The Clinical EFT Handbook:
A Definitive Resource for Practitioners, Scholars, Clinicians, and Researchers
Edited by
Dawson Church and Stephanie Marohn
Volume 1
INTRODUCTION
Clinical EFT as an Evidence-Based Practice for the Treatment of Psychological and Physiological Conditions...... 1
Dawson Church
Biomedical and Physics Principles
CHAPTER 1
An Anatomical, Biochemical, Biophysical, and Quantum Basis for the Unconscious Mind...... 17
James L. Oschman and Maurie D. Pressman
CHAPTER 2
What Does Energy Have to Do with Energy Psychology?...... 33
David Feinstein
CHAPTER 3
The Curious Phenomenon of Surrogate Tapping...... 55
David Feinstein
CHAPTER 4
The Wisdom of Your Cells...... 67
Bruce H. Lipton
CHAPTER 5
The Roots of EFT in Medicine and Psychology...... 75
Dawson Church
CHAPTER 6
Energy Healing at the Frontier of Genomics...... 87
Garret Yount
CHAPTER 7
PTSD, Neurodynamics, and Memory...... 93
John Arden
Psychological Trauma
CHAPTER 8
Energy for Healing Trauma: Energy Psychology and the Efficient Treatment of Trauma and PTSD...... 107
Fred P. Gallo
CHAPTER 9
How Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Attachment...... 121
Alina Frank
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CHAPTER 10
Resolving the Frozen Forms of Parents and Children: Energy Treatment Focused on Archaic States and Their Triggers...... 127
Willem Lammers
CHAPTER 11
The Physiology of Trauma: The “Freeze” Response and the Trauma Capsule...... 137
Rob Nelson
CHAPTER 12
The Affect Bridge in EFT: A Reliable Method for Finding Core Issues...... 143
Brigitte Hansoul and Yves Wauthier
CHAPTER 13
Integrating EFT and Traditional Trauma Treatment: A Four-Staged Model for Safely Treating Trauma...... 149
Mary T. Sise
CHAPTER 14
EFT for Stress-Related Symptoms after Motor Vehicle Accidents...... 155
Larry Burk
CHAPTER 15
EFT-Centered Humanitarian Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Nonprofit Organizations...... 163
Carrie McCabe
CHAPTER 16
Energy Psychology with Rwandan Orphans...... 175
Barbara Stone, Lori Leyden, and Bert Fellows
CHAPTER 17
Important Aspects of the Healing Relationship in EFT: Bringing the Unconscious into Consciousness...... 191
Judith H. Frost
Fundamental Techniques of Clinical EFT
CHAPTER 18
Reframing the Problem...... 201
Ann Adams
CHAPTER 19
Being Specific...... 207
Ann Adams
CHAPTER 20
Why EFT Focuses on Negative Cognitions First...... 215
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CHAPTER 21
Daisy Chaining...... 219
Valerie Lis
CHAPTER 22
Tail-enders...... 223
Jenny Johnston
CHAPTER 23
The Gentle Techniques...... 227
Jan L. Watkins
CHAPTER 24
When Physical Symptoms Persist (Persistence)...... 237
Alina Frank
CHAPTER 25
Finding Core Issues...... 241
Peter Donn
CHAPTER 26
Borrowing Benefits...... 249
Karin Davidson
CHAPTER 27
Aspects...... 255
Karin Davidson and Kathryn B. Sherrod
CHAPTER 28
“Tell the Story” and “Watch the Movie” Techniques...... 265
Rue Anne Hass
CHAPTER 29
The Floor to Ceiling Eye Roll...... 275
Claudia Schecter
CHAPTER 30
The Constricted Breathing Technique...... 277
Claudia Schecter
CHAPTER 31
Personal Peace Procedure...... 281
Angela Amias
CHAPTER 32
Treating Psychological Reversal and Secondary Gain to Ensure Lasting Client Results...... 285
Betsy Bartter Muller
CHAPTER 33
EFT Through Phone, Videoconferencing, and Other Online Modalities...... 293
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CHAPTER 34
Testing Your Results and Why...... 299
Charles B.Crenshaw, Jr.
CHAPTER 35
Dissociation...... 305
Valerie J. Burke
CHAPTER 36
Tabletops and Table Legs...... 313
Annie O’Grady
CHAPTER 37
The Generalization Effect...... 321
Suzanne D. Alfandari
CHAPTER 38
The 9 Gamut Procedure: Procedure, Evidence, Case Histories, Indications, and Clinical Refinements...... 329
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Volume 2
Integrative Medical Settings
CHAPTER 39
Strategies for an Integrative Medicine Practice...... 337
David Lake
CHAPTER 40
Building Ethical Mindfulness to Maximize Your Practice of EFT...... 349
Dorothea Hover-Kramer
CHAPTER 41
Client Safety...... 355
Phil Mollon
CHAPTER 42
Integrating EFT with Chiropractic Care: Addressing the Emotional Aspects of Pain...... 363
Craig Weiner
Special Populations
CHAPTER 43
Searching for New Myths...... 371
Stanley Krippner
CHAPTER 44
Long-Term Weight Loss...... 377
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CHAPTER 45
EFT for Procrastination: Six Steps to Success...... 389
Gloria Arenson
CHAPTER 46
EFT for Veterans...... 399
Marilyn McWilliams
CHAPTER 47
EFT for the Beginning of Life: Supporting Wholeness, Human Potential, and Optimal Relationships...... 415
Wendy Anne McCarty
CHAPTER 48
Cross-Cultural EFT...... 437
David MacKay and Puja Kanth Alfred
CHAPTER 49
Tapping for the Highly Sensitive Person...... 447
Rue Anne Hass
CHAPTER 50
Healing the Cycle of Addiction...... 457
Carol Look
Personal Performance: Business, Sports, Life
CHAPTER 51
Creating a Successful EFT-Based Practice...... 467
Pamela Bruner
CHAPTER 52
EFT in Performance Enhancement: Bridging Psychotherapy, Coaching, and Positive Psychology...... 473
John Hartung
CHAPTER 53
Group Energies and Sports: Some Preliminary Speculation and Research...... 483
Eric Leskowitz
CHAPTER 54
EFT and Sports Performance...... 487
Tam Llewellyn-Edwards
CHAPTER 55
Cultivating Peak Performance in Business...... 495
Steve Wells
CHAPTER 56
The Nature and Treatment of Impediments of EFT...... 507
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Innovations in EFT
CHAPTER 57
EFT, Change, Forgiveness, and the Positive Pressure Point Techniques...... 517
Philip H. Friedman
CHAPTER 58
Energy Frequencies Promote Optimal Health...... 539
M. Marie Green
CHAPTER 59
Matrix Reimprinting: Rewrite Your Past, Transform Your Future...... 557
Karl Dawson and Sasha Allenby
CHAPTER 60
The Dream to Freedom Technique: Integrating EP and Dreamwork...... 565
Robert Hoss and Lynne Hoss
CHAPTER 61
The Power of Personal Choice in EFT: A Positive Option...... 583
Patricia Carrington
CHAPTER 62
Creative Languaging Patterns in EFT...... 593
John Freedom
CHAPTER 63
Tapping Deep Intimacy: EFT for Relationships...... 611
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