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Bouncy & Pain-Free 1 Day Postop: A Success Story by Eva Bechtel
Happy B.C. Day!
► My NEW Million $ Website: I received emails and phone calls from as far away as the USA, Switzerland and the Middle East with clients raving about my new website: Mental Health Pros.
Also many of my walk-in clients now take advantage of the wealth of objective information available at this brilliant internet portal. They select a topic relevant to them (e.g. stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationships, eating…) and can then choose from over 140 articles, dozens of videos and complete some of the 27 self-tests so they can start tracking their own progress right away. Many also attended July's free monthly "Tele Lunch & Learn" workshop (this months' topic was: "A Labour of Love: Making Your Marriage Work").
Access to this portal is FREE to everyone who receives this, the "Extraordinary Life" newsletter. If you have not yet received your Passcode for the portal, please let me know and I will gladly provide that service for you, too. Just click here (info@drng.net) and you are almost in.
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► Finally, the Research Library is Up: The much anticipated TFT Resource Library is finally available to the public. I am indebted to Dr. Jenny Edwards (many of you know the story of how Jenny treated patients with TFT after the Nairobi Embassy bombing in 1998), who single-handedly completed this vast project.
You can now go to http://www.atft.org/research-library.html and find (almost) everything that was ever said or written about TFT in one convenient place. Topics include: TFT research, TFT offshoots, heart rate variability, diet and toxins, resources for cancer, past newsletters, and much more. This Resource Library is well worth bookmarking.
► FREE TFT Newsletter: Dr. Callahan's latest quarterly newsletter is available as a free download to all my readers. You can get it here: http://www.rogercallahan.com/pdf/TFT-Newsletter-07-10.pdf. I particularly enjoyed the article on how too many healing tools can actualy weaken one's autonomic nervous system.
My highlight of the month:
Sir Elton John in Concert. Awesome.
For millennia, the healing arts have helped and transformed countless people’s lives. Hundreds of research studies have shown that the average person who completes treatment (psychotherapy) is better off than 80% of the people who do not (1). However, these results do not count the number of people who quit prematurely. A staggering 47% of people only attend one session and drop out early!
A revolution is underway, and I am very excited to be part of it. Several research studies show that using a process called Feedback Improved Therapy (FIT) increases the effectiveness of all forms of therapy by 120% to 378% (2). It also reduces the chance of deterioration by 1/3.
The approach is simple.
The idea is that feedback improves performance. Whether in sports, cooking, music, the healing arts, or any other skill, if you receive objective feedback on your performance, it automatically improves. Every serious athlete has a coach who videotapes her, and gives objective feedback. Every chef continually samples his cooking to further fine-tune the delicate flavors of a dish. Every professional singer has a mentor whose feedback allows her to reach the next level. So also every healing arts practitioner should regularly assure that her work is indeed impactful. This frequent feedback brings practitioners to a level of world-class expertise.
I am now using the same process of getting objective, frequent feedback. If you have ever done Thought Field Therapy (TFT) with me, you may wonder how this is supposed to be revolutionary. Yes, within a TFT treatment I constantly ask clients for feedback so we can track by how much the intensity of an upsetting issue is diminishing. I will continue to do that. However, Feedback Improved Therapy is different in that it looks at the big picture, your overall improvement and satisfaction, and it captures that information in a formal way.
It consists of my clients answering just four simple questions at the beginning of a session on how well they did in the previous week. This allows both of us to track his/her overall improvement from session to session.
In addition, at the end of a session, I now also ask my clients to invest just one minute of their time to answer four additional simple questions. This way I measure his/her sense of teamwork between us. In other words, I want to know my client’s perception of how well the session went:
- Did you feel heard and understood?
- Did we address the issues that are important to you?
- Was the approach used during the session a good fit you?
- How satisfied are you overall?
This candid feedback then allows me to have an open conversation with the client so I can fine-tune sessions or even make a referral should that be necessary.
Clients tell me that they enjoy filling out the one minute surveys and love being able to track their own progress with the computer generated charts. Clients also say that they are more motivated and find it easier to focus on their growth.
Just the other day, I had a consultation with a young lady who managed to survive a very turbulent youth (accentuated by illegal drugs and violence). By the time she ended up in my office, she had seen her fair share of mental health professionals. She was anxious to finally get the help she needed, yet resigned, expecting “more of the same.”
When I told her that I ask my clients to assess their own progress and to tell me how they like or dislike a session, her eyes lit up, her body shot forward and she exclaimed: “What, you actually ask me? That is a first. Finally. I like that.” Sincerely caring about and honoring her experience was very important to her. She became a partner in this process, not just someone who needed “fixing.” She was instantly engaged and we were able to make amazing progress already in that first session.
I love this simple process of getting feedback for it has allowed me to further hone and improve my skills. I also find it exciting to see clients improve even more rapidly. This will further speed up their healing, saving them time and money overall.
Asking for formalized client feedback should be common sense, yet in the world of psychotherapy, it’s a revolution. This revolution I eagerly participate in ‘cuase I’m a sucker for what works. : )
Lots has changed in my work with clients over the past few months. If you have not been in for a session recently, I encourage you to drop in and test drive this revolution yourself. It's cool.
Bouncy & Pain-Free 1 Day Postop
A Success Story by Eva Bechtel, TFT-Alg
“My dog had a big surgery yesterday. He got a ball-sized lump removed from his side and tummy. I did the pain and the traumatic stress Algorithms for him prior to his surgery. I continued tapping with him yesterday evening and guess what? This morning I had a walk with him, he is lively, wags his tail, lies down, drank and ate and he did not seem to need any pain medication. He is relaxed and pain-free.
I felt so good because the Veterinary told me that he will be very sick for a couple of days. He even gave me pain medication which I haven't used, yet. The Vet called me this morning to see how my dog was doing and I told him that I had a short walk with him and that he was doing well. The Vet couldn't believe it. I told him that I used TFT. Our Vet had never heard about it and was quite interested. Surely the tapping helped my dog and I feel so good. Thanks!"
Send in your TFT and Reiki success stories, no matter how big or small, to share with and inspire your colleagues.
Be well.
Be fearless.
Be happy.
Blessings!
Fränzi Ng - Trainer, Therapist, Healer
Centre for Extraordinary Living
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The new seasion begins October 29, 2010.
Where You Can Meet me this Month:
- Vancouver & 70 Mile House, July 28 - August 8
- Baha'i Summer School, Clearwarter, BC, August 5-8
- Coaching School with Steve Chanlder: Phoenix, Arizona: August 19 - 22
Matrix Energetics Contemplation
"Weird stuff breaks the rules. The rules are just sitting around waiting to be broken because they’re not real. They are simply a laboratory frame of reference. They’re only one possible reference out of many outcomes, and quantum physics says the act of choosing how you observe creates the reality you’re observing.”
Dr. Richard Bartlett Founder of Matrix Energetics
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