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Sample Practitioner Evaluation Provided by EFT Master Nancy Gnecco: www.nancygnecco.com
Dear Name, Thank you for sharing this with me. It was clear that you had sent the client a chart with the points on it, but it wasn’t clear to me whether or not you had explained EFT to her. I assume that you had, as she didn’t appear to have any questions about the process. If you were going to use her as a case study, you’d want to give us, in writing, her history and presenting problem, which was very apparent in the session. I couldn’t tell if you were working with her on the phone or in person. I always like to make sure that the client has water handy, especially if we are working on the phone together. Since this was, presumably, a “one shot deal”, I very much appreciated your asking P. what her goal was for the session, and that you asked her to pay attention to thoughts, feelings, and memories that might come up for her. Name, you certainly have mastered the concept of utilizing the client’s own words to facilitate going deeper, and you carried this through right to the end when you closed with, “I’m going to say some words at you, and you tell me if there is any intensity.” You went back through her anger, her feeling out of control and all the way to her initial belief that she can’t eliminate all of it, but wants the to be able to move the fluid through her sinuses before it gets infected. For the purposes of demonstration, it was a good idea to take her through the full Basic Recipe first with a simple reminder phrase, “these chronic infections”. You started globally, but were very smooth in your transition both to the Short Cut and to the metaphor of the sinus infections. After the Basic Recipe you went back to her original statement and got into the issue of control. Your response, “Talk to me about control.” was neutral and perfect, leading her to feeling like a “sitting duck” – “helpless”. At that point you read her words back to her and her SUDS had risen to a 9 or 10 with the vision of sitting helplessly with her arms at her side. You did a great job of moving her through the next round, getting more creative with the set up statements and reminder phrases, but still staying with her words. You moved from the simple reminder phrase to multiple phrases. Well done. I do have a suggestion here. Another “doorway” you might want to explore in situations like this is the history of feeling helpless and victimized. For example, “When was the first time you can remember feeling like a sitting duck.”? This pattern of helplessness, and victimization probably started pretty early in her life. However, you didn’t choose that “doorway”, and when you completed the round you asked, appropriately, “Did anything come up while we were doing that?” You also had her check her SUDS level, and questioned how she knew it had dropped from a 9 or 10 to a 6 or 7. She told you that when she thinks about it, it doesn’t have the impact. My guess is that she was probably lower than a 6 or 7. At this point your intuition kicked in, and you said that you had a sense of sadness. You checked that out with her, and it resonated. You moved smoothly again into the beginnings of reframing: “these physical sensations, sadness in my stomach, my body’s giving me messages, I’m grateful (I’m not so sure about that one), I think I’m ready to listen, I’m tired of not feeling well” and you slipped easily into the positive: “I’d like to feel well, I’m paying attention now, I’d like to get along with my body.”
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She was pleased with the relief (her word) and you asked her, “Talk to me about the fluid.” weaving in her original statement. This is a point where a history would have been helpful. You said, “I know a little about your life – stress – most responsible person on the planet.” She went to “losing people when you get older.” You were really “on target” here, Name, with, “Let me reflect this back to you: You’re feeling more free (metaphor), more peaceful, and at the same time there are fears about the end of life, something about her sick sister, losing a lot of people in her life, loss of control, loss of time. Again, there is no right or wrong, but here is another place where I might have lingered and explored the feelings of loss. You chose to go with, “Is there something you feel you need to accomplish in life, before you…?” and “Relax and ask your sinuses if there is something they need you to know.” Beautiful. That led her into another major “table top” – the issue of responsibility, a seed that you had “planted”, and which had “taken root”. Your next set up statement was a perfect bridge, “Even though I’m a very responsible person….and this can be very draining, my sinuses are telling me not to take on so much responsibility. You gave her a twenty-‐minute warning about how long there was left in the session. I don’t do this, but I’m going to start. It’s a great technique for setting yourself up to end on time. At the end, when the anger came up you did ask for a specific memory, and in a future session I might pursue this more, along with “being defenseless”. These are “big ticket” items, and should she decide to continue to work with you, my guess is that you would find a wealth of “tappable issues” in her history that are related to the chronic sinus infections. Your ending couldn’t have been better. You suggested the Personal Peace Procedure, and she seemed to know what that is. I have a handout that I give to people, as you know, and a timeline that I suggest. You reminded her to flush toxins out of her system by drinking lots of water, and you made yourself available to her, should anything else come up. I want to share with you something you might not know, unless you have the desk reference: Messages From the Body, by Michael J. Lincoln, Ph.D. This book is like the encyclopedic version of Louise Hay’s work. Some of the metaphysical mind-‐body connections with sinus infections are “having lost someone they loved a great deal, or that they never had the love they needed from someone they loved deeply….with the result there is much ‘inner crying’” or “They are experiencing strong irritation with someone close (there’s the anger), in a hyper-‐sensitive ‘persecution’ manner’ (she had to be the responsible one in the family) or how about, “Chronic agitation and an unsettled condition that is seemingly impossible to heal. Never at peace. The entire complex got started and was maintained by an intense ‘never good enough’ parenting process.” So, you see, Name, you were right on target. CONGRATULATIONS! Our work is complete. I now feel confident to sponsor you as an AAMET Level 2 Practitioner. Be sure to take Level 3 next, and I’d be happy to do the additional requirements for the next AAMET Level with you if you’d like me to. Best Wishes to a Wonderful EFT Practitioner, Nancy Gnecco