Barbara Smith EFT Master Practitioner and Trainer
NZAP, NZAC, Certified Hakomi Therapist
Psychotherapy & Trauma Relief
Palmerston North, New Zealand

Do You Wonder What Happens in an EFT Session?

My psychotherapy clients make their appointments by phone, and we talk together about what they are looking for. They usually attend for one hour face-to-face sessions. Because EFT is such an important tool to me, I like to teach people to use basic EFT at the beginning. This helps to calm down their fears and concerns. Most people like EFT so much, they choose to apply EFT to all of the aspects of their lives.

With EFT, people invariably resolve fears, phobias, and mental blocks to motivation. They may reduce physical pain and increase physical capacity, or break through mental barriers and open themselves to increased happiness and wellbeing. Clients often surprise themselves with previously impossible achievements.

EFT is cost effective, too! People spend far less time in therapy than they would have with conventional psychotherapy methods.

You Choose The Focus

In one-on-one sessions you can choose to focus on any issue that bothers you. You may have a big problem to resolve, or you may be looking to make your life even better than it is already. The session is about you, and what you want. The only criteria is that in some area of your life you would like to feel and/or behave differently.

EFT Small Groups

In Palmerston North I provide classes for people to learn EFT and apply it to themselves. Some participants choose to use EFT primarily for personal change or wellbeing, whilst others go on to use it with friends and family.

EFT Classes are interactive. We practice on each other, using real situations and problems. This is your opportunity to resolve some old issues for yourself, and learn a new skill at the same time.

The format is relaxed. The groups are small, with time taken to build trust and support. Fees usually cover some email support in the weeks following the workshop. You may even enter into a coaching contract to ensure you get your new skills off to a good start.

Making Therapy Safe

Touch
Some people worry about the tapping process that they see happening to participants on the training DVDs. They are not used to therapists touching their clients. Some clients tell me they really like the practitioner to tap for them, whilst others want tap for themselves.

Counsellors and therapists in New Zealand have ethical standards that may preclude personal touch. If you come to a session with me, I usually teach you to tap on yourself from the very beginning, so that you can continue the process at home. The choice is yours. Talk to your practitioner if you have concerns, or if you ever become uncomfortable.

Protecting Your Privacy
If you attend a group, you will be asked to enter into a commitment not to talk about group members outside the group. You may share your own reactions, and what you have learned. It is important to avoid talking at home, about other participants or their issues in a way that might identify them and cause distress.

Use of video
Many people have valued the top class video training material that Gary Craig so generously markets to EFT students. Participants in America have consented to being filmed, and training videos have been a significant factor in helping to spread the EFT message around the world.

Videoing this type of training sessions, even with consent, is not common practice in New Zealand. Whilst I deeply value Gary’s videos for training, our New Zealand Privacy Act makes it almost impossible to film live workshops here. Please be assured that if ever I contemplated using a video camera in any EFT group in New Zealand, it would be in a class set up for that specific purpose. I would expect to meet some very tight criteria that would include informed discussion with each participant before the training commenced, and would only proceed on your written agreement.

Email List
If you would like to be personally advised of future trainings, please email me and ask to be included on my mail list.

Book a Face-To-Face Session in Palmerston North
Please call or email me so that we can set up a telephone call to discuss your needs, and my availability. I would love to respond to every request, but please understand that there are times when my case load is full.