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A toddler does not like his older brother … until a remote clearing reveals the real source: a prenatal trauma imprint that turned a baby’s fear into defensiveness. That’s the kind of moment that makes you rethink what “healing” can look like when you combine trauma-informed counseling with energy psychology.

Kara L. Baas, MS, LPC-MH is a professional mental health counselor. She received her Master's Degree from South Dakota State University and is currently practicing in Brandon, SD. Kara began exploring Energy Psychology in 2010, first learning EFT. Crystals started talking to her in 2015 and she began integrating crystals into her work with EFT, using stones associated with the Chakras holding emotions or blocked energy. Her tools and skills have evolved. She now uses several energy healing modalities into her not-so-traditional mental health practice. She uses Emotion Code, Body Code, Body Talk, and parts work and works within the many layers of the energy body. She is also a Holy Fire Reiki Master, Crystal Reiki Master and Angelic Reiki Master, certified in Crystalline Soul Healing, and The Bengston Method ® and also uses vibroaccoustic therapy and integrates quantum codes into her healing work. 

Kara L. Baas, MS, LPC-MH Director NewDay Counseling Services, LLC (605) 582-7418 www.newdaysd.com Email: [email protected]

We sit down with Cara Baas, a licensed professional counselor and self-described energy geek, to talk about Clinical EFT tapping, distance work, Reiki, crystal grids, and how she tests for what’s actually driving a symptom. Cara shares case stories that highlight fast shifts, including family dynamics changing within minutes, plus why gentle pacing matters when a client is close to a trauma “bubble.” We also explore why talk therapy alone sometimes isn’t enough, and how silent tapping can help reduce intensity before a person ever needs to say the hardest words out loud.

From there we zoom out into integrative mental health: group healing experiments inspired by the Bangston Method, supportive tools like vibroacoustic therapy and frequency devices such as Healy, and a thoughtful discussion about symptoms that may have more than one cause. We’re careful about scope and safety: these approaches are adjunctive tools, not replacements for medical or psychiatric care, and we want you to make the best choice for you.

If you’re curious about EFT for trauma, Reiki for anxiety, remote energy healing, prenatal trauma, and holistic mental health support, hit play and follow the thread. Subscribe, share this with a friend who loves practical healing conversations, and leave a review with your biggest question about energy work.

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It was my honor and privilege to have a conversation with Dr. David Gruder, PhD. I met David in 1998 when he and Dr. Dorothea Hoover-Kramer co-founded the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology, ACEP. I was "raised" in how t diagnose and heal the human energy system through ACEP. He was one of my teachers and mentors.  

David is brilliant, humble and kind. Here is his one page bio.

Dr. David Gruder is a clinical and organizational psychologist, an eightaward-winning author, and a highly sought speaker, trainer, and trusted advisor. He is the founder and CEO of Integrity Revolution, which “helps ‘everyday people to world leaders’ create sustainable happiness, health, love and success without sacrificing personal integrity or social responsibility,” through providing Essential Psychological Skills for Extraordinary Businesses, Leaders, and Wellbeing™. Their Integrity Stimulus Plan is a universal, transpartisan, nondenominationally spiritual framework for co-creating integrity-centered sustainable solutions to the vast challenges we face today as individuals, families, communities, businesses, societies and a planet.

Well into his fourth decade as a “Merlin” of personal, relationship and leadership transformation, Dr. Gruder is internationally acclaimed as a foremost expert in how to reconnect integrity with sustainable happiness, health, and prosperity. A frequent guest on many radio talk shows throughout North America, “Radio & Television Interview Reports” has hailed Dr. Gruder as “America’s Integrity Expert.” A trusted advisor to leaders and businesses, he is an Equanicity Resources faculty member and serves as Special Counsel to CEO Space International’s Board & Chairman, in addition to teaching classes for members, providing behind-the-scenes training programs for faculty, club presidents and Forum staff, and serving on the Faculty Integrity Team.

His speaking, training and consulting engagements have ranged from the Sanoviv Medical Institute in Mexico to the Transactional Analysis Institute in Switzerland, from family-run businesses to American Express work teams, from Leaders Causing Leaders to the World President’s Organization, and from the San Diego County Department of Education’s Management Academy to ambassadors to the World Trade Organization. He also served as the founding president of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology.

A masterful wordsmith in addition to being a psychologist, Dr. Gruder also co-authors books with high profile individuals whose life story offers valuable lessons in personal or professional development, such as the just-released “Conversations With the King,” which he co-authored with Elvis Presley’s stepbrother, David Stanley.

Dr. Gruder’s last book, “The New IQ: How Integrity Intelligence Serves You, Your Relationships and Our World,” won six awards for its solutions to today’s massive deficits in personal, relationship, corporate, governmental, and leadership integrity. The IntegrityMakeover.com website converts this material into a step-by-step self-guided curriculum for integrating your happiness, health, prosperity, and ability to make a positive difference in your chosen spheres of influence. His next book is tentatively titled, The Hijacking of Happiness.

Based in San Diego, CA, with his wife Laurie, Dr. Gruder is also an ordained interfaith clergy, and an Elder with the ManKind Project, an international nonprofit organization of men creating a safer world by stepping into mature masculinity and living in integrity with their life mission.

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Hillary and I had so much fun recording this podcast. She is an expert in clinical emotional freedom technique's. She's also a holistic counselor like me. She uses EFT tapping every day to help her clients release anxiety and any other negative emotion. 

Hillary Straus is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, holistic psychotherapist, and conference presenter with a private practice in Maitland, Florida with more than 15 years of experience.
Hillary is a sought-after presenter and trainer, recognized for her engaging presentation style and expertise in trauma treatment, anxiety management, and neurobiological approaches to healing. She has presented at major conferences including the American Counseling Association National Conference and Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. Hillary is also preparing for the release of her upcoming book on anxiety treatment with New Harbinger Publications, scheduled for spring 2026.  Through her clinical work, training programs, and presentations, she continues to advance the field of integrative mental health

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Let's have fun and be amazing with Brad Yates

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So, Who Is This Brad Yates Guy...?

For over 20 years, I've been helping people tap through their blocks and into the best version of themselves.

Many people have dreams of success and peace that seem just slightly out of reach, blocked by fears, anxieties, or resistance to moving forward or past barriers. The reality is that everyone is capable of living incredible lives, and often we’re the only thing standing in our way.

Tapping is a very effective method of physically resetting the body’s fear response by tapping on energy meridians throughout the body while talking through and resolving emotional resistance or trauma.

I try to take an empathetic and grounded approach to helping people release their blocks through tapping, because I don't believe that personal development needs to be punishing or tedious. 

If I could have one wish it would be to get the whole world tapping so everyone could feel better, do better, and live better.

My mission is to empower millions of people around the world to uncover and embrace the best version of themselves and then share that with the world. I want to support you in realizing your dreams through EFT tapping and guidance, so you can go out and fulfill your own mission.

I have had the privilege and pleasure of working with a diverse group of clients, from CEOs to professional and NCAA athletes, from chiropractors and psychiatrists to corporate and federal attorneys, from award-winning actors to residents at a program for homeless men and women in Santa Monica. For several years I taught a weekly class using EFT and guided imagery at Sacramento Drug Court.

I've also been a presenter at a number of events, including several International Energy Psychology Conferences and Jack Canfield’s Breakthrough to Success event. I've done teleseminars with “The Secret” stars Bob Doyle and Dr. Joe Vitale and have been a featured expert in every Tapping World Summit.

I am the author of the best-selling children’s book “The Wizard’s Wish”, the co-author of the best-seller “Freedom at Your Fingertips,” a featured expert in the film “The Tapping Solution” (along with Jack Canfield, Bob Proctor, Dr. Norman Shealy and Dr. Bruce Lipton), and have been heard internationally on a number of internet radio talk shows.

For those who have suffered through dry seminars, you should know that my eclectic background includes several years as an internationally performing actor, and (yes… it is true) I'm a graduate of Ringling Bros. & Barnum & Bailey Clown College.

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Bruce Whittemore is a Holistic Recovery Coach, Advanced Certified EFT Practitioner, and experienced in Matrix Reimprinting and Parts Work. He helps people in recovery transform limiting beliefs and repetitive compulsive behaviors by creating a safe, grounded space to explore what lies beneath. His work is rooted in the principles of self-awareness, embodiment, curiosity, and compassion — guiding clients toward peace, resilience, and fulfillment.

With over 30 years in active recovery, Bruce draws deeply from his own life experience, reframing addiction not as a disease, but as an adaptive survival strategy born from pain and disconnection. His approach invites individuals to see recovery not as returning to who they were, but as a path of integration, healing, and growth.

Bruce also works with men around relationship, sexuality, and emotional connection, helping them live wholehearted, embodied lives.

In addition to coaching, Bruce is a passionate speaker. His talk Addiction to Adaptation – The Practice of Reframing Recovery challenges outdated models of addiction and introduces a compassionate, neuroscience-informed lens rooted in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and somatic tools like EFT.

Bruce holds an MBA and brings more than three decades of business leadership experience, blending practical insight with emotional depth and spiritual presence.

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Dr. Husman brings a wealth of experience to Eastwind Healing Center. She aims to empower women, children, and QTBIPOC individuals aged 6-64 seeking care for anxiety, trauma, pain, and treatment-resistant conditions. Dr. Husman also works with Ketamine and Spravato in the office, provides psychedelic-assisted therapy, and works with spiritual emergence and spiritual emergencies.  While she collaborates with colleagues on more complex issues like eating disorders and primary psychotic disorders, her focus remains on therapy tools that connect deeply with the unconscious mind.

If traditional approaches haven’t fully helped you overcome challenges, there’s hope. You’ll discover new possibilities by fostering safety and self-compassion and re-examining the beliefs that hinder your growth.

Dr. Husman adopts a conservative prescribing style, favoring cost-effective generic medications without compromising quality. She believes in starting low and preventing unnecessary polypharmacy. For many of the disorders that she treats, she views medication as a tool for healing, not a lifelong burden, and has experience with compassionate deprescribing. In addition, her expertise in functional medicine underscores her approach, as she integrates lifestyle components such as sleep, self-care, meditation, diet, movement, and spiritual connection into her treatments, providing a holistic pathway for those unable to tolerate or benefit from traditional medications.

Her extensive certifications include functional medicine, multiple energy psychology modalities, pain-specific therapies, hypnosis, and numerous other therapeutic modalities that enable her to promote relaxation and facilitate unconscious changes effectively. By utilizing a variety of tools, such as self-compassion training, cognitive reframing, and tapping, she tailors unique experiences that address various challenges, including OCD, Tourette’s, ADHD, depression, and chronic pain. The journey to recovery is a collaborative effort driven by the patient’s commitment to engage in the work ahead.

When considering hypnotherapy, Dr. Husman emphasizes that all hypnosis is self-hypnosis, and she believes that most patients can learn this skill. With her gentle, indirect facilitation, patients maintain control of their healing process. The goal is not to unearth repressed memories but to heal emotional wounds from the past and pave the way for a fulfilling future.

As you embark on this transformative journey, know that memories of traumatic events may soften, allowing for more profound healing. Do you have any ongoing legal matters related to past traumas? In that case, it’s wise to discuss your intention to work with the unconscious mind with your attorney before proceeding.

Kerri J. Husman, MD, FAPA, IFMCP, DCEP, CIHC, CHTP, CHMRP, AAITCP, HTAP, PRT, CPATP, EHP-C

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You will really enjoy this podcast. Jane is a licensed marriage and family therapist, a certified EMDR therapist, a certified coach and a practitioner of the Akashic Records, specializing in the healing of trauma and PTSD. She works from a perspective of systems and attachment theories, paying close attention to intergenerational, prenatal and preverbal trauma. Janeintegrates EMDR, tapping, energy psychology and spiritual approaches and works online with clients from all over the world. She also offers online trainings to therapists, coaches and medical professionals in how to recognize and work with trauma in their patients and clients. Jane grew up in London, England, spent 20 years in the United States and now lives in British Columbia, Canada with her two cats and the most beautiful man in the world.

Jane McCampbell Stuart                                                                                                                    M.A., LMFT, CPCC, RMFT

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Lori Hops, Ph.D., DCEP is a Licensed Psychologist in California, USA, with a Master’s and Doctorate degrees in Clinical Psychology. ⁠⁠Dr. Hops⁠⁠ teaches online seminars and workshops on embodied intuition, and grounding and centering for wellbeing. She has also taught in the US and abroad to professionals, students and the general public about compassion, self-care, spiritual practice, and finding meaning in life.Dr. Hops is certified as a ⁠⁠Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology⁠⁠, a certified ⁠⁠Logosynthesis practitioner and instructor⁠⁠, and is a registrant with the ⁠⁠National Register of Health Service Providers⁠⁠. She is credentialed in Telepsychology Competencies by The American Insurance Trust. Dr. Hops served as Past President (1/2023- 12/2024) on the Executive Board of Directors for the ⁠⁠Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP).

⁠⁠⁠⁠Dr. Hops’ psychotherapy practices⁠⁠ are based in conventional western empirical science, and wisdom traditions from around the world, including holistic systems, energy psychology practices and use of intuition and inner guidance. Dr. Hops is a Reiki Master, a mind, body and spirit approach to healing that fosters harmony and balance through universal life force energy. Reiki can be used in person, or at a distance, similar to prayer. Dr. Hops uses Reiki in her practice at a distance only. Lori enjoys movement arts, fine arts, and nature which serve as muses for creative writing. You can find her podcasts on hopshealingtips.com, Healing Tips from the Heart: Intuition with Helpers, Healers, and Guides on YouTube, Spotify, iHeart Radio and Amazon Music/Audible. She has an album of affirmation meditations and soundscapes, coming out in Summer of 2025, with Greg Carpenter.

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Kara Bass shares her personal and professional experience with clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques, Chakra healing,  and crystals. Kara integrates these mind body techniques in her practice to bring healing for herself and her clients. 

Kara L. Baas, MS, LPC-MH is a professional mental health counselor. She received her Master's Degree from South Dakota State University and is currently practicing in Brandon, SD.  Kara began exploring Energy Psychology in 2010, first learning EFT. Crystals started talking to her in 2015 and she began integrating crystals into her work with EFT, using stones associated with the Chakras holding emotions or blocked energy.  Her tools and skills have evolved.  She now uses several energy healing modalities into her not-so-traditional mental health practice. She uses Body Code, Body Talk, and parts work and works within the many layers of the energy body. She is also a Holy Fire Reiki Master, Crystal Reiki Master and Angelic Reiki Master.
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This increasing amount of stress on the caregivers has not been well-addressed formally or informally. It is rare to find seasoned clinicians who are resilient enough to remain in the field, let alone have excellent knowledge of this disorder to make a significant impact in direct practice. Treatment for the caregivers’ children always comes first. In this state of urgency combined with the lack of consistent resources, parental stress has not been adequately addressed. If parents lose their resiliency, who will be their child’s advocate and who will teach their child?  

This growing population needs effective solutions, and it needs them quickly. This is what makes the publication of From Exhausted to Energized such a timely and welcome event. This forward thinking guide is the first book to illustrate the psychoenergetic dynamics that cause and sustain the emotional, mental, and physical drain on family members and guardians. And it further provides readers with quick energy psychology tools that address trauma, anxiety, depression, and burnout.

The author of From Exhausted to Energized, Mandi Freger, is a seasoned clinical practitioner with over twenty-five years of experience in both treating ASD and practicing Energy Psychology techniques. Freger was featured as an expert panelist in “The Science of Tapping” documentary, a first of its kind to discuss the science behind meridian therapy use in treating mental health issues. She was also hired as the Director of Autism Services of the first affiliate program through Cleveland Clinic Children’s Hospital to build a center-based program and diagnostic center from the inception. 

Energy Psychology is an emerging field of psychology, gaining momentum from the 1990s when new techniques and strategies were being put together with other mind and body strategies across cultures to comprise a continuum of tools. In this book, Freger introduces a 3-part model of skill, will, and biofield to illustrate how variations on these relate to caregiver effectiveness. In this archetype grid, caregivers can begin to identify areas of need to better match the available supports to assist their resiliencies. 

Early responses to this publication include praise from Gregory J. Nicosia, Ph.D., author of Comprehensive Introduction to Thought Field Therapy. He says, “In this seminal work, Ms. Freger reveals knowledge of how to take care of your ASD child and yourself . . . She demonstrates how to successfully combine standard psychological treatments, such as Applied Behavior Analysis and Discrete Trial Learning, with vibrant and effective trauma-based energy psychology interventions that have amazing benefits for both the ASD sufferer and their caregivers.” Fred P. Gallo PhD, DCEP, author of Energy Psychology and The Tapping Toolbox stated, “Since Leo Kanner's seminal 1943 paper on infantile autism, the field has advanced way beyond those humble beginnings with the advent of Applied Behavioral Analysis and is now integrated with Energy Psychology and mindfulness methods. Mandi Freger’s From Exhausted to Energized is an amazing reference and guide for Autism professional and caregivers . . .”

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