TFT Mission to Uganda - February 2009

Hello again!

Some good things last forever.  The feeling of my heart swelling with pride and joy as I witnessed Thought Field Therapy being successfully applied in service of the people of the Kasese diocese in Uganda lives in me now. This is the first I have written about the mission since I returned so if I sound a bit flighty it is because of the amazing number of powerful and beautiful moments I experienced as part of the ATFT Foundation team training over 350 people in Algorithms and helping them care for hundreds of more members of their communities.

If you have ever watched a hummingbird move from blossom to blossom, you have a sense of what happens to me as I think about picking some delicious bits to share with you. (more…)

I want to encourage any of you who would like to have wonderful break around Thanksgiving to join me for an exciting conference in Cancun Mexico. The 4th IMUNE International Conference 22nd to 24th November 2008 Trauma – Physical & Psychological.  Check out the informative and cutting edge presentations at www.imuneseminar.com

Last chance this year to attend one of my algorithm workshops is the always excellence ICISF conference here in San Diego.

I will be attending Dr. Callahan’s Optimal Health Workshop next month – a whole next set of skills and knowledge to use.

January I will be in Uganda as part of the Association for Thought Field Therapy’s (ATFT) community service and research projects- we will be training locals in TFT Algorithms, supporting community members in treating for traumatic stress and other problems.  We will also be working on creating treatment protocols for treating malaria.  Your financial assistances is needed to reach as many people as possible.  Please, if you can donate go to www.ATFT.org and clicking on the donate button.

My best wishes for you- Keep Tapping

Hi – some good news,

At last the research is catching up with those of us already using Thought Field Therapy and who know about its power.

The website: www.innersource.net/energy_psych/articles/ep_energy-trauma-treatment.htm will lead you to a very good academic article reviewing the results of energy psychology in disaster settings.  David Feinstein, Ph.D. does a very good job of pulling together the standards for evidence and presenting the case for using these techniques.  He includes the work of Carl Johnson, James McAninch, and the Trauma Relief Committee of the Association for Thought Field Therapy who worked with the El Shadai Orphanage in Rwanda, as well as many others.

In general, I agree with many of Dr. Feinstein’s conclusions, but not all of them.  I am still convinced that the Callahan Techniques Thought Field Therapy treatments are the most effective. I am also concerned by his discussion of Critical Incident Stress Management.  The following article by Jeff Mitchell provides an excellent review of these issues and the confusing terminology that is the source of much of the controversy in the field: www.icisf.org/articles/cism_research_summary.pdf

The next time someone asks about research you will find Dr. Feinstein’s article and references useful.  There are more good articles coming out soon.  I will keep you posted.

I hope to see you soon at one of the upcoming trainings!

Bob