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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 seated beliefs that a person’s body is fragile and constantly at risk of serious illness or death. These experiences can create hypervigilant behaviors around one’s body that are similar to PTSD and hence is sometimes referred to as medical PTSD. Some of the examples discussed include being raised in an overprotective environment, traumatic medical experiences, witnessing a family member’s chronic illness, the trauma of neglect and more can set the stage for this. EFT when safely applied through a trauma informed lens may help to release the limiting beliefs and emotional responses for someone suffering from this experience. The post Trauma Informed EFT Tapping for Hypochondria Anxiety appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™.

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 session? Where do professional boundaries, goal setting and accountability come into play? When is advice-giving appropriate? Should a non licensed practitioner be treating pain, physical conditions or mental health disorders? What about when working in collaborative approaches? How does having a trauma informed lens come into the picture? Listen in to find out! The post Questions of Scope of Practice; EFT Tapping in Therapy, Health Care, Coaching and Beyond appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™.

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 who are witnessing these events who can get retriggered by having experienced similar events in their past. There is of course a hierarchy of immediacy needs with regards to post catastrophe survival that initially need to be met, but with regards to EFT, trauma processing so early is not the highest priority but accessing self regulation is. In this podcast we offer our advice that you can personally use or share in response to such situations. Alina also shares her personal story about hurricane Andrew and offers information on how those affected by this can reach out for EFT practitioner support. The post Hurricane Relief; Emotional First Aid Tapping appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™.

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 information on Tapping out of Trauma 1.0 For more information on Tapping out of Trauma 2.0 The post Trauma, Stress and PTSD appeared first on EFT Tapping Training Institute™.