Carlota Azpiazu Osorio

In October 2025, our first peer-reviewed article on EFCT in Uganda, authored by Asiimwe and colleagues (2025), was published in the Journal of Marital and Family Therapy : “Acceptability of Emotionally Focused Therapy in Uganda: The Views of Mental Health Workers.” This groundbreaking publication explored how Ugandan mental health professionals perceive the EFCT model. Drawing on interviews with 23 Ugandan clinicians who completed Conexa’s first 4-day EFCT training in Kampala, the study...

An Interview with Pendo Galukande Pendo (middle) with Ronald Asiimwe and Liz Okello at the Zimbabwe Externship Pendo Galukande is from Kampala, Uganda and was part of the original ground team in 2023 organizaing the Externship and especially the "Hold Me Tight" Couples workshop with church and community leaders, an area of great passion for her. Pendo has taken that passion to the MFT doctoral program at Michigan State University where she is currently working today. Carlota took a few...