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Technique where a practitioner or caregiver taps on themselves with intention for a person unable to practice EFT directly: infants, young children, sedated patients, animals, or distant persons.
EFT-tapping adapted for couples work: mirror tapping, surrogate tapping, forgiveness protocol and relational trigger treatment. Not to be confused with Sue Johnson's EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy). Applications for recurring conflicts, communication problems, infidelity, jealousy, desire loss and co-dependency.
Classical directive hypnosis is the historical form of therapeutic hypnosis, using direct and authoritative suggestions to induce trance and modify behaviors. It relies on the subject's suggestibility.
Ericksonian hypnosis, developed by Milton H. Erickson, is a permissive and indirect approach to therapeutic hypnosis. It uses metaphors, indirect suggestions and the patient's unconscious resources to facilitate change.
EFT combines acupressure point stimulation with emotion verbalization to release emotional blockages. Developed by Gary Craig, this "tapping" technique is used for anxiety, phobias, and trauma.
Humanistic hypnosis, created by Olivier Lockert, reverses the classical hypnosis mechanism: instead of dissociating consciousness, it unifies it by increasing the patient's state of awareness. The therapist guides in total transparency.
NLP, created by Bandler and Grinder, models strategies of human excellence to make them accessible to all. It offers concrete tools for rapid change by working on mental representations and language.
Hypno-analgesia uses hypnosis to reduce or eliminate pain perception during medical or surgical procedures. Scientifically validated, it is practiced in many hospitals as an alternative or complement to anesthesia.
Perinatal hypnosis supports pregnant women throughout pregnancy and childbirth. It helps reduce anxiety, manage pain naturally, and experience a more serene birth.
Progressive sophro-acceptance allows positive projection into an anxiety-inducing future event. By mentally experiencing the event in a relaxed state, the practitioner programs a serene and confident response.
Serial sophro-correction is a sophrological technique aimed at progressively desensitizing a phobia or fear by reliving anxiety-inducing situations in stages, within a state of deep relaxation.
Projective sophro-stimulation uses creative imagination to stimulate adaptive capabilities. The practitioner projects into different future scenarios to develop mental flexibility and creativity when facing challenges.
Sensory sophro-substitution allows replacing an unpleasant sensation (pain, discomfort) with a pleasant one, using the brain's ability to modify sensory perception in an altered state of consciousness.
A psychotherapy using visual art creation (painting, drawing, modeling, collage) as therapeutic mediation to express and transform psychic conflicts beyond words.
Therapeutic use of reading and writing to foster emotional expression, awareness, narrative restructuring and the psychic healing process.
A therapy using music and sound (listening, improvisation, composition) as therapeutic mediators to improve physical, emotional and cognitive health.
A holistic support aiming at the person's global fulfillment — self-confidence, emotional management, life purpose, balance and well-being — through a structured, caring process.
A personality theory and psychotherapy method created by Eric Berne, analyzing transactions (exchanges) between three ego states (Parent, Adult, Child) to improve communication and relationships.