Posted in Events on June 9th, 2010 by Joanne Callahan – 1 Comment
It was truly an honor to be recognized by colleagues from around the world, for my thirty years of building Thought Field Therapy (TFT). There was so much excitement and warmth from so many of the over 500 people attending the annual ACEP conference.
People came up to me throughout the four days telling me how pleased they were to carry on my work into the world. Others said, “you saved my life three years ago”. Some I have met previously but had not seen for years, others I did not know but all showed the same warmth and appreciation with a passion for helping others. It was inspiring to see all the various forms of Tapping, the research being done and the humanitarian relief work that is helping so many people throughout the world.
Joanne and I received a standing ovation from our workshop “Thirty Years of Healing With Thought Field Therapy” as we demonstrated the power tools of TFT and showed the many changes and improvements that have taken place in TFT over the last three decades. They were so grateful and some even expressed surprise at how much TFT has evolved from it’s early days as the Callahan Techniques.
I was so proud when our ATFT Foundation team, Suzanne Connolly and Caroline Sakai, presented their humanitarian relief work and PTSD studies and announced the acceptance for publication of the first study. They too received a standing ovation and a very strong endorsement from one of ACEP’s lead researchers, David Feinstein.
The entire conference was exciting with a wonderful positive community spirit. I am pleased to see that our practitioner base is growing and we welcome all who are working with tapping, at the algorithm level, to continue on with their skills and grow with our new training programs in TFT.
A special thanks to all of our clients, practitioners and “tappers”… you’ve helped to make TFT the success it is today,
Posted in Events on February 21st, 2010 by Roger Callahan – 1 Comment
As founder and developer of Thought Field Therapy, the first of the tapping therapies, and the underlying structure for the many derivatives, Dr. Callahan has lead the field with new changes, developments, and research for over 30 years.
ACEP has been working hard, over the last 12 years, to get “energy psychology” and tapping therapies accepted by APA. After having been rejected several times, they now feel they will need to “raise the funds necessary to conduct the state-of-the-art research that cannot be ignored.”
ATFT Foundation has been funding humanitarian and research projects for over 6 years and has recently completed two of these “state-of-the-art research that cannot be ignored”, studies on PTSD. Together, Dr. Callahan, Callahan Techniques, Ltd., ATFT and ACEP can be a much stronger force in bringing recognition to our work and facilitating help for so many suffering from trauma throughout the world
As we all recognize, TFT is about healing and helping people, and not about competition, working with ACEP, participating in joint research and presenting at the upcoming ACEP conference will help provide a united front for a greater awareness of TFT and all of the meridian tapping therapies
I would like to share the announcement for the next annual ACEP Conference, and, that Dr. Callahan and I will be presenting Thirty Years of Healing With TFT.
Dr. Caroline Sakai and Suzanne Connolly, LCSW, will be presenting the ATFT Foundation’s PTSD studies, that state-of-the art research mentioned above. We are all very excited because this is the first time in many years where we will be working together with ACEP and the various energy Psychology therapies to expand awareness, increase research and create a stronger force to reckon with mainstream regulatory bodies.
If you are interested in attending this event, you can save by registering now. We expect this event to be sold out. I hope to see you there.
Keynotes William Bengston, PhD Researcher in Energy Healing of Cancer Norman Doige, MD Author of The Brain that Changes Itself Dean Radin, PhD Author of the Conscious Universe Donna Eden Author of Energy Medicine David Feinstein, PhD Author of Energy Psychology Interactive Debbie Ford Author of The Secret of the Shadow
One Day Pre-conference Seminars June 3, 2010
Gloria Arenson
EFT Training: Basic Level
Roger & Joanne Callahan
30 Years of Healing with TFT
Victoria Danzig & Mary Clark
Advanced Integrative Therapy
Tapas Fleming
Using TAT to Heal Your Relationship with Food & Weight
Fred Gallo
Introduction to the Identity Method
Anodea Judith
Gateway to the Core: Chakras and Energy Dynamics
Mary Hammond
The Energy of Addictions: Powerful EP Treatment
Nan Lu
Five Element Consciousness: Beyond the World of Opposites
Maggie Phillips
Maximizing Resiliency through EP: Solving Health Adversity
David Gruder & Gary Peterson
Client Care & Facilitation Skills Workshop
John Diepold & Greg Warburton
The Mental Game for Athletes: Applying EFT & EP Methods in Sports
54 BREAKOUT SESSIONS Organized into 9 Tracks
Fundamentals of Energy Psychology - Energy Psychology Through the Life Cycle - Special Populations - Specific Approaches – Spirituality and Consciousness - Developing the Practitioner - EP and Culture - Integrated Approaches to Energy Psychology - Potpourri of Energy Psychology
By leaders in the field including: Gloria Arenson, John Diepold, Tapas Flemming, David Gruder, Fred Gallo, Mary Hammond, Anodeah Judith, Nan Lu, Phil Mollon, Maggie Phillips, Sandra Radonski, Steve Reed, Mary Sise, Judith Swack and Many More
June 7, 2010 Energy Medicine a Hands on Experience with Donna Eden & David Feinstein, PhD
June 7-8, 2010 The Bengston Energy Healing Method with Bill Bengston, PhD
June 7-9, 2010 Essential Skills in Comprehensive Energy Psychology (Part 2 of the ACEP Certification Process) with David Gruder, PhD and Gary Peterson, MD
We have a preliminary report of the progress being made following our ATFT Trauma Relief interventions this August in Byumba, Rwanda. We are attaching the draft that we received from Brother Augustine. The report sent by Brother Augustine, summarizes the reports sent in by each of the thirty-six therapists we trained this August. The therapist’s reports had to be translated from Kinyarwanda to English by Brother Augustine, and this report, attached, contains the responses thus far translated. It is a busy season now in Rwanda and we may get a more complete summary sometime early next year.
It is good to know that the thirty- six therapist the ATFT Team trained have treated 622 people since our departure at the end of August. That is in addition to the 200 plus persons treated by the Rwandan therapists while we were there. It seems that TFT is making a big difference in the lives of the therapist’s, in the lives of those whose lives the therapists touch, and in the larger communities in which they live.
Good work ATFT members! All of you have helped in some really significant way. Thanks especially to team members, Caroline Sakai, Gordon Barrett, Carmen Carrasco, Gary and Cyndie Quinn.
Happy Holidays!
Suzanne M Connolly, LCSW
ATFT Foundation Trauma Relief Committee Chairperson. read more »
Dr. Caroline Sakai, TFT-VT, relates the story of a Rwandan boy who was so grateful for his relief from trauma through Thought Field Therapy (TFT), he tried to give her one of his prized possessions, a marble.
Caroline Sakai, PhD., a psychologist and TFT practitioner, based in Hawaii, headed a team of therapists who worked with children in an orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda. The children survived the Rwandan genocide in 1994, in which 800,000 to 1 million people were slaughtered during the course of 100 days. Dr Sakai was interviewed by Michiko Ishikawa for Share International.
Share International: How did you come to work with the genocide survivors in Rwanda?
Caroline Sakai: The idea came up when I was in New Orleans as part of an ATFT Foundation Trauma Relief Team working with Hurricane Katrina survivors and first responders – doctors, nurses and security people who were working with the survivors. One of the team members, Paul Oas, a psychotherapist and minister, asked me if I could work with the genocide survivors of Rwanda. His church has been helping to support the El Shaddai orphanage in Kigali, Rwanda, by providing necessities like food and shelter. He was seeing the effects of the genocide trauma among the children in terms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) – nightmares, flashbacks, insomnia, bedwetting, depression, withdrawal and rage. Reverend Oas wanted to take a TFT team there and work with the genocide survivors. Since I had headed the clinical team in New Orleans, he asked if I could do that in Rwanda.
The complete TFT treatment for trauma would be essentially following up with what else comes up for the client after successfully processing through the targeted trauma.
Targeting any residual body sensations often brings up further information to process through, more perturbations. This would be continued until no more perturbations can be found, and client now thinks about the trauma or phobia with clearly changed perspectives, affect, thoughts, intensity, vividness, body sensations, perceptions in all sensory modalities, etc.
Using the Peak Performance protocol to enhance and improve confidence in coping effectively in dealing with the problem is an important component that parallels the future template. The usual instructions for the client to call if there are any recurrence of symptoms would also be in effect, as well as follow-up session(s) to work on residuals or other material that emerges subsequently in awake or dream states.
SI: What is unique about your method of working with trauma?
CS: Thought Field Therapy is the most rapidly effective, and most gentle, treatment of trauma I have come across. read more »
We just received a report from a TFT practitioner on the front lines that they are having amazing successes with TFT and helping with stress reduction with the troops.
He requested 500 wallet sized trauma relief cards and other easily transported support materials. Dr. Roger and Joanne Callahan sent them out immediately, so pleased to be able to support our troops with these simple self-help procedures. He requested materials that he could use for rapid treatments and self help tools for our troops serving in harms way. Will keep everyone updated…. Caroline Sakai, PhD, TFTdx, VT
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It was truly an honor to be recognized by colleagues from around the world, for my thirty years of building Thought Field Therapy (TFT). There was so much excitement and warmth from so many of the over 500 people attending the annual ACEP conference.
Joanne and I received a standing ovation from our workshop “Thirty Years of Healing With Thought Field Therapy” as we demonstrated the power tools of TFT and showed the many changes and improvements that have taken place in TFT over the last three decades. They were so grateful and some even expressed surprise at how much TFT has evolved from it’s early days as the Callahan Techniques.
The entire conference was exciting with a wonderful positive community spirit. I am pleased to see that our practitioner base is growing and we welcome all who are working with tapping, at the algorithm level, to continue on with their skills and grow with our new training programs in TFT.
