Tapping Tips

"Traditional Talk Therapy" can provide relief. But I have found that deeper issues need processing through right brain techniques like EFT (I have had success with healing sounds, EMDR, EFT and a newer technique called Brainspotting).

Currently, I am getting some interesting and positive results with clients who have chronic issues. Sometimes the energy reversal run so deep that persistent tapping is required to develop new thought and feeling patterns. Clients with chronic depression or anxiety have turned things around by tapping on just two points on the hour throughout the day. You can try this for one day or two consecutive days. Of course this has taken place in the context of therapy pinpointing where clients feel stuck (this isn't "official EFT" but my own adaptati0n).

This tapping homework provided the break through we weren't able to get through regular tapping during sessions. Some folk have taken the homework to the next level and have tapped on all the EFT points. Repeating the entire EFT script on the hour is even better. But I have found better homework compliance with folk who choose to tap on just two points on the hour.

The Two Points
The two points are the Karate Chop point located on the side of your hand and the point located Under you Nose. Tap five times on each point on the hour from morning to bed time. As with all suggestions if symptoms get worse stop what your are doing and seek professional assistance.

For Tapping Newbies
Often "newbies" to tapping get hung up on doing it "right" or using the correct words. Even seasoned veterans sometimes get reversed on an issue and don't feel like tapping or can't find the right words (a clear sign of being reversed). Tonight I discovered a web site that should benefit to those who like more concrete instructions tailored to their specific feeling or issue.

This web site is free and allows you to enter your feeling or thing that happened (what I call the "itch") and automatically creates a script for you to use inserting your feeling or issue. It is located at http://www.howtotap.com/EFT_words.html

Surf over to the website and give it a try.

Looking forward to your feedback on either tapping tips.

If you are reading this post and saying to yourself "huh?" Then jump to an earlier article and read "The Basic Emotional Freedom Technique Recipe" listed under Labels as "EFT Instructions."

"Time Types and Attitude"

A couple of weeks ago I was out kayaking with my friend David. We put in at the rest stop/boat ramp between exit 20 & 21 on Rt. 195 near Wareham, Ma. It was Thursday, so there was little competition with other boaters. The weather was perfect and the tide was with us going out and on our way back. We went up the river that emptied out into Buzzards Bay.

My friend David is the perfect kayaking buddy because his approach to time results in little chance of feeling rushed. We paddled lazily out to the Bay and enjoyed watching the Osprey make like “dive bombers” as they wildly crashed into the water looking for their next catch of the day. It was eight miles of bliss, serenity and being in the moment. During our time together with nature and saltwater we were in a state of “no worries.”

Stanford University psychology professor emeritus Philip Zimbardo would say that our paddling time was “present-hedonist” (I prefer the word “pleasure”). The professor has conducted a decade of research on time perspectives. He concluded that our attitude toward time is just as critical as personality traits like optimism or extroversion. In my therapy practice I have observed how different time types has enabled or disabled relationships, work performance and life satisfaction.

Jane Collingwood from PyschCentral http://www.psychcentral.com/ states in her article on “What’s Your Time Perspective?”…

“Ideally, we can learn to shift our attention easily between the past, present and future, and consciously adapt our mindset to any given situation. Learning to switch time perspectives allows us to fully take part in everything we do, whether it’s a relaxed evening enjoying a glass of wine or reminiscing about long-ago events with an old friend.”

She summarizes Zimbardo’s five time types as follows:

1. The ‘past-negative’ type. You focus on negative personal experiences that still have the power to upset you. This can lead to feelings of bitterness and regret.


2. The ‘past-positive’ type. You take a nostalgic view of the past, and stay in very close contact with your family. You tend to have happy relationships, but the downside is a cautious, “better safe than sorry” approach which may hold you back.


3. The ‘present-hedonistic’ type. You are dominated by pleasure-seeking impulses, and are reluctant to postpone feeling good for the sake of greater gain later. You are popular but tend to have a less healthy lifestyle and take more risks.


4. The ‘present-fatalistic’ type. You aren’t enjoying the present but feel trapped in it, unable to change the inevitability of the future. This sense of powerlessness can lead to anxiety, depression and risk-taking.


5. The ‘future-focused’ type. You are highly ambitious, focused on goals, and big on making ‘to do’ lists. You tend to feel a nagging sense of urgency that can create stress for yourself and those around you. Your investment in the future can come at the cost of close relationships and recreation time.

Since grad school, I have been aware of how these different approaches to time impact communication, relationships and productivity. Zimbardo’s research points to even more specific ways we can be enabled or disabled by our time type. His five types increase our understanding of how different approaches to time shape our beliefs and behaviors.

Each of the time types shift as we move through life, but if you look closely you will be able to identify a primary and secondary time type that has shaped your journey. Look over the five types and see if you can identify a primary orientation in your life.

• What is your primary and secondary time type?
• See if you can identify a family type from your youth.
• Does your work or family’s time type beat to a different drum?
• How does your experience of time create strengths and challenges in your life?

"Healing Sounds: Your Mind on Music" 10.8.09

Workshop
Healing Sounds...Your Mind on Music
Date: 10.8.09 Thursday
Time: 6:30 - 8:30 pm
Cost: $35/person

Register or Contact Greg Carpenter at gdcconsulting@comcast.net or call 401.265.2951

Workshop Description: Learn how to use healing sounds and brainwave music for Mental and Spiritual Renewal. Learn how to combat mental fatigue in less than 5 minutes through theta brainwave music!

Topics Covered
-The Function of Brain Waves
-Toning: Healing Vocalizations
-Experience Brainwave Music and Mental Peace
-Reducing Stress/Worry through Music

Location: Positive New Beginnings Wellness Center
873 Waterman Ave East Providence, RI

Instructor's Comments
If you haven't experienced the power of brainwave music for rebooting a tired or anxious mind, then you need to check out this workshop! You will be exposed to one of my top recommended mental rebooting tools. Judicatory leaders, pastors, business executives and psychotherapy clients have all credited brainwave music as a key component to their mind managment tools. Daily use of brainwave music has literally changed my mind.

See blog entry labeled "The Brain"

New web link for EFT Workshops!

Just wanted to point out a new web link I have posted titled EFT Workshops, Seminars, Trainings and Teleclasses. Here is the description posted on this web site.

"Welcome to the directory of EFT and Energy Psychology workshops, trainings and teleclasses in the USA and around the world. Also included in this directory are workshops in other Energy Psychology techniques, such as Meridian Tapping Techniques (MTT), TAT, TFT, EDxTM, BSFF, ZPoint, WHEE, Seemorg Matrix Work, EmoTrance, and Quick REMAP."

Thanks to fellow tapper Stefan Gonick, we have this web site which serves to list workshops in energy psychology and tapping techniques across the United States and around the world.

I would love to have you attend my workshops. But more importantly, I want you to receive the exciting value of this powerful mind, body & spirit technique. If my dates or locations do not work for you, click on the link and find a workshop that fits into your schedule and location!