Full Course Description
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Tapping: Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Treatment Approach for Anxiety, Trauma & More
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Outline
Origin and Research
- The origin of EFT
- The different nomenclature of EFT:
- Energy Psychology
- Thought Field Therapy
- Tapping Solution
- Meridian Therapies
- Highlight significant cortisol reduction in peer-reviewed published research
- The EFT steps of activating acupoints in conjunction with descriptions of upsets
- The profound relaxation response from EFT
- EFT includes cognitive interventions
- Going beyond talk therapy: relaxation of activating meridian
EFT to Eliminate Phobias
- Two categories of phobias – instinct driven or driven from a past negative event
- Demonstration of finding and treating with EFT the “first or the worst” time
- Live example from the audience, case studies
- The “borrowing benefits” for all to participate
Using EFT for Stress, Generalized Anxiety and Panic
- Personal peace procedure
- Checking work and the value of persistence
- Considerations for treating issues thoroughly -- in the past, present and future
- Quieting the physiological arousal of panic
EFT treatment for Compulsions and Unwanted Habits
- Finding a baseline
- Treat the “urge” or “desire” to perform the unwanted behavior
- Greatly diminish hand washing, checking, biting nails or thumb sucking
- Check your work via the SUDS intensity measure
- Future performance enhancement protocol to reinforce gains for the future
EFT with Social Anxiety and Building a Social Skill Set
- Social Anxiety –fear of being scrutinized by others (and yourself)
- EFT on social situations; past, present and future
- Establish layers of communication including ice breaker/small talk
EFT with Acute and Long-Standing Trauma
- EFT movie on Veterans 4 Vignettes of War
- Mind-body sweep - Gentle EFT approach via the associated physical discomfort
Objectives
- Determine the origin and efficacy of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) including peer reviewed, published research.
- Implement self-applied, light touch or tapping on acupoints to calm and rebalance the body system while thinking about disturbing upsets -- to create a desensitize state as measured by continuous dropping of the SUDS level.
- Distinguish that EFT is a mind-body treatment that desensitizes unwanted thoughts, emotions and physical discomfort.
- Develop exploratory questions to elicit the first or worst defining event and how to treat in all manifestation in the past, present and future.
- Demonstrate EFT techniques for stress, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder and panic and traumatic events.
- Demonstrate how EFT can greatly diminish OCD frustrating compulsions and unwanted habits.
- Employ a two-prong approach to treating social anxiety: EFT and social skill building.
- Demonstrate why EFT works in conjunction with and beyond talk therapy; and often cuts quickly through resistant problems.
- Determine the ethical concerns of not working outside knowledge base and obtaining ongoing “permission” to use these methods.
Copyright :
10/08/2017
Using Energy Psychology to Treat Overwhelming Affect: A Rapid Transformative Approach
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Objectives
- Demonstrate how to use EP with PTSD and anxiety-based issues
- Determine how to integrate acupoint tapping or energy-focused therapy with your current methods to regulate escalating patterns of reactivity
- Discover methods to increase your ability to stay fully present and grounded, even when working with intense trauma or affect
- Employ specific EP tools to use to rapidly facilitate the processing of negative events
- Demonstrate how Energy Psychology methods can help regulate client as well as therapist emotions during the administration of Energy Psychology tools and techniques.
Outline
Energy Psychology Exercises
Mind-Body Connection
- Multiple Level Patterns
- Two Way Communication
- Function of the Mind
- Role of Information & Energy
The Eco-Systemic Model of PTSD
- Contributing Factors to Positive or Negative Resolution
- Affective Regulation vs. Dysregulation
Phase-Oriented Trauma Treatment
- Developing Safety
- Reconstruction of Memories
- Reintegration of Social Connections
Defining Energy Psychology
Trauma Based Problem Development
- Deconstructing Trauma Cycle
Energy Flow
- Collagen
- Meridian Treatment
- Acupuncture
Basics of EFT
- Problem Focus
- Set-Up Statement
- Tapping Points
- Constricted Breathing Technique
- The Personal Peace Procedure
- Psychoenergetic Reversal
- Nine Gamut Procedure
- Chasing the Pain
- Unzipping
- Tell the Story Technique
Role of Meridians
- Support from Acupuncture
- Use with Anger, Guilt & Shame
- Use with Temper Tantrums
Major Psychological Reversal
Neuroscience Mechanisms of Energy Psychology
Memory Reconsolidation
- Reactivate
- Mismatch
- Revise
Evidence-Based Support for EFT Copyright :
23/03/2017
Module 8 – Potential Neuroscience Mechanisms of Energy Psychology for Trauma and Anxiety
Copyright :
23/03/2017
Energy Psychology Enters the Mainstream: A Power Tool for Your Practice
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Objectives
- Create a basic tapping routine you can use with clients and apply in your own life
- Adapt EFT interventions to presenting symptoms of PTSD, anxiety issues and relationship conflict
- Integrate EFT with your current methods to regulate emotional over-arousal and escalating patterns of reactivity while creating greater personal empowerment
- Analyze varied models of “energy psychology” and understand the common aspects of the approach
- Administer physical interventions used in energy psychology protocols
- Practice tapping procedures in to facilitate implementation in clinical practice and for personal use
- Appraise current EFT research and contrast with the efficacy of standard trauma approaches
Copyright :
19/03/2016