EFT Nation Podcast

In this podcast we discuss the distinctions between acute and chronic stress, post traumatic stress, acute stress disorder (ASD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ability for a practitioner who uses EFT to understand and make this distinctions between these are elements of what go into being an effective trauma informed practitioner.

For more information on Tapping out of Trauma 1.0

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This episode is dedicated to exploring boundaries; why they are difficult to set and why they are so important. Whether you are an EFT practitioner looking to establish clear boundaries with your clients or you are looking for ideas on how to tap with your clients on the topic or you are just someone who taps on themselves and are struggling with establishing healthy boundaries in your relationship or work or home life, this podcast will provide you with some important tips and insights on how to do just that.

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This podcast explores the ways that Internal Family Systems, as developed by Richard Schwartz, can offer an understanding for the many internal aspects of an individual that can be addressed with EFT.

Marion Blique explains how IFS can be used as a powerful lens to help better understand the myriad of inner personalities all of which contribute to why an individual makes certain choices or reacts in ways that may not seem to make sense but are the understandable sequelae of survival mechanisms at play.

Together we explore the role of inner parts such as exiles, firefighters, managers, inner critics and how “blending” with any individual part can lead to less desirable outcomes. We also discuss the larger “self” acting like the director of a symphony can be worked with in order to support a client to gain healing, wisdom and self autonomy. The conversation also includes the stalemate of polarization and complications of dissociation.

Marion also shares several client case studies to illustrate how both IFS and EFT and Matrix Reimprinting can be combined in a client session.

Marion Blique is a French Clinical Psychologist who has resided in the US since 1983. Upon her arrival in the US, she delved into the study of trauma and somatic approaches to deal with the healing of the deeper impacts of trauma on her clients. This included such aspects as: bodywork, Polarity, shiatsu, and mental imagery which she integrated into her more formal French psychoanalytic training, allowing her to address the healing of her clients more fully. In continuing her exploration of the impact of trauma she discovered Energy Psychology (EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, AIT, TAT…) around 2000; it was the missing tool allowing her to work on all levels of the psyche of clients: mental, emotional, physical (somatic) and spiritual. She trained in 2010 with Richard Schwartz and later obtained her level 1 with Tony Herbine-Blank, while she continued to deepen her studies on the somatic level.

For more information about her work please go to https://marionblique.com/

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In this episode, we explore multiple aspects of the power of being given a diagnosis. Who should and should not be offering a diagnosis? Is it empowering to be given one or is it a curse? How can EFT tapping be most effectively utilized to work with the “sentence” that the naming of a condition can offer? When one is shared with a patient, is it done in a way that empowers and supports healing or can it diminish a sense of control and possibility? This podcast has been revamped since a much earlier interview focused on this topic and was one of our most popular interviews.

Here is the article referenced in this episode.

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Alina Frank and Dr. Craig Weiner interview Dr. Adriana Popescu about the similarities and differences between EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques Tapping and Brainspotting. Comparing EFT Tapping with other Trauma Informed Techniques. This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping) and other therapeutic and clinical approaches currently being practiced. For this series we have selected a variety of trauma-informed clinical approaches that we felt would be useful for both practitioners and the public to get insight into how EFT is similar or different to these other techniques. We have carefully chosen clinicians who have either had years of clinical practice or are trainers in these other methods and who also are well trained and familiar with EFT in order to bring you a comprehensive perspective. Alina Frank and Dr. Craig Weiner interview Dr. Adriana Popescu about the similarities and differences between EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques Tapping and Brainspotting. According to the Brainspotting website, Brainspotting is a powerful, focused treatment method that works by identifying, processing and releasing core neurophysiological sources of emotional/body pain, trauma, dissociation and a variety of other challenging symptoms. Brainspotting is a simultaneous form of diagnosis and treatment, enhanced with Biolateral sound, which is deep, direct, and powerful yet focused and containing. Dr. Popescu is a licensed clinical psychologist and empowerment coach with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She is also a certified hypnotherapist, Access Consciousness® Facilitator, Brainspotting Practitioner, and Neuro Emotional Technique (NET) Practitioner, having discovered that Energy Psychology provides incredibly powerful tools to identify and eliminate the deep-rooted causes of suffering and distress. She specializes in treating addiction, co-occurring disorders, and trauma, and has directed a number of treatment programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently the Founder and CEO of Firebird Healing, a treatment center for people healing from trauma. Adriana has authored and coauthored a number of books, hosts a fascinating podcast called Kaleidoscope of Possibilities: Alternative Perspectives on Mental Health, and travels around the world coaching and facilitating transformational and empowering workshops. For more information visit www.firebird-healing.com

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Alina Frank and Craig Weiner interview Dr. Christine Gibson about the difference and similarities between EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, and A.R.T. (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) Dr. Gibson is a family doctor and trauma therapist, author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit (with a chapter on EFT), and co-founder of Safer Spaces Training. A lifeline learner with a Masters in Medical Education and a Doctorate in Transdisciplinary Studies, she has been certified in over a dozen different therapies – and her favorite for trauma processing is Accelerated Resolution Therapy (with Matrix Reimprinting coming a close second). She loves to share her skills on TikTok as TikTokTraumaDoc. For more information please visit www.christinegibson.net or www.moderntrauma.com

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This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques and other therapeutic and clinical approaches currently being practiced. For this series we have selected a variety of trauma-informed clinical approaches that we felt would be useful for both practitioners and the public to get insight into how EFT is similar or different to these other techniques. We have carefully chosen clinicians who have either had years of clinical practice or are trainers in these other methods and who also are well trained and familiar with EFT in order to bring you a comprehensive perspective.

Carol is a licensed psychologist in private practice in San Diego, California. She has considerable expertise in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), and is both an EMDRIA Approved Consultant in EMDR and an EMDRIA Certified Clinician (EMDR International Association). She also participates in teaching other psychotherapists EMDR as a facilitator in EMDRIA approved trainings. Carol also has extensive experience and training in the most popular form of Energy Psychology, EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). She taught EFT to other psychotherapists as an adjunct faculty member at JFK University for ten years and she has taught EFT to psychotherapists in private workshops and at various agencies. Carol has taught EMDRIA approved classes she created on “Enhancing EMDR with Energy Psychology”, which specifically teach EMDR therapists how to use EFT, and how to integrate EFT into their EMDR work. Since 2016, Carol has also been incorporating IFS (Internal Family Systems) into her work with clients and consultees. She has completed the IFS Institute official Level One and Level Two trainings. Carol divides her time between psychotherapy, teaching and consultation. She provides consultation to EMDR and EFT practitioners locally though individual mentoring and group consultation. She also provides consultation to clinicians nationally by phone and Zoom. For more information about Carol, please see her website at www.carolodsess.com. For more information about EFT Trainings visit www.efttappingtraining.com

This comparison chart was published in the 2003 book, Energy Psychology (EP) and EMDR;

Combining Forces to Optimize Treatment, written by clinical psychologists John Hartung, Psy.D. and Michael Galvin, Ph.D.ology. For over 25 years they taught EMDR and EP methods in more than a dozen countries and co authored various manuals in EMDR. In the book they begin by comparing EMDR and EP and then describe the training models they have used to teach these treatments to professionals and paraprofessionals alike.

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Welcome to our 50th podcast! The holidays are a time of year that bring not only joy and celebration but also can be associated with many sources of stress. Time management stress. Financial gift-giving stress. Handling family conflict concerns. Food and alcohol related issues. How can you use EFT in advance to prepare for creating your best holiday yet? How might you use tapping for in-the- moment stress?

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We dedicated this episode to exploring various methods of EFT Testing. What is the purpose of testing? What is basic EFT Testing/ What are different Gentle EFT Testing Techniques and more Provocative Testing Techniques? When do you test and when don’t you? These are the kinds of questions we discuss that will be of interest especially to EFT Tapping practitioners working with clients who are committed to great results!

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This episode explores some history and explanation about the Adverse Childhood, Positive Childhood and Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences studies. It is critical that EFT practitioners and individuals have some safety and practice guidelines informing them when they should and should not be tapping on themselves or with their clients in order to not induce retraumatization. We offer our recommendations for how to use these tools as a guideline for finding your own score as well as your EFT client’s score in clinical practice. Here are some excellent resources that offer an immense amount of additional tools and resources pacesconnection.com and acestoohigh.com.

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