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EFT protocol where the patient narrates their story aloud while the therapist watches for activation signs — voice changes, hesitations, gestures — and immediately stops the narration to tap on the last spoken phrase, until the entire story can be told without distress.
Complementary EFT technique used after negative emotion reduction to install and anchor positive states, inner resources, and helpful beliefs through meridian tapping combined with positive affirmations and mental imagery.
The EFT Gold Standard protocol is Gary Craig's original complete version (1990s): SUDS assessment, setup statement on the Karate Chop point, 9-meridian-point tapping sequence, 9 Gamut Procedure, and reassessment. The foundation of all modern EFT variants.
EFT technique for severe traumas, very sensitive subjects or therapy beginners: starting with extremely vague formulations ('something difficult happened') and progressively introducing increasingly specific details, never advancing if intensity exceeds 4-5, thus building safety and trust before approaching the core of the problem.
Advanced EFT protocol combining guided visualization and meridian tapping to access the wounded inner child, establish a therapeutic dialogue and integrate unresolved early emotional wounds.
Systematic long-term protocol designed by Gary Craig to methodically resolve all of life's disturbing memories, treating each specific memory with standard EFT until lasting and complete emotional peace is achieved.
Fundamental conceptual framework of EFT developed by Gary Craig, using the table metaphor to structure therapeutic work: global problems (anxiety, low self-esteem) are the tabletop, specific supporting memories are the legs — you never tap on the tabletop, you treat each leg individually.
Clinical EFT is the manualized and standardized version developed by Dawson Church for scientific research. Integrating CBT elements and removing the 9 Gamut Procedure, it is recognized by the APA as an evidence-based practice for anxiety, depression, and PTSD.
EFT protocol validated by Peta Stapleton's RCTs for treating food cravings, tobacco, alcohol, and substance addiction. 83% craving reduction in workshop format and 28.2% maintained at 2 years. Documented fMRI changes in brain reward circuits.
Mind-body approach validated by Stapleton et al. RCTs (2013–2019) for weight management and dysfunctional eating behaviors. Weight and BMI reduction, depression −12.3%, anxiety −23.3%, effects maintained at 12 months and 2 years. Treatment of cravings, limiting beliefs, and emotional eating.
A psychotherapy using visual art creation (painting, drawing, modeling, collage) as therapeutic mediation to express and transform psychic conflicts beyond words.
A transpersonal approach developed by Roberto Assagioli integrating psychoanalysis, Eastern philosophy and spiritual dimension for harmonious synthesis of all personal dimensions.
A philosophical therapeutic approach exploring fundamental concerns of human existence — death, freedom, isolation and meaning — to help live more authentically.
A humanistic, experiential approach founded by Fritz Perls, focused on present-moment awareness, the contact-withdrawal cycle and personal responsibility for a more authentic life.
A body psychotherapy using movement and dance as the primary process of communication and expression to promote psycho-body integration.
Kundalini Yoga, taught in the West by Yogi Bhajan, is the "yoga of awareness." It combines postures, powerful breathwork, mantras, and meditations to awaken the dormant Kundalini energy at the base of the spine.
Metta meditation (Metta Bhavana) systematically cultivates loving-kindness toward oneself and then others. An ancestral Buddhist practice, it develops compassion, empathy, and positive connections.
A system of human integration through movement, music and group encounter, created by Rolando Toro, aimed at stimulating the genetic potentials of life expression: vitality, sexuality, creativity, affectivity and transcendence.