There are many new and exciting techniques
to break into anger, fears and negative thinking. The mental
health field is changing rapidly with the event of the new Energy
Therapies. Learn and use the different release techniques that
focus on positive intention while working with your subconscious
mind to create relaxation and balance the energy in your body.
You can learn to apply these techniques at home on yourself!
They are effective for anger management, stress, confusion,
anxiety, phobias, depression, addictions, trauma, Post Traumatic
Stress Syndrome, guilt, physical pain and enhancing performance
and skills. All work equally well with anger issues.
The Energy Therapies are highly effective in treating and
correcting negative emotions and self-limiting beliefs reduce
old hurts and create a healthy life. They work with the body's
energy system and relieve emotional pain. They provide release,
insight, changes of negative beliefs and shifts in biochemistry.
Many of them are based on Chinese Acupuncture concepts and
use acupressure, which you apply to yourself. The research
is coming in on these techniques regarding their effectiveness
with clients.
I'm been trained in all of the major traditional theories
of psychology: Client Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral,
Hypnosis, Gestalt Therapy, Family Systems, Brief Therapy and
Transpersonal Psychology. I use all of these techniques and
they are very effective in their way. But talking about your
problems is only part of counseling. I prefer the Energy Psychotherapies
that move people along faster by processing and releasing
negative emotion.
Many therapists who are trained in one of these innovative
procedures are trained in others. Cross training makes them
more effective therapists. Therapists who have invested the
time and money to learn these innovative approaches seem to
be more open and caring than the typical mental health worker
who uses traditional talk therapy methods. Energy Psychotherapy
workers are therapists with a plus! This is my bias! After
twenty years in the field, I'm entitled to having my opinions
on what works well. If you are a therapist and disagree with
me on this, don't write me--get some training in one or more
of these techniques and you will experience wonders.
How Do I Find Someone I will
Really Click With?
Go to the web sites listed below to check out the different
Energy Psychotherapies. Do your homework on line before calling
for help. You can get referrals for counselors in your area
from the web sites.
Don't be shy about asking for information when you call
to make an appointment. When interviewing a prospective therapist,
ask about their training in the area for which you seek help.
Ask how many clients they have successfully worked with on
the same issue. Ask them what their approach would be to a
problem like yours. Ask them how they help the client process
and release difficult emotions. Get a sense of their warmth
and interest in your specific concern.
Not having money is never the major issue to prevent getting
professional help, although some people use it as an excuse.
When people say, 'I don't have the money.' I've noticed it
is more a low self- esteem issue or a lack of motivation issue.
People who are serious about getting help make it happen.
Insurance plans of the 80/20 agreement and the HMO plans
will pay for your sessions with your co-pay being under $20.
If your insurance plan is 50/50, you might expect to pay out
of pocket $40 or $50 per session. Call your insurance company
to determine what benefits you have. You can also get a list
of referrals for your area from them, but they will not have
information about who does Energy therapies.
If you want to see a clinician who is not in your insurance
plan because you hear good things about him or her, go ahead
and pay for their services. Talk to the person you chose about
your financial situation. Some therapists have a sliding fee
scale and are willing to give you a good deal.
All therapists are not created equal! If you are merely
telling stories in session or spending time blaming others
in your life, you are not getting full value for your time
and money. I prefer a clinician who makes you do something
about your upsets, processes negative emotion and challenges
you about ways of erroneous thinking that keep you stuck.
A clinician who teaches you stress management skills is also
a plus.
You will know that you have the right therapist if you feel
comfortable in their presence and they start getting down
to the business of helping you change right away. You should
start to feel better and learn some skills to make your life
easier within one or two sessions. If you have had three sessions
and you are not making changes, consider changing therapists.
If your therapist seems bored, anxious or helpless in your
presence, try someone else. You are the consumer of the services
and want to get the best you can for your dollar.
Do not just give up on your counseling after a few sessions
and say, 'Well I tried counseling and it didn't work for me.'
Try someone else to see if his or her approach works better
for you.
Also check your own motivation. Are you willing to give
your counseling the best that you have? Are you there half-heatedly
and just show up hoping something will change. Take your sessions
seriously. Really consider what the counselor is telling you.
Do your homework as if you really want to get an A+ in this
course. This is your life we are talking about! Give the therapy
process a hundred percent.
My Own Success Story
I used to be an angry, depressed person and became physically
ill. Then I started looking at the childhood traumas and the
areas of my life that were out of balance. Today I'm a positive,
productive, highly creative person working to make change
in people like you who are looking for help. I had forty-four
years of the unhappy life before I woke up and decided that
my future depended on my getting straight with my thinking.
With help from talented clinicians, I shucked off my old negative
persona and started to soar. Now I give back to the Universe
for all the abundance I've been given.
I've spent thousands of dollars on my getting healthier
and what a pay off! The time and money that I spent on working
on my mental health are the most important investments that
I've ever made. Would I be any happier if I had used that
money on a newer car, a bigger house or more vacations? I
would probably still be the same miserable person with a negative
errors of thinking that kept me caught in unhappiness. The
benefits of my investment keep on growing and affect the happiness
of my children and grandchildren.
You can make your life a success too. With these new techniques
that are available, there is no reason for you to go through
life angry and miserable. Check them out and then make a decision
to give yourself a great gift. Get some help for yourself.
Don't wait. Make the investment in yourself today. Think of
yourself as a great project that you can pour information
and learning into that pays off with high returns. You can
work through your anger and feelings of injustice for what
was done to you. Get someone to help you do this. You are
certainly worth it.
Remember, we are as happy as we learn to be responsible
for our own thoughts, and behavior!
Thought Field Therapy and
the Emotional Freedom Technique
Johnny Carson once asked a feisty, 104 year old woman what
the secret was to her longevity. She replied, 'I didn't smoke
or drink; I went to church and raised my family. And when
something hurt, I just poked it!'
Want a quick way to release stress, fears, anxiety, grief
and addictive cravings? Sometimes our body just wants poking.
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and The Emotional Freedom Technique
(EFT) are innovative procedures you can learn to use on yourself
to release stress and quickly bring yourself in emotional
balance. These tapping procedures break into the body's energy
system to eliminate emotional distress and unresolved issues.
TFT and EFT demonstrate the power of the mind and the use
of acupressure in releasing the negative emotions and beliefs
that cause disturbances in your body's energy system.
The basic tapping technique was originally discovered to
release phobias in a few minutes. It has been expanded to
eliminate stress, anger, anxiety, jealously, rejection, guilt,
addictions, grief and pain over love gone wrong. Acupressure
on certain key spots helps clear the disruption in the energy
meridians. Often the thought or belief about the issue spontaneously
changes after doing the tapping. Most people are amazed at
how fast these techniques work to break into energetic emotional
blocks. This is speed therapy at it's best!
Children love to tap away their bad feelings and they do
not have to do much talking about what upsets them. Every
child in the world should learn this method of dealing with
stress and problems. Every angry child needs to learn how
to take his anger down by using EFT or TFT.
These effective techniques can be done via phone long distance
with a trained therapist. You can also learn to do the Emotional
Freedom Technique on yourself at home via videotapes, which
Craig sells.
Gary Craig's website on The Emotional Freedom Technique
provides in-depth information on incorporating EFT into one's
life. He gives numerous case histories of using EFT to release
just about anything you can come up with. He features the
"Palace of Possibilities," which are articles on living well
and using EFT as a part of eliminating unconscious obstacles
to success.
I use EFT more than any other technique to help people resolve
their stuff quickly! Remember, when it hurts, just poke it!
Tap often on any and all problems and troublesome emotions.
Go the web site of The Emotional Freedom Techniques at http://www.emofree.com
or http://www.net-energy.com
Roger Callahan is the originator of the first energy technique
originally called Thought Field Therapy now called the Callahan
Techniques. Check this fast clearing technique out at http://www.tftrx.com
Eye Movement Desensitization
and Reprocessing
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is
a revolutionary process, which releases stress and uncomfortable
emotions stored away in the body and mind through the use
of eye movements. EMDR has been used with many different types
of problems including Vietnam combat problems, trauma due
to natural disaster and sexual and physical abuse. EMDR is
also helpful in releasing uncomfortable memories of being
criticized, embarrassed and shamed by others as well as being
unmotivated or stuck on emotional issues. It works with any
type of disturbance or habit including anger as old repressed
feelings come to the surface and are released. After a while,
the negative feelings begin to shift and start to disappear.
The reprocessing part of the technique allows for quiet time
for positive messages to come from the unconscious mind. Clients
often report that what they were concerned about no longer
seems to be an issue.
EMDR allows for the right and left side of the brain to
connect giving more energy and brain power to see a negative
situation differently. It works with brain neurology to help
gently cut through the psychological defenses that have been
built up. New pathways in the brain open up which allows for
greater understanding of the issue.
Children are intrigued to simply follow the movement of
body states and emotions as they process an issue and follow
the gentle rhythm of the eye movements. EMDR has been used
with children to show them how their negative internal body
states and negative self-statements set up avoidance of doing
homework.
EMDR has been well documented by numerous research studies.
Many clients report that they get release from things that
have bothered them for a long time and are able to move on
in their lives. You can learn to do it on your own for mild
issues. I teach this technique to every client to use as a
quick stress reduction method. Contact the EMDR web site at
http://www.emdr.com
The Tapas Acupressure Technique
The Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT) is a simple method
that helps people release information about what is bothering
them by holding certain acupressure points on the forehead
and back of the neck with their fingers. By holding points,
focusing on an issue and requesting information and a positive
outcome, the energies release. The front and back of the brain
is connected and brain rhythms become balanced. The former
problem is no longer a concern.
TAT is an accelerated information processing technique,
useful in the treatment of trauma, anger, stress, allergic
reactions, and fixed negative emotional states. TAT is the
sweetest technique. I use it daily and see people change.
Information about The Tapas Acupressure Technique can be
accessed at http://www.tat-intl.com
Be Set Free Fast
Be Set Free Fast (BSFFtm) is a highly focused Energy Therapy
method for eliminating the negative emotional roots and self-limiting
belief systems which are embedded in the subconscious mind,
and which are "locked" together by specific energy circuits.
These unresolved negative emotions and beliefs create and
maintain psychological and physical symptoms, which can result
in life adjustment, mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual
problems, including medical, and health problems. Larry Nims
developed this technique.
Be Set Free Fast is a descriptive acronym for "Behavioral
& Emotional Symptom Elimination Training For Resolving Excess
Emotion: Fear, Anger, Sadness & Trauma." The web site is at
http://www.besetfreefast.com/
The Association for Comprehensive
Energy Psychology
Energy Psychology is a family of novel mind/body interventions
that have been consistently clinically observed to help with
a wide range of psychological concerns. This includes the
biofield that envelops the body, the energy centers (chakras),
and the energy pathways (meridians and related acupressure
points). The Energy Psychotherapies:
1) assist stuck clients (those who are unresponsive to usual
treatments);
2) alleviate psychospiritual & mind-body distress (traumas,
anxiety, phobias, stress, limiting beliefs, addictions, compulsions,
allergies, personality disorders, etc)
3) promote high-level psychospiritual/ mind-body health
& peak performance (physical, mental and creative).
The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP),
which has 500 worldwide members) is an international non-profit
organization to promote professionally responsible Energy
Psychology treatments, and facilitate collaboration among
practitioners, researchers and licensing bodies. The ACEP
web site: http://www.energypsych.org
