Frequently Asked Questions

What will I learn in the EFT workshops?

EFT LEVEL 1 The Basics

The preparation for the EFT Level 1 includes approximately 3 hours of advance work: consisting of watching several short online videos and the reading of 3 articles that explore both the history of EFT, the scientific premises for how EFT works, and the latest fMRI research publication measuring brain changes with EFT Tapping.

EFT Level 1, The Basics, is the foundation of any EFT training. It covers the core aspects of EFT with a focus on how you can use tapping as a self-help tool and how to teach your clients to apply it as a self-regulating technique. Learn how to apply EFT for issues related to physical symptoms, cravings, anxiousness, fear, stress and more. See below for an outline of materials covered.

EFT Level 1 Overview:

In an EFT International EFT Level 1 Course, you can expect to learn:

·      What EFT (tapping) is and the history behind it

·      An overview of the science behind EFT

·      Building Bridges from existing beliefs to EFT

·      How to use the EFT Basic Recipe

·      Identifying intensity (SUDS), testing your work and measuring progress

·      The principals and implications of Resistance ("Psychological Reversal")

·      How to formulate effective EFT Setup statements

·      Aspects of our emotional issues and the concept of shifting aspects

·      The importance of being specific - “global” vs. “specific”

·      How to handle excessive emotional intensity

·      Understanding the Generalization Effect

·      Cognitive belief shifts

·      Using EFT to help with physical pain

·      Using EFT on addictive cravings

·      The Movie Technique for releasing painful memories

·      The concept of Borrowing Benefits

·      What to do when EFT does not seem to work

Participants who take this program will be issued a Certificate of Attendance showing that they have completed EFT Level 1. This is the first step along the path to obtain EFT Practitioner Certification through EFT International but this certificate should not be put forth as a certification in itself.

 

EFT LEVEL 2 Foundational Skills

The two-day EFT Level 2 workshop is designed for those students who have taken the pre-requisite EFT Level 1. This class is for those who are preparing to be a certified EFT Practitioner who will be able to apply EFT when working with clients. This may include, but is not limited to social workers, counselors, therapists, health care practitioners, life coaches and those who may want to broaden their EFT knowledge base to be able to tap effectively for themselves.

It reviews and expands upon the basic skills taught in the EFT 1 course. Additional techniques are taught to expand your range of skills and offer effective ways for working with a variety of different clients and deeper issues. This EFT Level 2 workshop will refine your practice skills through practical application, practice and instruction.  Attention and time will be spent on personal observation by me to assist you in effectively implementing the techniques learned.

The following subject matter will be taught in Level 2 with an emphasis on personal practice of learned techniques with direct observation and support from the trainer:

EFT Level 2 Overview:

In an EFT International EFT Level 2 Course, you can expect to learn:

·      The nature of and working with Traumatic Events

·      The Gentle Techniques for Intense Issues including Sneaking Up on the problem, Tearless Trauma and the somato-emotional process of Chasing the Pain (Sensation)

·      Clearing Limiting Beliefs

·      Questions for Uncovering Core Issues

·      Core Issues and Physical Symptoms

·      Working with EFT and Affirmations

·      Working over the Telephone or Internet

·      EFT in Groups and borrowing benefits

·      Using EFT with Children

·      Scope of Practice, Informed Consent, and the EFT Ethics Code

Participants who take this program will be issued a Certificate of Attendance that they have completed EFT Level 2. This is the second instructional step along the certification path for EFT International Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner but should not be put forth as a certification in itself.

Cost: For the combination Level 1 and 2 combined training, the tuition is $799.00.  If paid in full 30 days prior to the first day of class, you may have a $50.00 early bird discount @ $749.00.                        

CE’s : Are not being offered at this time. A certificate of completion of 21 hours of live training will be given that you may submit documenting attendance and hours for CE credit to your appropriate state board. There is no guarantee that it will be accepted.

Cancellation Policy

A complete refund, minus $150.00 administration fee, is given up to 4 weeks (28 days) prior to workshop's start date. If cancellation occurs for any reason within the 4 weeks prior to the event, the student may apply the tuition paid towards any future EFT workshop, mentoring, or private session offered by EFT Tapping Academy (minus administration fee).

Disability Access

All in person program locations are handicapped accessible. If you have specific questions or need further assistance, please contact Cathy Reiling.

Grievance Policy

Please submit a written grievance to Cathy Reiling, cathyreiling@gmail.com. Grievances will initially be directed to the training instructor. Grievances would receive, to the best of our ability, corrective action in order to prevent further problems.

 What is EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Tapping?

EFT is a somatic approach that involves balancing and restoring your body’s natural healing ability for the purposes of increasing your vitality, strengthening your mental capacities and optimizing your health. The form I use is Clinical EFT, the method validated in many research studies that shows it to be an evidence-based practice.  Gentle tapping stimulation of acupressure points located on the surface of the face and body, paired with mental activation of unwanted emotional content or desired outcomes, can shift the brain’s & body's neurophysiology to:

• help overcome anxiousness, fear, guilt, shame, jealousy, or anger, etc.

• change unwanted habits and behaviors

• replace negative thoughts with life enhancing ones

• relieve the emotional contributors to physical pain

• enhance the ability to love, succeed and enjoy life.

Tapping gently on specific acupressure points on the face and body for physical and emotional issues are intended to complement, not replace, medical or psychological care. Because these methods are relatively new, the extent and breadth of their effectiveness, including risks and benefits are not fully known.

• The intensity of previously vivid or traumatic memories may diminish. This could adversely impact the ability to provide legal testimony regarding a traumatic incident

• Reactions may surface during sessions that are unanticipated, including strong emotional or physical sensations or additional unresolved memories

• Emotional material may continue to surface after a tapping session which might indicate other emotional incidents that may need to be addressed in the future.

Evidence is mounting through scientific studies that these techniques are significant and powerful tools for diminishing negativity bound up in past memories or events based on the physiological way God created our mind and body to deal with these old thoughts and the negative perceptions wrapped up within them. There is increasing data in the form of clinical experiments and case studies in mainstream published journals indicating many consistent positive outcomes. I understand that even as the effectiveness of these methods seems to be scientifically established, results will vary from person to person.

The EFT techniques I use and teach are based on the theoretic premises that by balancing and/or negating the emotional impact of strongly held negatives beliefs and thoughts, health and well being are enhanced. 

Even though this technique has been traditionally explained from the Eastern medicine viewpoint of meridians, energy and acupuncture points, today's modern scientific research is beginning to show other possible God created physiological ways that these techniques actually work, such as deactivating the fight-flight stress response within the brain's limbic system, clearing of cellular receptors, re-calibration of different chemicals, including hormones, peptides, neurotransmitters, particularly the cortisol levels that contribute to adrenal fatigue, which increases our body's natural DHEA level that improves immunological response and dampening epigenetic effects that seem to promote chronic illness. 

For more information on the Science behind EFT, please click on button below.

The methods we will be using lend themselves to individualized applications in the office, via Zoom/Skype and at home for personal work and self care.

EFT is a self-help tool that one can use whenever and wherever one chooses and not be dependent on another person to practice it successfully.

What will I learn in a Picture Tapping Workshop?

Topics Include:

Overview of the benefits of using PTT within a practitioner-client session

  • PTT for self-help.

  • The Basic PTT protocol.

  • Client interaction – How to get the best from a PTT session.

  • How to use PTT on global issues, vague issues as well as specific issues. 

  • How to use PTT on physical issues.

  • How to use PTT on emotional issues.

  • Different approaches to using PTT.

  • Potential problems and solutions.

  • Imaginary PTT.

  • PTT by phone.

  • PTT for groups.

  • PTT for children.

  • PTT for self-help.

  • Surrogate PTT.

  • How to go about interpreting pictures

  • The meanings behind some of the most common elements found in pictures.

      • Picture Orientation and placement of picture elements

      • Order of picture element placement.

      • Feeling of the drawing

      • Time taken to draw the picture elements

      • People in pictures

      • Trees

      • Houses

      • Oddities

      • Barriers

      • Off the edge of the paper

      • Missing objects or parts.

      • Repeated Objects

      • Abstract pictures

      • Shapes

      • Size

      • Shading

      • Underlining

      • Words on pictures.

      • Colors and their meanings

      • Individual colors

      • Color combinations

      • Interpretation of some real examples.

      • And Much More!

The Cost for the 5-week course is $499.00.

This includes a Picture Tapping Course Manual and certification costs.

Additional module instruction on Future Pacing using Picture Tapping included in cost.

Certification includes 4 case studies and a 25-question exam.

Upon completion of certification a PowerPoint doc. for working with groups will be awarded.

EFT LEVEL 3 Advanced EFT Skills

This Level 3 Training is a prerequisite for Advanced Certification.

Before registering for this advanced training you need to have completed EFT Level 1-2 Practitioner Certification. Level 3 is not a stand alone specialty class, as it is geared to those practitioners who are looking to advance their skills and are serious about taking their EFT practice to the next level of expertise.

Level 3 is about developing a deeper understanding of how to resolve challenges in sessions, furthering your skills for working with your clients and learning new approaches beyond Level 2. Further refinement of Level 1 & 2 techniques is honed, and additional advanced techniques are taught, demonstrated, and practiced.

A sampling of the material to be presented includes but is not limited to:

 ·       Review and Revisit of Foundational Concepts and Skills

·       Ethics and Scope of Practice

·       More on Reversals: Specific Aspects That Can Negatively Affect the EFT Process

·       Parts Language

·       EFT and the “Inner Child”

·       Open-Ended Language and Skillful Questioning

·       Inner Experience and Use of Metaphor

·       More on Working with Specific Past Events and Nuanced Use of Movie/Tell the Story

·       Practitioner Reframing

·       More on Integration of Intuition

·       More on use of Gentle Techniques

·       More on Trauma and EFT as a Trauma-Informed Approach

·       Diversity and Inclusiveness

·       More on Core Issues

·       The Complexity of Working with Serious or Long-term Physical and/or Emotional Issues

·       Variations on Standard Tapping and Complementary Strategies

·       Professionalism and Ongoing Personal Development

·       Referring Out Appropriately

·       Limitations to L3 Competency

·       Choices Method by Dr. Patricia Carrington

 

Practitioners who take this training will be issued a Certificate of Attendance that they have completed the EFT Level 3 training workshop. This is a prerequisite for beginning the Level 3 Advanced Certification process and the certificate is not to be put forth as certification in itself.

Cost: For Level 3, the tuition is $799.00.  If paid in full 30 days prior to the first day of class, you may have a $50.00 early bird discount @ $749.00.                        

CE’s : Are not being offered at this time. A certificate of completion of 21 hours of live training will be given that you may submit documenting attendance and hours for CE credit to your appropriate state board. There is no guarantee that it will be accepted.

Cancellation Policy

A complete refund, minus $150.00 administration fee, is given up to 4 weeks (28 days) prior to workshop's start date. If cancellation occurs for any reason within the 4 weeks prior to the event, the student may apply the tuition paid towards any future EFT workshop, mentoring, or private session offered by EFT Tapping Academy (minus administration fee).