100193: Energy Psychology Interactive: Basic Principles and Procedures

About the Course:

Energy Psychology Interactive is designed to bring psychotherapists and other health care professionals who work with psychological issues the basic concepts and skills needed to begin to introduce energy psychology interventions into their practices. It was developed in collaboration with a 24-member Advisory Board that includes many of the recognized leaders and innovators within the field. This course introduces basic concepts and procedures, including an overview of the field, research findings, possible neurological mechanisms, the use of energy interventions in psychological treatment, assessing the body’s energy systems, working with neurological disorganization and psychological reversals, assessing and correcting the energy imbalances that are associated with dysfunctional emotional reactions, and techniques for translating improvements from the office to the client’s back-home setting. Note: “Energy psychology is considered an experimental therapy pending further empirical support of its efficacy.”

Journal/Publisher:

Innersource

Publication Date:

2004

Author

David Feinstein, Ph.D.

About the Author:

Dr. Feinstein is a clinical psychologist who has done pioneering work in the areas of personal mythology and energy psychology. Author of 7 books and over 50 professional papers, he has taught at The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Antioch College. His multi-media Energy Psychology Interactive self-study training program was a recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, and the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology.

Recommended For:

This course is recommended for health care professionals, especially psychologists, counselors, social workers, and nurses interested in innovative therapeutic modalities for individuals, couples, and families, or anyone seeking knowledge about the field of energy psychology. Appropriate for participants with beginning through advanced levels of knowledge about the topic.

Course Objectives:

1. Explain how the body’s energies are believed to impact emotions, thought, and behavior.

2. Describe three considerations in introducing energy interventions to a client.

3. Demonstrate a method for assessing the body’s energy system.

4. Formulate an approach for correcting energy imbalances that are involved in emotional difficulties.