EFT SUCCESS STORYKNEE PAIN RELIEF

INTERNATIONAL ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY NEWS & ARTICLES

SPRING 2012

Dear ACEP members,It’s hard to believe my second term as

ACEP President will be wrapping up at the end of this year. I am excited to wel-come Debby Vadja as our President Elect. Thanks go to all the board and commit-tee members for their hard work that has helped us accomplish some significant achievements over the course of my two terms at the helm.

As we work together as a board, we also develop relationships with one another. Although we come from all over the coun-try and even different parts of the world, we begin to feel like family. And so, when a term is over or someone decides to leave the board, we feel a loss. During my term I have had to say goodbye to a number of board members: Maria Becker, George Pratt, Melinda Connor and, most recent-ly, Mary Hammond. I miss all of you. Without your tireless efforts ACEP would not be in the exciting place of expansion and growth it’s in now. You have put in countless hours of volunteer time for this organization that we love. Thank you so much for your years of dedication. I know that you continue to be ambassadors for ACEP and will continue to support us in many ways.

“We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing

each other.”—Lucian de Crescenzo

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Carole Stern, MS, RN-C, DCEP

A new client of mine, Delrae, an attrac-tive woman in mid-life, walked slowly into my office. She was limping and a little bent over, because of severe pain in her left knee. She later rated this pain at 10/10 “most of the time,” so that she was constantly holding back tears. Because of the pain, she had not been able to bend that knee for six months. Arthritis had robbed the knee of cartilage, so she was walking, or limping, “bone on bone.”

Delrae assumed that the lack of cartilage meant that she would always have to be in pain. She was exploring her options around knee replacement, visiting physiotherapists and doctors. She had done some tapping years ago, and wondered if EFT could help her now.

An hour later she walked around my room without that left knee pain. She easily bent the knee to a right angle. She was standing upright. Six weeks later Delrae emailed me. She was jubilant that, not only was the knee still free of pain, but the improvement in her posture had apparently freed a trapped nerve that had been creating a sciatica-type pain in her lower back, so she was now free of that too. She added, “I still need to do exercises for the knee, but it’s all good.”

How did this happen? Here is how this new freedom happened

so quickly for her. I explained to Delrae that because I am not a medical practitioner, our work together would address the emotional and cognitive issues contributing to the pain. I told her that, as unlikely as it seems, I had read of cases where people with a similar knee problem had become pain free, although there was no guarantee this would happen for her. I shortened my client intake process with her as I was keen to start tap-

ping, because she was in such pain. Even so, gathering information took up a third of the session time.

I asked basic health questions. She had been diagnosed with depression recently, had a weight issue, and suffered from various other aches and pains. She quoted a recent X-ray on her left knee as showing “L4/5 and L5/S1 disc height is lost, and Grade 1 antero-listhesis at L4/5.”

I next asked her to list traumas she’d expe-rienced throughout her life, especially up to age 18. I gave her a one page questionnaire from the US Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) major scientific study of how trauma in early life is likely to result in serious ill-ness or behavioral problems later in life. This includes arthritis, as well as cancer, heart disease, bone fracture, diabetes, and more. Delrae briefly identified traumas from her upbringing, including physical violence in her home, lack of emotional support, often watching her mother being physi-

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cally attacked, having a mentally ill family member. She also included trauma caused through her church upbringing. Simply list-ing these memories brought tears—and she had not even thought about traumas beyond age 18.

Where to start?Delrae now said that she constantly felt

angry and tense, so to me that was the place to start. I was of course looking for the fastest way to relieve her suffering in the knee. If this doorway did not lower the pain, I would try another.

Her left knee pain was 10. Her anger about having it was 10. I asked her to imagine the color of the pain, and she said red. “Even though I have this terrible red pain always in my left knee, and I am so angry about it, I love and accept myself deeply and com-pletely.” I tap along with my clients. Our first round took both the anger and the pain from 10 to 9. So we continued with this, and over the rest of the session her Subjective Units of Disturbance Scale (SUDS) slowly crept down by ones. The color of the pain started to fade.

Along the way Delrae became over-whelmed a couple of times, and I taught her the overwhelm protocol of tapping silent rounds to swiftly restore calm. As we tapped away the current stress, her anger focus shifted between anger about the knee pain to anger about her remembered childhood situ-

ations. We were still working generally about her anger. Occasionally another aspect would intrude, especially sadness, and we would tap that down before returning to the anger. When both anger and pain had reduced to 1, we did the Choices process: “Even though I still have some pain in my left knee, I choose instead to have total peace (her words) in my left knee.” She reached 0.

Testing the workThen I asked her to test how her knee felt

when she walked on it. That was when she walked around the room, marveling at being free of the pain that had blighted her life, and at her new mobility. I explained that we could not predict how long freedom from this pain would last. If it came back, I said, that would probably be a signal that she needed to clear more of her burden of emotional pain, but she would need also to consult her doctor. Some modern research suggests that emo-tional pain can exacerbate physical pain by at least 65 percent. Here, we had done a lot better.

Follow up reportAs time went on and Delrae did not return

for another session, I was disappointed not to be assisting her to heal from her many traumas, to see what difference we could make with other physical pain and with her depression and weight.

But she had taken away my how-to EFT

book, Tapping Your Troubles Away with EFT.Six weeks after her session she emailed me

that the knee was still free of pain. She also reported that, because her posture was now upright and she no longer limped, the lower back sciatica-type pain had also disappeared. “Tapping has very much become a regular happening in my life now, and once again, ever so grateful to you.” (As am I, to EFT and Gary Craig…)

Delrae also wrote, “The surgeons are saying yes, go ahead with knee replacement. But just at the moment I’m doing so well. I will give it some consideration if I’m in trouble. I only wish we had stem cell work going on in Australia as they are in the US, having great successes with knees, rebuilding the cartilage.”

She now has a breathing space to consider her choices for longer-term care of the knee. Meanwhile, she is able to return part time to her own bodywork practice, which requires her to be able to stand and bend for up to an hour, and some of her depression has lifted. She is no longer always on the verge of tears

Annie O’Grady is an ACEP member, EFTU Intermediate Practitioner-1 and Matrix Reimprinting Practitioner living in South Australia. She is also the author of Tapping Your Troubles Away with EFT (2011), available on www.amazon.com

ACEP SEEKING RESEARCH DIRECTORThe Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology is seeking

a new research director. ACEP is an international nonprofit organiza-tion of approximately 1300 licensed mental health professionals and allied energy health practitioners who are dedicated to alleviating suffering, enhancing human performance, and recovering human potential; see www.energypsych.org.

We are looking for someone who can navigate comfortably within an academic/scholarly setting, and provide leadership while we are establishing, researching and legitimizing a new branch of psychology/psychotherapy. Our ideal candidate would be; 1) a PhD researcher or professor, 2) accomplished author with peer reviewed publications, 3) have a body of work that may align or parallel with the interests of this group, 4) have experience mentoring and over-seeing research, 5) able to delegate while maintaining time lines,

6) have experience budgeting funds for a research project, 7) have experience writing grant proposals, 8) be able to assist with research design and statistical analysis, and 9) have a sense of Vision and Commitment to the fields of EP and EM.

This is a volunteer position. What we can offer includes: the opportunity to join and work with a progressive, visionary organiza-tion; support for your own ideas and projects; a forum to discuss and explore cutting edge ideas and techniques; a leadership position, which may be a stepping stone to…; the opportunity to network with other researchers, and to mentor younger ones coming up; and the opportunity to make a real difference in our world.

If you know anyone who may fit these criteria, please have them contact: John Freedom, Chair ACEP Research Committee, freejjii@gmail.com.

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During the 2010 wres-tling season, the Oregon State University wrestling coaches told me they had recommended that five of their starters contact me to focus on mental training. Subsequently, one wrestler out of the five did contact

me. I began work with Chad in 2010, focusing on his mental training, including teaching him Emo-tional Freedom Technique/Energy Psychology (EFT/EP) methods.

Since that time, Chad has followed one of the primary tenets for winning championships. He has sustained mental game practices (including his use of EFT tapping); diligently practicing mental and emotional self management skills, just as he diligently practices his physical wrestling skills.

In 2011, Chad earned his first berth at the NCAA wrestling championships in mid March. Then, in April, he went to the University Nationals tournament. He said, in winning six matches in a row to win the championship, that he defeated five All-American wrestlers and defeated last year’s national champion. In mid June Chad will participate in the upcoming tournament for selecting US team members for the World Championships. To date, Chad is the only wrestler on the current Oregon State University team who has won a national championship.

To read the whole story in the EFT Universe newsletter click on the following link:

http://www.eftuniverse.com/index.php?option=com content&view=article&id=8930

During fall 2011, I talked with Chad about how he had handled the mental and emotional challenges while under the pressure of wrestling six of the nations’ top wrestlers in his weight class and, ultimately, winning the championship. He said he used tapping throughout the tournament, adding that he uses some face points and torso points, even during his matches. He has figured out how to activate key acupoints that work for him for the few second breaks during the actual wrestling match. He said that he figures that his fellow wrestlers probably wonder what he is doing when he is tapping points on his body, but added that it’s OK because he is winning and is now “super confident.”

I met again with Chad in early February, 2012, to review his success

this season and find out about his start in an international wrestling competition. Chad let me know that now his training regimen is bal-anced between a physical and mental training focus. He said he still taps before matches and during matches he always taps face points, adding “I work on it (mental training) so much now.” Following is a statement by Oregon State University wrestling coaches in mid February, 2012, about Chad winning a silver medal in his first inter-national competition

The club is busy competing in international competition around the world. Yesterday Chad Hanke earned a silver medal in the Ukraine, defeating multiple world class wrestlers, before dropping his match in the finals to the 2011 World Bronze Medalist. This was a great break-through for Chad as he prepares for a shot at this summer’s United State Olympic Team. Hanke…has a shot at competing in London.For the details on Chad and his performance and a statement about

Chad made by the Team USA coach, click on the link below:http://www.themat.com/section.php?section_id=3&page=showar

ticle&ArticleID=24706Chad is redshirting (not officially participating with his OSU col-

lege team this season) because in April, 2012 he will be working to make the U.S. Olympic team.

Visit Greg’s redesigned website and read his blog at www.gregwarburton.com

Another ChampionMore Exciting News for the EFT/EP-in-Sports World!Greg Warburton

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We would like to welcome our new mem-bers to the ACEP Board of Directors: John Diepold, Phil Mollon, and Bob Pasahow.

Phil Mollon is hard at work on the Ethics Committee revising ACEP’s complaints procedure and preparing a presentation for the conference. John Diepold has joined the Humanitarian Committee, now chaired by Caroline Sakai. Bob Pasahow will be taking an active role in the Research Committee as well as acting as liaison to the ATFT members who have joined ACEP.

Fred Gallo is working on the International portfolio and has already made significant progress in having sections of the website and other materials translated into other lan-guages. Lynn Karjala is the newest member of the Executive Committee and will step into the role of Secretary as Debbie Vajda moves into her role as President Elect.

If any of the above committees sound excit-ing to you, please advise us of your interest. This is your organization and the more you give, the more you will get back.

The nominating committee continues to look for candidates to fill current empty posi-

tions and to add a few additional members. If you have suggestions, please share them—the committee is always open to ideas from the membership.

At our board retreat held in January, Jim Klopman led the board on a brilliant visual-ization to set our intention for our goals for the upcoming year and beyond. In fact, we will be having a special session at the 14th Annual Energy Psychology Conference on Saturday morning at 8:00 am so that everyone can participate in the same visualization pro-cess. We will videotape this gathering, so even if you cannot attend the conference you will still be able to participate.

With that in mind, I wanted to say a few words about the value of attending the confer-ence. Far beyond learning new skills (although that is a significant aspect of the event), the most important reason to attend the confer-ence, in my opinion, is to renew your con-nection with Energy Psychology (EP) and your colleagues. Over the many years I have attended, my inspiration about practicing this healing work has been rejuvenated. It is an uncanny experience. I have talked with many

others who feel the same way. Part of the renewal process is seeing people

that I have not seen in a year. In this digital and virtual world, there is something special about seeing someone in person, giving them a hug, sharing a meal together. Our brains and bodies and energy systems evolved for tens of thousands of years to connect with people who are near us. While subatomic particles can interact at distance, I do not think it is the same for people.

In addition, each year ACEP invites pro-vocative and inspiring keynote speakers from outside the area of EP. I am always amazed how much I end up incorporating into my practice from these addresses. This year we have some of the best keynoters we have ever had.

If you are thinking about attending, I urge you to be kind to your wallet—registration ends May 4 (which can help you save up to $100).

I hope to have the opportunity to connect with you in person in San Diego this June.

Here’s to renewal and inspiration,Carole

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Philippe Isler, MA

We know that the energy psychology tech-niques we use are effective. We know it from our own clinical experience, from innumer-able accounts of others’ clinical experience, and we know it increasingly from research. One of the questions of immense interest to me, and clearly to others—as it is the subject of considerable discussion—is: “how are these techniques effective?” Just within the practice of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) there is considerable debate over whether the effect and the effectiveness of the technique comes from tapping on the acupressure points, or from other factors. In Thought Field Therapy (TFT) there is clinical and anecdotal evidence of the effectiveness of tapping on specific points, and in a specific order, for specific issues. But some aspects of this discussion become moot, when we consider the equal effective-ness of other techniques: for example, Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT), in which we hold a fixed set of acupressure points and make deliberate, intentional statements; Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT), in which the hands are placed over the heart chakra and the focus is on breath and statements of acceptance; Seemorg Matrix Work® has been renamed Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT), in which the technique is to place hands over chakras and make state-ments; and Logosynthesis, which works even more simply with three simple sen-tences, intentionally acting on the energy field with just words.

So if taken together, these techniques are effective whether intentional statements are used or not, whether acupressure points are stimulated or not, whether chakras are worked with or not, the only common denominator between them is attunement to the issue—the problem, and one’s reac-tion to it—while performing a behavior (tapping, holding, speaking) that purport-edly activates an energy system, and that

also keeps the attention in the present moment. One could conclude from this—or at least make a preliminary conclusion—that the effect and the effectiveness of these techniques, therefore, lies in doing just that: being attuned to the problem and to the problematic reaction, while splitting attun-ement and focus, and maintaining some of it in the present.

This is what some research focuses on, and on which more research needs to be done. However, from personal experience I would say that while just doing this can be effective sometimes, it is not as effective as, nor with the consistency and frequency of, any of the above techniques. Furthermore, in using any of these techniques we commonly experience specific responses to specific stimuli that vary with the intervention. With EFT it can

be a distinct and specific energy resonance—a felt sense—while tapping on certain points, at certain times, for certain issues while not on others. (This, of course, supports the premise underlying TFT.) In practicing TAT, depending on the issue being worked on, certain steps evoke more of an energetic and/or emotional effect than others. Similarly, in practicing Logosynthesis, I consistently notice with myself as well as with clients, that there are times when it is the sentence about retrieving energy that results in a more marked effect, whereas there are other times when it is the sentence about removing energy that has a more marked effect. And

I’ve certainly experienced, as I am sure many others have, a sudden unblocking of the pro-cess as a result of working on Psychological Reversals.

In other words, my personal and clinical experience is that the specific, distinguish-ing aspects of each technique appear to have specific effects. It is also my experience and many of my clients’ experience that the techniques—and the work with the tech-niques —is more effective when done within a therapeutic relationship with a facilitator. This speaks to the effectiveness of the thera-peutic relationship itself, which has been researched and shown to be significant.

This is a reminder that we are working with complex, interactive energy systems—or, rather, interactive parts of a whole energy system, something which is integral to the concept and teaching of comprehensive energy psychology. But I think it reminds us of more than that. I think it tells us that we have to be very careful to remember that our concepts about these energy systems and about what we are doing with them are models of reality, not reality itself.

While it is interesting, and useful, and necessary to explore the specific mecha-nisms by which different Energy Psychol-ogy techniques work—if only to be better able to explain and validate them within an old mechanistic paradigm—it is important that we keep in mind that those mechanistic answers aren’t the real answer, and can keep us within the old paradigm, even when we think that we are changing it. Trying to formulate the real answer draws us into a different paradigm, where we have to think and talk about ourselves, and all beings, not as mechanistic creatures with mecha-nistic cause and effect mechanisms, but as energetic beings, whose physical bodies and mental bodies are manifested through complex energy systems of which we only have partial glimpses.

I think it tells us that we have to be very careful to remember that our concepts about these

energy systems and about what we are doing with them

are models of reality, not reality itself.

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ACEP CANADA NEWSMarion MacIntyre, PHD, DCEP

Forty Candidates Register for an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Workshop in Edmonton

To date, forty candidates have registered for the EFT Workshop in Edmonton, Alberta. The workshop will be facilitated by Michael DeMolina, MS, LPC, DCEP, ACEP’s designated teacher of EFT in North America. The workshop is scheduled for Friday, April 27 and Saturday, April 28 at Providence Renewal Centre. It is sponsored by the Alberta Society of Energy Therapies (ASET) in collaboration with ACEP International. Individuals from three western provinces will be attending. For information about the workshop, contact registrar, Sherilyn Connor, at sherilynconnor@shaw.ca.

ACEP Canada Board Members Focus on ResearchRecently ACEP board members have been focusing on the impor-

tance of research during their monthly teleconferences. Dean Hughie, MEd, chair of ACEP Canada’s research committee, has accepted the responsibility of leading the board members in a deepening under-standing of the ongoing research in Energy Psychology. During the Board’s February 16 meeting, Dean, having attended Dr. Claude Swenson workshop during last year’s conference in Reston,

Virginia, engaged the group and evoked excitement and interest in Dr. Swenson’s findings in his most recent book, Life Force, the Scien-tific Basis. Also, following the meeting, each member was forwarded a copy of John Freedom’s excellent and most recent article, “Energy Psychology: The Future of Therapy.”

A Logosynthesis Workshop Is Offered in Halifax, Nova Scotia

Trish North, MEd, CCC, and Christina Toplack, MD, CFPC, will be facilitating this workshop for helping professionals. Haligo-nians have been introduced to Logosynthesis by Willem Lammers, DPsych, TSTA, who has travelled several times across the Atlantic to introduce the therapeutic tool “that allows for the recognition and systematic resolution of self-limiting patterns and opens the door to health and fulfillment.” Now the above two competent women will be introducing the model, the method, and the philosophy of Logosynthesis during a workshop scheduled for Saturday, April 21 and Sunday, April 22, 2012. For registration information, contact Trish North at tnorth@ns.sympatico.ca. Or explore her website is www.logosynthesis.net.

A Thought Field Therapy (TFT) Workshop in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Inspired by Susan Yazdanmehr, BSc, an ACEP Canada board member, and Taravat Ostover, MSc, Susan’s friend in Yellowknife, plans are underway to offer a TFT course in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Susan and Taravat have both tested the interest level and they feel confident that a TFT workshop would be successful in Yellowknife. Taravat Ostover is a friend of Dr. Franzsi Ng, EdD, Director of the Center for Extraordinary Living in Prince George, British Columbia. Dr. Ng served on the board of The Association of Thought Field Therapy and currently teaches TFT in northern British Columbia and Alberta. There is excitement, energy and desire to see this northern project come to fruition with confirmed support from ACEP Canada and the Alberta Society of Energy Therapies.

REGIONAL NEWS

Earthshaking ACEP Training The first Mexican ACEP Certification program taught on Decem-

ber 10-11, 2011, was warmly received. Twenty-seven students com-pleted the program, taught in Spanish by Barbara Stone, PhD, LISW, DCEP, (front row, left) and Kristin Holthuis, MD, DCEP (next to the last row, third from left). Special thanks go to Kristin and Monica Quintero (front row, right) for organizing the training.

On the evening after the first day of class, Kristin and Barbara were in their eighth floor hotel room at 6:47 pm when the building started rocking back and forth. Since they were on the top floor of their hotel, they felt the swaying quite a bit and left immediately via the stairs. They had been about to go out for dinner, and the earthquake did not take away their appetite! The 6.7 tremor which hit nearby did minimal property damage and killed three people.

Most of the students in the class already knew EFT, and the next morning at class, they reported that they had all done a lot of tapping the previous evening! Some asked for hotel rooms on lower floors in case of another tremor. The atmosphere in class was calm, but many students had been through previous earthquakes, some losing

family members, and they worked on these traumas in their practice sessions.

Everyone was grateful to have such a “handy” way to rebalance our energy after an earth-shaking event!

Note the huge orb of light around the heart of David MacKay, back row, second from the left.

ACEP Certification Class in Mexico City December 11, 2011

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NEW 1-Minute Surveys

We have started doing small 10 question or less surveys of our members. Although short, they are very important so we know

about our members and what they are experiencing. We sent the first one out in the February E-news. The results will be ready shortly. You may find the answers surprising. I did. They will be posted on the website. This month we have a different one minute survey that will give us our first measure of the financial health of EP prac-titioners. Please take one minute to answer 9 questions at. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/9YFLR68 We will publish the results next month.

The ConferenceBy now you have gotten your print

brochure for the conference. Looks great doesn’t it? Notice that there are significant many changes to conference schedule. Our next price increase is May 4 So sign up now and join over 400 people that are already coming to the conference. Remember to register at the hotel ASAP because it will sell out. We are arranging overflow at the Marriot but that is several miles away and will probably be more expensive.

There does not seem much point in repeating one more time how great the keynoters, invited presenters and breakouts are this year. I am also impressed with the pre-conference seminars: The big problem for everyone is the need to choose

just one. Check them out. If you do come to one of these one-day events you can attend the Gary Craig evening keynote for free. I completely agree with what our Presi-dent Carol has said about the main benefit of attending the conference is renewal.

We have several special events. We will be having Japanese drummers open the confer-ence Thursday night and Friday morning. Swami Beyondanonda will be Emceeing throughout the conference. On Friday, the conference ends at 7:00pm and the rest of the evening is free We will be having buses that will take you into and back from Coro-nado or San Diego. Also for this year only there will be three free buffet lunches (and additional $40 value). Here are a couple of pictures from last year’s conference

I just came back from a 2-day confer-ence teaching non profits how to raise donations. It is an entirely different world. We will be looking to expand into this area over the next year. We have significant needs both in the area of research and humanitarian aid. Stay tuned.

Changes to EFT certificationWe are making some change to our EFT

workshops and certification program. The title introduction to EFT failed to commu-nicate the tremendous amount of informa-tion and learning that people were getting. Effective immediately this training will be called EFT Professional Skills 1. Upon com-pletion of the training, attendees will get a certificate of completion. Completing EFT College will lead to a certificate of comple-tion of EFT Professional Skills 2. Comple-tion of the 3 Day Intensive EFT workshop immediately leads to a certificate of comple-tion of EFT Professional Skills 3. These are not certifications per se. After successful completion of the 4th step of individual consultations, a student is certified as an ACEP Certified Practitioner of EFT.

Our first 3 day intensive is immediately after the conference June 5-7, 2012.. This workshop is part of the certification pro-gram. We are bending the rules a little to make sure that the workshop is filled. Nor-mally, people in the certification pro- gram must have passed the written test (EFT Professional skills 2) to take this workshop. However this time only we are allowing people to take the written test later. Also we have extended the lowest price until April 15th. For more information contact Leslie at admin@energypsych.org.

FROM THE DESK OF THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

K E Y N O T E S Gary Craig ~ Founder of Emotional Freedom Techniques Marilyn Schlitz, PhD ~ President and CEO of IONS Gary Schwartz, PhD ~ Researcher and Author on EP and Consciousness. Amit Goswami, PhD ~ Theoretical Quantum Physicist and Author. Daniel Siegal, MD ~ Pioneer in the field of Interpersonal Neurobiology.

May 31st 10 One Day Preconference Seminars: Arenson - Connolly - Diepold - Feinstein - Jahnke Judith - Lammers - Look - Radomski & Altaffer - Stone

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BOOK REVIEW

Men Alive: Stop Killer Stress with Simple Energy Healing Tools By Jed Diamond

Philippe Isler, MAJed Diamond is a psychotherapist who has

written a number of books over the years focusing on men’s issues, “men’s work” and men’s health. His new book Men Alive: Stop Killer Stress with Simple Energy Healing Tools integrates this long-time focus with a more recent interest in Energy Healing.

The book is divided into three parts. The first part provides background summariz-ing: a) specific issues afflicting men, and the significantly elevated health risks that men face; b) the effects of stress on health, and the typical, risk-elevating responses men have to stress; c) the scientific basis for energy-based healing; and d) fundamental concepts of energy healing, and the four healing modali-ties or approaches that Diamond is present-ing and recommending: Earthing, Heart Coherence, Attachment Love, and EFT.

The second part discusses each of these approaches in detail. The third part discusses

the practical application of these approaches and techniques to specific issues that often challenge men: depression, pain, and mid-life transition (Andropause). Finally, Diamond discusses the challenge and the need to move beyond personal healing and transformation, to social and global healing and transformation.

This book is a significant contribution to the literature of “men’s work” or “the men’s movement” in that Diamond is introducing concepts and techniques of energy healing to this audience, and also in that he is expanding the discussion of truly holistic and truly heal-ing approaches not just to “male issues” but also to the underlying patterns of thinking and behavior that afflict men. I also see this as a significant contribution to the literature on Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine for two reasons: one is that Diamond is introducing the discussion of men’s issues to a field that I find generally lacks awareness of them; the other is in suggesting a very broad and inclusive concept of Energy Healing that includes relational attachment—something with which I am in complete agreement. In

doing so, Diamond invites opening up and engaging in discussions that I think would be extremely beneficial to the field.

Philippe Isler M.A. is a licensed Psy-chologist in private practice in Nova Scotia, Canada.

Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners by David Feinstein with Donna EdenFulton, CA: Energy Psychology Press, 2011. www.EnergyMedicineEthics.com

Toolkit for Energy Healing Practitioners, edited by David FeinsteinAshland, OR: Innersource, 2011. http://toolkit.innersource.net

Reviewed by Gregory J. Nicosia, PhDWhether you’re a practitioner of Energy

Medicine, Energy Psychology, or any other energy based healing modality, the Toolkit for Energy Healing Practitioners is the “how to make a successful practice” resource for which we all have been waiting!

Following in the steps of Feinstein’s seminal Energy Psychology Interactive (2004), the interactive Toolkit is the most innovative

and comprehensive resource available for addressing the business of running an energy based practice with integrity. This in depth collection of practical guidelines includes a myriad of usable forms and templates covering ethical practice procedures from intake on, informed consent, practice building techniques, marketing methods that get media coverage, right down to your printable business cards and practice brochures. It is a multimedia cornucopia of information that provides detailed instruction on areas of professional practice

with audio and visual clips accessed online that clearly demonstrate a variety of topics covering specifics on how to assist a range of clients, from those who may be near death to those who you might well want to refer.

The Toolkit pieces were largely designed

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and contributed by Donna Eden-trained practitioners and, as such, are heavily imbued with Eden’s understanding of energy systems ( Eden, 2008), beginning with a chakra informed assessment of your healing values and practice and carrying through to several of Eden’s basic treatment techniques. This unique perspective is often refreshing, and the information and documents, being compiled from the work of a wide variety of practitioners, allows us all to benefit regard-less of our theoretical orientation.

The Ethics Handbook is a comprehensive resource that addresses the complex issues facing all clinicians. The practice of energy healing presents many unique ethical, moral, and spiritual challenges. Energy healing practitioners, many of whom may not have formal clinical training, will benefit from this clear introduction to a variety of basic

topics, such as client confidentiality, scope of practice, and professional liability. However, even the seasoned professional will be chal-lenged by many of the fifty case vignettes that clearly expose and address the ethical complexities and paradoxes arising in an everyday energy based practice. How do you maintain an ethical client centered approach when faced with a medical intervention that you view as unnecessary; or when you sense your client has undiagnosed cancer; or if your client is unhappy with the progress made after numerous sessions with you; or if an ongoing client asks to barter for your services in order to continue the treatment?

The Ethics Handbook helps us think through such dilemmas by illuminating the fundamental clinical and ethical values in the context of promoting the health of the client and showing us how we can act from these

core values. An extensive chapter elaborating an Ethics Code for Energy Healing and its application to a wide variety of clinical issues provides a set of guidelines that sets a stan-dard for our field.

The Toolkit and the Ethics Handbook are essential additions for your clinical library.

References:Eden, D. (2008). Energy medicine (rev. ed.).

New York: Tarcher/Penguin.

Feinstein, D. (2004). Energy psychology interactive: Rapid interventions for lasting change. Ashland, OR: Innersource [an inte-grated book and computer-based CD-ROM program for teaching the fundamentals of energy psychology to psychotherapists].

—Book review continued from page 9

http://www.menalive.com/thebook

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RESEARCH REVIEW

I’m sorry to report that Dr. Melinda Connor has resigned as research director

of ACEP for personal reasons. As you may know, Melinda was instrumental in upgrad-ing our website, applying for research grants, networking with ISSSEEM and the Energy Medicine Community, and bringing a new level of professionalism to our committee. We remain friends and colleagues, and she has agreed to be available to us as an infor-mal consultant, while we seek a new research director.

We are happy to announce that we will be presenting our second annual ‘Energy

Psychology Research Day,’ on Thursday, May 31 in San Diego. This event will begin with a keynote speech by Dr. Garret Yount of San Francisco Medical Center. Dr. Yount is the co-author, along with Dawson Church and Audrey Brooks, of a study entitled “The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on Stress Biochemistry: A Random-ized Controlled Trial,” scheduled for publica-tion in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.  Papers to be presented will include original studies re: TFT in the Treatment of PTSD in Rwanda, EFT For Food Cravings and Weight Loss, EFT and Soccer Perfor-mance, TFT Treatment of Chronic Pain, and single case studies involving HBLU Treat-ment of PTSD, EFT Treatment of PTSD, and WHEE and Energy Medicine in the Treatment of Allergic Reaction. The day will conclude with an overview of recent research in EP by David Feinstein, entitled “Acupoint Stimulation: Evidence for Efficacy.”

We have received approximately 16 sub-missions for grants from our Request

For Proposals. These have been sent to our Evaluation Committee, consisting of Linda Turner, PhD., Jack Rowe, PhD, Tiffany Barsotti, Bob Hoss, and Robin Smith, PhD. After the committee evaluates and ranks the submissions, four proposals will be selected to receive $5000 seed grants. We would like to thank all the researchers who submitted proposals for their efforts, hard work, and interest in EP.

Suzanne Connolly and Caroline Sakai conducted a study examining the efficacy of

Thought Field Therapy (TFT) in reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms in survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.  Participants were 171 adult survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda between the ages of 18 and 73, who volunteered to receive brief treatment of trauma. The participants were recruited by leaders of Women’s Foun-dation Ministries, and all participants were members of various orphanages, AIDS, and widows’ groups in the capital city of Kigali. Testing and treatment were conducted in their native language, Kinyarwanda.

The subjects were tested pre, post and two years later using the MPSS (Modified PTSD Symptom Scale) and the TSI (Trau-matic Symptom Inventory). All subjects met the DSM-4 A1 criteria for PTSD. Reduced trauma symptoms were found on all scales following TFT treatment; statistically signifi-cant reductions (p<.001) were found for nine out of ten subscales on the TSI. (The specific subscales of the TSI are measures of Anx-ious Arousal, Depression, Anger/Irritability, Intrusive Experience, Defensive Avoidance, Dissociation, Sexual Concern, Dysfunctional Sexual Behavior, Impaired Self-Reference, and Tension Reduction Behavior.) These reductions in trauma symptoms were sus-tained at a 2-year follow-up assessment.

Their study entitled “Brief Trauma Inter-vention with Rwandan Genocide Survivors Using Thought Field Therapy,” is being pub-lished this month in the peer-reviewed Inter-national Journal of Emergency Mental Health.

One of the less-well known uses for EFT and the new Energy Therapies is to

enhance sports performance. Tam and Mair Llewellyn reported on a study involving two Ladies’ Soccer Teams in Doncaster, the UK. This study compared the use of a short session of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) versus verbal feedback from a coach. The study conducted both a randomised controlled trial and a supporting uncon-trolled trial, involving a total of 18 athletes. It was designed to replicate the results of an earlier American trial involving basket-ball players. The athletes place-kicked goal shots, before and after EFT treatment. The results showed a significant improvement in

goal scoring ability following one short EFT session.

The authors conclude, “Clinical reports and accounts from coaches and athletes note that EFT is practiced in professional and amateur level golf, baseball, American football and soccer. This study indicates that a very brief application of EFT, administered in a very short time-scale can increase the performance of high-performing athletes. The use of EFT for stress reduction in sports war-rants further empirical evaluation.”

In an update Dr. Llewellyn writes, “The research took place some six months ago at the start of the UK soccer season. Since then we have continued to work with the two teams (Open Ladies & Under 16 Girls) using EFT to help as and when it was needed in all aspects of the game and of the players’ psychological well being.

“As the season now draws to a conclusion both teams have done exceptionally well. The Open Ladies’ is currently top of their Division and with three games to go is mathematically certain to end the season in first or second place. The Under 16 team (which did better in the trial) has also done exceptionally well. Although the season still has a little to go they have already secured top place in their Divi-sion as no other team can now displace them from their top place.

“The Under 16 team has won every match to date and have already scored 147 goals the season with only 9 scored against them. This is a league record. Also their “striker” (the main goal scoring position for non-soccer fans) has personally scored 57 goals this season, which is also a record. We will continue to support these two teams and hope to expend our work to two other teams for the next season…”

This study was published in the spring 2012 issue of Fidelity. See: www.thencp.org/journals; and also www.energy-therapists.net and click on the Research tab.

Llewellyn-Edwards, T., and Llewellyn-Edwards, M. (2012). The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Soccer Performance. Fidelity, the Journal of the National Council of Psychotherapists (UK); Spring 2012.

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A Physiological Basis for Acupuncture???

Recent research by Dr. Morry Silberstein of the Curtin University of Technology (Aus-tralia) may demonstrate a physiological basis for acupuncture. Dr. Silberstein found that the insertion of an acupuncture needle into the skin disrupts the branching point of nerves called C fibres. These C fibres trans-mit low-grade sensory information over very long distances using Merkel cells   (receptor cells associated with the sense of touch)  as intermediaries.

“We have never really had a scientific explanation for how acupuncture actually works,” he said. “In the absence of a scientific rationale, acupuncture has not been widely used in the mainstream medical community. If we can explain the process scientifically, we can open it to full scientific scrutiny and develop ways to use it as a part of medical treatments.”

It has been known for years that acupunc-ture points show lower electrical resistance than other nearby areas of the skin. His research specifically pinpoints that the C fibres branch exactly at acupuncture points. Scientists don’t know exactly what role C fibres play in the nervous system, but Dr. Silberstein theorizes that “these bundles of nerves exist to maintain arousal or wake-fulness. The insertion of the acupuncture needle may disrupt this circuit and numb our sensitivity to pain.” This study, entitled “The cutaneous intrinsic visceral afferent nervous system: A new model for acupuncture anal-gesia,” appeared in the Journal of Theoretical Biology, 261 (2009) 637–642. See also:

http://www.examiner.com/holistic-science-spirit-in-national/new-scientific-breakthrough-proves-why-acupuncture-works

PTSD Treatment via Home-Based Telehealth???Technology is bringing health and mental

health service delivery full circle, with house calls (virtual house calls!) on their way to once again becoming the norm. While patient convenience and cost savings are two major driving forces, another factor is the avoidance of social stigma, especially

for vets with PTSD. The VA is currently the largest provider of telemedicine services in the world, and it is using telemedicine tech-nology to connect patients receiving care in rural satellite clinics with larger VA medical centers that offer specialty mental health services. This treatment delivery medium still requires patients to travel to office-based treatment sites. The VA and other agencies are experimenting with Home-based telehealth (HBT) to circumvent these problems.

Preliminary research suggests that HBT is “associated with high patient satisfaction, reduced frequency and duration of inpa-tient hospital stays, and overall symptom improvement.” However, administrators and clinical providers have been reluctant to apply HBT service models to mental health interventions, citing concerns that HBT via video-conferencing may compro-mise therapeutic alliance, patient safety and confidentiality.

Despite this skepticism, HBT for mental health treatment appears to offer several advantages over conventional, clinic-based models. HBT circumvents stigma-related avoidance of office-based mental health care; second, HBT removes many logistical barriers related to travel time and trans-portation; and third, HBT circumvents system-level barriers (such as office space constraints). The authors note that “we have found that all procedures common to CBT in general and PE (Prolonged Exposure) in particular can be accomplished via HBT, including homework review, audio record-ing of exposure scenes, completion of rating scales, visual monitoring of patient distress and facial signals, and the like.”

Dr. Peter Shore at the Portland, OR, VA reports fewer than 1% missed sessions with HBT compared to over 15% with traditional clinic-based telemedicine. Reduced attri-tion is particularly important for those suf-fering from combat-related PTSD.

The authors consider the question of sui-cide risk with PTSD and vulnerable popula-tions. “Our position is that HBT represents an incremental increase in, rather than a threat to, patient safety for two distinct reasons. First, if a suicidal patient abruptly leaves one’s facility or office, providers have little idea where to send police or

Emergency Medical Services.  By contrast, HBT providers know exactly where to send help if a suicidal patient cannot guarantee self-safety…A second reason is that many patients in extremely depressed or actively suicidal states are less motivated to travel to their mental health treatment center for their appointment. These truly at-risk patients often do not show up for their office-based appointment…With HBT, the effort required to connect to the therapist standing by for their session is dramatically reduced; indeed, ‘no-show’ patients are simply called on the telephone and asked to turn on their computer, and thus are more likely to receive care…With HBT, we are more likely to be in contact with suicidal patients, we are more likely to be able to intervene, and more likely to dispatch resources to the necessary site while safely maintaining contact with both the patient and the emergency responders…”

The article concludes by noting, “Overall, issues and problems confronting telehealth in general and HBT in particular are relatively easily resolved, as demonstrated by the afore-mentioned recent research in the area…We predict expansion of the HBT model will proceed at a tremendous pace, with ser-vices offered at the time and place patients choose…”

Acierno, Ron; Gros, Daniel; Strachan, Martha; and Frueh, B. Christopher. (2011). “The Next Step: Moving Combat-Related PTSD Care out of the Clinic and into the Home (or Boat, or Hotel, or Car (Parked)). Clinician’s Research Digest Supplemental Bulletin 45, November 2011.

Strachan, M., Gros DF, Yuen E, Ruggiero KJ, Foa EB, Acierno, R. (2012).

Home-based telehealth to deliver evidence-based psychotherapy in veterans with PTSD. Contemporary Clinical Trials, Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 Mar; 33(2):402-9.

I look forward to seeing many of you in San Diego!

John FreedomChair, ACEP Research Committee

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