The 4th Wave of healing is designed to teach you foundational skills that help you build your EFT skills to incorporate  EFT Tapping into your work with others and yourself. 

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is considered a potent, clinically supported intervention that merges modern neuroscience with acupoint stimulation to activate the mind-body connection.

Learn the history, foundation, and methods of EFT in this immersive training. Participants in this class can expect to learn in an interactive group setting with ample discussion, hands-on practice, and feedback.

Emotional Freedom Techniques and Beyond to heal trauma will enhance your knowledge of the scientific literature around somatic approaches to moving through stress and trauma. Develop your Tapping skills with these new EFT tools and additional somatic approaches such as Chakra balancing and clearing the biofield.
It is intended to deepen and enhance your understanding of Tapping, including the nuisances of the practice and special methods around trauma. You’ll have the opportunity to learn to use EFT strategies with children, animals, surrogates, and groups.

Psychologists, Social Workers, MFTs, Counselors, Substance Abuse Counselors, Occupational Therapists, Nurses, Physicians

Demonstrate the ability to create a specific setup statement tailored to their client’s needs.
Identify and accurately apply 14 acupressure points to address negative emotions.
Apply strategies to help clients overcome self-sabotaging beliefs.
Implement techniques to expand their client base ethically and effectively.
Integrate Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) in clinical practice.
Describe the historical background of clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT Tapping).
Explain the scientific evidence supporting clinical EFT Tapping.
Distinguish between small and large traumas in clinical contexts.
Apply the container method as a trauma management technique.
Utilize the "sneaking in" technique to address trauma safely.
Demonstrate an understanding of the "sneaking out" technique and its clinical applications.
Explain the concept of UDIN (Unexpected, Dramatic, Isolating, No Resources) and its relevance in trauma work.
Apply gentle EFT techniques for trauma healing.
Implement strategies to help clients regulate their emotions effectively.
Explain how Chakra balancing and the biofield are integrated into holistic healing as cognitive somatic approaches.

DAY 1 

Level 1: Foundations of Clinical EFT

• 9:00 AM – 10:15 AM

Origins, Theory, and Efficacy of EFT

• History and development of EFT
• Overview of research and clinical applications
• Theoretical mechanisms of action

• 10:15 AM - 10:30 AM / BREAK

• 10:30 AM - NOON

Standard EFT Protocol: Core Skills

• Steps of the Standard EFT Protocol
• Tapping points and sequence

• NOON - 1:00 PM / MEAL BREAK

• 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM

EFT Variations and Clinical Application

• Differences between standard protocol and variations
• Selecting interventions based on client presentation
• Demonstration and guided breakout practice with instructor feedback

• 2:30 PM - 2:45 PM / BREAK

• 2:45 PM - 4:30 PM

Clinical Skills: Rapport, Language, and Assessment

• Establishing rapport in EFT sessions
• Use of client-centered language
• Introduction to subjective units of distress (SUDS)
• Guided practice in breakout rooms with feedback
• Demonstration and guided breakout practice with instructor feedback

DAY 2 

Level 2: Advanced Clinical Applications of EFT

• 9:00 AM – 9:30 AM

Welcome and Review

• Overview of Level 1 concepts
• Orientation to advanced applications

• 9:30 AM - 10:30 AM

Troubleshooting EFT Sessions

• Common challenges in EFT practice
• Strategies for addressing blocks and lack of progress
• Case examples and discussion

• 10:30 AM - 10:45 AM - BREAK

• 10:45 AM - NOON

Specificity and the Concept of Aspects

• Identifying aspects of presenting problems
• Working with shifting aspects
• Demonstration and guided breakout practice with instructor feedback

• NOON - 1:00 PM / MEAL BREAK

• 1:00 PM - 2:15 PM

Trauma-Informed Applications of EFT

• Overview of trauma and trauma-informed care principles
• Application of EFT techniques for trauma
• Tell the Story and Movie Techniques
• Clinical considerations and pacing

• 2:15 PM - 2:30 PM / BREAK

• 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM

Testing, Cognitive Shifts, and Clinical Outcomes

• Methods for testing treatment effectiveness
• Identifying cognitive shifts
• Role of client feedback in session work

• 3:30 PM - 4:15 PM

Working with Beliefs and Clinical Integration

• Identifying and addressing limiting beliefs
• Integrating EFT, chakras and the biofield into clinical practice
• Application across pop

PowerPoint, Manual, break out sessions and demonstrations.

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Participants must have paid tuition fee, signed in, attended the entire seminar, completed an evaluation, and signed out in order to receive a certificate. Failure to sign in or out will result in forfeiture of credit for the entire course. No exceptions will be made. Partial credit is not available. Certificates available after satisfactory course completion at credits.education

Credits.Education, #1032827, is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs. Credits.Education maintains responsibility for this program/course and its content.  Course meets the qualifications for 12 hours of continuing education credits for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences.

 

All Other States: Many states accept CAMFT approved courses for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs, and LEPs.  Check with your state board.