The EFT Seminar

Expert Training Accelerates Your Mastery

To unlock the full power of EFT, it’s vital to get expert training in Clinical EFT, the evidence-based form of tapping.

If you’re a professional who wants to use EFT tapping to help others heal, achieving mastery is vital. Anything less won’t produce the best results for your clients.

If you’re a coach, teacher, or parent – or looking to use EFT yourself – expert instruction makes sure you get the maximum benefit from this remarkable healing method.

Unlock the power of advanced energy healing today!

One of the most successful psychology self-help techniques ever developed.

Examiner.com

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Tapping is a simple process, proven in over 100 clinical trials. These show that EFT reduces stress, anxiety, depression and pain. Neuroscience studies demonstrate that EFT rapidly calms the brain’s emotional centers, and takes your body out of fight-flight mode.

EFT has you stimulate 13 acupressure points with your fingertips while focusing your mind on stressful events. This re-trains your body to respond with calm, rather than stress, to negative experiences.

Simple? Absolutely!

But knowing how to do tapping correctly – selecting the right language and the most effective EFT technique for a particular problem – is complex. Trying to learn a new skill on your own is a steep learning curve with many stumbles along the way.

When you run into questions or challenging situations, you have to muddle through on your own, often with limited results.

And if you do something wrong … you frequently don’t know it until an even bigger problem arises.

With expert training, you can avoid all those issues. In The EFT Seminar, I’ll give you the tools to train yourself in EFT’s proven techniques for FREE.

Dawson Church, PhD
Founder of EFT Universe and author of The EFT Manual

Unlock the Full Power of Advanced Energy Healing - FREE!

The best way to learn what to do, when to do it, and how do it is to learn from the experts. EFT Universe is the largest training and certification program in the world. We set such high standards that our trainings are accredited for Continuing Medical Education for doctors (American Medical Association) and psychologists (American Psychological Association).

We want everyone to enjoy the benefits of Clinical EFT. So we’ve made the core training absolutely FREE. In this online course, you’ll learn the principal techniques of Clinical EFT. Even if you’ve tapped before, you’ll get access to many additional insights and methods.

Here’s what seminar participants are saying!

Registration for the online seminar is quick and free.

The EFT Seminar is an introduction to the core concepts and techniques of Clinical EFT tapping. It takes just 5 to 10 hours to complete, and you’ll enjoy every minute!

You’ll start with the EFT “Basic Recipe.” Just like making a meal, if you use the right ingredients and follow the instructions, the result is delicious. The Basic Recipe will have you tapping correctly within the first hour.

You then go on to learn the “Movie” and “Tell the Story” techniques. Research shows that these brilliant methods systematically eradicate the roots of stressful memories. You also get 3 “Gentle Techniques” for dealing with psychological trauma.

Each module of The EFT Seminar contains a 10 to 30 minute video based on a chapter from The EFT Manual (3rd Edition).

We’ve broken the material down into 7 modules. Each builds on the previous module. This develops your understanding systematically and thoroughly.

You learn through both video and text, so whether you’re a visual or verbal learner this course will work for you. Quick quizzes cement this knowledge into your brain.

The EFT Seminar is also a prerequisite for taking the 4 Day Professional Skills Training. The online course provides you with all the basic information you need to know about EFT in order to be prepared for the live training.

Completing the online course has great benefit to you. It means that when you step into the classroom for the first time, you already have all the fundamental concepts of your fingertips. You’re ready to start practicing, so you’ll get the most out of the live course.

The way this course builds your knowledge of Clinical EFT is based on over 2 decades of training thousands of people. We know this approach works!

“The training was excellent, and I came away with a hands-on feel for the basic concepts like aspects, the generalization effect, finding core beliefs, and the importance of finding specific events to tap on.”

“I am so thankful that I took this course. In addition to learning powerful and healing techniques, the overall experiences deepened and enhanced my understanding of my life relationships.”

“I have been doing EFT for eight years, and teaching classes of my own, yet the EFT Universe training took me to a whole new level of insight into the potential of this healing tool.”

Find the Happiness You're Looking For

Get help with anxiety, stress, insomnia, weight, love, money, spiritual growth, career, and more.

8 Guided Meditations

Experts walk you through how 15 minutes can make your entire day better.

Activate Your Bliss Brain

Help your brain rewrite itself to be calmer, happier, and more resilient.

EFT Practitioner Certification & Training Online – EFT Tapping Certification

EFT Practitioner Certification & Training Online

There’s nothing more satisfying than a life of service, where you help others shed the burden of suffering and unlock their potential. You can also make a great living!

Science and research are a cornerstone of every EFT practitioner certification & training online course. Our Clinical EFT standard has been validated in over 100 clinical trials. You can feel confident that you’re learning evidence-based methods that really work! If you want to learn the basics, start with our free EFT Seminar below. If you’re ready to build a business, enroll in one of our EFT tapping certification courses. Each course you take counts toward your clinical certification. The energy healing tools below can transform your life — start today!

“Find practitioners at EFT Universe.” – The Oprah Magazine

The EFT Tapping Seminar — Free!

The EFT Tapping Seminar is a seven-module introduction to the core concepts and techniques of Clinical EFT tapping. Start with the EFT Basic Recipe, then learn the Movie Technique and 3 Gentle Techniques for dealing with psychological trauma. Each module contains a 10 to 30 minute video based on a chapter from The EFT Manual. You learn through both video and text, so whether you’re a visual or verbal learner this course will work for you. It’s free! So enroll today.

Self-Transformative Energy Tools

Self-Transformative Energy Tools teaches you the fundamentals of energy healing. In Module 1, “The Genetics of Personal Transformation,” you will learn the science behind 12 practices proven to regulate your genes and boost your mood. In Module 2, “The EFT Tapping Course” enjoy an immersive multimedia experience as Dawson Church guides you through all 48 Clinical EFT techniques. To heal the stuck places in your life with Energy Psychology and EFT tapping, start with these first two modules. No prerequisites.

Transforming Lives with Energy Coaching

Transforming Lives with Energy Coaching is the next step in training after Self-Transformative Energy Tools and includes 2 modules. Module 1,“The Psychology of Coaching,” is a state-of-the-art course that covers the neuroscience of deep transformation. It draws on the best practices of current psychology, using evidence-based methods that result in lasting change. It then builds your skills in advanced coaching techniques that take clients to “flow” states of peak performance. Module 2, “Professional Ethics,” trains you in setting healthy boundaries, practicing self-care, and cultivating effective relationships with clients and healthcare professionals. To start using EFT and Energy Psychology with others, complete these certification modules. Prerequisite: Self Transformative Energy Tools.

The Ultimate EFT Certification Program

After completing the Self Transformative Energy Tools and Transforming Lives with Energy Coaching EFT practitioner certifications & online training, you’re ready for mentorship and live training! You’ll meet other future practitioners at a 4 day Professional Skills Training. You’ll practice EFT with a certified trainer and begin working with practice clients under the guidance of an expert mentor. Your mentor will give you dedicated and personalized feedback to refine your skills. As you near the end of your training you’ll interact with others at a 2 day Practice Intensive. You’ll graduate as a certified practitioner, trained in all 48 Clinical EFT techniques. No Prerequisites.

Ethics Review Committee Overview and Procedures

First Adopted September 17, 2019. Current Version: September 30, 2019.

Click here for Instructions for Submitting an Ethics Complaint

Click Here for EFT and Energy Psychology Practitioners Ethics Code

The Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe Ethics Committee (hereafter “Ethics Committee”) is established to review and act upon ethical complaints and concerns relating to the actions of:

Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe Certified Practitioners as well as Faculty and Students in the Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe Certification Program (hereafter “practitioners”).

These practitioners have agreed in writing to stay informed of and to abide by the most current version of the Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe (hereafter “the Organization”) Code of Ethics (hereafter “Code of Ethics”) posted above.
The Ethics Committee shall be composed of three or more members, including the Energy Psychology Group Board President as its Chair or a person designated by the Board President as its Chair and a minimum of two certified practitioners appointed by the Board President. Terms of office and number of Committee members beyond three are determined by the Board President.

Committee meetings may be held in person, by telephone, or through the use of other electronic media at the discretion of the Committee Chair. The time and manner of Committee meetings are determined by the Committee Chair. Revisions to this “Overview and Procedures” document are made at the discretion of the Organization’s Board of Directors.

Ethical conduct for practitioners is defined by the most current posted version of the Code of Ethics. The Organization reserves the right to take disciplinary action against practitioners, which may include but is not limited to, the assignment of remedial education, formal criticism or censure, probation, suspension, and/or revocation of certification. Ethical complaints or allegations about a practitioner may be submitted to the Organization via email or letter at the address below. The Committee Chair may request that written complaints or allegations be clarified before proceeding with an ethics review.
Before taking any action, the Committee Chair shall clarify issues of confidentiality. Professional standards of confidentiality and of informed consent shall be adhered to by the Committee in conducting its investigations. In general, if a person is presenting a complaint or allegation, that person must be willing to be identified to the person about whom the complaint or allegation is being made in order for an investigation to be initiated. If this agreement cannot be obtained, the matter may, at the Committee’s discretion, lead to no further action. Instances where no formal complaint or allegation has been submitted but information of concern to the Committee comes via other channels shall be adjudicated on an individual basis according to the best judgment of the Committee.

The Committee Chair is authorized to decide whether a complaint or allegation warrants attention by the entire Committee. If the Committee Chair determines that:
(1) the matter is frivolous or inconsequential;
(2) the complaint contains unreliable or insufficient information; or
(3) the matter is not within the scope of the Organization’s jurisdiction

…then no further action will be taken and the complaint will be dismissed. In some instances the Committee Chair or a person designated by the Committee Chair (this would generally be another Committee member or one of the Organization’s professional staff members) has the right and sole discretion to bring about a resolution by facilitating communication among relevant parties, clarifying issues, or other direct actions. If this occurs, pertinent information will be included in a letter to the practitioner and the situation will be considered “resolved.” The Committee Chair or designated individuals also has the right and sole discretion to make alternative recommendations to the practitioner for resolving the issue before initiating a formal review.

After the Committee has opened a formal investigation, the Committee Chair or other designated individual shall send a letter or email to the practitioner informing him/her about the complaint, allegation, or situation (the “Complaint”). The letter may be sent by an email whose receipt has been confirmed or a letter sent by registered mail to the last address the practitioner provided to the Organization. The names of the Committee members shall be made known to the practitioner at that time and shall also be made known to the person making the Complaint. The practitioner or the person issuing the Complaint has seven (7) days from receipt of notice of the names of the Committee members to submit in writing any objections to specific members of the Committee. Based on this or on information gathered from other sources, the Board President, in consultation with relevant parties, shall determine if specific Committee members should be recused to insure a fair process, and if so, may appoint alternative Committee members for the case in question.

The practitioner has thirty (30) days from receipt of notice to submit a written response to the Complaint and/or present any additional evidence in support of his or her position. Failure by a practitioner to respond to the notice of a Complaint within the thirty (30) days shall be sufficient grounds to impose sanctions. The Committee Chair may extend the period for the practitioner’s response, upon a timely written request by a practitioner containing a reasonable explanation of the need for an extension.

During the course of its investigation, the Committee may seek assistance or additional information from legal counsel, independent investigators, and any other appropriate individuals or organizations. All investigations are conducted objectively, with no prejudgment. Complaints will be considered without hearings, trial-type proceedings, witnesses, cross-examinations, appearance by practitioner, formal legal rules or evidence and hearsay. Decisions by the Committee are based entirely on the written record. After receiving and reviewing the response from the practitioner, the Committee will review the available information and may take action or gather additional information before taking action.

If the Committee decides there is no violation of the Organization’s Code of Ethics, the Complaint is dismissed with written notice to the practitioner within fifteen (15) days of the completion of the investigation. If the Committee makes a determination that the Organization’s Code of Ethics was violated and imposes a sanction, the Committee will issue its decision in writing to the practitioner within fifteen (15) days of the completion of the investigation. Possible sanctions by the Committee include but are not limited to:

Decision of “no action” because of lack of grounds for action.
Decision leading to a formal reprimand from the organization.
Decision requiring retraining, remedial education, supervision, or professionally-relevant personal development activities with specified mechanisms of updates to the Committee.
Decision to remove the individual from the Organization’s practitioner lists and teaching opportunities and to suspend use of the Organization’s professional credentials for a specified period of time.
Decision to permanently remove the individual from the Organization’s practitioner lists and teaching opportunities and to permanently bar use of the Organization’s professional credentials.

If the practitioner is a Certified Practitioner and the sanction imposed is suspension or revocation of certification, then the practitioner must cease from identifying or representing herself/himself as an Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe practitioner. If the practitioner is a student in or faculty member of the Organization’s Certification Program, then the practitioner must cease from identifying or representing herself/himself as a student or faculty member, whichever is applicable.

A practitioner who is a Certified Practitioner and the subject of a Complaint may voluntarily surrender his or her Certificate at any time before the Committee renders a final decision. Upon surrender, the Complaint will be dismissed without any further action by the Committee. In the event a practitioner voluntarily surrenders his or her Certificate, the practitioner must return his or her Certificate to the Organization within thirty (30) days of notifying the Organization of such surrender and cease from identifying or representing herself/himself as a certified practitioner.

A practitioner who is a student in or faculty member of the Organization’s and the subject of a Complaint may voluntarily surrender his or her status as a student or faculty member, whichever is applicable, at any time before the Committee renders a final decision. Upon surrender, the Complaint will be dismissed without any further action by the Committee. In the event a practitioner voluntarily surrenders his or her status as a student or faculty member, whichever is applicable, the practitioner must cease from identifying or representing herself/himself as a student or faculty member, whichever is applicable.

The Committee has the power to suspend the practitioner’s activities and associations with the Organization while it is making its determinations if it judges the Complaint to be of such a serious nature as to warrant this action.

The Committee’s deliberations may be conducted privately at the Committee’s discretion. The parties involved in a Committee action shall be informed of the Committee’s conclusions within a reasonable period of time and at a level of detail determined by the Committee. If the Committee’s action includes removing an individual from the Organization’s practitioner lists and teaching opportunities or suspending or barring use of the Organization’s professional credentials, the Committee may inform the Organization’s staff and the practitioner’s peers of this action as it deems appropriate.

Instructions for Submitting an Ethics Complaint

(revised September 17, 2019)

Click here for Ethics Review Committee Overview and Procedures

This document provides instruction for the significant action of formally submitting an ethics complaint about an Energy Psychology Group / EFT Universe (hereafter “the Organization”) practitioner, student, or faculty member (hereafter “practitioner”).

A challenge for any ethics review process is that the responsibility of stopping unethical or harmful behavior on the part of a practitioner must be balanced with the responsibility of seeing that a practitioner is not condemned based on hearsay or other insufficient evidence. The Ethics Committee Procedures attempt to ensure that both concerns are met. Specific points to keep in mind include:

The jurisdiction of the Organization’s Ethics Committee is limited to the Organization’s Certified Practitioners who are listed on the Organization’s websites. Only complaints directly involving the delivery or representation of Energy Psychology, EFT and related professional issues can be considered. Complaints may be submitted by any individual having direct knowledge of a possible ethical violation.
If the person submitting the complaint is a health care professional, the first step after learning of a possible ethics violation by a colleague, as described in the Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners, is to try within reasonable limits to resolve the ethics issues with that person directly. If you are not persuaded that this can be or has been accomplished, an ethics complaint may be appropriate.
Before submitting an ethics complaint, please be sure that you are proceeding with reasonable certainty in filing the complaint. It is not unknown for the person submitting a complaint to subsequently be the subject of an ethics complaint or a lawsuit brought by the individual about whom the complaint was registered. Be sure that your formal complaint is not vulnerable to charges of being frivolous or unfounded. To help orient you to the issues you should consider, guidelines taken from the the Organization’s Ethics Code and from the Ethics Handbook for Energy Healing Practitioners are copied at the end of this document. If you are unsure of your responsibilities or the grounds for your complaint, consider consulting with a colleague or an attorney.
Like many professional ethics complaint procedures, the Organization does not conduct live hearings with the kinds of procedures you would see in a court of law. Instead, the Ethics Committee ultimately makes its determinations based on the written record. Therefore, it is important that you document with precision the nature of your complaint and carefully describe the evidence you have for making the complaint. Describe what you have observed with specifics rather than to provide only your interpretation of what the behaviors mean or imply.
The accused has the right to know who is making the accusation and the nature of the charge. For the Ethics Committee to open a case, the complaint must generally come from a party with direct knowledge of the alleged violation who is willing for the person who allegedly committed the violation to know who is making the charge. In your complaint, please give explicit permission that this information can be shared. Without it, a formal investigation of your complaint may not be able to be initiated.
The Ethics Committee is obligated to respect the confidentiality of those involved. If you are naming individuals who are involved in the situation but not being accused of an ethics violation, please indicate if the Ethics Committee is authorized by you to inform them of how they are being mentioned and whether they know you have mentioned them.
If you are registering a complaint about a practitioner who provided services to you directly, you are, by registering the complaint, waiving certain confidentiality privileges. Specifically, you are authorizing the practitioner to provide the Ethics Committee with case notes and any other information bearing upon you and your health condition, your professional relationship, and the services rendered.
The procedures to insure due process are relatively complex and time-consuming. A ruling often takes at least three months from the initial complaint (in part because the Ethics Committee has to give people time to respond at various points along the way). In cases where there is concern of harm being done during this period, provisions exist for immediate temporary steps, but this is considered an extreme action.
The identities of the Ethics Committee members are not public knowledge, for a variety of reasons, but their identities are made known to the accuser and the accused, who have the right to ask that any member of the Committee who can be reasonably shown to hold bias be replaced by an alternative. One of the Organization’s team members will be assigned to carry out communications among the various parties.
Complaints should be submitted to EFT Universe Support. Before submitting an ethics complaint, please also read the Ethics Committee Overview and Procedures.

Points to consider from the Ethics Code to consider prior to submitting an ethics complaint:

When practitioners believe there may have been an ethical violation by another practitioner, they attempt to resolve the issue by bringing it to the attention of that individual if an informal resolution appears possible and appropriate. Such interventions may not, however, violate any confidentiality rights that are involved.

If an apparent ethical violation has substantially harmed or is likely to substantially harm a person or organization and is not appropriate for informal resolution as described above, or is not adequately resolved in that fashion, practitioners take further action appropriate to the circumstances. Such action might include informing the appropriate ethics committee of the situation.

Practitioners seek to promote accuracy, honesty, truthfulness, and dignity in the practice, teaching, science, and art of energy medicine.

Trainer Candidate Standards

Trainer candidates qualify to be trainers based on past training experience, by co-training with existing Clinical EFT trainers, and by submitting recordings of trainings they’ve conducted. If you are a trainer candidate, you will assist at introductory and professional workshops as described here. The primary trainer will provide you with feedback after each training. You might assist in several workshops with different primary trainers.

There is no set number of trainings at which you co-teach, since different candidates need different numbers of presentations to acquire proficiency. When a primary trainer believes you are ready to train on your own, they will make that recommendation to the EFT Universe Education Director.

As a trainer candidate, you should be thoroughly familiar with the Curriculum that forms the basis of the workshops. You should also be knowledgeable about the 48 techniques of Clinical EFT, which are described in The EFT Manual (3rd edition). You will already be a Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner.

Time management is a skill essential to trainers. Clinical EFT professional workshops guarantee participants a minimum of 8 hours of practical work: demonstrations, practice sessions, and feedback. Presenting the entire curriculum, while giving students at least 8 hours to practice or witness demonstrations, requires careful time management during the course of a workshop.

Below is a list of modules you will present, and a description of how your performance is evaluated.

At a live workshop you will co-teach with a primary trainer, present the following modules:

If you’re a trainer candidate, you can record yourself presenting the modules. Stay within the time frame for each module, to demonstrate a mastery of time management, a skill you need as a trainer.

The evaluations below can also serve as a checklist for primary trainers evaluating the work of candidates. Here are the criteria by which you and existing trainers can assess your performance:

2.3 to 2.8 (about 20 minutes)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate describe:

1. The Full Basic Recipe accurately?

2. The Basic Recipe accurately?

3. That exact terminology for the two forms of EFT?

4. How and when to use each of the two forms?

2.10 to 2.13, including the instructions for the exercise (about 30 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate describe:

1. The nature of psychological reversal (PR)?

2. Why EFT corrects for PR at the start of every round?

3. The nature of secondary gain?

4. The exercise instructions clearly and correctly?

3.1 to 3.10, including the instructions for the exercise (about 30 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. State that finding specific events is the single most important approach to remember in a session?

2. Say that usually there’s a physical sensation associated with an event?

3. Emphasize that asking the client for the earliest time when that physical sensation was felt will often lead to a traumatic childhood event?

4. That aspects are parts of the problem, and provide clear and concrete examples of each type of aspect?

5. Clearly cover each of the six points in the instructions for the exercise?

6. Mention at least three physical signs of emotional release?

7. Mention at least three forms of cognitive shift?

8. Provide examples of cognitive shifts?

4.1 to 4.4, and Instructions for Exercise 4 (about 20 to 25 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Describe the tables and legs concept clearly, and provide practical examples?

2. Say that if excessive emotional intensity arises, to just keep tapping?

3. Emphasize that the coach in Exercise 4 repeats back exact words without paraphrasing?

5.1 to 5.7 (20 minutes)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Provide an example of a cognitive shifts that happened in the background?

2. Describe each of the four characteristics of traumatizing events?

3. Describe the trauma capsule?

4. List some of the characteristics of unprocessed trauma?

6.1 to 6.4, including instructions for exercise (about 20 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Describe how global statements can be used if there is excessive emotional intensity?

2. Provide examples of global statements?

3. Emphasize that this is an exception, and that in EFT we usually focus on specific events?

4. Correctly describe all six steps of the Movie / Tell the Story Technique?

5. Differentiate between the Movie Technique and the Tell the Story Technique?

6. In the exercise instructions, instruct participants to pick an adult, not childhood, event?

6. Remind participants to use the Session Notes forms?

7.3 (about 10 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate describe:

1. The importance of finding emotionally charged specific events associated with the pain?

2. The difference between tapping for the pain itself, and the specific event?

8.1 (2 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate state:

1. That the most common cause of failure in EFT is using global statements instead of finding specific events?

8.3 (3 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer state:

1. Not to use the word “love” during initial EFT rounds with a client, since self-acceptance is often the problem?

8.5 (3 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate state:

1. That a whole group that is tapping can reduce their SUD for their own issues just witnessing a demonstration subject being tapped on?

2. That this technique is called Borrowing Benefits?

8.8 (10 to 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Cover all 6 aspects? If not, which ones did he or she leave out?

2. Present these as “aspects” as the term is used in EFT?

8.9 to 8.10 (about 10 to 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate describe:

1. The Personal Peace Procedure as the task of writing in a journal every event that’s troubled you in your life, and then tapping on a few daily?

2. The importance of proper medical and mental health care as well as EFT?

Total Time: The total time for your Level 1 recording will be approximately 2 1/2 hours.

9.3 (about 10 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Engage participants as they explained the concepts.

2. Correct any participant errors constructively and respectfully?

3. Manage the time of individuals and the group effectively?

10.1 (about 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Explain the Tearless Trauma procedure clearly?

2. Identify situations in which Tearless Trauma is commonly used?

3. Explain at what point in the procedure the event can be remembered directly?

10.6 (about 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Make it clear that tapping should occur at the start of, and throughout, the Sneaking Up process?

2. Clearly explain the prefix attached before the clien’ts cognition, and the suffix that follows the cognition, in crafting a Setup Statement?

11.1 to 11.3 (about 20 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate explain:

1. The role that writings on our walls, and other limiting beliefs, play in limiting our sense of potential?

2. The process by which external statements made by others are internalized over time?

12.1 to 12.3 (about 20 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Clearly distinguish between tabletops and legs, such that the participants were also clear on the distinction?

2. Explain the role of aspects within legs?

3. Describe the Generalization Effect as it applies to tables and legs?

13.1 to 13.5 (about 20 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Explain the difference between EFT sessions and conventional 1-hr talk therapy sessions?

2. Describe the essential prerequisites for a telephone session?

3. List the advantages of phone and skype sessions?

14.1 to 14.4 (about 20 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Explain the VOC scale?

2. Describe the characteristics of effective affirmations?

3. Identify how a tail ender relates to a positive affirmation?

4. Explain why EFT doesn’t focus on the positive?

15.1 (about 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Define the term “Borrowing Benefits”?

2. List at least 3 of the requirements for a successful group?

16.1 to 16.2 (about 15 mins)

EVALUATION: Did the trainer candidate:

1. Distinguish the differences between using EFT with young children, and with teenagers?

2. Stress the usefulness of simple language when tapping with young children?

16.3 to 16.5 (about 20 mins)

1. Describe which occupational groups may, and which may not, use the terms “diagnosis” and “treatment”?

2. Emphasize that EFT is primarily a self-help tool?

3. Clearly explain the meaning of transference and counter-transference?

4. Describe what is meant by “informed consent”?

5. Adequately answer participant questions about scope of practice?

To retain a Trainer credential, you are required to have at least 4 of your students completing certification each year. You are also required to maintain the other published renewal requirements for remaining a Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner. You sign the Trainer Agreement, and submit at least six cases a year for publication in the EFT Universe newsletter in order to familiarize the EFT community with your skills and promote your trainings.

You are eligible to become a Mentor after you’ve assisted at a minimum of three 4-Day EFT Professional Skills Training workshops, and been trained by other Mentors and the Education Director.

Requirements for Clinical EFT Trainer Certification

On completion of all the requirements for the EFT Universe Clinical EFT Certification, practitioners are eligible to to become certified as EFT Universe Trainers.

Complete all of the Clinical EFT Practitioner requirements.
Attend Trainer’s Training workshop (3 or 4 days) and/or present at workshops as outlined below.
Present a selection of the 16 modules of the 4-Day Professional Training at the workshops of other certified Trainers. You will first present the modules on this page, and as your proficiency increases, eventually present all modules.
Complete any webinars, books, videos, or courses specified by the EFT Universe Education Director to strengthen your training skills.
Attend and assist at at least two 4-Day Professional Training workshops, two Experiential or Elective Workshops, and at at least two 2-day Practice Intensives. There is no charge to you for workshop attendance. When not actively training during these workshops, you will serve as an Emotional Assistant.
Record selected modules of a 4-Day Professional Training for review by the EFT Universe Education Director. When the trainers in whose workshops you have practiced, and the Education Director, determine that your skills are at the level required to present Clinical EFT trainings, you will be certified as an EFT Universe trainer.
Contract with EFT Universe for the delivery of future workshops.
If you were not already a Mentor, you are eligible to become one after you’ve taught at least three 4-Day Professional Trainings, and been trained by other Mentors and the Education Director.
To retain a Clinical EFT Trainer credential with EFT Universe, you are also required to have at least 4 of your students becoming certified each year, including passing the online exams. The purpose of this requirement is to ensure that trainers continue to teach the Clinical EFT curriculum. You are also required to maintain the other published requirements of being a Clinical EFT Practitioner, year-by-year.

Please note that prices and requirements, shown on this website are subject to change without notice. While every effort is made to keep prices accurate and requirements up-to-date, ANY price or requirement shown on this website for EFT Certification are subject to change at any time without notice at the discretion of EFT Universe. Contact support if you have any further questions about the information reflected on this page.

3 Strategies for Closing Incomplete EFT Tapping Sessions

By Carol Odsess, EFT TRN-1-2

While we often experience complete resolution of an issue or disturbing past experience quite rapidly with EFT, other times we have insufficient time in the appointment to conclude the work, or starting to address one trauma opens a “pandora’s box” of issues.

Here are suggestions to use when an EFT tapping session is incomplete and the client is still feeling some emotional disturbance or uncomfortable body sensations.

As a psychologist who has utilized EMDR since 1992, I incorporate many EMDR ideas in my EFT work and that is where many of these ideas originated. I recommend leaving 15 minutes for closure for incomplete sessions, particularly if you know that your client is someone who gets dysregulated.

3 Strategies:

1. Ask what was learned or different and tap it in

These are my favorite questions to ask when a session is incomplete, if for example, the disturbance rating has gone from a SUD Level of Intensity of 8 out of 10 to a 3. Tapping in the answers enhances and reinforces what was learned.

Ask:

– “What has been most useful in this session so far?”

– “What have you learned or realized that was helpful today?”

– “How did it get from an 8 to a 3?” (These questions are commonly used in EMDR.)

Tap in the answers. For example, people will typically say, “I realized even though I have x problem, it doesn’t mean I am weak.” or “I was just a child, I have more compassion for my young self.”

2. Lightstream Technique with EFT*

This technique is used in EMDR as a grounding technique to reduce negative affect, pain or unpleasant body sensations. It is a soothing technique to use for an incomplete session and it can also be used on its own for a minor stress, worry or disturbing body sensation. I have developed this protocol that incorporates the EFT tapping points with the lightstream technique. Adding tapping seems to enhance the relaxation effect of the protocol. This can also be used with groups.

If the client reports unpleasant body sensations or tension, ask:

Close your eyes and go inside. Scan your whole body now and notice any unpleasant body sensations or tension. Rate the SUD Level of discomfort from 0 -10 with 10 being the greatest discomfort.

– “If it had a shape, what shape would it be?”

– “If it had a size, what size would it be?”

– “If it had a color, what color would it be?”

– “If it had a texture, what texture would it be?”

Optional: “If it had a temperature, what temperature would it be? Hot or cold?”

Optional: “If it had a sound, what sound would it make? High or low pitch?”

Ask: What color do you associate with healing or what color does your body need today to heal? Optional: You can have the client decide whether this healing light is warm or cool.

Then tap:

KC point: Even though I feel this discomfort, I deeply and completely accept myself.

KC: Even though I have this unpleasant sensation, I deeply and completely accept myself and I’m ready to bring relaxation to this sensation.

KC: Even though I have this discomfort, I choose to release this discomfort now.

Using one statement per point on the 8 remaining face and body points:

EB: A healing[color] light is entering through the top of my head.

SE: It’s flowing through my head, neck and shoulders.

UE: The healing light is flowing into my chest, down my arms and out my fingertips.

UN: The soothing [color] light is flowing through my torso, down my legs and out through my feet.

CH: The [color] light is pouring healing energy through my entire body.

CB: The healing [color] light is streaming through my body and out my fingertips and feet.

UA: I feel the healing [color] light loosening the tight areas and releasing the discomfort.

TH (Top of Head): I choose to tell myself what I most need to hear right now.

Have the client take a deep breath and just notice what comes up. Tune in to the body part or body sensation again and re-rate discomfort level on a sclae of 0 -10. Can repeat or modify as needed.

*The Lightstream technique is fully described in EMDR: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures by Francine Shapiro and EMDR Scripted Protocols by Marilyn Luber. It is reportedly based on an ancient yoga exercise.

3. Making an imaginary container

If a client feels overwhelmed with difficult material that has come up during the appointment, you can have them imagine a container that is big enough and strong enough to hold all their disturbing material, and has a lid. Have the client imagine that all their disturbing thoughts, feelings and memories are a mist that flows into the container. Tell them not to think about each individual issue but to let it all flow into the container.

You can repeat the instruction to let everything disturbing flow into the container in a soothing voice as needed until most of the disturbing material is in the container. This technique usually feels enormously helpful to clients.

Clients can be given the option of imagining leaving the container in your office and even imagine adding to it during the week if disturbing things come up.

Remember to only work within the scope of your training, experience and licensure. If your client’s issues are outside the scope of your qualifications, please refer the client to an appropriate professional or get appropriate consultation.

Steps to Becoming a Certified Expert EFT Practitioner

Steps to Becoming a Certified Expert EFT Practitioner

1. Fill out the EFT Expert Application form (see below) and submit the required documents.

EFT Expert Application forms:

Downloadable Expert PDF Application

Editable Online Expert PDF Application

You must already be certified as an Certified EFT Practitioner with EFTUniverse to apply to become an EFTUniverse Certifed Expert Practitioner.

2. Enroll in and complete Expert EFT Workshop.

3. Engage with a mentoring consultant on this list.

There are several ways to connect with a mentoring consultant. Your Level 3 trainer may be a consultant, and you may choose to work with that person.

4. Practice your advanced EFT skills for an additional 50 sessions, and fill out this form (PDF) for those sessions.

(With the exception of those clients you document with full case histories, see #5 below).

Multiple sessions with the same client count toward the total of 50 (e.g., 10 single session clients + 10 two-session clients (10×2=20) + 4 five-session clients (4×5=20) = 50 sessions).

5. Write up detailed multi-session case histories for 5 clients, using this criteria (PDF).

6. Pass the online EFT Expert Practitioner Exam.

7. Submit your book reports from Required Reading for EFT Practitioner Certifications to your mentoring consultant.

8. Spend an additional 15 hours working on your own personal issues with EFT.

Keep a journal of your progress. Work with an experienced therapist, supervisor, or life coach. Use EFT in addition to the modality offered by the therapist, eg CBT or Family Therapy.

9. Complete a second EFT Expert workshop with a different trainer. Attend two (2) specialty workshops with a different trainer.

After you have been recommended by your mentor, THEN please follow these remaining 4 steps listed below.

10. Submit a copy of your current liability insurance.

Please make sure that EFTUniverse is listed as a secondary insured on your liability insurance coverage letter.

11. Sign and date a NEW EFT Practitioner Certification Agreement.

12. Pay your final fees.**

** Note: A link to pay your final fees will be provided by the EFTUniverse Certification Facilitator once the above steps have been satisfactory completed.

13. Receive your paper EFT Expert practitioner certificate.

Certification Time Frame

The steps to certification can be done in rapid sequence, or over a long period of time. Typical time frames for completing INT and EXP Practitioner requirements range from 10 months to 2 years.

Costs of Becoming an EFT EXP Practitioner

1. Upfront Application and Assessment Fee: $225.

This non-refundable fee covers the cost of processing your application and review previous documentation to assess whether you are ready to become an EFT Expert Practitioner, and maintaining the EFT Certification and Training Database. You can fill out the application form using the pdf versions above (see pdf image icons) and make your payment here.

2. EFT Expert and Specialty Workshops.

Most of these cost between $350 and $400; you can see the costs and workshop schedule here.

3. Online EFT-Expert Exam.

The Expert Practitioner Exam is administered by EFTUniverse and costs $99.

4. 15 hours of your personal psychological and spiritual growth work with EFT.

You can complete this requirement by trading hours with another EFT practitioner or candidate, or by booking paid sessions with an EFT practitioner. If you trade sessions, the only cost is your time.

5. Having your cases reviewed by a mentoring consultant.

Most mentoring consultants charge a flat fee of $400 to review the case histories of an Practitioner candidate and $750 to review those of an Expert Practitioner candidate. These fees are paid directly to your mentoring consultant. If you require additional services from your mentor, they will bill these to you at their hourly rate.

6. Purchasing the required reading books, about $150.

7. Final fee: $215.00.

The total of the above costs is about $3,000.00 – $3,500.00.

If you’re charging $100/hour for your services as a Certified EFT Practitioner, it will take you 20 client hours to break even.

If you write articles for EFTUniverse.com and they are featured in the EFT Peak Insights weekly newsletter, you become more visible and you will find more clients coming to you through the EFTU website or to your own professional website through your EFTUniverse practitioner profile page.

EFTUniverse also has a popular and vibrant Facebook Page where EFT articles by EFT practitioners are shared with the public.

For steps to becoming an EFTUniverse EFT Certified Practitioner practitioner, click here.

Please note that prices, shown on this website are subject to change without notice. While every effort is made to keep prices accurate and up-to-date, ANY price shown on this website for EFT Certification are subject to change at any time without notice at the discretion of EFTUniverse.

8 Frequently Asked Questions about EFT Certification

Downloadable PDF Application

Editable Online PDF Application

1. What is the next step after I have taken my first two EFT Workshops?

If you are interested in certification the very next step than must be done prior to engaging a mentor is to fill out the application form and send it in with the following required documents.

We will not accept or process an EFT Practitioner Application without a Resume, a signed Ethics Code and the upfront fee.

A. Certified Clinical EFT Practitioner Application form (see pdf icons to the right) and submit with the following –

B. Pay the upfront application fee. (We cannot accept the application without the fee)

C. A signed copy of the Ethics Code.

D. A copy of your resume or curriculum vitae.

2. What is the cost of a mentorship?

After you have taken your 4-Day Professional Workshop and have sent in your EFT practitioner certification application with required documents and fees, you will need to engage a mentor. Most mentoring consultants charge a *flat rate starting at $550.00 for evaluating your sessions and case histories. These fees are paid directly to your mentoring consultant. If you require additional services from your mentor, they will bill these to you at their hourly rate.

3. How many book reports must I do for my EFT Intermediate-1 Certification?

You must write 3 book reports for EFT practitioner certification. Remember the book reports can be brief, under a page in length. However, they should be sent to your mentor and demonstrate a grasp of the book’s content with relevance to the field of energy psychology.

4. What is the cost of the Certified EFT Practitioner and Ethics Exam?

The online exams are administered by EFT Universe and cost $99.00 each. Be sure to read these FAQs before taking an exam!

5. Do I have to wait until I’m officially certified by EFT Universe to contribute articles to the newsletter?

No. You’re welcome to contribute articles both before, during and after certification. The EFT Insights Weekly Newsletter has about 200,000 opt-in subscribers, and is an excellent way to expose your talents to potential clients. Many EFT practitioner candidates turn the best of their 47 brief sessions, as well as their 3 case histories, into newsletter articles, giving their professional practice a jump start! You can submit your articles here.

6. When I have completed all the steps and requirements will I be sent a physical certificate?

Yes.

7. What if I don’t have my own website set up? Can I still be listed as a practitioner on the EFT Universe practitioner directory?

Yes you can. Many of our newly certified clinical EFT practitioners are able to promote themselves by putting their profiles and specialties on the EFT Universe website before they have their own website. The EFT certified EFT practitioner directory gets thousands of website visitors a month, and a listing there plus newsletter articles makes you highly visible to the EFT community.

8. Do you have a standard Informed Consent Form that I can use with my clients?

We have collaborated with clinical psychologist, David Feinstein, on a product called the Energy Healer’s Toolkit. The toolkit, published by David’s company Innersource, contains all the forms required to set up a practice, including informed consent, client referral, session notes, and so on. It encompasses both Eden Energy Medicine and EFT Universe practitioners, so you can customize your forms. You can find the toolkit here.

———

DISCLAIMER: Please note that prices, shown on this website are subject to change without notice. While every effort is made to keep prices accurate and up-to-date, ANY price shown on this website for EFT Certification are subject to change at any time without notice at the discretion of EFT Universe. As of January 1 2017, mentoring fees will be raised to $550 for Intermediate mentoring and $750 for Expert mentoring.

Professional Training and Certification in Clinical EFT

Each year, many professionals expand their skills by receiving training and certification in Clinical EFT.

Clinical EFT is an “evidence-based” practice based on the standards published by the American Psychological Association’s (APA) Division 12 Task Force on Empirically Validated Treatments.

Over 20 randomized controlled trials show Clinical EFT to be an “efficacious” treatment for phobias, depression, anxiety, and PTSD.

Treatment time frames are brief, ranging from 1 to 10 sessions.

Due to the rigor and consistency of the training program, Clinical EFT is the only form of EFT to be accredited for CME credits to medical professionals such as doctors (AMA/ACCME) and nurses (ANCC), as well as psychologists (APA), counselors and MFTs (NBCC) and social workers (ASWB).

The basic training in Clinical EFT consists of two 4-Day Professional Workshop (2 days each), as well as an optional day of supervised practice, for a total of 5 days.

EFT Workshops have a modular structure, with each module building on the one before, with separate learning objectives for each. This ensures that you learn, step by step, how to apply EFT most effectively for each condition.

At the end of this 5 day program, participants will be able to:

Describe the hormonal, neurological, and genetic components of the stress response.
Identify the external physiological signs of stress and relaxation as practiced in a clinical setting.
Instruct clients in the EFT Basic Recipe, Full Basic Recipe, and 9 Gamut Technique.
Name the 4 characteristics of a traumatic event.
Describe each of the 3 EFT “Gentle Techniques,” and assess when to use them during a client session.
Identify and correct for negative core beliefs, self-sabotage, secondary gain, and other obstacles to client progress.

This 5-day training completes most of the requirements for certification in Clinical EFT. The remaining requirements include required readings and online tests of the material, brief case history reports, work on personal issues, and one additional workshop.

Here are further resources describing the training:

EFT Certification Requirements
Clinical EFT Definition
CME / CE Credits
Curriculum
EFT Workshop Schedule
Research Bibliography
Peer-Reviewed Paper: Clinical EFT as an Evidence-based Practice for the Treatment of Psychological and Physiological Conditions (PDF)

If you’re a professional seeking an effective EFT training program, we invite you to enroll in a Clinical EFT Level 1 and 2 Workshop. Clinical EFT trainings can also be arranged onsite at your hospital, outpatient center, or professional office by contacting a member of our training and certification team by emailing support.