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Central Nervous System Apnea: A Breakthrough in Understanding and Treatment with Energy PsychologyDamaris Drewry, PhD

As of 2016, 22 million Americans were estimated to have sleep apnea.1 Sleep apnea is the temporary cessation or suspension of breathing that occurs

involuntarily and repeatedly during sleep and is estimated to shorten lifespan by 8-10 years. Long-term effects can be life-threatening because the risk of heart attacks and strokes increases dramatically with oxygen deprivation. There are two

types of apnea, which are entirely different in causation, and one of them tends to be overlooked worldwide.2 Central nervous system apnea (CNSA) is defined as a failure of the nervous system to signal the body to breathe, whereas obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is caused by airway blockage and is currently viewed as the only statistically significant type in terms of occurrence.

The groups of people most likely to have undiagnosed CNSA are: combat veterans,3

people who were given ether as anesthetic (ether is a solvent and a fuel i.e. a poison), and survivors of car accidents, near-drowning, and childhood abuse.

I became interested in the possible link between CNSA and PTSD in 2008, as a result of the following experience of working with a client.

Paul (not his real name), who was 55 years old and overweight, was diagnosed with, and fit the stereotype for, OSA. He had been using a CPAP (continuous positive airway pressure device) for 15 years although he said he had apnea for “as long as I can remember.” He was told his apnea was so severe (35+ events per hour) that he would need the CPAP for life and that he was not a candidate for surgery. He found the CPAP claustrophobic but “better than suffocating.” The most uninterrupted sleep

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1 SleepApnea.org2 An online database search for CNSA in England, France, Canada and Australia showed statistics similar to the US: if CNSA is acknowledged

to exist it is mentioned as a very low percentage of population. In contrast there are many websites providing OSA information.3 Colven, et. al., (2012) OSA and PTSD among veterans. Please note even this article does not address CNSA. This is an oversight that

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he attained was 90 minutes with the CPAP. In the course of a session, Paul revealed a near-drowning

experience at age 6 and remembered thinking, “I’m going to die, and my family doesn’t even see me.” After one session in which this traumatic memory/response was resolved, he stopped using his CPAP and reported that he slept better and longer without it, but still had insomnia. Subsequently he had two more sessions to alleviate insomnia, after which he started swimming and working out. He reported still being apnea-free six years after his three sessions.

This case suggested two important ideas: the first, that he had been misdiagnosed as having OSA when instead, he probably had CNSA; the other, that his sleep apnea was caused in some way by a traumatizing experience. As a result, I began actively exploring the possible connection between CNSA and PTSD with other clients. Since then, I have worked with many cases of sleep apnea that have suggested a similar connection.

Retrospective reviewBetween 2008 and 2016, a very clear pattern emerged: I saw 90 self-referring clients who sought relief from symptoms of oxygen and sleep deprivation. All had either been told they stopped breathing during sleep or suspected it. All 90 individuals expressed a profound sense of loss of feeling safe and in control of their lives due to traumatizing events. While their life histories varied, they also all shared the experience of having a version of the thought “I am going to die” during a freeze response, within the traumatizing event.

Fifty-seven had been diagnosed with OSA; the remaining 33 felt they had apnea based on known symptoms or a partner’s alarm at their interrupted breathing. Individuals who had four or more sessions of treatment over a period of 9–12 weeks, and who used EFT combined with NLP every night before sleep, experienced significant results. People who followed this protocol and listened to the session recordings had the best results.

Table 1 summarizes reported symptoms of apnea prior to sessions. Table 2 summarizes the reasons these individuals contacted me for help.

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Table 1. Reported symptoms of apnea prior to sessions

Symptoms Number %

Experiencing varying degrees of

fatigue, brain fog, headaches, inability

to function, and falling asleep in

afternoon

90 100

Prescribed a CPAP machine 57 63

Using a CPAP machine 29 32

Waking spontaneously because they

have stopped breathing 47 52

Sleeping through their apnea events

(but their partner hears them) 28 31

Table 2. Associated conditions

Condition Number %

Panic or anxiety (diagnosed or self-

reported)64 71

Depression (diagnosed or self-

reported)57 63

Shallow daytime breathing or memory

of intentionally holding breath48 53

Apnea symptoms worse lying on back 42 46

Post-traumatic stress (diagnosed or

self-reported)33 24

Bruxism 28 32

Overweight 19 21

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Results, summarized as percentages of 90 people:• 10% chose not to proceed after a 30-minute consultation.

• 5% were immediately referred to their MD for adrenal/thyroid testing. Clients with post-nasal drip were immediately referred out for food and chemical sensitivity testing.

• 20% experienced relief from lingering effects of trauma, but they did not follow through long enough to stop apnea.

• 35% of clients experienced immediate cessation of CNSA after the first session and remained free of it. In these cases it appeared that OSA was not the correct diagnosis.

• 30% experienced immediate relief from apnea but lapsed back into it without finishing the clearing/reframing process.

• Approximately one quarter of the 90 clients had a combination of OSA and CNSA, and while they felt emotional relief from traumatizing events, airway obstructions still interfered with their breathing. They still benefited from resolving lingering effects of traumatizing event, and they expressed a sense of having more control over their own lives and an enhanced ability to make wiser life choices.

In 2013, I met neurologist Ralph Rynes, MD and explained my theory and methods. He knew about EFT and had seen it effectively used, and so was open to my approach. I asked which neurotransmitter might be involved in CNSA and he made the following observations:

“I teach 4th year psychiatry residents about trauma, and I identify sleep apnea as a potential symptom of trauma. I think as physicians we focus too much on obstructive sleep apnea and are too quick to recommend a sleep specialist who automatically puts them on a CPAP….my personal inclination is that the orexin (hypocretin) pathway is involved. The hypocretins are involved in the sleep/wake cycle and how glucose regulation is affected during sleep, as well as the GABA and glutamate pathways.”

My hypothesis is that the success achieved in my treatment approach lies in resolving the freeze response associated with the trauma. The perception of imminent death during a traumatizing event is interpreted as fact by the subconscious mind via the freeze response, which then gives the “directive” to create a “stop-breathing program” in the autonomic nervous system, possibly via the activity of the neuropeptide orexin.4 After the trauma is over, the stop-breathing program becomes a lingering but faulty survival mechanism in direct opposition to the body’s innate directive to breathe continuously during sleep, resulting from archived traumatic memories that subconsciously run continuously.

I have identified two types of “stop-breathing” survival programs: deliberate and non-deliberate. About 50% said they tried to stop breathing to avoid inhaling water or toxins, or to make themselves less obvious to a threat. A “stop-breathing” command which is not deliberate would occur, for example, in a situation where the person is not directly in danger but is witnessing a traumatizing event happening to another person (or living being). An example of this is a child witnessing a sibling being beaten or otherwise abused by a parent, but feeling helpless to intervene. This activates the fight/flight/freeze response and an involuntary inhale occurs, followed by holding breath for a few seconds. I suspect this distinction is important for future research. In either case, it is the freeze response and subsequent re-enactment feature of PTSD that is the key factor in this hypothesis. Note: this report was published in its entirety with case studies (Drewry, 2017) and can be viewed online.5

How trauma may cause CNSA: archiving memories during the freeze responseThe fight/flight/freeze response happens too quickly for conscious awareness. When neither fight nor flight is possible, the individual becomes frozen in fear and unable to deal with the threat.

However, before the cascade of chemicals produced in a fight/flight/freeze response return to normal levels, the


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4 Orexin, a key neuropeptide, is thought to control involuntary body functions including breathing, blood pressure, heartbeat and blood sugar (Nattie and Li 2012). illustrates the value of Dr. Drewry’s work5 Drewry (2017) http://www.ijhc.org/2016/12/central-nervous-system-apnea-can-be-caused-by-traumatizing-events-and-it-can-be-resolved-damaris-drewry



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methods of escape from a threat—or failure to escape it, are archived for future reference along with other new subconscious programs related to the perceived threat. The archived memories may include or even be based on faulty decisions, commands or interpretations of the dangers and how to most effectively respond to them. This process is true for many types of trauma and many psychosomatic conditions that result from unresolved trauma. Levine says: “It’s about energy: traumatic symptoms are not caused by the “triggering” event itself. They stem from the frozen residue of energy that has not been resolved and discharged.” (1997)

Re-enactment of trauma: the driving mechanism of CNSA?During the freeze response, the experience, along with meaning given to the experience, is stored in cellular memory via neurotransmitters and re-experienced as if that event is still happening.6 I propose that decisions made during specific types of breathing-related traumatizing events are re-lived as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), which sets up a subconscious program that interferes with sleep. PTSD continues to run that subconscious, stop-breathing program until the brain can be made to realize that those events are no longer a threat to survival. The body, mind, and emotions must agree that the threat no longer exists in order to extinguish the subconscious programming.


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6 Pert (1999).

To breathe or not to breathe Figure 1 illustrates the panic-stricken thoughts and decisions people make during an event when they feel that death is imminent. In effect, they make a version of this decision that appears true at the time: “I am going to die now because I cannot escape this threat”. The original faulty perception (decision) “I am going to die now” was archived in the limbic brain during the original trauma, for example, when the individual has held his breath as long as possible and can no longer prevent an in-breath. This is important in situations such as near-drowning, trying to avoid a threat



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by being extremely quiet (combat or childhood abuse), or resisting taking in toxic air, anesthetic, or amniotic fluid (viz. a fetus in a mother who smokes cigarettes). The command then is: stop breathing in order to stay alive! The “stop-breathing” program can successfully be extinguished by convincing the subconscious mind that the original traumatizing event is no longer happening and that the “stop breathing” command is no longer valid.

MethodsIt isn’t what happens to us that traumatizes us, it is the meaning we give to the event that affects every aspect of our lives.

My preferred approach to clearing energy that has been frozen in the body in response to traumatizing events is a combination of Emotional Freedom TechniquesTM (EFT) and Neuro-Linguistic ProgrammingTM (NLP). Sessions for all clients, including apnea clients, involve working through layers of decisions made about self and safety in the world during traumatizing events.7

NLP has three component concepts that are effective for reframing memories and remediating conflict between the body, mind and emotions (Bandler and Grinder, 1982):• Neuro: perception of events through filters of experience

• Linguistic: the meaning given to events and the words used to describe the experience

• Programming: the way one behaves based on interpretation of events

Apnea clients are asked to assign a SUDS8 level to their issues during and after sessions and they are taught to create short paragraphs specific to their life history to speak out loud while tapping before going to sleep. Tapping statements are changed daily or weekly to address newly-surfaced memories or insights. Clients who record their sessions and

listen to them at least once, and who have 4-5 sessions over a six-month period have the best long-term results.

Tips for practitioners Many people using EFT get tripped up by wording. Be sure to use your client’s own words when you offer a tapping statement. Don’t worry about stating “negative” things: it is important to acknowledge what is truly being experienced in present time before attempting to reframe meaning given to events of the past.

Ethical considerationsIt is important not to offer false hope to sleep apnea sufferers. While it is true that clearing the lingering effects of traumatizing events may afford your clients significant relief it may not partially or totally remediate sleep apnea.

Avenues for future researchThis retrospective review of 90 case studies brings CNSA into a spotlight for review in its related fields of neurology and sleep medicine. At this point we are dealing with a phenomenon, and results based on self-assessments of symptoms’ intensity before and after self-healing interventions. Given the numbers of traumatized people in the world, it is not unreasonable to suggest that millions of people have undiagnosed or improperly diagnosed CNSA. The next step is to follow this protocol with before-and-after laboratory sleep studies and include assessments for PTSD and endocrine-related9 stress factors (the Holmes and Rahe Stress Scale).

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7 It is assumed that the reader is aware that EFT was accepted by the VA for PTSD in veterans in 2017 (Church et. al.)8 “SUDS” is an acronym for Subjective Units of Distress Scale, which was developed in 1969 by Joseph Wolpe to convey levels of distress.

EFT recognizes 10 points on the scale, ranging from zero (no stress) up to ten (maximum distress).9 Van Liempt et. al. (2012). Sympathetic activity and hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis activity during sleep in post-traumatic stress disorder: A study assessing polysomnography with simultaneous blood sampling.

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Business Development for Therapists Made EasyBy Jennifer E. Closshey, PhD, CEHP

This article is the first in a series, a step-by-step guide that will walk you through easy-to-implement ideas on how to grow your business.

Acknowledging that business development is part of your role as a therapist is a big step.

Many practitioners are uncomfortable with thinking about themselves as business people, or with implementing strategies to be more successful from

a business perspective. However, your ability to help people is directly related to your business success. If your practice satisfies your basic (financial) needs, you are better able to focus on the work you do. And the more successful you are at what you do, the more people you can help. This is the time to think like a business person. To do this, it is important to recognize and respect that it involves a totally different skill set than your therapy expertise.

Find a time to separate yourself from your clients and paperwork to invest in yourself as a business owner. You don’t think of yourself as business owner? Private practices constitute a significant segment of the small business owners in the United States. Your IRS tax return will affirm it for you. Ask yourself the two following questions: “Am I an employee or an independently functioning business?” “Do I act like an employee or like a business person?”

The ideas in this article will be useful regardless of whether you are just beginning to think about business development, or have been working on this for a while. It is important to own this part of your identity, and to continually revisit and refresh your thinking. Commit to and continue with your process of expansion. Each article in this series adds more tricks of the trade to your business expansion plan! Once implemented, each idea is a permanent tool for your future.

I suggest you invest at least 10% of your resources in your business and personal development. “Resources” include both

time and money. The return on both your time and dollars invested will pay big dividends as you advance your career.

Getting started: are you ready?Step 1 is to take an honest and critical look at yourself and your practice. Are you “current?” Being current, or up to date, in your education is only part of it. Being current in the world around you is essential, too. Would you be more current with a make-over for your clothing, haircut, makeup, glasses, accessories, etc? A small investment with an expert in this area truly pays off. Not only does it set the scene for business development, but a personal make-over can boost your morale and enthusiasm, a self-affirming gesture and expression of your intention and your goal.

Does your office reflect who you want to be, and attract the clients you desire? Honestly assess what your office space and location communicate about you and your practice. What kind of environment is created for your clients?

Consider who your most successful friend is, even if they are in a completely different field, and ask them for their candid opinion of your office. Better yet, ask 3 different friends who can, and will, be honest and truthful. Compare their answers to find your own expanded truth. Change is sometimes necessary to get to the next level.

Do your office systems fully support you and your clients’ needs? Are the record-keeping, accounting and communication systems the most suitable and efficient for all concerned? Technology changes frequently and new technologies and updates are often available that will simplify these processes. Technology is there to support your needs. Look for new systems that are touch-and-go, permanent and with safe documentation, as well as the quickest route to completion.

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Immediate Tip: One office boosted their contact-to-client conversion ratio just by adding a phone answering service with a live operator. This operator had been prepared with a script with screening questions and answers to all prospective clients’ questions that an operator could legally ask and provide. Then, when the therapist returned the call, they were prepared for the direction of the call. This preparation allowed the therapist to use their time more efficiently, meaning more billable hours from time in treatment sessions. In this case, we recommended returning all calls at the end of the work day. This lumped call time together so the therapist did not get pulled in multiple directions in between clients.

Note: Self-care should be at the top of the list for all therapists. If you do not take care of yourself, you will struggle to take care

of anyone else, including family, friends and clients. By the way, live operator services are relatively inexpensive these days. Check it out!

Next timeThe next article will jump directly into how to boost business with referrals. Referrals are a lifeline for most therapists. As one of the least expensive ways to get clients, referrals equate to revenue. Learn how to build a referral base that works. See you next time.

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From the Desk of the Executive DirectorBy Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP

This May 3-7, ACEP will be holding its 20th International Energy Psychology Conference

in Orlando, FL. 20 Years!!!!! That’s really incredible.

Some of you have been here from the beginning, and some of you are brand new to ACEP. We’re grateful for all of you. Because without you, we wouldn’t be here today.

I want to thank everyone who has been involved in ACEP over the years. This includes those who have served in some official capacity and everyone who has been a member and/or attended trainings. You have all contributed to the development of the Energy Field. (All puns intended!)

Over the years, the phrase I have heard most often when people find ACEP is, “I have finally found a home!” I know that makes me happy, as it does the Board of Directors. ACEP has always embraced many different schools and brands of energy psychology and related methods, including Thought Field Therapy, Comprehensive Energy Psychology, Emotional Freedom Techniques, Tapas Acupressure Techniques, Healing from the Body Level Up, Heart Assisted Therapy, Advanced Integrative Techniques, and Eden Energy Medicine to name a few.

I sometimes wonder, “What would happen if ACEP had never been created?” Do you ever think about that? Consider the movie, “It’s a Wonderful Life”. George Baily gets to find out the impact he has made. How would your life be different, if ACEP had not been doing what it’s been doing over the last 20 years?

And the next question is, what do you want ACEP to be doing for you and the field over the next ten or twenty years? How can ACEP support you even more? We’ve been thinking about this. So don’t be surprised when you get a few surveys over the next few months. We want to know what you want and need in terms of training, support, thought leadership and so on.

In the last Energy Field, I talked about all the things that ACEP does, including the annual conference, CEP trainings, EFT trainings, our ethics course, the Science of Energy Healing course, our advocacy work, keeping up with the research and sponsoring

some of it, the Energy Field and E-news for members. We do all this and more with only 3.5 full time staff members including me, as well as our dedicated volunteers. There is so much work to do, we never have enough time to do it all.

We can always use more help, and there are so many ways you can assist. We are a nonprofit 501c3 organization. If you are not a member, please become one, and ask your colleagues to become members. You can also support our work and get great benefit yourself by taking a training. All purchases support the work of our mission to spread energy psychology and energy healing approaches throughout the world. We also welcome your monetary donations. We do our best to be self-supporting, and are more successful in this than many other nonprofits, but your donations can help us do even more. ACEP is also considering ways to gain grants to help us expand our work.

In addition, we are always looking for technical help in areas such public relations, grant writing, SEO, digital marketing and so on. If you know people who can assist us at a reduced or pro-bono rate please contact Cynthia Joba, Director, Outreach & Communication – [email protected].

Or perhaps you know someone who is in a position to give ACEP good PR. And if you would like to help ACEP spread the word about energy psychology, please let us know.

As I write this in early February, there are already over 300 people signed up for the 20th International conference, May 3-7, 2018 at Disney’s Contemporary Hotel. This is the highest attendance we have ever had at this time, and the early bird price deadline is still weeks away.

This really will be the conference you don’t want to miss. The faculty is incredible. And we have the deal of a lifetime for room rates, at only $186 a night. (compared to over $500 a night normally). As I write this, there are still some rooms left. You can check the advertisement on page 7 for more details. I do hope you will join us. The conference is so nourishing, you’ll be glad you did.

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ACEP 2017 Highlights2017 saw many milestones for ACEP and the field of energy psychology. We are proud of these accomplishments and grateful for the many people and groups who helped make them happen. Here are a few highlights.

Humanitarian Projects Provide Trauma Relief

Resources for Resilience:Particularly in light of hurricanes, earthquakes, shootings, fires, and ongoing terrorist acts, we are extremely proud of the newest project of ACEP’s Humanitarian Committee—Resources for Resilience. R4R’s mission is to alleviate suffering by teaching self-help techniques to survivors of violence,

trauma and natural disasters. There are now resources on ACEP’s web site that anyone can access for immediate trauma relief and building resilience. You can access the pages here.

Training Veterans to Help Veterans:Sponsored by the ACEP Humanitarian Committee and funded by your donations, this project trained veterans to help their peers with Thought Field Therapy tapping

techniques. The Veterans Transitional Resource Center in Las Vegas, Nevada was instrumental in the project’s success, helping with recruitment and providing space.

In 2016 and 2017, the Humanitarian Committee made three trips to Las Vegas, where they coordinated with several veterans’ organizations. Thirty-eight veterans learned how to use tapping for themselves and through two-day TFT workshops.

Many veterans experienced partial or total relief from their post-traumatic stress symptoms after a tapping session.

Participants have had so much success in relieving their trauma symptoms that some are still meeting weekly to hone their TFT skills. Others are sharing tapping with their peers. You can read stories about two participants here.

Conference Workshops:The 2017 conference included a full one-day training titled Practical Humanitarian Outreach: Everyone Can Make a Difference, as well as two Learning Labs—Discover the Humanitarian Within and Responding to Critical Events with Energy Psychology.

Trauma Relief in the D.R. Congo:We funded a study of how a specific model using TTT will affect levels of stress and trauma of children liberated from armed groups in D. R. Congo. Gunilla Hamne, Ulf Sandström, Placide Nkubito

and Germando Kagomba trained two groups of boys/girls, age 12-19, and staff at two centers. The model has already been replicated in other places, including five schools in D.R. Congo, 13 prisons in Rwanda and a refugee camp in Uganda. Preliminary results show promising significance; data is still being collected.

“I have been here 3 months and at Uvira as medical doctor. I’ve seen the traumas here and have seen very positive results from the Trauma Tapping Technique. When they come from the army or street they are physically closed and cannot talk, they are stressed and don’t want to integrate. There are many things you can do like sports and music, but at the end of the day the kids have not changed. With TTT they have. It is a key for opening up.”

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Research Milestones

Thanks to your support, ACEP donated $15,000 towards Peta Stapleton’s research in Australia on EFT and food cravings, as well as $6,720 towards Ulf Sandstrom and Gunilla Hamne’s research on the Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) in the Congo.

Our seventh Annual Research Symposium was held just before our annual conference, with a keynote address by William Bengston, PhD and ten research presentations from Australia, the United Kingdom and the U.S.

2017 saw the first publication in a peer-reviewed journal of a meta-analysis of EFT for treating PTSD.

The ACEP Research Committee has created “Recommended Guidelines for Future EP Research” based on APA, CONSORT and JADAG standards.

A special issue of the journal Medical Acupuncture included three articles by ACEP members.

For details and more research updates, see EP Research: 2017 in Review

Big News!

The U.S. Veterans Administration has listed EFT as a “generally safe” treatment for PTSD. This follows last year’s news that the National Registry of Evidence-Based Programs and

Practices (NREPP) in the U.S. has recognized Thought Field Therapy (TFT) as an effective, evidence-based modality for the treatment of trauma and other disorders.

ACEP and The Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques (AAMET) have collaborated on the submission of “EFT Treatment for PTSD” to the National Institute of Clinical Excellence (NICE), a government body in the UK that assesses and approves treatments for medical conditions, including psychiatric. This body controls what treatments are provided within the National Health Service (the main health provider).

19th International Energy Psychology Conference – Our Best Yet!

Our 2017 conference was one of the largest we’ve ever had. What a great sign for the growth of our field! 448 professionals from 13 countries joined us in San Antonio, TX. Participants deepened their learning and inspiration in learning labs, demonstrations, keynotes, music, dancing, and the fabulous opportunity for connection that makes gathering together so special. We hope you’ll be able to join us in Orlando, May 3-7, 2018 for our Twentieth Anniversary Conference: Celebrate the Magic of Energy Psychology at Disney Contemporary Resort.

Visit EnergyPsychologyConference.com to learn more and register.

Financial Support for Grad Students & OthersWe continued to offer discounts for full time graduate students. This year, for the first time and thanks to a generous donor, we were also able to offer scholarships to seven other people of varied backgrounds.




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Social Media Reach Increases

Our Facebook posts often reach over 20,000 people per week, and we have over 11,000 likes. We have 1,322 Twitter followers. These are great resources for relevant news and articles. Be sure to like/follow us if you haven’t already!

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Great Resources to Help You Stay Connected

Local ACEP groups are meeting throughout the U.S. and in Canada. These groups are supportive learning communities, and are open to members and nonmembers who use, or want to use EP with clients. To find a group in your area, visit here.

Communities of Practice are meeting! These virtual groups are open only to ACEP members, meet online or via phone, and are focused on a particular topic. Communities focused on CEP, EFT and TFT are forming. Learn more.

ACEP Connect is a program of the ACEP Membership Committee. The ACEP Membership Committee is delighted to welcome you and answer any questions you have. They’ll serve as your ACEP friend, answering your questions, telling you about all the resources available to support you and more. Learn more.

ACEP Top-Rated NonProfit for 2017

Once again, ACEP received a top rating from greatnonprofits.org.

Please donate to ACEP today.Help us continue our important work.

Two New Online Courses!

Clarity & Wisdom: Ethics & Energy Healing. So many of our members have told us that they have concerns about ethics. To meet this need, we launched Clarity & Wisdom: Ethics and Energy Healing in the fall. Over 4,000 people from 48 countries viewed the free miniseries and over 300 professionals have purchased the course to date. We’re proud that this valuable resource is now available.

Emotional Freedom Techniques – with live, virtual practice. We also launched the first (to our knowledge) EFT training which is totally available on-line, and can therefore be accessed by everyone, regardless of their geography, yet still includes live practice—thanks to the wonders of technology! Two of three classes sold out, and the other class almost sold out. The next class starts on June 11, 2018.

Plus, we created a free EFT miniseries, which has been viewed by over 1,000 people in 50 countries to date. You can view the free miniseries here.

7 Workshops: Essentials in Comprehensive Energy Psychology

Our live in-person training, Comprehensive Energy Psychology, is one of the vital ways we help spread the use of our approaches and train the next generation. We held 7 Level 1 workshops in cities throughout the U.S., educating 212 professionals in the foundations of energy psychology.



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Living In This MomentBy Karen E Ledger, RN BScN

It was the first day of my Emotional Freedom Technique support group for cancer patients at a local holistic

therapy clinic, and I was excited but also a little nervous. There was an energetic buzz in the air, as my newbie group gathered in the foyer, and I wondered

quietly to myself, just what topics we might start with on this first day. Suddenly, a young woman came bursting through the door, sobbing, and heading straight for me. “I’ve just been told I may only have four months to live, and I must prepare my 8 year-old son for my death now!” she wailed. And so, the weekly EFT support group began.

To provide a little background, I had been teaching and practicing EFT for almost 20 years when I received an email from one of my students, telling me that a leading-edge, holistic clinic was opening just a few blocks from my home and they were looking for someone to run an EFT support group. I called immediately! Within days, I became a participant in a very exciting new experiment by the British Columbia government involving three integrative cancer care centres. They provide a smorgasbord of holistic approaches to cancer care. Resources include consultations with physicians, psychologists, dietitians, physiotherapists and acupuncturists, as well as groups for yoga, meditation, exercise, cooking classes, support for family members and weekly Emotional Freedom Techniques support groups.

Clinic patients included those who were choosing traditional allopathic approaches for their treatment, such as radiation, chemotherapy and/or surgery, but wanted to complement those approaches with holistic therapies. Naturally, there were also patients who wanted only alternative therapies. All were offered support for whatever path they and their support teams had decided.

I should note that the EFT group was rarely composed of the same people. Since there were patients in every possible stage of diagnosis, treatment, recovery and beyond, the format had to adjust to people coming and going. This was the only

group program where members could have a structure to work on deep personal issues or even have much of a conversation with other members. We only had 1.5 hours a week, but we made the most of it. While EFT was the main tool offered, on occasion I would slip in TAT or WHEE. People who were too exhausted to tap or hold the TAT pose enjoyed the simpler bilateral movements of WHEE and the use of a positive vision. The benefit of TAT was that people could work on deeper levels without having to share too many details and the addition of




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the Choices statement in the protocol gave them a powerful affirmation tool to use when their SUDs levels had dropped. While many would use these affirmations over the following weeks, it was usually in conjunction with EFT as the “go to” homework activity.

When I started this EFT support group, I had already been practicing with EFT for 17 years, and leading a wide range of EFT training groups totaling hundreds of people. I was used to “surprises” when challenging topics arose, and these experiences had given me a great deal of confidence to know that with EFT I could handle ANYTHING that showed up. And so we began.

Our first group sessionMost participants knew each other from other programs they had been attending at the clinic, but I had only met a few of them briefly when I gave an introductory lecture about EFT the prior week. The group was comprised mostly of women cancer patients, but two spouses also attended on this day. We started with introductions: name, a bit about themselves, family, diagnosis and stage of treatment, and the most pressing emotional issues they wanted to work on today. Because many of them had heard Isabel’s announcement about her “terminal cancer diagnosis” the theme was omnipresent. We began our first session with the theme of “greatest fears” and death. What a gift she had given us!

What an amazing first group session it became. Clearly Isabel’s issue had given us the opportunity to face the deepest fears of having a cancer diagnosis: death. Once each person had stated their greatest fear, we tapped as a group on all the aspects of that issue: fear of dying a painful death; losing control of one’s body or mind; guilt and grief for leaving loved ones behind; anger at oncologists who make declarations or predictions of longevity; anger at self for not taking better care, and more. I am a big proponent of “ranting” and “disasterizing” when we tap. This gets at all the worst case scenarios as well as many aspects of the issue in one round of tapping. It also gives permission for people to really get into it! There would be no more pussyfooting around these topics ever again. We were going to dig deep!

Diagnosis traumaCancer diagnosis can be a “highlighter pen” moment in any person’s life. Every person who came through the EFT groups

had to work on unresolved issues involving that moment at some point. Some of them had to do several sessions in order to work through all the various aspects of the diagnosis trauma and its ramifications. I am aghast at the kinds of things I have heard that oncologists have said to their very vulnerable patients. For example, Isabel was told her cancer was “incurable” and that she “had only a 1% chance of survival. She said it felt like daggers going into their hearts when her oncologist said to her “you need to go home and tell your son that you are going to die” and to her husband, “you need to prepare to be a single father”. One patient was told “you are such a difficult case that we don’t know what to do for you.” Another woman was traumatized by “the horror of seeing the image of the tumor in my breast.” Many were given percentages of how long they might survive, respond to treatment—or





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not—with statements such as “well you might get a few more months.” Some were given the dreaded news, “it’s inoperable” or “incurable.”

During that first EFT group session, most of the above issues showed up for one or more participants. By the end, I was thrilled to see how many cognitive shifts people had undergone in just a few rounds of tapping. All found some sense of resolution and lowering or eliminating some of the distressing emotional charge on these memories. Surprisingly, on her initial 10/10 SUDS in reaction to “the death sentence,” Isabel dropped to a 4/10 with a reframed perception and cognition: “The doctor is so young!” She was greatly settled down, both physically and emotionally, from the state she had arrived in.

Preparation and training for homeworkAt every group, to commence the EFT protocol and with each following round of EFT, I asked group members to close their eyes and notice where they felt the emotions in their body, and rate their level of distress on a scale of 0 to 10. I wanted them to practice at home, so I was coaching them, right from the start, on the best way to monitor their progress. As expected, after the first round some members noticed their emotions increased in intensity while others found their subjective units of distress (SUDS) levels dropping. With each sharing, I pointed out to the members all the different ways that “progress” can show up, as symptoms moved from one area in their body to another, and as emotions shifted, as if we were peeling an onion.

Benefit of the 9 Gamut ProtocolSince almost everyone in the group was dealing with “diagnosis trauma” I had them use the 9 Gamut Protocol as well as the full EFT Basic Recipe. During my 22 years of working with EFT, it has been my experience that when we are dealing with a traumatic memory, using the 9 Gamut can expedite resolution very quickly. I realize that many people leave the 9 Gamut out of the “tapping” protocol and regular EFT sessions because it “looks strange.” However, I have never had difficulty getting people to do it and they are usually very happy with the results.

Because so many EP practitioners have decided to leave out the 9 Gamut, I decided to check to see if anyone prominent in the field continues to recognize its value. I approached

David Feinstein, PhD. David is a clinical psychologist and a longstanding member of ACEP. He has published several influential journal articles on the research and mechanisms of energy psychotherapies, along with two award-winning books, Energy Psychology Interactive and The Promise of Energy Psychology (co-authored with his wife, Donna Eden, and with EFT founder, Gary Craig). In our discussion, David said that he views the 9 Gamut Protocol as providing the psyche with a “breather” in which it can integrate the neurological shifts that tapping on emotional issues rapidly produce. He thinks using this procedure to facilitate taking this breather is a good idea for a number of reasons. The humming and counting activate right and left brain hemispheric involvement, and the eye movements activate other brain areas, engaging all of them in





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the integration process. Also, the 9 Gamut involves tapping on a Triple Warmer point.

The Triple Warmer meridian becomes overactive during stress and mobilizes the threat response, even if the stress is from dredging up troubling memories or difficult issues during a session. Tapping on it during the 9 Gamut process relaxes the stress response system during the integration process. While it isn’t necessary to use the 9 Gamut every time you do a round of tapping, it can be useful during the first couple of rounds, when it feels appropriate to take a pause, shift the focus away from the problem, and give the body and mind space for integrating what was occurring during the tapping. I encourage practitioners who aren’t using the 9 Gamut Protocol to experiment with it.

Treatment traumaWhether a cancer patient is undergoing allopathic treatments or trying to decide which of the dozens of complementary therapies they should try, they are almost all in a state of overwhelm at some point. If they are undergoing chemotherapy they will usually have “brain fog,” which will be exacerbated by anxiety. We know that when anyone is anxious, the frontal lobes of the brain (where we recall, think and make decisions) will be compromised. EFT can have a remarkable effect on reawakening those frontal lobes and therefore facilitate better problem-solving.

To choose chemotherapy, radiation or surgery is one of the major decisions that almost every cancer patient must make. Even if their lesion is inoperable, chemotherapy or radiation can usually give them a little more time to live. Some feel that these interventions may cause a reduction in the quality of their final days and refuse. Others grasp for any extra time they can get. ALL of them wonder if they have made the right choice. This is another topic that must be dealt with in an EFT cancer support group.

Common among many of our group members was being overwhelmed by the kindly but unsolicited suggestions they were receiving for cancer remediation, especially with alternative approaches. Since the topic came up for virtually everyone, we would do a few rounds of EFT on the issue. Once the “static” from feeling some form of “hopeless, overwhelmed, frustrated and confused” was cleared, there would be a sharing of the recognized need for “setting boundaries” which then

facilitated participants sharing a terrific range of options for doing this.

Anger with the paternalist allopathic systemMost cancer patients will be faced with the challenge of listening to the “experts” or their own inner wisdom. Anger with the paternalistic attitudes of many of their health care providers was a common theme, followed by helplessness if they couldn’t get the information they needed or guilt if they chose to challenge or refuse to take the advice given. Over the time that Isabel participated in our groups she had dealt with multiple challenges on this front. Through her inner work she mobilized her anger into action. She gained the courage to meet with her oncologist and tell him how his “doctor death” statement had traumatized her and asked him to work with her to help her survive rather than focus on her death! She had come to terms with her non-Hodgkins lymphoma and suffered through radiation and chemotherapy that didn’t help. She had found the strength to request a second biopsy, and as a result, learned that she had both Hodgkins and non-Hodkins lymphoma, which increased her chances of survival! Many other group members began to develop the courage to take similar steps on their own behalf.

Cognitive shifts and EFTMost therapists are well aware that Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) has been the “gold standard” for anxiety treatment for many years. As EFT becomes more well-known and the mechanisms understood, that is bound to change. The major benefit of EFT is that, rather than trying to deny anxieties and overlay them with affirmations, we essentially are having an energetic “conversation” that dissipates the emotional “static” and frees the client to come up with their own, internal cognitive shifts. One patient who just wanted to laugh off her following in the family’s pattern of cancer came to see that “getting in touch with my anger and helplessness has actually mobilized my strength”. Another participant made a cognitive and emotional shift from: “Angry at how the men in my life have abandoned me” to “I just realized that I have been the one who abandoned myself!” I believe that the kinds of cognitive shifts brought about by EFT and other energy psychotherapies is one of their greatest benefits.





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Dealing with terminal cancer and transition towards a more peaceful deathProbably the biggest cognitive shift that cancer patients will need to make is when they learn that there is truly nothing else they can do. At the Inspire Health Centre, where members were in every stage of living and dying, on various occasions they were faced with the reality of death. This was always difficult, because it re-triggered the fear of death in themselves. The Centre provided various ways to honor the passing of each individual and at the same time, assist members to deal with their own grief, loss and personal fears at those times. But in the EFT group we could deal in much more detail with grief and loss on many levels.

At one point in her journey, Isabel thought she might be losing her battle and began to set plans in motion to help her son for a possible transition to being motherless. She finalized her will and set up a trust fund for her son, prepared family photos and wrote stories that only she could convey and she and her husband got him a puppy for companionship and a sense of purpose. But with inner resolve she continued to use the EFT group and other resources to keep her vision of healing alive. She also took advantage of programs and therapies within and outside of the Centre. In the spring of 2013, Isabel noticed her tumors were shrinking! Although the new chemotherapy she had been receiving was meant for palliative purposes, it was making a difference. She was now eligible for a stem cell transplant!

Sometimes the allopathic system seemed to want patients to continue to struggle through what seemed like more painful, but relatively ineffective treatments. Darlene, (pseudonym) one of our very ill members, wanted to fulfil her dream of going to Hawaii with her family before she died, but was told by her oncologist: “You have an incurable cancer—you can’t take a holiday to Hawaii!” The whole group did a few rounds of tapping on that! In the EFT group, she struggled with the fear that she might compromise the chemo they were still giving her if she missed a few weeks. In the end, she listened to her inner wisdom and decided it was better for her and her family’s mental health to go. On return she extolled how

glad she was that she had taken the trip. Memories of the joy and connection she experienced with her family there, often assisted her through the challenges of her final months of life.

I am thrilled to report that Isabel beat her terminal prognosis and survived all her treatments, including her stem cell transplant in May of 2013. I have had the JOY of going to hear her sing with her magnificent women’s choir, Ensemble Laude, every year since that time. It brings tears to my eyes, every time I see how full of LIFE she is! During my interview with her for this article—now five and a half years since our first meeting—Isabel stated “Your EFT group saved me on the absolutely worst day of my life!”

I can say without hesitation, that my years working with the EFT for cancer patients group was one of the most rewarding experiences of my life. I was privileged to attend the Celebrations of Life for both Darlene and another frequent participant of the groups. At each of these events, when I introduced myself to their families, various members would hug and thank me. One stated, “no matter how bad a week my mother was having, she would come home from your group relaxed and calm with a smile on her face. That group made such a positive difference in her life! “ Darlene’s daughter said “Thank you for helping my mother to die at peace.” Darlene’s husband said “her final word was Gratitude.” And that is also mine.

Thank you to all the patients of Inspire Health Victoria who shared their courageous journeys with me.

Karen Ledger, RN, BsCN, has taught EFT and TAT to hundreds of people in workshops in Canada, the USA and Europe. She was a founding member of ACEP and Western Canada rep for 3 years. In concert with Dr. Daniel Benor, Karen undertook a pilot study comparing EFT, WHEE and CBT for test anxiety in university students.* Karen has a private practice as a health educator and nurse-therapist in Victoria, B.C., Canada. She is presently completing a student handbook on the use of EFT for academic success and managing test and performance anxiety. www.karenledger.ca

* Benor, D. J., Ledger, K., Toussaint, L., Hett, G., & Zaccaro, D. (2009). Pilot study of Emotional Freedom Techniques, WHEE -Wholistic Hybrid derived from Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and EFT, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for treatment of test anxiety in university students. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 5, 338-340. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2009.08.001



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Moving EP Into the Mainstream

• Lori Hops shared that colleagues of hers at The New Beginnings Center in Ventura County, CA have posted a link to the ACEP Resources for Resilience web page in their newsletter, to support those who are recovering from the wildfires in California. Many thanks to The New Beginnings Center for their help in spreading the word about EP. They also generously donated meeting space, allowing the ACEP Ventura County Local Group to meet the needs of a large audience.

• ACEP member John H. Diepold, Jr. will be presenting on the method he created—Heart Assisted Therapy—at the

2018 APA Convention in San Francisco, CA in August.

• Joan Kaylor has launched a special interest group in Complementary and Alternative Medicine for members of the Anxiety and Depression Association of America

• Australian ACEP member Steve Wells recently demonstrated tapping for staff of the Veterans & Veterans Families Counseling Service in Australia and was well-received. Steve was pleased to return to the VVCS, because 20 years ago the VVCS considered tapping an unproven method. Steve was able to demonstrate tapping and to update them on the massive research base that has developed over the years. He did a tapping demonstration with 5 of their staff and all experienced significant shifts on their issues.

• ACEP member and conference presenter Debra Greene spoke to Amelia Vogler of the Healing Touch Professional Association about the energetics of resolutions (as in, New Year’s resolutions) and how to help follow through on resolutions this year. Watch the video here, on YouTube.

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Research ReviewBy John Freedom, CEHP

I am happy to report that research into the effectiveness of energy psychology is robust and continues to grow in quantity, and improve in methodological rigor. ACEP is

at the forefront of an international community of clinicians, practitioners, and researchers in energy psychology and energy medicine. The evidence base for EP now includes over 100 published research studies, review articles and meta-analyses, thanks to the contributions of over 200 researchers in over a dozen different countries.

ACEP helped fund Australian psychologist Peta Stapleton’s research on the efficacy of EFT for food cravings as well as Ulf Sandstrom and Gunilla Hamne’s groundbreaking study of the Trauma Tapping Technique (TTT) in the Congo, entitled “Trauma Tapping Technique for Stress Reduction in Youth.”

In 2017 we held our annual EP Research Symposium in San Antonio, Texas, where we heard 10 research presentations, with a keynote by William Bengston, PhD.

A special issue of the journal Medical Acupuncture included three articles by ACEP members: • “Integrative Medicine for Military Issues” by Rick

Leskowitz, MD;

• “The Manual Stimulation of Acupuncture Points in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques” by Dawson Church, PhD, and David Feinstein, PhD;

• “Six Sessions of Emotional Freedom Techniques Remediate One Veteran’s Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” by Lorna Minewiser.

2017 also saw the publication of a meta-analysis of EFT for treating PTSD. Sebastian, B. & Nelms, J. (2017). The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques in the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 13(1), 16-25. The collective effect size for the seven studies investigated—2.96—was very large (0.8 indicates a “large effect”.)

The ACEP Research Committee, led by Suzanne Connolly, Monica Tiscione, and John Freedom has created a document,

“Recommended Guidelines for Future EP Research,” based on APA, CONSORT and JADAG standards. We have also updated the research section of our website at www.energypsych.org/research.

The scope of applications for EFT continues to be explored and developed. For example, Damaris Drewry, PhD has documented that it can be an effective treatment for CNS sleep apnea with evidence from over 90 cases. (See article in this issue of the Energy Field.)

New EP modalities continue to be developed and investigated. Larry Burton is working with a heart-centered technique called the Pondera Process. Susan Kane-Ronning, PhD is exploring the efficacy of the Somatic Emotion Energy Release (SEER), and Ron Masters is conducting research on a procedure he calls the Phoenix Protocol.

Current research projects. Two studies are underway, exploring neurophysiological changes of EFT treatment for anxiety using fMRI, one being conducted by Peta Stapleton, PhD, and the other by Amy Gaesser, PhD. Jenny Edwards, PhD, and Michelle Vanchu-Orosco have conducted a meta-analysis of Thought Field Therapy treatments for PTSD. John Diepold, PhD, is collaborating with Gary Schwartz, PhD, at the University of Arizona on a research study of Heart Assisted Therapy, and Larry Burton is working with Paul Mills, PhD, at the University of California San Diego on a study of the Pondera Process (a heart-centered EP modality) to treat stress. Jan Warner is conducting a study exploring the efficacy of EFT on fibromyalgia symptoms.

We will be hosting our 2018 annual Energy Psychology Research Symposium on Thursday, May 3 in Orlando. Scheduled presentations include:

Keynote Presentation: “What the Research Has To Say about Energy Psychology,” by David Feinstein, PhD

“Using the Inner Counselor Process™ to reduce both State and Trait Anxiety, and to increase participants’ ability to be Time Competent (Live in the present) and Inner Directed (Independent



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and Self-Supportive),” by Sandra Augustine, MA, DTh

“Consciousness Field Project: A Distant Intentionality and Well-Being Study,” by Gabriele Hilberg

“Emerging From the Mystical: Muscle Response Testing is NOT an Ideomotor Effect,” by Anne Jensen, PhD

“Somatic Emotion Energy Release: An Energy Psychology Protocol to Reduce Somatic Activation,” by Susan Kane-Ronning, PhD

“Examination of Accelerated Resolution Therapy for Treatment of Physical and/or Psychological Trauma among U.S. Service Members and Veterans,” by Kevin Kip, PhD

“A Pilot Study on Autonomic Improvement of Thought Field Therapy for Trauma Treatment,” by Ayame Morikawa, PhD, Naoko Okamoto, PhD, and Iwao Yokuda, MA

“The investigation of the Validity of Thought Field Therapy Using Bio Signal Information,” by Naoko Okamoto, PhD and Iwao Yokuda, MA

“Neural Changes in Overweight Adults with Food Cravings after Emotional Freedom Techniques Treatment: A Feasibility Study,” by Peta Stapleton, PhD

“The Use of Emotional Freedom Techniques in Women with Panic Disorder,” by Erin Taylor, PhD

“Specifying and Broadening the Thought Field Appears to Improve Energy Psychology Applications,” by Donald Zandier, MA and Matthew Zemba, Ph

Research studies published in peer-reviewed journals in 2017 include:Boath, E., Good, R., Tsaroucha, A., Stewart, A., Pitch, S. & Boughey, A. (2017). Tapping your way to success: using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills in social work students. Journal of Social Work Education, 36(6). http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1297394

Church, D. & Feinstein, D. (2017). The Manual Stimulation of Acupuncture Points in the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: A Review of Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques. Medical Acupuncture, 29(4): 249-253.

Church, D., Stern, S., Boath, E., Stewart, A. Feinstein, D. & Clond, M. (2017). Emotional Freedom Techniques to treat

Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Review of the evidence, survey of practitioners and proposed clinical guidelines. Permanente Journal, 21. doi: 10.7812/TPP/16-100. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28678690

Church, D., Stapleton, P., & Banton, S. (2017). Naturally Thin You: Weight Loss and Psychological Symptoms after a Six Week Online Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Course. Explore, The Journal of Science and Healing. doi: 10.1016/j.explore.2017.10.009. [Epub ahead of print]

Drewry, D. (2017). Central Nervous System Apnea Can Be Caused by Traumatizing Events, and It Can Be Resolved. International Journal of Healing and Caring, 17(1).

Gaesser, A. H. and Karan, O. C. (2017). A randomized controlled comparison of Emotional Freedom Technique and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to reduce adolescent anxiety: A pilot study. J Alt Comp Medicine 23(2), 102-08. doi:10.1089/acm.2015.0316.

Groesbeck, G., Bach, D., Stapleton, P., Banton, S., Blickheuser, K., & Church. D. (2017). The Interrelated Physiological and Psychological Effects of EcoMeditation: A Pilot Study. Journal of Evidence-Based Complementary & Alternative Medicine, accepted 7 Nov 2017.

Hope, T. (2017). The Effects of Access Bars on Anxiety and Depression: A Pilot Study. Energy Psychology Journal, 9(2). doi 10.9769/EPJ.2017.9.2.TH

Irgens, A. et al. (2017). Thought Field Therapy Compared to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Wait-List for Agoraphobia: A Randomized, Controlled Study with a 12-Month Follow-up. Front. Psychol., https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01027

Kalla M, Simmons M, Robinson A, & Stapleton P. (2017). Emotional freedom techniques (EFT) as a practice for supporting chronic disease healthcare: a practitioners’ perspective. Disability Rehabilitation. 27,1-9. doi: 10.1080/09638288.2017.1306125. [Epub ahead of print]

Leskowitz, E. (2017). Integrative Medicine for Military Injuries: Special Issue of Medical Acupuncture. Medical Acupuncture, 29(4). Doi: 10.1089/acu.2017.29058.1es

Minewiser, L. (2017). Six Sessions of Emotional Freedom Techniques Remediate One Veteran’s Combat-Related Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Medical Acupuncture, 29(4): 249-253.

Saleh, B., Tiscione, M., & Freedom, J. (2017). The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Patients with Dental




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Anxiety: A Pilot Study. Energy Psychology Journal, 9(1). doi 10.9769/EPJ.2017.9.1.BS

Stapleton, P., Chatwin, H., & Shepperd, L. (2017). Determining Highly Desirable Traits of an Effective Emotional Freedom Techniques Practitioner: A Delphi Study. Energy Psychology Journal, 9(2). doi 10.9769/EPJ.2017.9.2.PS

Stapleton, P.B., Mackay., E., Chatwin, H., Murphy, D., Porter, B., Thibault, S., Sheldon, T. & Pidgeon, A.M. (2017). Effectiveness of a School-Based Emotional Freedom Techniques Intervention for Promoting Student Wellbeing. Adolescent Psychiatry, accepted 6th June 2017.

Stapleton, P., Bannatyne, A., Chatwin, H., Urzi, K.-C., Porter, B. & Sheldon, T. (2017). Secondary psychological outcomes in a controlled trial of Emotional Freedom Techniques and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of food cravings. Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice, 28, 136-45. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ctcp.2017.06.004

Sebastian, B., & Nelms, J. (2017). The effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 13(1), 16-25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.2016.10.001

Stapleton, P., & Chatwin, H. (2017). How Long Does it Take? 4-week versus 8-week Emotional Freedom Techniques for Food Cravings in Overweight Adults. European Scientific Review, accepted 1 Nov 2017.

Thomas, R., Cutinho, S. & Aranha, D. (2017). Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Reduces Anxiety among Women Undergoing Surgery. Energy Psychology Journal, 9(1). doi: 10.9769/EPJ.2017.9.1.RT

A final note: research is a meticulous, time-consuming endeavor, and conducting quality research is expensive. Your generous contributions help support our researchers, fund new projects, get studies published in peer reviewed journals, and bring EP into the mainstream of clinical practice.

I look forward to seeing many of you in Orlando.

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BOOK REVIEW

100% YES!The Energy of Successby Steve Wells

Reviewed by Sarah Murphy and John Freedom

Many of our readers will be familiar with Steve Wells. Steve is an Australian psychologist and—with his colleague David Lake, MD—the developer of Simple Energy Techniques (SET). SET has become popular with many tapping practitioners because it simplifies EFT, in part, by dispensing with the setup phrase. (Note that there is much more to SET than can be described in this short review!) Wells conducted one of the first EP research studies published in a major psychological journal, the Journal of Clinical Psychology in 2003: “Evaluation of a meridian-based intervention, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for reducing specific phobias of small animals.” The study found that a single, 45-minute session of EFT was effective in reducing fears of rodents; these results held up with a 7-9 month follow-up.

Wells’ latest book, 100% YES! is an easy-to-follow guide for taking energy psychology (EP) out of the therapy room and into the real world. Just as Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi identified the state he called “flow,” Wells describes a state he calls “100% YES!” This is a state where our values, beliefs and motivations are integrated, and all parts of us are aligned to achieve our goals. When we are aligned, internally and externally, according to Wells, we can magnetically attract our goals and dreams.

One important focus of 100% YES! is on identifying and restructuring the underlying blocks and beliefs that define and limit our experiences. Wells invites us to go below the surface into an exploration of the deeper issues that shape our perceptions and behaviors. These deeper issues include how we think of ourselves, how we view the world, and what we believe is possible. Wells shows us how to identify these underlying blocks, and then guides us on a journey to change and transform them.

When faced with a limiting belief, most of us will try to ignore it, numb it, or fight it. Wells offers a fresh approach: using EP techniques, we can release limiting beliefs and “negative” feelings so they no longer control us. Using his signature form of energy psychology, SET, Wells leads his readers on a journey

of self-discovery and self-healing.

100% YES! is a “virtual workshop.” Woven throughout are excerpts from an SET seminar, giving us an opportunity to “meet” live workshop

participants. Reading their stories helps us to understand how SET works with real-life people to overcome real issues.

Caveat: as you might imagine, 100% YES! has the consistently cheery, upbeat tone found in much of the self-help literature. While it can be valuable to set an optimistic tone and instill hope, this can lead to high or unrealistic expectations. People who attend EP events are what is called a pre-selected group, in that they are already positively predisposed to EP. This will increase the probabilities of the successful outcomes described in this book. In the “real world,” there is no technique or approach that works 100% of the time, and people’s experiences will vary. And sometimes, we learn more from our failures than from our successes.

Nonetheless, 100% YES! represents a major practical contribution to the fields of self-help and EP. It deserves a wide readership by all those seeking to experience not only success, but satisfaction, fulfillment and a life worth living.

John Freedom, CEHP, is a counselor, educator and trainer in private practice in Santa Rosa, California. Author of Heal Yourself with Emotional Freedom Technique, he serves as chair of ACEP’s research committee.

Sarah Murphy is a psychotherapist in private practice in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She specializes in energy psychology and consciousness work with clients. Sarah serves on ACEP’s research committee. She enjoys writing and loves learning and sharing exciting developments in the field of energy psychology. transformative-therapy.com


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