When did you first discover Emotional Freedom
Techniques?
The first time I had heard about Emotional
Freedom Techniques (EFT) was in 2003, when I attended the annual Anthony
Robbins’ Leadership Training in San Diego. This event is usually taught
entirely by Tony’s staff, however Tony occasionally used to make an appearance
if he wanted to share something interesting and important that he had been
experimenting with.
Our group got an introduction to TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and EFT directly from Tony, although I didn’t quite get it on that occasion, perhaps because it was so radically different from everything else that was taught in the course and there wasn’t enough time to explain it properly.
A couple of years later I got a better explanation from Rod Sherwin from Melbourne, Australia, whom I knew from crewing Tony Robbins events together and who had then recently become an EFT practitioner. I was so intrigued that I ordered a full set of Gary Craig’s EFT DVDs shortly after.
Our group got an introduction to TFT (Thought Field Therapy) and EFT directly from Tony, although I didn’t quite get it on that occasion, perhaps because it was so radically different from everything else that was taught in the course and there wasn’t enough time to explain it properly.
A couple of years later I got a better explanation from Rod Sherwin from Melbourne, Australia, whom I knew from crewing Tony Robbins events together and who had then recently become an EFT practitioner. I was so intrigued that I ordered a full set of Gary Craig’s EFT DVDs shortly after.
What made you want to become an EFT practitioner?
Ever since I first discovered the power of
hypnosis to change people’s habitual behavioral patterns, at a stage hypnosis
show that I attended when I was in primary school, I have been passionate about finding
ways to help people overcome their limitations and achieve their full
potential.
I had studied a lot of self-development materials and popular psychology books and attended a lot of workshops and seminars before finally achieving my dream of studying hypnotherapy several years ago. I have also completed my Neuro-linguistic Programming certification around the same time, and studied coaching.
I had studied a lot of self-development materials and popular psychology books and attended a lot of workshops and seminars before finally achieving my dream of studying hypnotherapy several years ago. I have also completed my Neuro-linguistic Programming certification around the same time, and studied coaching.
To apply my new skills I spent a couple of years training
with and volunteering at Lifeline, a government-funded telephone counseling
service for people in crisis situations, and I practiced on friends and family.
I still did not have the courage to go professional though, until I absorbed
myself in applying and learning EFT.
Its simplicity, ease of use and efficacy
blew me away. It helped me resolve several personal issues and I knew I could
help a lot of people with this tool. I realized that I had enough training and
experience to start working with people, but I was still lacking some formal
training in EFT, so I signed up for AAMET approved Level 1 and Level 2 courses,
and found a mentor and that was the start of my professional EFT practice.
Do you feel when you first started as a practitioner
people were skeptical about trying EFT? Was there something specific you said
or did that made them more willing to give it a try?
At the time when I started working with EFT
people were becoming more aware of EFT and tapping, so it made the job of
convincing them easier. With the skeptics experiential approach seems to work
best. Usually I mention and refer them to the existing research on EFT and then
suggest that we try to use EFT on an
issue that they have unsuccessfully tried other approaches with. Most people that
I have worked with have been open-minded enough to try it and to experience the
results for themselves.
What kinds of things do you typically help people work
through with EFT?
The majority of people that I have worked
with so far needed help with stress and anxiety, relationship and heartbreak
issues, getting clarity on what to do with their lives at the times of
transition, as well as resolving traumatic memories and events from the past
that caused fears in the present. These have included fear of dentists, fear of
public speaking, fear of making changes, as well as fear of flying and of
snakes, and many more. We all fear something and EFT is one of the best tools
for overcoming fears and phobias.
Next Step
This is the first part of Serguei’s
interview, don’t miss the 2nd part which will be posted Saturday
August 24, 2013. Thank you, Serge, for all the amazing information! You can
visit Serguei’s website here.
I so agree with what Serguei says about us all fearing something, because we do! It's a natural human response to danger, or what we deem dangerous. Fear can lead to so many other detrimental issues from phobia's to health problems. This is why I recommend at least trying Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to start releasing the fear.
Please visit my YouTube Channel for helpful EFT videos.
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