What do you do with anxiety and trauma clients who do not improve?
The anxiety spectrum exemplifies the disorders where emotions override thought. Fragmented
memories get stored in the body. The Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) collapse this
uncomfortable emotional and physical reactivity, therefore freeing a path for spontaneous insights
and clearer thinking.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a comprehensive mind-body treatment that desensitizes three
areas: unwanted thoughts, emotions and physical reactions. EFT combines physical interventions
derived from restorative (self-applied) acupressure theory with cognitive interventions.
EFT is an evidence-based practice with over 100 published studies. One published study demonstrated
a 24% decrease in cortisol (stress hormone) level in the EFT group (Energypsych.org). EFT is an
effective brief therapy and belongs in every therapist’s tool box.
Transform your clinical excellence; bring EFT into your practice and treat resistant problems
that other methods failed.
This seminar focuses on cutting-edge techniques of EFT to treat the anxiety spectrum disorders including:
Generalized Anxiety
Social Anxiety Disorder
Panic
OCD
Acute Traumatic Stress Reactions
These mind-body methods are emerging into mainstream mental health, trauma treatment, coaching,
employee assistance programs and sport psychology arenas as rapid, effective, non-invasive, calming,
desensitizing tools. Do not miss this opportunity to learn evidence-based techniques you can use
immediately with your clients and improve treatment outcomes.
Objectives
1) Explain the origin and efficacy of the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) including peer reviewed,
published research.
2) Implement self-applied, light touch or tapping on acupoints to calm and rebalance the body system
while thinking about disturbing upsets to create a desensitized state as measured by continuous
dropping of the SUDS level.
3) Distinguish that EFT is a mind-body treatment that desensitizes unwanted thoughts, emotions and
physical discomfort.
4) List exploratory questions to elicit the first or worst defining event and how to treat it in all
manifestations in the past, present and future.
5) Demonstrate EFT techniques for stress, phobias, generalized anxiety disorder, panic and traumatic
events.
6) Describe how EFT can greatly diminish frustrating OCD compulsions and unwanted habits.
7) Utilize a two-prong approach to treating social anxiety: EFT and social skill building.
8) Describe why EFT works in conjunction with and beyond talk therapy and how it often cuts quickly
through resistant problems.
9) Explore working with pain reduction using acupoints and psychological constructs of metaphors
and emotions.
10) State the ethical concerns of not working outside knowledge base and obtaining ongoing
“permission” to use these methods.