Additional Tapping Points:
Recognise the existence and utility of adding additional points (fingers, gamut, ankle, liver) enough to experiment with them in sessions with self or others.
EFT Level 2 Training Course
Details and Syllabus
Live Training with EFT Master Trainers
General Notes About Our Training Syllabus
As a result of over 40 combined years using and teaching EFT, we know what it takes to get the best possible results with EFT, and also how best to help people absorb and apply what we teach.
To make this possible, our trainings have been enhanced beyond the core EFT International Syllabus (the organisation with which we accredit potentially EFT practitioners).
We teach an enhanced syllabus for all our EFT trainings which includes both the EFT International Syllabus and our own EFT Training Syllabus. You will see these are shown separately below.
The syllabus elements is covered or expanded upon in the provided EFT Level 1 manual. Participants are strongly encouraged to read the extensive manual after the training as it deepens into the material covered but also gives much useful information outside the syllabus.
Note: The EFT Training College reserves the right to make changes to syllabus elements and their order at any time.
EFT Level 2 Training Syllabus
The Full EFT Level 2 syllabus is covered over pre-live-training videos followed by the live training followed by the post-live-training videos. These are shown separately below.
Pre-EFT Level 2 Video-Based Training
Notes
This is done in your own time prior to attending our EFT Level 2 live training
Duration: Around 20 minutes
Prerequisites: The EFT Level 1 Live Training.EFT International Syllabus
Additional Tapping Strategies:
Know the existence and utility of other tapping strategies (for example, the full 9-Gamut procedure and Touch and Breathe).
The EFT Training College Additional Syllabus
Tapping On or With Clients:
Understand the pros and cons of physically tapping on your client during a session (when legally allowed) verses tapping with a client (where a client mirrors the facilitator).
EFT Level 2 Live Training
Notes
Duration: 21 hours, taught over 3 days or 6 half days
A small number of the theory elements below are covered or expanded upon in the provided EFT Level 2 manual only. Participants are strongly encouraged to read the extensive manual after the training as it deepens into the material covered but also gives much useful information outside the syllabus.
EFT International Syllabus
Review of Basic Knowledge and Skills (EFT Level 1):
Have basic knowledge and skills from EFT International EFT Level 1. See EFT Level 1 Training Points and Learning Outcomes.
“Don’t Go Where You Don’t Belong”:
Know that there are limits as an EFT practitioner based on expertise, scope of practice, and capacity to handle emotional intensity — both yours and the client’s. Be aware that, at minimum, mentoring may be required or referral may be necessary.
More About The Trauma Experience:
Have a brief overview of the trauma experience from Level 1. Understand that humans experience, carry forward, and are adversely affected by traumatic events in various ways (fight, flight, freeze or flop, neurological reactions, how pervasive and intrinsic trauma is, how our bodies carry a history, and so on). Understand the importance of a gentle approach (for example, Sneaking Up and other Gentle Techniques) at all times, and the utility of Protective Distancing and proceeding slowly and systematically. Be aware of research showing the effectiveness of somatic approaches to working with trauma.
The Gentle Techniques (The Importance of Being Gentle):
Have awareness of when and how to use the three Gentle Techniques of EFT (Tearless Trauma, Body Sensations and Sneaking Up) appropriately to work with peripheral aspects of an intense issue.
The Movie/Tell the Story Technique (in Level 2):
Know there are nuanced ways to use Movie/Tell the Story appropriately, and how one may need Gentle Techniques before or during use. Know how to use Movie/Tell the Story from beginning to end, both as processing and as testing.
Introduction to the Box/Container Technique:
Know how and when (and why) to step back and put a difficult issue into a container, and tap with the characteristics of the container, including desired location. Teaching the Box/Container Technique is optional for Level 1, but required for Level 2.
Abreactions:
Understand the concept of abreactions and how excessive emotional intensity can be minimised or otherwise handled using EFT. Understand how abreactions are normal and may be part of an EFT interaction. Help someone safely manage, address or otherwise “tap down” high emotional intensity. Understand that sometimes intensity “gets worse before it gets better”, and this can mean two things: either we are on a useful track (and the client will need reassurance), or the intensity is actually too much for the client. In that case, assess the capacity of the person you are working with and your own capacity to work with them. Not everyone has a diagnosis or is aware of trauma or early lack-of-support issues they may have; we may meet a client with more serious issues than first appears to be the case.
Rapport Skills:
Know the importance of rapport and the essence of building (or rebuilding) it by listening, asking appropriate questions and reflecting the client’s exact words and subjective experience during the EFT interaction.
Writings on the Wall Metaphor (Introduction to Limiting Beliefs):
Understand the metaphor “writings on the wall” and how it applies to limiting beliefs, thinking, and core issues. Know how to identify limiting beliefs and thinking, ask questions about where such thinking may have originated, and apply EFT successfully to it.
Identifying and Handling Core Issues, and the “Tabletops” Metaphor:
Explain what a core issue is in terms of the writings on the wall and the “tabletops” metaphor. Know how to identify and handle a global core issue using EFT. Be able to uncover table “legs” or specific past events by asking appropriate questions such as “What does this remind you of?” Understand the role of core issues in relation to present challenges. Know that some tabletops may be stacked on others. Know how the tabletops metaphor is also useful for describing the presenting or “global” issue (for example, anxiety) as a tabletop supported by “legs” of past experiences.
Handling Specific Past Events, and the “Table Legs” Metaphor:
Know how to Sneak Up and “sneak away”, and how to begin using Movie/Tell the Story or work with Aspects of a specific past experience. Understand specific past events in terms of the trauma experience and how the “legs” metaphor applies in an EFT session. Understand how specific events or “legs” support the core issue or presenting/global issue, and how these can be the lynchpin events (critical or genesis events) that hold a “tabletop” in place.
Reversals and Secondary Gain: More About When EFT Doesn’t Work
Have awareness of, and know how to recognise, reversals. Know the importance of asking non-judgmental questions to identify and gently address them when the practitioner or client suspects they may be present (the upside of keeping the problem, the downside of keeping it, the upside of letting it go, and the downside of letting it go). Understand the importance of asking clients to describe, in as much detail as possible, what will be different once the issue is gone (or now that it is already gone), and look out for any spots of discomfort (tail-enders). Know how to address these considerations as Aspects when they present themselves. Know that if progress is slow, there may be a safety issue involved (a protective part of the person that may be afraid of the change). Know the history of “PR” (Psychological Reversal) and the origin of the term reversals.
Introduction to Using EFT by Phone or Video Conferencing:
Understand that EFT is portable and can be done via phone or video conference. Know the benefits and challenges of working via phone or video conference enough to practise the EFT process successfully using either medium.
“Getting Out of Your Own Way”:
Recognise when, as a practitioner, we are in our own way. For example, if we are imposing an agenda on a client rather than working in a client-centred way. Remember that the process is “through me, not by me”.
More on Testing and Testing for Tail-Enders:
Be familiar with several ways to test. Know the importance of looking for tail-enders (also called “yes, but…” statements) as a way of being thorough — how tail-enders often reveal the inner obstacles that keep us from achieving our goals, and can lead to more awareness of core issues. Know how to test for tail-enders using Measuring and Testing skills, and how to address them as separate Aspects.
Introduction to Using Intuition:
Know the importance of discerning when practitioner intuition is appropriate during the EFT interaction (for example, when the client has shown a cognitive shift). Understand the need to always check in with the client before incorporating intuitive input. For example, we might ask “Is that right?” Some practitioners call this doing a reality check.
Calibration:
Know to observe and assess the client’s subtle cues (body posture, breathing, tone of voice, and so on), and be able to make adjustments to the EFT process based on being in tune with your client.
Integrating Cognitive Shifts (Client Reframes):
Know how to recognise when clients have their own cognitive shifts, help the client recognise the shift, and integrate it into the EFT Setup and/or Sequence (also called a client reframe).
Introduction to Reframing (Practitioner Reframes):
Understand that in Level 2, practitioner reframing must be used sparingly or not at all, in favour of the primacy of the client’s own cognitive shifts. Understand the difference between having an agenda and making a reframe that lands (is picked up or accepted by the client). Know that more on reframing comes with experience and further training.
Preframing:
Know how to preframe appropriately so a client knows what to expect during the EFT interaction (for example, “setting the stage”). Understand that preframing includes helping a client manage expectations during the EFT process (for example, “EFT usually involves more than the rare ‘1-minute wonders’ found on the internet”).
Role of “The Positive” in EFT:
Know when to introduce positive language in EFT. Understand how EFT is useful for acknowledging what is there (the “negative” that we might otherwise be pushing away) and allowing it the space to evolve, creating room for the “positive”. Remember that a client’s positive focus (for example, “I want to feel better”) can at times be incorporated into the second part of the EFT Setup Statement. Know how to close a session by helping the person turn towards a more positive focus, incorporating their own positive statements or cognitive shifts — a palliative approach to end the session safely when there is more to do. Know that, in general, at the Level 2 stage of training, EFT International recommends practitioners keep positive statements out of the Sequence unless closing a session (we are not “tapping in” the positive). Understand the use of the positive in three ways: (1) to test, checking for tail-enders and reversals; (2) to offer appropriate reframes using a client’s own cognitive shifts; (3) to increase gentleness and take the edge off when intensity is high, using the client’s own reassuring words (for example, “Right now, I’m doing the best I can”).
Introduction to Surrogate Tapping:
Know the existence and utility of the EFT International protocol (or a variation) for Surrogate Tapping enough to begin exploring it post-training. Know that while we can tap on behalf of others (including animals), it is important to address our own feelings and agenda for another person or animal first. Know there could be ethical concerns involved.
Introduction to Tapping with Animals:
Know that Surrogate Tapping may be the method of choice for working with animals, as many animals may not enjoy being “tapped on”.
More on Borrowing Benefits:
Understand that Borrowing Benefits is a phenomenon that happens when we experience a reduction in emotional intensity (or a shift in awareness) after tapping along with a group, audio, video or live EFT session — especially when the client’s issue mirrors our own. Know that Borrowing Benefits is also a strategy we can use individually or with a group: set an intention to work on our own specific issue before turning our complete focus towards assisting someone else to tap through an unrelated issue. After tapping and speaking along with the other person, we often find a reduction in emotional intensity (or a shift in awareness) around our specific concern, even when it was not specifically addressed in the tapping.
The Importance of Practitioner Self-Care and The Personal Peace Procedure:
Know the continued importance of self-care to EFT practice (including “getting out of your own way” and “do not go where you don’t belong”), and how to do self-care tapping using the Personal Peace Procedure. Understand the importance of ongoing mentoring to foster careful, skillful, and congruent EFT practice. Understand the value of receiving your own EFT sessions with buddies and/or experienced professionals.
Safety: Professional and Ethical Considerations for Practitioner and Client
Understand the importance of being an EFT professional beyond knowing how to tap — including how to begin integrating good professional habits (mentoring, rapport, confidentiality, safeguarding, boundary issues, and so on).
Limitations to Level 2 Practice:
Be aware there are specific considerations when using Level 2 EFT skills professionally, including the need for mentoring and further training, and the potential need for, and wisdom inherent in, certification, experience and development before engaging with clients.
EFT International Code of Conduct and Ethics:
Be familiar that there is a Code of Conduct and Ethics for EFT International Practitioners and Trainers, and that all Certified EFT International members need to sign agreement and adhere to this code. See EFTInternational.org.
The EFT Training College Additional Syllabus
Factors Causing Clients to Resist Addressing Strong Trauma:
Understand how to educate clients in both the idea that EFT can address trauma indirectly and gently with its many effective protocols and way of working (see the Safe and Comfortable Strategy), and also describe the benefits of freeing the body from that trauma.
Becoming the Best Practitioner / Facilitator:
Know how best to hold space in a session as well as identify how to systematically release attachments to outcome – something that takes out the practitioner and client “pressure to perform”, thereby creating the spaciousness needed to get great results.
Becoming an Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner:
Understand the process of becoming a qualified EFT practitioner (which is an option following attending EFT Level 1 and 2 live trainings) as well as appreciate the benefit of the certification programme to develop and become truly competent at the many EFT skills and protocols.
Core Issues Mastership – Identifying Root Memories:
We take things considerably deeper than the basic Core Issues syllabus due to the fact that this is by far the deepest and most profound way to apply EFT to the roots of problems. We learn in-depth and refined ways to find the earliest memories that contribute to presenting issues, thereby enabling them to be thoroughly addressed (“cleared”) using other EFT protocols.
Core Issues Mastership – Beliefs, Vows and Decisions:
Understand the very large number of cognitive structures created from root memories in the form of beliefs, vows and decisions, and how they influence the client’s day to day reality, their behaviours and avoidances. Know how to identify them and release them using EFT.
The REAL SUDS Scale:
Learn about a new, expanded SUDS intensity scale (outside the common 0-10 one) that truly shows how the body can hold and handle trauma. The scale reveals new levels that include states such “off the scale” intensity at one end and numbness at the end. Learn how to safely address these states.
Selecting a Suitable EFT Protocol:
We have created a special reference chart to help practitioners pick EFT protocols most appropriate and safe to a moment in a given client session.
When EFT Doesn’t Work (Part 3):
Be introduced to our Troubleshooting Reference table of over 20 additional reasons why you may not be making progress in a session, or coming up against road blocks. For each, where appropriate, see how to remedy the situation so progress can finally now be made.
Reference to Running a Session:
We go over our reference to running EFT sessions which helps guide the path of client arrival, to finding the best target for the session, to deciding the best protocols or pathway to move through during the session.
Post-EFT Level 2 Video-Based Training
Notes
This is done in your own time after attending our EFT Level 2 live training
Duration: Around 50 minutes
EFT International Syllabus
Introduction to Tapping with Children:
Know the importance of meeting a child where they are, using simple language (for example, “I’m mad” or “They hit me”). Understand that tapping with parents or primary caretakers first is optimal, to educate parents and to address any “need to fix” the child. Know the importance of setting up and managing a session with a minor to maintain safety and confidentiality, and of getting a parent or guardian’s permission. Depending on the country, know there will be special considerations for working with minors, and research those considerations before working with children.
Introduction to Working with Groups:
Know that there are specific considerations when offering group tapping classes or introducing EFT to others: the importance of effective demonstrations, the need for participants to have their own experiences of tapping, the importance of safety and specific preparation, Borrowing Benefits, and so on. Recognise that knowledge of facilitating groups is gained from experience.
