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The National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine |
with Carol Look, CSW
Program Sessions
March 2 - April 26
Course Agenda
Is Compulsive Overeating just Another Addiction?
- How to determine if your client is addicted.
- Disordered eating and eating disorders.
- When food is the drug of choice.
- Why traditional treatment approaches fail so often.
Why Diets Don't Work
- How anxiety sabotages even the most ambitious dieter.
- Does your client need antidepressants instead of food?
- Five feelings that sabotage any diet.
- Three reasons to stop dieting.
The Intake Interview: Setting the Stage for Successful Treatment Issues
- Ten easy questions to identify what sabotages your client's diet.
- Is there a downside to weight loss?
- How to assess your client's diet history.
Why Energy Therapy is Described as Emotional Acupuncture
- How Energy Therapy resolves intractable issues.
- How Psychological reversal interferes with successful treatment.
- Why the Energetic system is the missing link in healing core issues.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- How EFT can resolve complex symptom clusters.
- Step-by-step directions to relieve stress and soothe anxiety.
EFT & Weight Loss: A Perfect Match?
- Five reasons why EFT works for weight loss
- Effective methods for managing cravings with EFT.
- How to use EFT to neutralize feelings of deprivation.
How to Incorporate EFT into Your Practice
- When to talk and when to tap?
- Valuable strategies for working with threatened clients.
Using EFT for Immediate Stress at Home and on the Job
- EFT as a daily self-management tool.
- How perfectionism undermines a successful diet.
- Insatiability: When there's never enough.
Peer Pressure: Who Will Sabotage the Diet?
- How diet success creates family conflict.
- The Road Less Traveled: How to teach your clients to set boundaries.
It's That Time of Day Again
- The role of hormones and body chemistry in cravings.
- Two strategies for coping when cravings won’t quit.
Spirituality
- How spiritual emptiness leads to addiction.
- Why eating disorders prevent spiritual connection.
- How to frame food addiction as a spiritual issue.
How Energy Therapy Accesses the Past in a Non-Threatening & Safe Way
- Three ways food is used as a tranquilizer.
- EFT protocol for addressing abandonment issues.
Specific Protocols for the Treatment of Family of Origin Dysfunction
- Three ways EFT will improve self-esteem.
- Step-by-step protocols for your neglected clients.
- A roadmap for abuse issues with EFT.
EFT Strategies for Maintaining Weight Loss
- The downside of losing weight?
- Uncovering secondary gains of relapse.
Is Relapse Preventable?
- What the timing of relapse tells us about our patients.
- Troubleshooting the causes of noncompliance.
- Planning for holidays and other significant events.
Practice Considerations in using EFT
- Ethical issues.
- Contraindications.
- Essential boundary guidelines.
| You'll practice each step before going on to the next; gaining the expertise you need to feel fully confident in your work |