David Feinstein – Energy Psychology Enters the Mainstream: A Power Tool for Your Practice
Now that the body of peer-reviewed scientific research has lent credibility to the emerging field of Energy Psychology, skeptical therapists have increasingly incorporated tapping protocols into their usual methods to boost their effectiveness. This workshop will demonstrate how to use a variation of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), the most popular form of energy psychology, based on tapping selected acupuncture points while target scenes are mentally activated. You’ll learn:
A basic tapping routine you can use with clients and apply in your own life
How to use EFT with PTSD, anxiety issues, relationship conflict, and other difficult conditions
How to integrate EFT with your current methods to regulate emotional over-arousal and escalating patterns of reactivity while creating greater personal empowerment
Explore 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
Critique current EFT research and contrast with the efficacy of standard trauma approaches
Origins of Energy Psychology and Initial Research
Stages of Reality Construction and Development of Personal Mythology
Identification, counter-myth, dialectic, synthesis and translation
Varied efficacy of interventions across stages
Case Example – Tapping Therapy and Systematic Desensitization
Case Examples – Emotional Field Technique Demonstrations
War veterans and EFT resolution of PTSD symptoms
Neurology Underlying Emotional Memories and Triggers
Effect of tapping on brain structures associated with threat and arousal
Memory Reconsolidation – Steps to Change Through Conflicting Cognitive Inputs
Resistance to Acceptance of EFT into Existing Trauma Treatment Systems
Application to Couples Work – Take Home Skills
Integration of EFT Interventions into Larger Treatment Frameworks
Methods of enhancing efficacy and addressing multiple symptoms
Limits of efficacy and contraindications – research findings and limitations
Evolution of Cultural Mythology in South Africa
Case Demonstration – Phobia, Factors Related to Treatment Outcome
Movie technique, use of ongoing SUDS assessment, modulation of intensity
Physical discharge of negative energy and distress
Energy Testing assessment procedure – use of pressure points
Adjusting procedures for children, clients with self-esteem or underlying issues
Use of Stress Release Points in Group Work – “Borrowing Benefits”
Solidifying Gains with The Positive Projection Procedure – Moving into The Future
Commonalities Shared by Varied Energy Psychology Approaches
Sequential Structure of Intervention Procedure
Energy Balancing
Selection of reminder phrase
Setup and tapping
Sandwich and rerate the problem
Acceptance statement paired with statement of the problem
Integration sequence and repeat tapping procedure
Addressing Psychological Reversals – Assessment and Intervention
Overview of Research Findings
Carolyn Sakai and single session orphanage intervention
Adult interventions administered by lay individuals in Rwanda
PTSD veterans work – TFT positively compared to CBT
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