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THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
David Feinstein, Ph.D.
OBJECTIVES - YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
 Name 3 areas where energy psychology
will be applied.
 Describe one explanatory model in EP
you believe will persist.
 Describe an ethical issue that will emerge.
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
To understand your future . . .
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
To understand your future . . .
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
To understand your future . . .
it helps to understand
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
To understand your future . . .
it helps to understand
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
To understand your future . . .
it helps to understand
OUR ANCESTORS
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language, concepts, and
methods
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language, concepts, and
methods that were attuned
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language, concepts, and
methods that were attuned to the subtle
energies
OUR ANCESTORS
Non-technological cultures (i.e., closer to nature)
from all over the world and extending back to
ancient times had language, concepts, and
methods that were attuned to the subtle
energies that influence body, mind, and spirit.
OUR ANCESTORS
Not only recognized these energies
OUR ANCESTORS
Not only recognized these energies
OUR ANCESTORS
Not only recognized these energies
they found ways to influence them.
OUR ANCESTORS
Not only recognized these energies
they found ways to influence them.
THE FIELD’S MORE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
THE FIELD’S MORE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
THE FIELD’S MORE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
is
THE FIELD’S MORE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
is
Clinical Psychology
THE FIELD’S MORE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY
is
Clinical Psychology
100 years of psychotherapy
100 years of psychotherapy
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions, thought
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions, thought, and behavioral patterns.
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions, thought, and behavioral patterns.
2. Insight often isn’t enough to produce these changes.
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions, thought, and behavioral patterns.
2. Insight often isn’t enough to produce these changes.
3. There is a neurological component to most psychological problems
100 years of psychotherapy has taught
us:
1. A relationship can be established between
two people where purposeful interventions
on the part of one can produce desired changes in the
other’s emotions, thought, and behavioral patterns.
2. Insight often isn’t enough to produce these changes.
3. There is a neurological component to most psychological problems and to treatments that result in
overcoming these problems.
But even after 100 years of
psychotherapy
But even after 100 years of
psychotherapy
30-minute permanent cures of long-standing phobias
But even after 100 years of
psychotherapy
30-minute permanent cures of long-standing phobias
are still outside the box !
But even after 100 years of
psychotherapy
30-minute permanent cures of long-standing phobias
are still outside the box !
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
• has been permanently cured
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
• has been permanently cured
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
• has been permanently cured
• with a largely physical intervention
Frequently within Energy Psychology:
• a longstanding emotional problem
• has been permanently cured
• with a largely physical intervention
• that required less than 30 minutes
Seasoned therapists
Seasoned therapists
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
• Time is needed to build rapport
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
• Time is needed to build rapport
• to examine antecedents of problem
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
• Time is needed to build rapport
• to examine antecedents of problem
• to explore meaning of symptoms
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
• Time is needed to build rapport
• to examine antecedents of problem
• to explore meaning of symptoms
• to assess appropriate treatments
Seasoned therapists
are skeptical & point out:
• Therapy is not that rapid
• Time is needed to build rapport
• to examine antecedents of problem
• to explore meaning of symptoms
• to assess appropriate treatments
• to apply them, observe, & revise
The treatment outcomes make no sense
if we try to understand them in terms
of
The treatment outcomes make no sense
if we try to understand them in terms
of
• insight
The treatment outcomes make no sense
if we try to understand them in terms
of
• insight
• cognitive restructuring
The treatment outcomes make no sense
if we try to understand them in terms
of
• insight
• cognitive restructuring
• reward & punishment
The treatment outcomes make no sense
if we try to understand them in terms
of
• insight
• cognitive restructuring
• reward and punishment
• curative powers of the relationship
WHEN A THEORY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR
WHEN A THEORY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR
significant observed phenomena
WHEN A THEORY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR
significant observed phenomena, it is time to
either form a professional organization around
the theory to protect it
WHEN A THEORY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR
significant observed phenomena, it is time to
either form a professional organization around
the theory to protect it
or . . .
WHEN A THEORY CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR
significant observed phenomena, it is time to
either form a professional organization around
the theory to protect it
or . . .
expand the theory.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
• New Ethical Issues
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
• New Ethical Issues
• A Jagged Path to Acceptance
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS . . .
. . . are not just for the ivory tower.
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS . . .
. . . are not just for the ivory tower.
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS . . .
. . . they will change how we view our world.
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS:
. . . they will change how we view our world.
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
3. Studies of Specific Protocols
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
3. Studies of Specific Protocols
4. New Knowledge in Related Areas
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
In the history of psychotherapy, there has
probably never been a greater number of
clinical reports about the effectiveness of a
new treatment coming from a wider range of
clinical settings and therapist orientations.
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
2. Efficacy Research
Efficacy Research:
Efficacy Research:
IS IT JUST RELAXATION?
Efficacy Research:
IS IT JUST RELAXATION?
Efficacy Research:
IS IT JUST RELAXATION?
Comparing a relaxation method with the stimulation of
acupressure points in the single-session treatment of
phobias of small animals, the acupressure treatment
was significantly more effective
̶ Journal of Clinical Psychology
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
 14 Year Period
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
 14 Year Period
 31,400 Patients Received Energy Therapy
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
 14 Year Period
 31,400 Patients Received Energy Therapy
 36 Clinicians (23 MDs, 2 RNs, 11 MAs)
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
 14 Year Period
 31,400 Patients Received Energy Therapy
 36 Clinicians (23 MDs, 2 RNs, 11 MAs)
 70% Improvement Rate
Efficacy Research:
First Large Scale Study
 11 Allied Clinics in Argentina and Uruguay
 14 Year Period
 31,400 Patients Received Energy Therapy
 36 Clinicians (23 MDs, 2 RNs, 11 MAs)
 70% Improvement Rate
 Prin. Investigator: Joaquín Andrade, M.D.
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
 5-1/2 Year Period
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
 5-1/2 Year Period
 2,500 Received Energy Therapy (randomized)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
 5-1/2 Year Period
 2,500 Received Energy Therapy (randomized)
 2,500 Received CBT/Medication (control group)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
 5-1/2 Year Period
 2,500 Received Energy Therapy (randomized)
 2,500 Received CBT/Medication (control group)
 Followed at 1, 3, 6, & 12 Months After Treatment
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1
 5,000 Patients with Anxiety Disorders
 5-1/2 Year Period
 2,500 Received Energy Therapy (randomized)
 2,500 Received CBT/Medication (control group)
 Followed at 1, 3, 6, & 12 Months After Treatment
 Raters Did Not Know Treatment Approach
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1 Outcomes
CBT GROUP
Positive
Clinical
Response
Complete
Freedom From
Symptoms
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1 Outcomes
CBT GROUP
Positive
Clinical
Response
Complete
Freedom From
Symptoms
63%
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1 Outcomes
CBT GROUP
Positive
Clinical
Response
Complete
Freedom From
Symptoms
63%
51%
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1 Outcomes
CBT GROUP
Positive
Clinical
Response
Complete
Freedom From
Symptoms
63%
51%
ENERGY GROUP
90%
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 1 Outcomes
CBT GROUP
Positive
Clinical
Response
Complete
Freedom From
Symptoms
ENERGY GROUP
63%
90%
51%
76%
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 2
Average Number of Sessions with Patients
Showing Positive Results (N=190):
CBT GROUP
Number of
Sessions
Mean # of
Sessions
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 2
Average Number of Sessions with Patients
Showing Positive Results (N=190):
CBT GROUP
Number of
Sessions
Mean # of
Sessions
9 to 20
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 2
Average Number of Sessions with Patients
Showing Positive Results (N=190):
CBT GROUP
Number of
Sessions
9 to 20
Mean # of
Sessions
15
ENERGY GROUP
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 2
Average Number of Sessions with Patients
Showing Positive Results (N=190):
CBT GROUP
Number of
Sessions
9 to 20
Mean # of
Sessions
15
ENERGY GROUP
1 to 7
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 2
Average Number of Sessions with Patients
Showing Positive Results (N=190):
CBT GROUP
ENERGY GROUP
Number of
Sessions
9 to 20
1 to 7
Mean # of
Sessions
15
3
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 3
Comparing Tapping with Needles on Same
Acupuncture Points with Panic Patients:
TAPPING
(N=40)
Positive
Response
NEEDLES
(N=38)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 3
Comparing Tapping with Needles on Same
Acupuncture Points with Panic Patients:
TAPPING
(N=40)
Positive
Response
77.5%
NEEDLES
(N=38)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 3
Comparing Tapping with Needles on Same
Acupuncture Points with Panic Patients:
TAPPING
(N=40)
Positive
Response
77.5%
NEEDLES
(N=38)
50%
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 4
Comparing Energy Treatment with Medication
for Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
TAPPING
(N=34)
Positive
Response
MEDICATION
(N=30)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 4
Comparing Energy Treatment with Medication
for Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
TAPPING
(N=34)
Positive
Response
79.4%
MEDICATION
(N=30)
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 4
Comparing Energy Treatment with Medication
for Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
TAPPING
(N=34)
Positive
Response
79.4%
MEDICATION
(N=30)
70%
Efficacy Research:
Sub-Study 4
Comparing Energy Treatment with Medication
for Generalized Anxiety Disorder:
TAPPING
(N=34)
Positive
Response
79.4%
MEDICATION
(N=30)
70%
About 1/2 the medication group suffered from side effects
and from rebounds after discontinuing medication.
No side effects were found in the tapping group.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
. . . a large n, controlled,
randomized design with
statistically impressive results.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
. . . a large n, controlled,
randomized design with
statistically impressive results.
Does this mean that the efficacy of
energy psychology been proven?
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Some of the variables were not strictly monitored.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Some of the variables were not strictly monitored.
Record keeping was relatively informal.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Some of the variables were not strictly monitored.
Record keeping was relatively informal.
Outcome assessments were subjective ratings.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Some of the variables were not strictly monitored.
Record keeping was relatively informal.
Outcome assessments were subjective ratings.
Source data was not always retained.
Efficacy Research:
South America Study
Not replicated.
Always conceived of as a preliminary investigation.
Some of the variables were not strictly monitored.
Record keeping was relatively informal.
Outcome assessments were subjective ratings.
Source data was not always retained.
Never published in a scientific journal or even
submitted to one for all these reasons.
Efficacy Research:
THE STATE OF EFFICACY RESEARCH
Efficacy Research:
THE STATE OF EFFICACY RESEARCH
 Still in its adolescence.
Efficacy Research:
THE STATE OF EFFICACY RESEARCH
 Still in its adolescence.
 No replicated controlled studies
in scientific journals.
Efficacy Research:
THE STATE OF EFFICACY RESEARCH
 Still in its adolescence.
 No replicated controlled studies
in scientific journals.
___________
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
A mass of anecdotal evidence.
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
A mass of anecdotal evidence.
Numerous small or preliminary studies.
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
A mass of anecdotal evidence.
Numerous small or preliminary studies.
Solid research in related areas such as
Acupuncture and Therapeutic Touch.
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
A mass of anecdotal evidence.
Numerous small or preliminary studies.
Solid research in related areas such as
Acupuncture and Therapeutic Touch.
For instance, acupuncture anesthesia can
allow painless surgery while the patient is
awake.
Efficacy Research:
WHAT WE DO HAVE
A mass of anecdotal evidence.
Numerous small or preliminary studies.
Solid research in related areas such as
Acupuncture and Therapeutic Touch.
For instance, acupuncture anesthesia can
allow painless surgery while the patient is
awake. That anxiety can be reduced using
similar methods may not be such a great leap.
Acupuncture & Brain Images:
Acupuncture & Brain Images:
WITH modern brain imaging
techniques, we know a great
deal about the brain as an
electrical system. . .
The Brain as an Electrical System
THE BRAIN CONSISTS OF SOME
100 Billion Neurons
THE BRAIN CONSISTS OF SOME
100 Billion Neurons
Each is electrochemically connected
with up to 10,000 other neurons
HOW TO ASSESS
THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLY
COMPLEX ELECTRICAL NETWORK?
HOW TO ASSESS
THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLY
COMPLEX ELECTRICAL NETWORK?
The brain generates electrical charges
known as Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Theta
waves
HOW TO ASSESS
THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLY
COMPLEX ELECTRICAL NETWORK?
The brain generates electrical charges
known as Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Theta
waves
Correlate with various psychological states
HOW TO ASSESS
THIS INCOMPREHENSIBLY
COMPLEX ELECTRICAL NETWORK?
The brain generates electrical charges
known as Alpha, Beta, Delta, and Theta
waves
Correlate with various psychological states
Various psychological disorders exhibit
high or low levels of specific brain waves
ANXIETY
ANXIETY
Diminished signals in the prefrontal
and temporal regions
ANXIETY
Diminished signals in the prefrontal
and temporal regions
PTSD
Elevated signals in the limbic system,
particularly the amygdala
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques at the:
 Amygdala

When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques at the:
 Amygdala
 Hippocampus

When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques at the:
 Amygdala
 Hippocampus
 Orbital frontal cortex
When a person thinks about an emotional
problem, activation signals can be registered
by various brain-imaging techniques at the:
 Amygdala
 Hippocampus
 Orbital frontal cortex
 Other CNS structures
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
Tapping an ACUPOINT sends
signals that may reach the
cortex, the amygdala, the
hippocampus, or
other areas of the brain.
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
These SIGNALS, as shown via brain imaging:
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
These SIGNALS, as shown via brain imaging:
 Reduce elevated limbic activation (anxiety)
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
These SIGNALS, as shown via brain imaging:
 Reduce elevated limbic activation (anxiety)
 Increase prefrontal signals (relaxed control)
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
These SIGNALS, as shown via brain imaging:
 Reduce elevated limbic activation (anxiety)
 Increase prefrontal signals (relaxed control)
 Stabilize activity in the limbic system (PTSD)
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
By tapping these multiple
points
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
By tapping these multiple
points multiple times
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
By tapping these multiple
points multiple times, an
anxiety-free state
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
By tapping these multiple
points multiple times, an
anxiety-free state seems to
rapidly become conditioned
SELF-MODULATION OF AROUSAL THROUGH
ACUPRESSURE:
By tapping these multiple
points multiple times, an
anxiety-free state seems to
rapidly become conditioned to the
original anxiety-provoking image or thought.
BRAIN SCANS OVER 12 SESSIONS
Acupoint Stimulation for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Before Treatment
After 8 Sessions
After 4 Sessions
After 12 Sessions
Normal (Ideal) Profile
BRAIN SCANS OVER 12 SESSIONS
Acupoint Stimulation for Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Before Treatment
After 8 Sessions
After 4 Sessions
After 12 Sessions
BRAIN SCAN NOTES
The profile shown for this patient is typical of
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in the
South America study who responded positively
to the stimulation of acupoints.
BRAIN SCAN NOTES
The profile shown for this patient is typical of
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in the
South America study who responded positively
to the stimulation of acupoints.
BRAIN SCAN NOTES
The profile shown for this patient is typical of
generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) patients in the
South America study who responded positively
to the stimulation of acupoints.
Shifts toward normal levels of wave frequency ratios
in the cortex correlated with a decrease in the
intensity and frequency of GAD symptoms.
GAD patients treated with Cognitive Behavior
Therapy showed a similar progression, but:
GAD patients treated with Cognitive Behavior
Therapy showed a similar progression, but:
It required a longer period of time for the frontal
cortex to get to near-normal ratios of wave
frequencies
GAD patients treated with Cognitive Behavior
Therapy showed a similar progression, but:
It required a longer period of time for the frontal
cortex to get to near-normal ratios of wave
frequencies, and
the normalization of the ratios tended to revert
toward pre-treatment levels a year after the end of
the psychotherapy much more frequently than they
did for the energy treatment group.
MEDICATION vs. TAPPING
Generalized anxiety disorder patients treated with
anti-anxiety medications tended to show little or no
cortex normalization
MEDICATION vs. TAPPING
Generalized anxiety disorder patients treated with
anti-anxiety medications tended to show little or no
cortex normalization
MEDICATION vs. TAPPING
Generalized anxiety disorder patients treated with
anti-anxiety medications tended to show little or no
cortex normalization
even though symptoms
were reduced while the
drug was being taken.
MEDICATION vs. TAPPING
Generalized anxiety disorder patients treated with
anti-anxiety medications tended to show little or no
cortex normalization
even though symptoms
were reduced while the
drug was being taken.
This suggests that the medication is suppressing
the symptoms without addressing the wave
frequency imbalances.
In short, stimulating specific acupoints
sends signals to brain regions . . .
In short, stimulating specific acupoints
sends signals to brain regions . . .
. . . so an anxiety-evoking image
can be quickly neutralized
and tends to remain so.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
1. Remembering a past event can weaken
(or strengthen) the connections to and
from the amygdala that trigger fear.
Research program by Joseph LeDoux at NYU.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
2. Brain wave patterns that are markers of
anxiety have been identified.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
2. Brain wave patterns that are markers of
anxiety have been identified.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
3. The stimulation of specific acupuncture
points sends signals to given parts of the
brain that can shift brain wave patterns.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
3. The stimulation of specific acupuncture
points sends signals to given parts of the
brain that can shift brain wave patterns.
THREE NEUROLOGICAL FACTS
1. Remembering a past event can make the
connections to and from the amygdala
amenable to change.
2. Brain wave patterns that are markers of
anxiety have been identified.
3. Stimulating specific acupuncture points can
shift brain wave patterns.
TWO HYPOTHESES
HYPOTHESIS 1
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
leads to
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
leads to
Fear or Anxiety
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
leads to
Fear or Anxiety
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
leads to
Fear or Anxiety
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
leads to
Fear or Anxiety
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
leads to
while
Fear or Anxiety
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
leads to
while
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
leads to
while
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
reducing
the
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
reducing
the
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
anxious response
to that image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
reducing
the
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
anxious response
to that image
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
Tapping
Changes the
Neurochemistry
leads to
while
reducing
the
Fear or Anxiety
Holding the Image
anxious response
to that image
HYPOTHESIS 1
HYPOTHESIS 1
Stimulating specific electrically inductive points
on the skin
HYPOTHESIS 1
Stimulating specific electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an anxietyprovoking image
HYPOTHESIS 1
Stimulating specific electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an anxietyprovoking image
reduces neurological connections in the
amygdala and other brain structures
HYPOTHESIS 1
Stimulating specific electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an anxietyprovoking image
reduces neurological connections in the
amygdala and other brain structures
that trigger the anxious response to that
image.
HYPOTHESIS 1
When an Image
leads to
Fear or Anxiety
Tapping
while
Holding the Image
Changes the
Neurochemistry
reducing
the
anxious response
to that image
HYPOTHESIS 2
HYPOTHESIS 2
Stimulating other electrically inductive points on
the skin
HYPOTHESIS 2
Stimulating other electrically inductive points on
the skin
while simultaneously activating positive images
or affirmations
HYPOTHESIS 2
Stimulating other electrically inductive points on
the skin
while simultaneously activating positive images
or affirmations
facilitates the formation of neural connections
HYPOTHESIS 2
Stimulating other electrically inductive points on
the skin
while simultaneously activating positive images
or affirmations
facilitates the formation of neural connections
that strengthen those images and affirmations.
IN BRIEF
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an image
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an image
facilitates a shift in neural connections
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an image
facilitates a shift in neural connections
that change the person’s response to that image.
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an image
facilitates a shift in neural connections
that change the person’s response to that image.
Reducing negative responses (Hypothesis 1)
IN BRIEF
Stimulating a set of electrically inductive points
on the skin
while simultaneously activating an image
facilitates a shift in neural connections
that change the person’s response to that image.
Reducing negative responses (Hypothesis 1)
Enhancing desired responses (Hypothesis 2)
Efficacy Research:
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively that the methods of energy
psychology
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively that the methods of energy
psychology provide a neurologically potent
intervention
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively that the methods of energy
psychology provide a neurologically potent
intervention for strengthening the mental
habits and attitudes
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively that the methods of energy
psychology provide a neurologically potent
intervention for strengthening the mental
habits and attitudes that promote psychological
well being
Efficacy Research:
PREDICTION 1:
Empirical investigation will demonstrate
decisively that the methods of energy
psychology provide a neurologically potent
intervention for strengthening the mental
habits and attitudes that promote psychological
well being and for weakening the mental
habits and attitudes that interfere with it.
Efficacy Research:
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT . . .
Efficacy Research:
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT . . .
Early indications suggest
Efficacy Research:
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT . . .
Early indications suggest these
methods can be effectively
applied
Efficacy Research:
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT . . .
Early indications suggest these
methods can be effectively
applied to a wide range of
conditions
Efficacy Research:
PERHAPS MOST IMPORTANT . . .
Early indications suggest these
methods can be effectively
applied to a wide range of
conditions and with a surprising
degree of flexibility.
This flexibility is important because:
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
If your only tool is talk therapy
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
If your only tool is talk therapy, you
tend to treat everything as needing
relationship and insight.
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
If your only tool is talk therapy, you
tend to treat everything as needing
relationship and insight.
If your only tool is a hammer,
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
If your only tool is talk therapy, you
tend to treat everything as needing
relationship and insight.
If your only tool is a hammer, you
tend to treat everything like
This flexibility is important because:
If your only tool is medication, you
tend to treat everything as a
biological problem.
If your only tool is talk therapy, you
tend to treat everything as needing
relationship and insight.
If your only tool is a hammer, you
tend to treat everything like a nail.
With energy psychology it appears that:
With energy psychology it appears that:
We’re not JUST tapping
And it’s not JUST the same old nail.
Studies of Specific Protocols:
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
3. Studies of Specific Protocols
4. New Knowledge in Related Areas
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety,
pain
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety,
pain, and elevated heart rate
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety,
pain, and elevated heart rate than using no
pressure points
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety,
pain, and elevated heart rate than using no
pressure points or stimulating sham points.
Studies of Specific Protocols:
WILL ANY POINTS DO?
Acupressure treatment applied by the
paramedic team after a minor injury resulted
in a significantly greater reduction of anxiety,
pain, and elevated heart rate than using no
pressure points or stimulating sham points.
- Anesthesia & Analgesia
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
3. Studies of Specific Protocols
4. New Knowledge in Related Areas
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
Shakespeare to Psychology:
"There are more things in
heaven and earth,
Psychology, than are
dreamt of in your
philosophy."
Spring Water
Antarctic Ice
Fountain at Lourdes
Polluted River
Distilled Water
Beethoven’s Pastorale
Kawachi Folk Dance
Heavy Metal Music
Water from Fujiwara Dam
Before offering a prayer
After offering a prayer
Distilled Water
“Thank you.”
“You make me sick.
I will kill you.”
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
When groups of meditators
When groups of meditators
When groups of meditators have been
brought into areas of war and ethnic
tension
When groups of meditators have been
brought into areas of war and ethnic
tension, a significant reduction of
violence has followed.
So significant, in fact, that the odds of
this happening by chance was
1 in 19 billion, or
p < .00000000000000000009
p < .00000000000000000009
p < .01
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
THE IMPACT OF MEDITATORS ON A
LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLED
THE IMPACT OF MEDITATORS ON A
LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLED
“the most thoroughly tested and
rigorously established phenomenon in
the history of social science.”
THE IMPACT OF MEDITATORS ON A
LOCAL COMMUNITY HAS BEEN CALLED
“the most thoroughly tested and
rigorously established phenomenon in
the history of social science.”
-- John Hagelin, Ph.D. (Physicist)
Manual for a Perfect Government
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
 Make plants grow faster
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
 Make plants grow faster
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
 Make plants grow faster
 Enhance healing in humans
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
INTENTION AND PRAYER CAN:
 Impact electronic instruments
 Increase enzyme production
 Make plants grow faster
 Enhance healing in humans
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
DNA:
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
DNA:
 Registers shifts in emotion
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
DNA:
 Registers shifts in emotion
 Even in a cell in the next room
New Knowledge from Related Areas:
DNA:
 Registers shifts in emotion
 Even in a cell in the next room
 Even 400 miles away
ANGER, RAGE, JEALOUSY:
ANGER, RAGE, JEALOUSY:
DNA strands become more tightly bound
ANGER, RAGE, JEALOUSY:
DNA strands become more tightly bound
LOVE, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE:
LOVE, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE:
DNA becomes more loosely bound
LOVE, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE:
DNA becomes more loosely bound
ANGER, RAGE, JEALOUSY:
DNA strands become more tightly
bound
LOVE, COMPASSION, GRATITUDE:
DNA becomes more loosely bound
NEW EXPLANATORY MODELS based on:
1. Clinical Observations
2. Efficacy Research
3. Studies of Specific Protocols
4. New Knowledge in Related Areas
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas will converge in
a manner that nests
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas will converge in
a manner that nests a precise
neurological mapping
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas will converge in
a manner that combines a precise
neurological mapping within a coherent
and practical understanding
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas will converge in
a manner that combines a precise
neurological mapping with a coherent
and practical understanding of the role of
subtle energies and thought fields.
Explanatory Models:
PREDICTION 2:
Clinical observations, research, and new
discoveries in other areas will converge in
a manner that combines a precise
neurological mapping with a coherent
and practical understanding of the role of
subtle energies and thought fields.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
• New Ethical Issues
• A Jagged Path to Acceptance
New Applications / New Settings:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care
Business
Business (Steve Wells):
 Complaint Department Staff
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 million in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
 Other Focuses:
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
 Other Focuses: Stress Mgmt
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
 Other Focuses: Stress Mgmt, Conflict Res
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
 Other Focuses: Stress Mgmt, Conflict Res
Managing Change
Business:
 Complaint Department Staff
Focus on dealing w/difficult customers
Approval rating went from 8% to 51%, Morale ↑
 Sales Team
Focus on Barriers to Achieving their Goals
$4.5 to $7 in 15 months winning awards
for quality as well as quantity
 Other Focuses: Stress Mgmt, Conflict Res
Managing Change, Customer Responsiveness
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
Hits Allowed
Walks Allowed
Earned Runs
43
41 Innings
After EFT:
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
Hits Allowed
43
Walks Allowed
18
Earned Runs
41 Innings
After EFT:
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
Hits Allowed
43
Walks Allowed
18
Earned Runs
17
41 Innings
After EFT:
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
Hits Allowed
43
Walks Allowed
18
Earned Runs
17
41 Innings
After EFT:
15
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
41 Innings
After EFT:
Hits Allowed
43
15
Walks Allowed
18
7
Earned Runs
17
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
Last 46 Innings
Before EFT:
41 Innings
After EFT:
Hits Allowed
43
15
Walks Allowed
18
7
Earned Runs
17
4
Peak Performance:
PAT AHEARNE
Australian Baseball League’s
Pitcher of the Year
“Steve and I worked together using EFT to lessen or
eliminate the mental barriers preventing my
consistently producing my best games as a pitcher
has been astounding. I had more consistency, better
command of my pitches, and won big games with less
mental effort.”
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care (from weight
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care (from weight to allergies
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Business
 Peak Performance
 Education
 Health Care (from weight to allergies to
surgery)
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3a:
Children will be taught energy
interventions as routinely as they
are taught the basic principles of
first aid.
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3b:
Adults will be expected to have a
reasonable degree of competence in
managing problematic emotions such
as:
Irrational Anger
Anxiety
Jealousy
Self-Hatred
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3c:
Couples will be able to:
 reduce reactiveness toward one another
 heal past hurts and resentments and
 change family-of-origin patterns
that interfere with the current relationship.
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3d:
Working with the energies that bridge us to
the larger environment will be seen as a path
to greater spiritual connection.
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3 a - d:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Children
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3 a - d:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Children
 Adults
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3 a - d:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Children
 Adults
 Couples
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 3 a - d:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
 Children
 Adults
 Couples
 Universal issues such as spiritual connection
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 4:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 4:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
The experience that will be gathered will
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 4:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
The experience that will be gathered will
 refine the procedures
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 4:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
The experience that will be gathered will
 refine the procedures
 demonstrate the necessary and sufficient
conditions for effective interventions, and
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 4:
Laypersons and professionals will experiment with
bringing energy interventions into all walks of life.
The experience that will be gathered will
 refine the procedures
 demonstrate the necessary and sufficient
conditions for effective interventions, and
 identify the powers and limitations of the
approach.
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel will
routinely utilize energy methods to:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5a:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel will
routinely utilize energy methods to:
 help people overcome dysfunctional emotional and
psychological patterns
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5b:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel will
routinely utilize energy methods to:
 help people overcome dysfunctional emotional and
psychological patterns
 increase health
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5c:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel will
routinely utilize energy methods to:
 help people overcome dysfunctional emotional and
psychological patterns
 increase health
 reach goals
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 5d:
Therapists, counselors, life coaches, educators,
clergy, and human resources personnel will
routinely utilize energy methods to:
 help people overcome dysfunctional emotional and
psychological patterns
 increase health
 reach goals
 enhance peak performance
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6:
other therapies:
Integrating with
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6a: Integrating with
other therapies:
 Energy interventions for increasing empathy can be
used to enhance emotional intelligence
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6b: Integrating with
other therapies:
 Energy interventions for increasing empathy can be
used to enhance emotional intelligence
 Energy interventions for increasing optimism can be
used within positive psychology
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6c: Integrating with
other therapies:
 Energy interventions for increasing empathy can be
used to enhance emotional intelligence
 Energy interventions for increasing optimism can be
used within positive psychology
 Energy interventions for decreasing self-negating
thoughts can be used within cognitive psychology
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 6d: Integrating with
other therapies:
 for increasing empathy can be used to enhance
emotional intelligence
 Energy interventions for increasing optimism can be
used within positive psychology
 Energy interventions for decreasing self-negating
thoughts can be used within cognitive psychology
 Energy interventions for managing emotions can
decrease the need for psychiatric medication
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
 Dissociative Identity Disorder
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
 Dissociative Identity Disorder
 Borderline Personality Disorder
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
 Dissociative Identity Disorder
 Borderline Personality Disorder
 Psychosis
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
 Dissociative Identity Disorder
 Borderline Personality Disorder
 Psychosis
 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
New Applications / New Settings:
PREDICTION 7:
Psychotherapists will develop effective applications
of energy interventions even with diagnoses where
early findings have generally been discouraging:
 Dissociative Identity Disorder
 Borderline Personality Disorder
 Psychosis
 Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
 Severe Depression
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
Tapping using a set-up phrase such as "Even
though I feel depressed..." and a reminder
phrase such as “depression” yielded mainly
disappointing results with depressed patients.
̶ Clinical Impressions Reported in the EPI CD
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
An approach by Hank Krol, a therapist at
Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, PA
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
An approach by Hank Krol, a therapist at
Stairways Behavioral Health in Erie, PA
Uses the Depression Inventory on p. 155 of
Mind over Mood by Greenberger and Pedasky
(Guilford Press).
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
• "Irritable mood"
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
• "Irritable mood"
• "less interest or pleasure in usual activities"
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
• "Irritable mood"
• "less interest or pleasure in usual activities"
• "withdraw from or avoid people"
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
• "Irritable mood"
• "less interest or pleasure in usual activities"
• "withdraw from or avoid people"
• "find it harder than usual to do things"
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
The Inventory lists 19 symptoms of depression,
such as:
• "feeling guilty"
• "Irritable mood"
• "less interest or pleasure in usual activities"
• "withdraw from or avoid people"
• "find it harder than usual to do things"
Which are rated on a scale of 1 to 4 according to
frequency the symptom is experienced.
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
• Focus on 1 or at the most 2 symptoms in a single
session
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
• Focus on 1 or at the most 2 symptoms in a single
session
• If the symptom is not immediately present, “Recall a
recent situation where you experienced that
symptom at a high intensity.”
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
• Focus on 1 or at the most 2 symptoms in a single
session
• If the symptom is not immediately present, “Recall a
recent situation where you experienced that
symptom at a high intensity.”
• Bring down the SUD rating on the symptom during
the session and assign homework focusing on this
symptom.
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
• Focus on 1 or at the most 2 symptoms in a single
session
• If the symptom is not immediately present, “Recall a
recent situation where you experienced that
symptom at a high intensity.”
• Bring down the SUD rating on the symptom during
the session and assign homework focusing on this
symptom.
• Next session, find another memory with same
symptom, rates, and treats if necessary. Stay with
each symptom until down to a manageable level.
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
“I’m no good.”
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
“I’m no good.”
“I will always fail.”
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
“I’m no good.”
“I will always fail.”
“Things will never get better.”
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
“I’m no good.”
“I will always fail.”
“Things will never get better.”
“No one can help me.”
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
It is also valuable to identify the negative
beliefs that accompany depression, such as
“I’m no good.”
“I will always fail.”
“Things will never get better.”
“No one can help me.”
and treat them one by one.
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression, working on
the symptoms and negative beliefs
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression, working on
the symptoms and negative beliefs
one by one
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression, working on
the symptoms and negative beliefs
one by one takes time & persistence
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression, working on
the symptoms and negative beliefs
one by one takes time & persistence,
but clinical reports are encouraging.
New Applications / New Settings:
Working with Depression
With severe depression, working on
the symptoms and negative beliefs
one by one takes time & persistence,
but clinical reports are encouraging.
New Applications / New Settings:
Implications for Psychotherapy
New Applications / New Settings:
Implications for Psychotherapy
Energy methods can be integrated
into virtually any clinical approach
with virtually any diagnosis.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
• New Ethical Issues
• A Jagged Path to Acceptance
New Ethical Issues:
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
 the practitioner’s competence
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
 the practitioner’s competence
 scope of practice issues
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
 the practitioner’s competence
 scope of practice issues
 blatantly manipulative applications, such as
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
 the practitioner’s competence
 scope of practice issues
 blatantly manipulative applications, such as
• schools using energy interventions to promote obedience to
authority or
New Ethical Issues:
PREDICTION 8:
Ethical concerns will become more pronounced in
terms of:
 the practitioner’s competence
 scope of practice issues
 blatantly manipulative applications, such as
• schools using energy interventions to promote obedience to
authority or
• the military using them to make soldiers less consciencebound in their ability to hurt others.
THE FUTURE OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY:
• New Explanatory Models
• New Applications / New Settings
• New Ethical Issues
• A Jagged Path to Acceptance
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 9:
Although still outside established Western paradigms
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 9:
Although still outside established Western paradigms,
the value of energy interventions
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 9:
Although still outside established Western paradigms,
the value of energy interventions will come to be
recognized within the broader culture
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 9:
Although still outside established Western paradigms,
the value of energy interventions will come to be
recognized within the broader culture, much like
meditation and yoga
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 9:
Although still outside established Western paradigms,
the value of energy interventions will come to be
recognized within the broader culture, much like
meditation and yoga, but the path to this acceptance
will be somewhat jagged.
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
At this time, the close of 2003, the field has been
largely ignored by the allied health care professions.
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
At this time, the close of 2003, the field has been
largely ignored by the allied health care professions.
As research begins to establish its efficacy
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
At this time, the close of 2003, the field has been
largely ignored by the allied health care professions.
As research begins to establish its efficacy, there will
be a large backlash
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
At this time, the close of 2003, the field has been
largely ignored by the allied health care professions.
As research begins to establish its efficacy, there will
be a large backlash, particularly within the
psychotherapeutic and pharmaceutical
establishments,
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
At this time, the close of 2003, the field has been
largely ignored by the allied health care professions.
As research begins to establish its efficacy, there will
be a large backlash, particularly within the
psychotherapeutic and pharmaceutical
establishments, attempting to discredit even robust
research findings.
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
Insurance carriers, however
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
Insurance carriers, however, with an eye toward
efficient treatment rather than the vested interests of
any particular method or ideology
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
Insurance carriers, however, with an eye toward
efficient treatment rather than the vested interests of
any particular method or ideology, will be more easily
convinced,
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
Insurance carriers, however, with an eye toward
efficient treatment rather than the vested interests of
any particular method or ideology, will be more easily
convinced, and like the 5,000-year-old practice of its
ancestor, acupuncture
A Jagged Path to Acceptance
PREDICTION 10:
Insurance carriers, however, with an eye toward
efficient treatment rather than the vested interests of
any particular method or ideology, will be more easily
convinced, and like the 5,000-year-old practice of its
ancestor, acupuncture:
THE FIELD’S METHODS WILL PREVAIL.
THE FUTURE OF
ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY
David Feinstein, Ph.D.
OBJECTIVES - YOU WILL BE ABLE TO:
 Name 3 areas where energy psychology
will be applied.
 Describe one explanatory model in EP
you believe will persist.
 Describe an ethical issue that will emerge.