Clinical Conversation

Guest: Robert Schwarz, PsyD
Live Training: June 3rd | 1:00 PM Central Time
On-Demand: Available one week after the live event

Many trauma therapists feel the tension between wanting to “go deeper” and needing to keep clients safe and regulated. This free Clinical Conversation looks at that tension head-on, exploring how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can strengthen regulation so trauma processing becomes safer, more precise, and more effective.

Join us live for real talk, live chat, and Q&A with a leader in energy psychology, or register to get the replay in your inbox if you can’t make it at 1 pm Central.

In this conversation, we’ll explore:

• Why trauma is not only a memory problem but fundamentally a regulation problem, and what that means for EMDR therapist training and trauma therapist training in real cases
• How strengthening emotional regulation and expanding the window of tolerance allows EFT to deepen trauma processing rather than derail it
• Ways to use EFT to track and respond to shifts in affect, language, body cues, and activation levels, so interventions land at the right moment and intensity
• How precision, presence, and regulation work together to reduce flooding, shutdown, and state‑dependent reactivity during trauma work
• How to stay grounded yourself, so you can keep offering high‑impact trauma therapy without burning out

This is a live, interactive Clinical Conversation, not a dense slide deck. You’ll hear case‑grounded discussion, have space to ask questions in the chat, and leave with specific ideas you can use with clients this week.

 Robert Schwarz has been a licensed psychologist for 40 years and is a leading voice in energy psychology and EFT. From 2008 to 2024 he served as executive director of the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP), where he organized more than 30 conferences on Ericksonian hypnosis, trauma treatment, and energy psychology, as well as ACEP’s Science of Energy Healing online programs and EFT training program. 

He is the author of three books, including Tools for Transforming Trauma and We’re No Fun Anymore: Guiding Couples to a Joy Filled Marriage, along with numerous articles and papers. He recently released the online program Transforming Trauma and Limiting Beliefs with EFT.
Bob presents internationally on EFT and energy psychology, trauma treatment, and Ericksonian approaches to therapy. Clinicians know him for his ability to translate an integrative model into specific, usable clinical skills, and for his belief that joy and creativity are not luxuries but essentials for sustainable trauma work. He lives that out through music, songwriting, and improv, which often find their way into his teaching.