines the new logical understanding of why and how we love – based on new scientific evidence and cutting-edge research. Explaining that romantic love is based on an attachment bond, Dr. Johnson shows how to develop our “love sense” – our ability to develop long-lasting relationships.

Sue’s newest book, Attachment Theory in Practice: EFT with Individuals, Couples and Families, shows the promise of attachment science in terms of making sense of and repairing our most precious relationships and thriving as strong resilient individuals. Attachment science offers us the most potent model for therapeutic change, especially when dealing with anxiety and depression, and that, of all models of intervention, EFT most closely captures the essence of the attachment perspective. It targets the defining feature of survival-oriented human connection, namely strong emotion, and systematically shapes core bonding interactions with others.

Dr. Johnson’s best known professional books include, The Practice of Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy: Creating Connection (2004) and Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy with Trauma Survivors (2002).

Sue trains counselors in EFT worldwide and consults to the 65 international institutes and affiliated centers who practice EFT.


Dr. Patrick Poyner-Del Vento

Registered Psychologist #2203
Certified EFT Therapist & Supervisor

Patrick received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 2013. His area of study was in couples and family psychology. His dissertation, which involved reviewing video recordings of couples discussing stressful issues, examined how couples ask for, and provide, social support for one another. During his predoctoral and postdoctoral residencies within the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System of the United States, he attained additional training in couples therapy. He also developed and piloted a short-term group therapy for caregivers of spouses with terminal medical issues; the group was grounded in principles of attachment theory and EFT. He later completed specialized training in EFT from 2015-2018, including an externship, core skills training, and advanced supervision with Drs. Campbell and Fairweather.

Patrick brings his wealth of experience in research and clinical practice to couples in distress. He offers EFT for issues common in couples, including communication problems, infidelity, and a lack of intimacy. He is skilled at helping couples identify their negative cycles of communication and diffuse situations that lead to conflict. He works with couples to establish feelings of security and safety in the relationship, with the ultimate goals of expressing empathy for one another and building new connections together.


Patricia Lavelle

Registered Psychologist #2244
Certified EFT Therapist

Patricia Lavelle is a Registered Psychologist in both B.C. and Alberta. Holding a Master’s Degree from the University of Alberta, and having served for the past 35+ years in clinical roles within both public and private settings, Patricia is known for her warm full presence, as well as a collaborative and practical approach that places client needs first and foremost in the therapeutic process. 

During her past several years in private practice, Patricia has avidly pursued training and obtained extensive experience in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and now specializes in working with couples and individuals using this approach.  As another outgrowth of her passionate EFT focus, Patricia also specializes in facilitating Hold Me Tight® workshops for couples utilizing a three-day retreat format. Over five years, she has successfully facilitated and co-facilitated twenty Hold Me Tight® Couple Retreats for both groups and privately with one couple at a time, introducing over 100 couples to this powerful approach.

Now a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist, in January 2020, Patricia was thrilled to relocate her practice from the mountains of Alberta to the milder climate of Victoria, BC to join Campbell & Fairweather Psychology Group and is now participating in the EFIT (Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy) Study conducted by Dr. Sue Johnson.

Patricia’s other areas of specialized interest include working with anxiety/mood disorders, anger and grief, chronic/persistent pain issues and trauma utilizing a variety of approaches including EMDR, the Flash Technique and EFT.  

Patricia’s principal goal and commitment surrounds addressing and removing client barriers to positive emotional connection, both within themselves and also interpersonally, as a means to enrich key relationships, and also to more generally enhance their capacities to live the fullest life possible.


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Dr. Georgina Maltby

Registered Psychologist #2206

Georgina Maltby discovered EFT during her graduate studies at the University of British Columbia. Her research considered the associations between adult attachment styles and disordered eating, which reflected her curiosity about how secure attachments may provide protection from distress and unhealthy behaviors such as disordered eating. Her interest in EFT continued in both her teaching at Chico State University, California, and her clinical practice. She began her training in EFT in 2004, and recently completed the advanced EFT training in Vancouver, British Columbia. Georgina gravitates towards the deeper emotions that are present for couples that reflect the desire for connection and is skilled at bringing these to life in session. In addition to her work with couples, Georgina brings an EFT perspective to her clinical practice with parent-child and familial relationships.


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Dr. Kevin Miller

Registered Psychologist #1780

Kevin Miller holds certifications in psychodynamic, humanistic and somatic experiencing therapies, and is a Registered Psychologist in BC, and a Chartered Psychologist in the UK. This background supports his more recent studies with Dr. Susan Johnson, Dr. Rebecca Jorgensen, Dr. Scott Woolley, and Jim Furrow in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Kevin’s focus with couples is to explore and resolve background emotional attachment wounds hidden by blocks and conflicts in communication. As a lifetime member of ICEEFT (International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy), Kevin is working towards certification in EFT whilst currently receiving supervision from Dr. Johnson. He is also participating in a research study exploring the efficacy of EFT with individuals in psychotherapy.


Dr. Joanne Bihari

Registered Psychologist #2842

As a clinical psychologist, I provide assessment and psychotherapy to help individuals and couples with a range of difficulties, including anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, (PTSD), complex trauma, grief and living fully with illness. My approach is rooted in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Mindfulness-based somatic therapies. I try to be present, curious and support people to explore their emotions, needs and longings with compassion as we work through stuck points and blocks, to discover strengths, sources of connection and joy. I’m continually learning and growing my skills as an EFT therapist and supervisor. It is a true honour to get to work with a diverse range of people of all abilities, sexual orientations and gender identities. I am committed to life-long learning in cultural humility as a foundation for building trust and safety together.

I have experience working within a range of community mental health, hospital and prison settings, in addition to a background working as a nursing auxiliary in in-patient settings (psychiatric hospitals, cancer  and hospice care). I completed my Masters degree in Health Psychology at the University of West England Bristol, UK, where my research explored people’s experiences of holistic cancer care. I completed my Doctorate in Clinical and Community Psychology at the University of Exeter, UK, where my published research explored how mindfulness can improve the relationships of people living with chronic depression i.e. when we’re able to be present with our own joyful and painful emotion, we can “relate mindfully” to others, leading to a greater sense of connection and joy. I have led numerous Anxiety, Depression and Anger Management groups, as well as Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) and Mindfulness open groups for people in community mental health clinics in the UK and Nova Scotia. In recent years I’ve enjoyed ongoing training in Somatic Experiencing as well as EFT supervision, which I integrate into therapy where useful. 

Please note: I am registered to provide services to indigenous people via First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and the Non-insured Health Benefits program (NIHB) and to first responders, military personnel and veterans via Veterans Affairs/Blue Cross.


Faith Leather, M.A.

Registered Clinical Counsellor #2891

Faith Leather was trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) as a graduate student under the supervision of the co-originator of the approach.  She is known for her insightful, down-to-earth style and for her commitment toward helping both individuals of a couple feel happier and more connected with each other.  As a lifetime member of the International Centre for Excellence in EFT (ICEEFT), Faith regularly attends workshops, seminars, and conferences in EFT for couples, both to continue to further develop her own skills to better help her clients and to share experiences with other practitioners that are learning and teaching the EFT for couples model.


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