STANDARD COMPETENCIES

 

 1. Discuss the history, origins, development and primary concepts of acupoint meridian tapping, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT).

 2. Describe the Discovery Statement and examine the relationship of emotional and physical symptoms

 3. Describe and demonstrate the Full Basic Recipe of acupressure tapping

 4. Identify by name and locate all 14 clearing points of tapping and the four advanced clearing points

 5. Identify by name and locate all 7 shortcut clearing points of tapping

 6. Apply appropriate tapping protocol to scenarios

 7. Analyze Aspects and Psychological Reversal

 8. Describe and demonstrate Testing Results

 9. Demonstrate understanding of the application of tapping on others, including special populations.

 10. Describe the use of acupressure tapping for self-help

 11. Evaluate the ethical issues related to the use of acupressure tapping

 12. Describe strategies and construct troubleshooting methods to apply when acupressure tapping doesn’t work

 13. Describe and demonstrate the Gentle Techniques for trauma, including: the Tearless Trauma Technique, Chasing the pain, and Sneaking up on the problem.

 14. Apply appropriate tapping protocol for freeing limiting beliefs.

 15. Demonstrate finding core issues, uncovering questions, linked events and using back to back tapping.

 16. Demonstrate the significance of setting intention and using the Choices Method.

 17. Describe the benefits of borrowing.

 18. demonstrate the use of surrogate acupressure tapping for children and animals.

 TOPICAL OUTLINE

 

 I. Acupressure Tapping (EFT) Basics

      a. History of technique; schools of thought and training

      b. Key concepts

      c. Protocols

 II. Tapping for specific conditions

      a. Trauma

      b. Addictions

      c. Physical vs. emotional symptoms

      d. Pain

 III. Ethical issues in using Tapping Techniques

      a. Appropriate circumstances

      b. Inappropriate circumstances

 IV. Troubleshooting when tapping doesn’t work

 V. The Gentle Techniques: specific acupoint tapping for trauma

      a. Tearless trauma technique

      b. Chasing the pain

      c. Sneaking up on the problem

 VI. The Palace of possibilities: tapping for constraining beliefs

 VII. Discovering core issues: tapping for physical & emotional symptoms

 VIII. The Choices method: acupoint tapping and intention

 IX. Using accupoint tapping for self and special populations

      a. Tapping on self

      b. Surrogate tapping for children

      c. Surrogate tapping for animals