This episode explores the phenomena known as Borrowing Benefits, which is a concept that describes how a person can most effectively receive the positive effects of tapping on another person’s issues. In other words, by tapping not on your own personal issues but tapping one’s points while observing another person tapping, problems that are unique… The post The Phenomenon of EFT Borrowing Benefits. What is that? appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jun 08, 2025•13 min
This episode continues our series on using EFT Tapping for specific emotional states.Sadness is a healthy emotion that is experienced after we have lost something meaningful but it can have many faces, varying from acute grief to chronic sorrow. It can be experienced in emotional, physical and energetic ways all of which can be supported… The post Emotional Freedom: Releasing Sadness with EFT appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 23, 2025•20 min
In this episode, we explore how Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping can be a powerful tool for healing anger. Anger, often a response to stress, frustration, or unresolved emotions, can take a toll on both our mental and physical health. EFT is a simple yet effective method that combines gentle tapping (somatic stimulation) on specific… The post Unlocking Anger: Use EFT Tapping to Heal the Fury appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 07, 2025•23 min
Interpersonal disconnection appears to be occurring at an epidemic level. Estrangement is the experience of distance or separation from friends and family members. It can exist as diminished contact to complete lack of communication and connection. We are living through a period of time, accelerated by heightened political intensity that has resulted in significantly heightened… The post Estrangement, Alienation and No Contact appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Mar 17, 2025•27 min
This is a very special podcast with our guest Lisa Forbes, the founder of Operation: I Can Take it From Here. Lisa has a lived history of childhood physical and sexual trauma that resulted in her serving years of incarceration. After her release, with a passion to heal and a commitment to not have her… The post I Can Take It From Here appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Feb 27, 2025•25 min
In this episode we offer a variety of considerations on how to choose an EFT practitioner that will be a best fit for your concerns. What are the most important considerations? What questions might you ask potential practitioners? What selection criteria would make you feel most safe, comfortable and hopeful for a best outcome? This… The post How to Select the Best EFT Practitioner for You appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Feb 17, 2025•15 min
Shadow work is a self-discovery process where you explore the hidden or “shadow” parts of your personality—those aspects of yourself you might not fully recognize, acknowledge, or accept. The “shadow” refers to the traits, emotions, desires, or patterns that you’ve suppressed, ignored, or denied, often because they feel uncomfortable, unacceptable, or don’t align with how… The post Community Building, Shadow Work and EFT appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jan 05, 2025•17 min
Recent news reports have highlighted the relationship between the debilitating condition of hypochondria as an illness anxiety disorder and its correlation with trauma, especially childhood trauma. The life altering pattern of heightened sensitivity, worry and fear associated with minor symptoms may well be connected to a variety of traumatic experiences. Such experiences can embed deep… The post Trauma Informed EFT Tapping for Hypochondria Anxiety appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institut...
Dec 23, 2024•20 min
How EFT Tapping is used in professional practice will vary by the practitioner’s scope of practice. The practitioner using EFT may well be a licensed mental health care provider/therapist or a licensed healthcare professional or life coach or an EFT Practitioner. How does one’s professional guidelines affect the way that EFT is delivered in a… The post Questions of Scope of Practice; EFT Tapping in Therapy, Health Care, Coaching and Beyond appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Dec 08, 2024•22 min
Recently in the US, hurricanes Helene and Milton have brought devastating consequences to Florida, North Carolina and the southeast. Lives, homes and businesses have been lost with millions of people affected. Such traumatic events have ripple effects on those directly impacted but of course it also touches the lives of family, friends, colleagues and those… The post Hurricane Relief; Emotional First Aid Tapping appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Oct 24, 2024•17 min
In this podcast we discuss the distinctions between acute and chronic stress, post traumatic stress, acute stress disorder (ASD) and post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The ability for a practitioner who uses EFT to understand and make this distinctions between these are elements of what go into being an effective trauma informed practitioner. For more… The post Trauma, Stress and PTSD appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Sep 03, 2024•21 min
This episode is dedicated to exploring boundaries; why they are difficult to set and why they are so important. Whether you are an EFT practitioner looking to establish clear boundaries with your clients or you are looking for ideas on how to tap with your clients on the topic or you are just someone who… The post The Power and Challenges of Boundary Setting with EFT appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jul 23, 2024•19 min
This podcast explores the ways that Internal Family Systems, as developed by Richard Schwartz, can offer an understanding for the many internal aspects of an individual that can be addressed with EFT. Marion Blique explains how IFS can be used as a powerful lens to help better understand the myriad of inner personalities all of… The post Exploring EFT and Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Parts Work appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jun 18, 2024•40 min
In this episode, we explore multiple aspects of the power of being given a diagnosis. Who should and should not be offering a diagnosis? Is it empowering to be given one or is it a curse? How can EFT tapping be most effectively utilized to work with the “sentence” that the naming of a condition… The post To Diagnose or Not to Diagnose; An Intriguing Question appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jun 11, 2024
Alina Frank and Dr. Craig Weiner interview Dr. Adriana Popescu about the similarities and differences between EFT Emotional Freedom Techniques Tapping and Brainspotting. Comparing EFT Tapping with other Trauma Informed Techniques. This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques… The post EFT Versus Brainspotting appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 29, 2024•27 min
Alina Frank and Craig Weiner interview Dr. Christine Gibson about the difference and similarities between EFT, Matrix Reimprinting, and A.R.T. (Accelerated Resolution Therapy) Dr. Gibson is a family doctor and trauma therapist, author of The Modern Trauma Toolkit (with a chapter on EFT), and co-founder of Safer Spaces Training. A lifeline learner with a Masters… The post EFT and Matrix Reimprinting Versus A.R.T. appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 29, 2024•45 min
Comparing EFT Tapping with other Trauma Informed Techniques This series of interviews is the culmination of a desire to help illustrate the similarities and differences that exist between the Emotional Freedom Techniques and other therapeutic and clinical approaches currently being practiced. For this series we have selected a variety of trauma-informed clinical approaches that we… The post EP (such as EFT) versus EMDR appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 29, 2024•43 min
Welcome to our 50th podcast! The holidays are a time of year that bring not only joy and celebration but also can be associated with many sources of stress. Time management stress. Financial gift-giving stress. Handling family conflict concerns. Food and alcohol related issues. How can you use EFT in advance to prepare for creating… The post Use EFT Tapping to Release Holiday Stress appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Dec 04, 2023•17 min
We dedicated this episode to exploring various methods of EFT Testing. What is the purpose of testing? What is basic EFT Testing/ What are different Gentle EFT Testing Techniques and more Provocative Testing Techniques? When do you test and when don’t you? These are the kinds of questions we discuss that will be of interest… The post To Test or Not to Test Your Work? The Better Question is How to Test with EFT appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Aug 06, 2023•21 min
This episode explores some history and explanation about the Adverse Childhood, Positive Childhood and Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences studies. It is critical that EFT practitioners and individuals have some safety and practice guidelines informing them when they should and should not be tapping on themselves or with their clients in order to not induce… The post ACEs, PCEs and PACEs appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jul 18, 2023•18 min
While EFT is incredibly effective in assisting individuals to resolve past adverse and traumatic experiences it also is important to know how to use EFT Tapping for “in the moment” self-regulation. When a client starts becoming emotionally dysregulated and either begins to emotionally flood or freeze or abreact, it is critical that we have a… The post Ten Tips for EFT for Emotional First Aid and Self Regulation appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jun 18, 2023•19 min
How many of us never learned how to set healthy boundaries for ourselves when we grew up? How many of us never got to witness or experience clean boundaries that were empowering in our families of origin? How many of us have suffered emotionally or even physically because we learned to put others needs ahead… The post Using EFT to Overcome Boundary Setting Challenges appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Jun 06, 2023•21 min
We are thrilled to share the wisdom and experience of our colleague La’Quesha Fonrose, a licensed therapist and certified EFT practitioner with over 15+ years of experience working in the mental health field. She specializes in working with millennial women, specifically Black mothers, who are survivors of childhood and complex trauma living with uncontrolled stress… The post Using EFT to Support Black Mothers Overcome Stress appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Apr 29, 2023•21 min
We often hear this phrase, that an EFT practitioner should meet a client where they’re at. We agree but what does that really entail? What kinds of circumstances or challenges might get in the way of that? Can the client be the problem in that scenario or is it more likely the challenge facing the… The post What Exactly Does it Mean to “Meet a Client Where They’re at?” appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Mar 18, 2023•11 min
Changing old habits and adding new ones can be challenging for all of us. The end of one year and the beginning of a new year is a time when many people consider habit changes. In this podcast we review the four most common reasons people fail to build habits for the long term. Then we… The post Using EFT for Changing Habits appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Dec 26, 2022•20 min
Scattered amidst all the rave reviews of how EFT has profoundly transformed people’s lives are a smattering of reports that sound something like, “well I tried EFT and it didn’t work for me.” Of course that can be true as no single approach can be the answer for everyone. However, there are many reasons that… The post When EFT Doesn’t Seem to be Working appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Oct 23, 2022•27 min
Back pain is a rampant, pervasive and expensive problem. Over 70% of individuals suffer severe back pain in their lives with nearly one third suffering from severe back pain in the prior 30 days. As a chiropractor for over 30 years, Craig has treated thousands of back pain patients and has witnessed the mind body… The post Targeting Back Pain with EFT Tapping appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Oct 11, 2022•20 min
Being “polyvagal-informed” is perhaps the newest catch phrase for trauma-informed healing arts practitioners. Polyvagal Theory (PVT), as developed by Stephen Porges, PhD and extensively written about in clinical applications by Deb Dana, LCSW, is described as the science of feeling safe. It’s focus of application is to help us understand our body’s response to the… The post Integrating EFT and Polyvagal Theory appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Sep 28, 2022•22 min
OK, start tapping, in this podcast we focus on the legal stuff that can make some EFT Tapping practitioners nervous. We discuss with Midge Murphy challenges and misunderstandings regarding scope of practice, websites, testimonials and the use of practitioner description and titles. Awareness and knowledge will decrease your legal risk of a complaint ever being… The post The 3 Biggest Legal Mistakes EFT Practitioners Make appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Aug 29, 2022•32 min
Recently a TikTok video therapist got raked across the coals when they complained on the social media platform about her clients “trauma-dumping” on her. In this podcast we discuss the problem with this concept and tie in the common phenomenon that EFT practitioners get to experience in sessions when a client gets drawn into a… The post What is “Trauma Dumping” and How It Could Be Related to the “Trauma Pull” Phenomenon appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™ ....
Aug 10, 2022•16 min
