“The Cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system”
Energy Psychology In A Nutshell
Energy psychology (also known as cognitive somatic practices) is a family of mind-body methods that rapidly reduce stress and trauma while increasing calm. Calming the body (where stress is stored) is a missing key to unlocking rapid change.
Energy psychology (EP) methods combine cognitive interventions with somatic techniques that influence the human bio-energy systems such as meridians, chakras and the biofield to elevate physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing.
It has been shown to be evidenced based, cost effective and empowering for clients. Energy psychology integrates well with other methods and includes self-help techniques.
These methods can be used to facilitate transformational change at many levels, including:
- Resolving trauma, anxiety and other clinical disorders
- Working and living in flow
- Improving performance in the arts, sports, school and business
- Living with greater connection, love and clarity
How Can Energy Psychology Help You?
Energy psychology (EP) comprises a family of methods designed to improve your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. These approaches are used by practitioners of psychotherapy, counseling, coaching, energy healing, and health optimization.
EP methods focus on your thoughts, feelings and emotions while you activate some aspect of the bio-energy system of the body. This usually involves tapping or touching certain places on your body, such as meridian points or chakras. This calms the body, clearing stress and trauma that are held there. The result? It’s easier to move on and break through to a more expansive experience of life.
The most common examples of energy psychology methods are:
- “Tapping” Methods: such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) or Thought Field Therapy (TFT).
- Chakra Methods: such as Advanced Integrative Therapy (AIT) or Heart Assisted Therapy (HAT)
- Combination methods: such as Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT), Comprehensive Energy Psychology (CEP), and Healing From the Body Level Up (HBLU).
Most EP approaches are gentle and do not require that you relive traumatic memories. In addition, you will often learn self-help methods you can use on your own. EP approaches can rapidly help people reduce strong painful emotions, process traumatic events, shift limiting beliefs and live with greater love.
You can use some energy psychology techniques by yourself and it can also be part of your work with a therapist, coach or other trained professional.
Research Supporting Energy Psychology
While energy psychology as a field is still relatively young, its evidence base continues to grow in both quantity and quality.
As of February 2022, 70+ randomized control trials, over 55 pre-post outcome studies, 5 meta-analyses and 19 systematic reviews have been published on EP methods in English-speaking, peer-reviewed journals. In addition, over 80 research studies have been published in non-English journals. These modalities have been researched by more than 200 investigators in over 12 countries.
Energy psychology is a mind-body approach. The next frontier of EP research involves exploring the mechanisms of action of these modalities and investigating concurrent physiological changes using such tools as qEEG and fMRI and PET scans, and documenting changes in cortisol levels, gene expression and immunological function (to date, research has shown these changes to be positive).
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Information Except From “The Association For Comprehensive Energy Psychology” (ACEP) https://www.energypsych.org/energy-psychology