Trauma Training

EFT Tapping Training for Trauma Therapists Regulation, Processing, and Clinical Integration

Regulation, Processing, and Clinical Integration

Trainer: Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP, ACAP-EFT

Live: July 17th | 10:00 AM Central Time | Available for synchronous, live learning

You have clients who flood the moment you ask them to stay with a memory. Clients who freeze before you even approach Phase 2. Clients who are doing everything right in terms of engagement, and still can’t seem to move.

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) offers something most bottom-up approaches don’t: a way to calm the nervous system and process traumatic material in the same framework, without overwhelming the client or abandoning the work.

It’s backed by more than 200 research studies. It’s been used successfully with veterans with PTSD, survivors of genocide, and clients across a wide range of presentations and cultures. And it’s far more than tapping on acupressure points. It integrates principles from memory reconsolidation, ACT, Ericksonian approaches, and somatic regulation into a single, learnable protocol.

If you’ve heard about EFT and wondered whether it’s legitimate, how it actually works, or whether it belongs in your clinical toolkit, this training was designed for that question.

In this full-day workshop, Dr. Robert Schwarz, one of the field’s most experienced EFT trainers and a licensed psychologist with four decades of trauma treatment experience, will walk you through both modes of EFT: using it for emotional regulation in Phase 1 and for carefully titrated trauma processing in Phase 2.

You’ll leave with a clear understanding of what EFT does, why it works, and exactly how to begin using it with your most complex clients.

I'm Ready to Understand How EFT Works

Why TTI

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Expert Clinical Training

Expect real case examples, clear guidance, and a teaching style that makes even complex topics feel approachable so you can confidently use what you learn in session right away.

Where Learning Meets Community

Join a community of clinicians learning side by side, sharing real case insights and peer support so you can grow your skills with confidence alongside your peers in meaningful connection.

Practical Skills

Practical Interventions You'll Learn

Basic EFT tapping protocol with clinical precision, including tapping points, set-up statements, and therapeutic presence, so you can apply EFT accurately from your very first session.
Tearless trauma technique for accessing and processing traumatic material without flooding the client or re-exposing them to overwhelming content.
Tell the story technique for titrated trauma processing, with detailed guidance on managing emotional intensity and staying within the window of tolerance throughout.
Personal peace procedure as a treatment planning tool - how to use it systematically to map and sequence traumatic material across the course of treatment.
Zipping up technique for building boundaries, strengthening emotional regulation, and supporting clients who need additional stabilization before or between trauma processing sessions.
Phase 1 integration strategies for using EFT as a nervous system regulation tool - reducing negative affect, calming arousal, and expanding the window of tolerance before trauma work begins.
Phase 2 trauma processing applications using EFT to engage traumatic memory carefully and systematically within a phase-oriented framework, without intensifying exposure or dysregulating the client.

What You Get

What's Waiting for You Inside This Training

Basic EFT tapping protocol

Apply tapping points, set-up statements, and therapeutic presence with clinical precision from your first session.

Phase 1 regulation strategies

Use EFT to reduce arousal, calm negative affect, and expand the window of tolerance before trauma work begins.

Phase 2 trauma processing

Apply EFT to engage traumatic memory carefully within a phase-oriented framework, without intensifying exposure.

Tearless trauma technique

Access and process traumatic material without flooding the client or re-exposing them to overwhelming content.

Tell the story technique

Process trauma in a titrated, client-paced way that keeps the work within the window of tolerance.

Personal peace procedure

Use this systematic protocol as a treatment planning tool to map and sequence traumatic material across treatment.

Live training with on-demand access

Join Dr. Schwarz live on July 17th, then return to the recording with lifetime on-demand access.

Free community membership

Join TTI's shame-free community of practitioners for ongoing conversations, support, and resources. No cost, no catch.

Is This For You?

Who Is This Training For

This training is designed for:

Licensed clinicians who work with trauma and want to add a research-backed, bottom-up regulation and processing approach to their existing practice.
Therapists who already use somatic, EMDR, or experiential approaches and want to understand how EFT fits within that framework, and how it can extend what they’re already doing.
Clinicians who are curious about EFT but haven’t found a training that places it clearly within a phase-oriented, trauma-informed context.
Therapists who have clients who flood, freeze, or dissociate during trauma work and want additional tools for expanding regulation capacity before processing begins.
Any licensed clinician who wants a credentialed, evidence-based introduction to EFT that goes beyond the basics of tapping technique.

No prior EFT experience is required. This training is designed to be a complete clinical foundation - from theory and research to hands-on protocol practice.

Meet Your Trainer

About Your Trainer

Robert Schwarz

PsyD, DCEP, ACAP-EFT

Robert Schwarz, PsyD, DCEP, ACAP-EFT has been a licensed psychologist for 40 years. He served as Executive Director of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP) from 2008 to 2024, and has organized more than 30 conferences on Ericksonian hypnosis, trauma treatment, and energy psychology.

Dr. Schwarz is the author of three professional books, including Tools for Transforming Trauma, and has published numerous articles and research papers on EFT and energy psychology. His recent online program, Transforming Trauma and Limiting Beliefs with EFT, reflects his continued focus on clinical precision and integrative trauma treatment.

He presents internationally on EFT, energy psychology, and trauma treatment, and is known for his ability to translate complex clinical concepts into specific, usable skills. Dr. Schwarz trains within an integrative model, grounding EFT in polyvagal theory, somatic regulation, and memory reconsolidation science rather than presenting it as a standalone technique.

Additional Information

Course Details

Schedule (Central Time)

10:00 am - 10:10 am: Welcome, objectives, and presenter introduction
10:10 am - 11:00 am: The mind-body framework for working with trauma, where EFT fits
11:00 am - 11:10 am: Break
11:10 am - 12:10 pm: Theory and research on EFT and energy psychology
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm: Break
12:20 pm - 1:30 pm: EFT self-regulation mode - Phase 1 integration and practice
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm: Lunch
2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Basic EFT protocol - tapping points, set-up statement, experiential practice
3:30 pm - 3:40 pm: Break
3:40 pm - 4:30 pm: Root cause mode - working with specific traumatic events (tell the story technique, tearless trauma technique)
4:30 pm - 4:40 pm: Break
4:40 pm - 5:15 pm: Clinical acumen, presence, and the personal peace procedure
5:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Wrap-up, key takeaways, and Q&A

Learning Objectives

Perform The basic tapping protocol of EFT
Describe the steps to Using EFT to increase self-regulation, reduce negative affect and aversive symptoms
Delineate the overall research findings supporting on EFT’s effectiveness for treating anxiety depression and trauma
Describe the steps of the personal peace procedure and how it can be used for treatment planning
Summarize how the mechanisms of action of EFT involves “Stacking” multiple Integrative Clinical Skills in addition to body-activation via “Tapping”
Summarize the potential neurobiological mechanism of EFT’s effectiveness

Prerequisites

This is not an EMDR training.

None! While this course was designed with therapists in mind, many professionals can benefit including but not limited to:
- Mental Health Professionals
- Teachers and Educators
- Healers
- Yoga Teachers
- Healthcare Professionals
- First Responders
- Lawyers and Law Professionals

Continuing Education

Trauma Therapist Institute is an approved continuing education provider. ACE, NBCC, and APA CEs are available for this course.

Participants must complete the full training to receive credit.

ACE Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute, #1869, is approved as an ACE provider to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. ACE provider approval period: 1/16/25 - 1/16/28. Social workers completing this course receive clinical continuing education credits.

NBCC Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider, ACEP No. 7033. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. Trauma Therapist Institute is solely responsible for all aspects of the programs.

APA Approved Provider

Trauma Therapist Institute is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education to psychologists. Trauma Therapist Institute maintains responsibility for this program and its content.

Course Completion

To receive a CE certificate, participants must complete the entire course, complete the post-test with a score of 80% or above, and complete the course evaluation. You may retake the post-test as needed. Once completed, a CE certificate will auto-populate to your online account.

Cancellation Policy

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A Research-Backed Way to Calm and Process in the Same Framework

When clients flood, freeze, or shut down before processing can even begin, you need an approach that regulates the nervous system and engages traumatic material without overwhelming either. This training gives you the basic EFT protocol, the tearless trauma and tell the story techniques, and a phase-oriented framework for using EFT with your most complex clients.