TFT – Callahan Techniques® Thought Field Therapy®

Our ATFT Foundation’s TFT research and trauma relief team leaves for Uganda in less than two weeks.

We thank them for their hard work, dedication and willingness to give so much of themselves to help others. We also thank all of you who have contributed to help make this mission possible.

The use of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) to address the world wide problems of trauma and malaria is a low cost, effective way to reduce suffering and improve the quality of life for the people afflicted and their families. TFT also provides the possibility of saving lives without adding to environmental pollution with toxic chemicals. TFT meets the needs of the poor because it is affordable for all – even the poorest of villages and people in the most poverty stricken regions. It can be taught at the grass roots and community level and most importantly, it does no harm to the individual or the environment.

Since 2004, the ATFT Foundation has successfully used TFT to treat genocide victims in Kigali, Rwanda. In 2006-2008 the ATFT Foundation completed two very successful PTSD studies, orphans and then adult genocide victims. Note: see articles in UPdate, Issue 8, Spring 2008.

The remarkable aspect of the second study, 2008, performed in conjunction with a researcher from Arizona State University, is that the actual treatment for PTSD was performed by local community leaders. The ATFT Foundation, 2 person, team trained a small group of local community leaders, therapists and clergy. After a brief 2-day training, these same community leaders treated 151 severely traumatized participants for 184 problems. The average subject units of distress (SUDS) pre treatment measure was 9.3 (on a scale of 0-10) and the post treatment measure (SUDS) was 0.61.

Thought Field Therapy is unique in that it can be quickly and easily applied by trained helpers in the community without harm. The technique provides immediate and profound relief at the mental, physical and spiritual levels. It ends nightmares, and alleviates pain, anxiety and anger.These outcomes are enduring as compared to many other modalities currently being researched in Rwanda and elsewhere.

The ATFT Foundation has established a workable template that can be applied in a greatly expanded manner. We continue to develop this model of response to large scale trauma situations where a team can train local community leaders to treat others affected. The first of these expanded plans with this PTSD model will be implemented in Uganda.

Additionally, our team will begin a malaria research project based on the pilot study done in 2004 in Tanzania. We have been invited to work with the local Catholic diocese who will provide the structure for training and travel to the various villages. The Catholic priest, Fr. Peter Mubunga Basaliza, who is our host and organizer, was treated with TFT for malaria, during his training here in the USA. All of his malaria symptoms were eliminated in a demonstration in front of the class in a TFT training last January, 2008.

Our dedicated international team members are:

·Dr. Howard and Phyllis Robson from the UK, who will lead the malaria study.

·Stein and Carine Halvorsen, leaders in the Norwegian ATFT will lead the training of the 300 local Ugandans. Stein is our trainer for all levels of TFT in Scandinavia, running the TFT academy.

·Dr. Robert Bray, author and a certified trauma specialist and TFT trainer in the USA will lead our PTSD study.

·Roger Ludwig, a psychotherapist specializing in trauma, in the USA will assist with the PTSD study as well as trainings.

These projects are vitally important for several reasons:

1. The PTSD work is an easily replicable project that could be incorporated into existing humanitarian programs with significant results.

2.Malaria is a world wide problem with costly medications that are unavailable to many of the regions where it is most prevalent.

3. Trauma, whether man-made or natural disasters, is ever-increasing. Many victims never receive the kind of assistance TFT can provide. I believe if we can get these tools in the hands of the victims, we can help them help themselves so they can move on to be productive human beings, and break the cycle of violence. We have seen this happening with the orphans of genocide in Rwanda.

4.Uganda is in desperate need of help for trauma and malaria. We have a welcome partner with existing infrastructure to introduce and expand our ATFT Foundation model.

If you wish to help support this mission please go to www.ATFTFoundation.org

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