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Digital Seminar

Emotional Freedom Techniques and Tapping

Intensive EFT Training for Treating Anxiety, Trauma, and More

Speaker:
Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP
Duration:
Approx. 12 Hours
Copyright:
Sep 30, 2026
Product Code:
POS150708
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: In-Person Seminar | Live Webcast

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Description

Healing should not feel like an endless climb.

Yet so many clients return to session after session carrying the same pain, repeating the same patterns, and struggling to break free from what their nervous system still holds.

The work feels heavy, breakthroughs are fleeting, and you start to wonder if something deeper is possible.

This is where Emotional Freedom Techniques & Tapping stands apart.

It gives you a way to create real movement in places that feel stuck and opens the door to breakthroughs other methods cannot reliably reach.

This intensive shows you exactly how to guide clients into real nervous system change, dissolve emotional blocks, and work with a level of effectiveness that transforms the trajectory of your sessions.

Led by Robert Schwarz, PsyD, ACEP, one of the most respected leaders in Energy Psychology and a co-creator of ACEP’s EFT training programs, this training will show you how to use EFT with confidence in your next session.

You’ll learn how to:

  • Structure an effective, well paced EFT session
  • Identify the treatment targets that create the greatest therapeutic impact
  • Apply practical tools for anxiety, trauma symptoms, panic, phobias, and somatic distress
  • Use core EFT methods, including Tell the Story, Tearless Trauma, and precise therapeutic language
  • Integrate EFT with CBT, DBT, parts work, inner child work, EMDR support, and strategic approaches
  • Build confidence through live demonstrations, guided practice, and direct feedback

So regardless if you are new to EFT & Tapping or a seasoned EFT clinician don’t miss this rare chance to learn from one of the fields most trusted teachers.

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Credit


* Credit Note - Self-Study CE Information Coming Soon

Continuing education credit information is coming soon for this non-interactive self-study package.

CE hours may be available for select professions, as listed in the target audience. Hours will be dependent on the actual recording time. Please check with your state licensing board or organization for specific requirements. 

There may be an additional fee for CE certificates. Please contact our Customer Service at 1-800-844-8260 for more details. 

**Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.



Speaker

Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP's Profile

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Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP, has over 35 years of experience as a licensed psychologist specializing in an approach that is holistic combining the best aspects of traditional approaches with complementary approaches to treatment including energy psychology, hypnosis, imagery, mindfulness, and nutrition.

He is the former executive director of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology and the author or co-author of 3 professional books: We’re No Fun Anymore: Helping Couples Create Joyful Marriages Through the Power of Play, Tools for Transforming Trauma, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Clinician’s Guide.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Robert Schwarz maintains a private practice. He is a published author and receives royalties. Dr. Schwarz receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Robert Schwarz has no relevant non-financial relationships.


Additional Info

Access for Self-Study (Non-Interactive)

Access never expires for this product.


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Objectives

  1. Demonstrate the basic EFT tapping protocol, including tapping points and setup statements.
  2. Apply EFT to rapidly reduce anxiety, panic, stress, and overwhelming affect.
  3. Differentiate between EFT’s self-regulation mode and root-cause (reparative) mode and identify when each is clinically appropriate.
  4. Integrate EFT into the 3 Phases of trauma treatment.
  5. Perform the tell the story technique.
  6. Perform the tearless trauma technique.
  7. Identify and utilize specific aspects of experience (visual images, auditory cues, emotions, cognitions, and body sensations) when targeting EFT interventions.
  8. Use EFT to manage emotional intensity and prevent retraumatization while working with trauma.
  9. Explain the research base supporting EFT for anxiety, depression, PTSD, and trauma-related conditions.
  10. Apply the personal peace procedure for treatment planning.
  11. Describe the proposed neurobiological and clinical mechanisms underlying EFT.
  12. Integrate EFT seamlessly with existing therapeutic orientations without abandoning current clinical frameworks.

Outline

Why EFT: Breaking Down Misconceptions and Clarifying Its Clinical Role

  • What EFT is—and what it is not
  • EFT as a mind-body and somatic intervention
  • Supporting and peer-reviewed research
  • Research limitations, critiques, and appropriate clinical use
  • Addressing skepticism and anti-scientific bias
  • EFT and cognitive interventions: how they work together
  • Meridian activation as a calming and regulatory input
  • Using EFT to break through resistant or stuck client problems
  • Benefits for clinician self-regulation, compassion fatigue, and burnout

Setting Up EFT Sessions and Identifying Treatment Targets

  • Overview of the Two Modes of EFT:
    • Self-Regulation Mode
    • Root-Cause Mode
  • Structure of an EFT session
  • Setup statements and tapping sequences
  • Placement and clinical application of acupoints
  • Developing effective foundational language
  • Using inquiry to identify treatment targets
  • Questions to zero in on the most relevant target
  • Identifying and working with aspects of experience:
    • Visual images
    • Auditory cues
    • Emotions
    • Thoughts
    • Body sensations
  • Use of continuous measuring
  • Reducing physical discomfort and somatic distress
  • Addressing and overcoming treatment resistance
  • Sophisticated linguistic variations to enhance effectiveness

Special Considerations for Treating Anxiety, Trauma, and Related Conditions

  • EFT for the anxiety spectrum:
    • Generalized anxiety
    • Panic attacks
    • Anticipatory anxiety
  • Deconstructing panic reactions safely
  • Working with compulsive behaviors and negative habits
  • Special considerations for:
    • Social anxiety
    • Phobias
  • Desensitizing traumatic reactions while staying within the window of tolerance
  • Tailoring EFT to the 3 phases of trauma treatment
  • Benefits for pain reduction and relapse prevention

Advanced Applications and Clinical Tools

Expanding EFT skills and refining precision

  • Tell the Story Technique
    • Processing specific traumatic events
    • Supporting memory reconsolidation
    • Managing emotional intensity in real time
  • Tearless Trauma Technique
    • Reducing intensity before deeper trauma work
    • Preventing emotional flooding and retraumatization
  • Somatic interventions
    • Working directly with bodily expressions of distress
  • Choices Method and therapeutic language
    • Reducing negative beliefs
    • Supporting adaptive outcomes
  • Working with limiting beliefs as trauma-based adaptations
  • Personal Peace Procedure as a method of treatment planning
  • Integrating forgiveness and gratitude when clinically appropriate
  • Advanced language patterns and therapist presence

Considerations for Special Populations and Contexts

  • Non-medication approaches to pain reduction
  • Couples work
  • Working with children/adolescents
  • Cravings, addiction, and relapse prevention
  • Group trauma and critical incident debriefing

Integrating EFT/Tapping into Other Treatment Approaches

  • Using EFT to support CBT and DBT by reducing emotional dysregulation
  • Integrating EFT with:
    • Parts work / IFS
    • Inner child approaches
  • EFT within brief and strategic therapy models
  • Using EFT as a resource during EMDR when clients become overwhelmed
  • Projective and experiential applications in play therapy
  • EFT as an adjunctive, integrative skill—not a replacement modality

Live Demonstrations and Group Practice

  • Live clinical demonstrations of EFT techniques
  • Borrowing benefits and group-based applications
  • Demonstration of the Tearless Trauma Technique
  • Demonstration of Tell the Story Technique
  • Working with phobias and “small t” trauma
  • Guided experiential EFT and tapping practice
  • Clinical discussion and integration of demonstrations

Target Audience

  • Counselors
  • Social Workers
  • Psychologists
  • Marriage & Family Therapists
  • Addiction Counselors
  • Psychiatrists
  • Psychotherapists
  • Physicians
  • Nurses
  • Occupational Therapists
  • Case Managers
  • Other Helping Professionals

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