This 3.5-hour course provides mental health therapists with a practical techniques for Somatic Tapping for upsetting events and trauma experiences. Participants will learn to recognize emotional and somatic cues, guide clients in identifying distressing sensations and emotions, and facilitate tapping techniques to address upsetting events, trauma, phobias, and cravings. The course emphasizes client-therapist attunement to create a safe and effective therapeutic environment. By the end of the course, therapists gain actionable skills to integrate Somatic Tapping into their practice, helping clients achieve emotional regulation and healing.
The emotional charge from upsetting events and traumas can be so fully released that the memories completely fade away.
Target Audiences: Psychotherapists, Mental Health Counselors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Licensed Professional Counselors, Rehabilitation Counselors, School Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Substance Abuse Counselors. It may also benefit Speech Language Pathologists, Dentists, Medical Doctors, Physical Therapists, Psychiatrists, Nurses, and Occupational Therapists.
Objectives for this class:
Upon completion, participants will:
- Identify and Interpret Key Indicators: Learn to recognize key words, body language, and emotional cues during client interactions to tailor tapping treatments effectively.
- Facilitate Emotion Awareness and Regulation: Guide clients in evaluating subjective units of distress (SUDS) and body sensations, and lead them through tapping techniques for managing upsetting events or trauma.
- Enhance Client-Therapist Attunement: Develop skills to establish and maintain attunement with clients during tapping sessions, ensuring a safe and supportive therapeutic environment.
- Apply Targeted Tapping Techniques: Understand when and how to use specialized tapping techniques, including storytelling methods, phobias, and cravings, while recognizing limitations of tapping interventions.
Prerequisites: Classes 1, 2, & 3: Somatic Tapping: Cognitions, Somatic Tapping: Body Sensations, and Enhance Your Therapy Practice with Somatic Tapping
Presenter: Diana Sturm, MS, Ed.S. LPC. Diana received Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) certification in 2010 from Gary Craig, the founder of EFT; from EFT Universe in 2011, and became certified as an Energy Trainer for the Guild of Energists in 2019. She developed Somatic Tapping in 2021.
Format: Asynchronous, on-demand.
Asynchronous classes are a series of videos with closed captioning in English. Students may start or stop the class at any time. Each video must be completed in entirety before the next video plays. An assessment is required at the end of the class to evaluate learning. A separate evaluation is also required to evaluate the format and presentation of the class. A certificate of completion with CE hours listed is available after the assessment and evaluation have been completed.
Registration Fee: $87.00
Continuing Education Hours:
This is an asynchronous, on-demand class. It is NOT a live class.
3.5 CE hours, Alabama State Board of Social Work Examiners approved provider #0763
The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (CRCC) has pre-approved this continuing education activity for a maximum of 3.5 general credits. Certificants should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. The pre-approval code is: 60007994044. Sponsor #641873.
If you need special accommodations or have questions, please contact us: diana@somatictapping.com or 251-283-2112
Classes found on SomaticTapping.com are presented by:
CopperFire Digital, LLC
PO Box 850053, Mobile, AL 36685
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