Comments on: #164 – A Holistic Approach to Treating PTSD in Israel http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/07/18/164-a-holistic-approach-to-treating-ptsd-in-israel/ All the psychology you need to know and just enough to make you dangerous Fri, 10 Feb 2012 23:01:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Karen Nauman C.Ht. http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/07/18/164-a-holistic-approach-to-treating-ptsd-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-811 Karen Nauman C.Ht. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 14:52:50 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/?p=256#comment-811 Hi Rick, EFT (the Emotional Freedom Techniques) *is* just a tool/technique and I agree that nothing/no one should ever get in the way of a client receiving the best healing option available to them. I often refer clients to different professionals with-in and outside of my field. I appreciate your opinion about EFT, especially since you have read about it and seen it demonstrated. I have my own experiences with and opinion about EFT. For 7 years now I have been a practicing Hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner. Three years ago I began integrating EFT into my Hypnotherapy sessions and today I practice EFT 100% of the time. I also now do all of my sessions over the phone which is an interesting shift because hypnosis on the telephone was not possible. Quite difficult to tell if someone was in trance or laying on the floor sleeping! :) I've heard scientific explanations why/how energy therapies like acupuncture and EFT work however, I don't spend much time researching these topics because I would rather be teaching and doing EFT with folks to help them learn to help themselves to improve their physical, mental and emotional health. I feel... EFT does not cure or heal anything -- It allows us to identify and shift the limiting beliefs, unhelpful negative emotions and core issues that keep us stuck or sick. EFT helps our body and mind to utilize its own natural healing ability to move us towards overall health and well-being. If this is considered faith healing... then I am all for it! :) The Rabbi is doing incredible work and listening to this interview brought tears to my eyes... because I know the power of applying EFT with myself and my clients. I've heard Gary Craig, EFT Founder say... "Getting involved in EFT right now is like being on the ground floor of a healing high-rise." I'm in the elevator and heading up... and even at lease lower floors, the view is quite simply AWESOME! I sense that EFT is a big part of some major earth changes that are in process right now and I feel blessed to be part of it! Peace to you, Karen Hi Rick,

EFT (the Emotional Freedom Techniques) *is* just a tool/technique and I agree that nothing/no one should ever get in the way of a client receiving the best healing option available to them. I often refer clients to different professionals with-in and outside of my field.

I appreciate your opinion about EFT, especially since you have read about it and seen it demonstrated.

I have my own experiences with and opinion about EFT. For 7 years now I have been a practicing Hypnotherapist and NLP Practitioner.

Three years ago I began integrating EFT into my Hypnotherapy sessions and today I practice EFT 100% of the time. I also now do all of my sessions over the phone which is an interesting shift because hypnosis on the telephone was not possible. Quite difficult to tell if someone was in trance or laying on the floor sleeping! :)

I’ve heard scientific explanations why/how energy therapies like acupuncture and EFT work however, I don’t spend much time researching these topics because I would rather be teaching and doing EFT with folks to help them learn to help themselves to improve their physical, mental and emotional health.

I feel… EFT does not cure or heal anything — It allows us to identify and shift the
limiting beliefs, unhelpful negative emotions and core issues that keep us stuck or sick. EFT helps our body and mind to utilize its own natural healing ability to move us towards overall health and well-being.

If this is considered faith healing… then I am all for it! :)

The Rabbi is doing incredible work and listening to this interview brought tears to my eyes… because I know the power of applying EFT with myself and my clients.

I’ve heard Gary Craig, EFT Founder say… “Getting involved in EFT right now is like being on the ground floor of a healing high-rise.”

I’m in the elevator and heading up… and even at lease lower floors, the view is quite simply AWESOME!

I sense that EFT is a big part of some major earth changes that are in process right now and I feel blessed to be part of it!

Peace to you, Karen

]]> By: Sarah Radcliffe http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/07/18/164-a-holistic-approach-to-treating-ptsd-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-805 Sarah Radcliffe Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:09:00 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/?p=256#comment-805 EFT is not a faith healing technique. It doesn't work for every single person - neither does any treatment medical or psychological - but it does work for so many so powerfully. In my own practice, so many people have had "miraculous" results that I can only say I've got personal magical powers or, the technique itself really works. Since I never had any magical powers before I began to practice energy psychology, I'm going to attribute the therapeutic success to the intervention. EFT is not a faith healing technique. It doesn’t work for every single person – neither does any treatment medical or psychological – but it does work for so many so powerfully. In my own practice, so many people have had “miraculous” results that I can only say I’ve got personal magical powers or, the technique itself really works. Since I never had any magical powers before I began to practice energy psychology, I’m going to attribute the therapeutic success to the intervention.

]]> By: Rick V. http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/2008/07/18/164-a-holistic-approach-to-treating-ptsd-in-israel/comment-page-1/#comment-742 Rick V. Thu, 31 Jul 2008 06:33:05 +0000 http://www.shrinkrapradio.com/?p=256#comment-742 This is a show I feel compelled to comment about. Years ago boxer Evander Holyfield was medically disqualified from professional boxing because he could not pass his physical, physicians said he had a defective heart and that there was a danger of sudden cardiac arrest if he were to place himself under extremely physically demanding conditions. Sometime after receiving this devastating news Holyfield went to a well known faith healer named Benny Hin and received prayer for healing. Afterwards he went back to the boxing commission with a clean bill of health from a qualified doctor and went on to fight another day. What happened? Was he healed by Benny Hin? Or was his own faith so powerful that his mind was somehow able to heal his heart? Was the original diagnosis incorrect? I don’t know but I do know that Holyfield believes that god healed him through his anointed servant Benny Hin and I also know that many have died or become very ill after believing they were cured by a faith healer when in fact they were not. When there is a death because a faith healers prayers were ineffective in curing whatever problem inspired invocation of god’s assistance the blame is usually shifted to the person receiving the healing. Typically they are accused of not having enough faith i.e. god would not heal them. I am a psych student with an emphasis on the hard science side of the discipline so my standards of evidence are quite rigorous when it comes to evaluating the claims of any therapeutic model. There are few therapeutic models I have seen that are more ridiculous than EFT. I have observed this technique performed and have read a good deal of literature on it at the request of a friend who wanted my opinion about it. Are there people who use this method who seem to benefit? Of course there are, just like there are many people who show significant improvement to their health in drug trials when all they received were sugar pills. When someone seeks out therapy there is almost always a great deal of relief after just one session with a therapist because of the subjects anticipation and expectation of receiving benefit both in the short and long term. There is something very powerful about being willing to face our inner demons that has benefit in and of itself. However the proof of treatment orientations effectiveness is ultimately in the measured longitudinal efficacy of that treatment in the lives of those exposed to that particular protocol. Do people have miraculous emotional healings? Of course they do and it happens under all sorts of circumstances religious and otherwise but personality resistant forms of mental illness are in my opinion never healed miraculously and the ability of someone to bounce back from trauma is his highly variable. With the former in mind I should state that there are many folks who practice such techniques who sincerely want to help their fellow man, I just hope that when they run into someone who they cannot reach they have the courage to send those patients to people who use methods that have produced positive results with a statistically significant degree of confidence. This is a show I feel compelled to comment about. Years ago boxer Evander Holyfield was medically disqualified from professional boxing because he could not pass his physical, physicians said he had a defective heart and that there was a danger of sudden cardiac arrest if he were to place himself under extremely physically demanding conditions. Sometime after receiving this devastating news Holyfield went to a well known faith healer named Benny Hin and received prayer for healing. Afterwards he went back to the boxing commission with a clean bill of health from a qualified doctor and went on to fight another day. What happened? Was he healed by Benny Hin? Or was his own faith so powerful that his mind was somehow able to heal his heart? Was the original diagnosis incorrect? I don’t know but I do know that Holyfield believes that god healed him through his anointed servant Benny Hin and I also know that many have died or become very ill after believing they were cured by a faith healer when in fact they were not. When there is a death because a faith healers prayers were ineffective in curing whatever problem inspired invocation of god’s assistance the blame is usually shifted to the person receiving the healing. Typically they are accused of not having enough faith i.e. god would not heal them. I am a psych student with an emphasis on the hard science side of the discipline so my standards of evidence are quite rigorous when it comes to evaluating the claims of any therapeutic model. There are few therapeutic models I have seen that are more ridiculous than EFT. I have observed this technique performed and have read a good deal of literature on it at the request of a friend who wanted my opinion about it. Are there people who use this method who seem to benefit? Of course there are, just like there are many people who show significant improvement to their health in drug trials when all they received were sugar pills. When someone seeks out therapy there is almost always a great deal of relief after just one session with a therapist because of the subjects anticipation and expectation of receiving benefit both in the short and long term. There is something very powerful about being willing to face our inner demons that has benefit in and of itself. However the proof of treatment orientations effectiveness is ultimately in the measured longitudinal efficacy of that treatment in the lives of those exposed to that particular protocol. Do people have miraculous emotional healings? Of course they do and it happens under all sorts of circumstances religious and otherwise but personality resistant forms of mental illness are in my opinion never healed miraculously and the ability of someone to bounce back from trauma is his highly variable. With the former in mind I should state that there are many folks who practice such techniques who sincerely want to help their fellow man, I just hope that when they run into someone who they cannot reach they have the courage to send those patients to people who use methods that have produced positive results with a statistically significant degree of confidence.

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