Posts Tagged ‘School Counselors’
EFT for Trauma in Elementary School
Author: admin
By Monica Broadfoot Johnson, M.Ed
Dear Gary,
I would like to share a success that I had regarding an elementary school boy. I work in an elementary school as a counselor and have been using EFT for 2 years now. I also know that many people believe that school counselors usually do ‘bandaid’ work, and that the real work goes to real therapists. I work at a school in a poverty area, and the parents do not take their kids to therapy. So here is my story. Jake (not his real name) had a father who committed suicide the summer before I started seeing him in a grief group and he was doing pretty well. However, one day there was a knock on my door and Jake and his friend were standing there. Jake’s friend had brought him to me because there had been an accident on the basketball court. Another boy had been hit with something and was knocked out. The boy had a bad cut on his head and while lying on the court, blood was pooling around his head. So Jake was brought to me and looked as if he were ready to pass out. He began telling me what had happened on the court and how it reminded him of his dad lying on the street with the blood pooling around his head. I tapped on him while he was telling me this because he appeared to be in shock. Not only was the picture of his dad putting him into a re-grieving state, but another aspect arose. During his dad’s death, the police officer had picked up Jake, put his head into the officer’s neck, told him not to look, and walked with him away from the situation. And, of course, being a little boy, he looked. So here is the aspect of not doing what he was told to do, and then seeing the horror. I tapped on him for about 10 minutes. I just let him keep talking while I used the basic recipe. I also added and had him repeat this psychological reversal statement with forgiveness added. Even though I didn’t listen to the police officer, I’m still a survivor; I’m just a kid and I am a survivor … I forgive myself for just being a kid and looking when he told me not to. Even though an adult probably couldn’t handle it, I’m just a kid and I forgive me … I am a survivor. Then he went back to class and made it through the day. I don’t know how we would have gotten through this without EFT. Pre-EFT, any trauma lasted so much longer. Thank you Gary for developing this wonderful technique.
Monica B. Johnson, M.Ed.
taken from www.emofree.com
How to get EFT into Schools
Author: TappyBear
My dream is that every child will learn EFT in elementary school — and then go home and teach their parents! I had a call from a woman, yesterday, asking me how to get EFT into schools. I am writing this article to share my ideas with the rest of you. If children could learn how to tap, they could release anger, hurt, sadness, embarrassment, etc. They could recover from difficult situations and proceed with a much better quality of life.
- Tell every parent you know about EFT. Invite parents to EFT introductory groups in which parents learn how to use EFT for their children and for themselves. Call attention to the many articles written on the subject. Many are on www.emofree.com .
- Participate in research projects. Such projects are studying the effectiveness of EFT to help kids overcome test anxiety and math anxiety. They are also looking at the effect on drop out rates in high schools. The more research done in schools, the easier it will be for more schools to incorporate EFT.
- If you currently work in a school, and use EFT, teach other staff members how to use it for stress management. If teachers, with their stressful jobs, used EFT for themselves, that would be a benefit in itself. After a good experience, they will be likely to use it for their students.
- If you are a parent, with kids in school, go to PTA meetings. Tell other parents and school staff about the benefits of EFT for kids. Direct them to www.emofree.com. Most of them will have never heard of it, and will thank you for informing them about EFT.
- If you are a parent and have time, volunteer at your child’s school. When you are there tutoring kids, you very likely will have an opportunity to use EFT with a child’s learning problem. Be sure to share the result with the teachers.
- If you are an EFT trainer, prepare brochures focused on how EFT helps children. Mail them to school counselors, and put them on bulletin boards. Order the compact disk EFT Specialty Series #1. In that video training series, Ann Adams makes a great presentation on how to use EFT for children’s emotional issues. During your trainings, present information on how to use EFT for kids. Have books available on this special subject.
- As an EFT trainer, if you have trained at least 1 school counselor, ask the counselor to keep case histories of their use of EFT with children. Follow up by making a presentation at your state school counselors association conference with the counselor you trained. Use real data from the school counselors case histories to encourage more counselors to accept the training. I have presented at the last three Arizona School Counselors’ Conferences and have trained a number of school counselors as a result.
Mary Stafford
Taken from: www.emofree.com
