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Signs of Vicarious Trauma

According to the American Counseling Association’s Traumatology Interest Network, if you as a practitioner find yourself doing the following, you should consider that VT is involved:

You avoid talking or thinking about what the trauma effected client(s) have been talking about, almost being numb to it.
You are in a persistently aroused state; e.g. you: find yourself losing sleep over clients, worry that you are not doing enough for your client(s), find yourself being jumpy and easily startled, are more easily irritated and/or angered, dreaming about your client’s traumatic experiences, having intrusive thoughts about your clients when not at work, feeling less satisfaction and less hope with your work.

This is the complete original paper by the eminent EFT/Energy Psychology researcher David Feinstein, PhD. He has given permission for this paper to be offered at EFTtappingtraining.com.

The EFT-Wikipedia Controversy Continues. The assumption is, that because Wikipedia is “crowd-sourced,” meaning this site is written and edited by unpaid volunteers, and is continually being amended, updated with supposedly the most current news and research, that it is a valid and unbiased source of information. And that is just where this controversy regarding EFT and Wikipedia begins. (I also need to offer that EFT is far from being the only subject of a non-neutral POV).

A recent study published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine has profound implications for each and every person that is taking the time to sit down to read this blog. To be blunt, the longer you sit there reading this, the faster you are aging and the closer you are getting to the end…

We recently had a few opportunities to use Matrix Reimprinting in a variety of group settings. While attending a workshop, during which I asked for a volunteer, “Sandra” immediately rose her hand. When I asked her what she wanted to work on she said that she wanted to work on resolving a long-standing issue of not having enough energy. I asked her a common EFT-based clarifying question “When did it start?” She said it began when she was very young. At that moment of responding, she suddenly made the connection between her lack of energy and a big T trauma she had experienced during childhood.

She offered comments on her senior student “thesis” regarding the neurobiological foundations of current happiness research and its global inter-cultural and financial implications. During her talk she spoke of the college’s motto, “Non Satis Scire.” The translation is “To know is not enough.”

How we each process information about our environment, especially other people, is a process of risk evaluation. Our brains are designed to evaluate risk, danger and safety. In all new situations, our sensory organs immediately begin an observational process that makes a determination of whether it is safe to engage or whether we should get out of Dodge. This process is initiated by our sense organs, which then communicates with lightning speed to our brain, central and peripheral nervous system which then informs the rest of our body through electrical signals and chemical messengers, directing us towards the next action required to keep us safe. Stephen Porges has termed this process of perception and evaluation “neuroception.” He defines this process as “how neural circuits distinguish whether situations or people are safe, dangerous or life threatening”.

Recently, my wife and co-trainer Alina (at EFTtappingTraining.com) and I were preparing to offer a Matrix Reimprinting training in Boulder, Colorado. We were contacted by a woman who runs a corporate wellness program which provides wellness services to local companies, varying from fitness programs, to bodywork, nutritional classes and stress reduction programs. She reached out to us knowing that we would be teaching in her local area in the upcoming months and wanted to know if we could come to teach at a local corporation that she was affiliated with.

Once that connection is established, teaching them a self-help technique can be offered. When I teach a patient how to self-apply EFT for their physical pain, I always begin with the basic approach of the Chasing the Pain technique I discussed in last month’s article. When demonstrated and performed in office, within five minutes, most patients will experience some relief of their symptoms. I usually have them perform this at home daily for 5 to 10 minutes until their next visit and I allow an extra 5 to 10 minutes for further instruction

One of the primary life questions that drives me, is the question of what it takes to truly change, permanently. Obviously, I am not the only person challenged by the quest to find this holy grail. Apparently, Bruce Ecker has also been on this same journey. He is the author of Unlocking the Emotional Brain: Eliminating Symptoms at Their Roots Using Memory Reconsolidation. Sounds intriguing right? But just what is memory reconsolidation? He describes it as the brain’s built-in process for profound change. I would call it the neuroplastic possibility for true change

When Anger Increases Your Back Pain, Try EFT My most recent article addressed the challenge that arises with giving a diagnosis to a patient. When a person is labeled, they often feel they are sentenced to certain pre-existing outcomes and a prognosis for recovery that is already established. The patient discovers all manner of information…

Outlined below are just a fraction of how sex can be beneficial to your physical healthy and well-being. I do however need to share that you should consider the following: Act responsibly, be kind, all good things in moderation (but who defines moderation?), check with your doctor (really?) and do not partake in while driving. Let’s begin with the relationship of Sex and Happiness