EFT Practitioner Client and Session Management 3 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: Which scenario most clearly represents a psychological reversal in a client?
- A client forgets to tap between sessions
- A client says they want to resolve their fear but unconsciously benefits from keeping it (Correct answer)
- A client arrives late to a session
- A client cannot remember their SUD score from the previous session
Correct answer: A client says they want to resolve their fear but unconsciously benefits from keeping it
Psychological reversal occurs when a subconscious belief or secondary gain opposes conscious desire for change, often stalling EFT progress.
Question 2: A practitioner working within their scope of practice should refer a client to a licensed mental health professional when the client:
- Has a SUD score above 7
- Presents with active suicidal ideation, psychosis, or a clinical diagnosis requiring treatment beyond EFT (Correct answer)
- Asks questions about the meridian system
- Requests sessions more than once per week
Correct answer: Presents with active suicidal ideation, psychosis, or a clinical diagnosis requiring treatment beyond EFT
Active psychiatric conditions such as suicidal ideation or psychosis exceed the scope of EFT practitioners and require licensed clinical care.
Question 3: The 'chasing the pain' technique refers to:
- Having clients physically recreate the painful event
- Following shifting physical sensations around the body with tapping as emotions discharge (Correct answer)
- Using painful pressure on tapping points
- Helping clients locate their emotional pain in their past
Correct answer: Following shifting physical sensations around the body with tapping as emotions discharge
As tapping clears emotional charge, physical sensations often move or transform; chasing the pain means tracking and tapping on each new location until it resolves.
Question 4: Which confidentiality principle is most important for EFT practitioners to uphold?
- Sharing client progress with their family members
- Keeping all client disclosures private except in cases of mandatory reporting obligations (Correct answer)
- Discussing anonymized client cases publicly on social media
- Informing clients only of policies after the first session
Correct answer: Keeping all client disclosures private except in cases of mandatory reporting obligations
Confidentiality is a cornerstone of ethical practice; disclosures are kept private except where mandatory reporting laws require otherwise.
Question 5: What does 'borrowing benefits' mean in the context of group EFT sessions?
- Clients share their session fees with one another
- Participants tap along while another person's issue is being addressed and experience relief for their own issues (Correct answer)
- Practitioners loan tapping scripts to clients
- Group members rotate presenting their problems each session
Correct answer: Participants tap along while another person's issue is being addressed and experience relief for their own issues
Borrowing benefits is the observed phenomenon where group participants who tap along with someone else's session experience measurable relief for their own unspoken issues.
Question 6: When a practitioner uses the 'movie technique,' the client is asked to:
- Watch an EFT instructional video and tap along
- Mentally run through a traumatic memory as if it were a movie, stopping to tap whenever the intensity rises (Correct answer)
- Film themselves tapping for self-review
- Visualize a positive future scene while tapping
Correct answer: Mentally run through a traumatic memory as if it were a movie, stopping to tap whenever the intensity rises
The movie technique has the client replay a memory in their mind like a film, pausing to tap whenever emotional intensity spikes, until the entire sequence is neutral.
Question 7: Which of the following best describes a 'global' versus 'specific' EFT approach?
- Global means tapping on all points; specific means tapping on one point only
- Global addresses broad themes like anxiety; specific targets a precise memory or event with sensory detail (Correct answer)
- Global is used for physical pain; specific is used for emotions
- Global sessions are longer; specific sessions are shorter
Correct answer: Global addresses broad themes like anxiety; specific targets a precise memory or event with sensory detail
Global EFT addresses overarching patterns or themes, while specific EFT targets a defined event with precise details, which typically yields faster and more lasting results.
EFT Practitioner Client and Session Management 3
Which scenario most clearly represents a psychological reversal in a client?