EFT Practitioner Ethics and Professional Practice 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A client discloses during an EFT session that they are having thoughts of harming themselves. What is the practitioner's FIRST ethical obligation?
- Continue the session and use EFT to address the suicidal ideation
- Immediately assess the level of risk and refer to appropriate mental health or crisis services (Correct answer)
- End the session and ask the client to leave
- Document the disclosure and address it in the next session
Correct answer: Immediately assess the level of risk and refer to appropriate mental health or crisis services
Duty of care requires practitioners to assess risk and connect clients with appropriate crisis or mental health resources when self-harm is disclosed.
Question 2: Which practice best demonstrates ongoing professional competence for an EFT practitioner?
- Relying solely on initial certification training throughout one's career
- Pursuing continuing education, supervision, and staying current with EFT research (Correct answer)
- Only taking courses directly from the original EFT founder
- Practicing EFT exclusively on family members to develop skills
Correct answer: Pursuing continuing education, supervision, and staying current with EFT research
Professional competence requires continuous learning, supervision, and keeping up with evolving research and best practices.
Question 3: An EFT practitioner is asked by a client's employer to share session notes to determine fitness for duty. The practitioner should:
- Share the notes since the employer is paying for sessions
- Refuse unless the client provides written informed consent (Correct answer)
- Share only a general summary without asking the client
- Consult with the employer first before telling the client
Correct answer: Refuse unless the client provides written informed consent
Client confidentiality can only be waived with the client's explicit written informed consent, regardless of who pays for the sessions.
Question 4: What is the ethical concern with an EFT practitioner claiming their sessions can cure diagnosed medical conditions?
- It may attract too many clients and overload the practice
- It constitutes false advertising and practicing outside one's scope of practice (Correct answer)
- It is acceptable if the practitioner has personal testimonials to support it
- It is only a problem if the claim is made in writing
Correct answer: It constitutes false advertising and practicing outside one's scope of practice
Claiming EFT cures medical conditions is both outside a practitioner's scope and constitutes misleading representation unsupported by evidence.
Question 5: When working with a minor client, an EFT practitioner must:
- Obtain consent only from the minor since they are the client
- Obtain informed consent from a parent or legal guardian before beginning sessions (Correct answer)
- Proceed without parental consent if the minor requests confidentiality
- Require the minor to be accompanied by a parent in every session
Correct answer: Obtain informed consent from a parent or legal guardian before beginning sessions
Legal and ethical standards require parental or guardian informed consent before providing services to minors.
Question 6: A practitioner realizes mid-session that the client's issue is beyond their EFT training and expertise. The ethical action is to:
- Continue the session and learn as you go
- Acknowledge the limitation and provide an appropriate referral (Correct answer)
- Refer the client to another EFT practitioner without explanation
- Ask the client to research the issue themselves before the next session
Correct answer: Acknowledge the limitation and provide an appropriate referral
Recognizing and communicating the limits of one's competence and providing appropriate referrals is a core ethical responsibility.
Question 7: Which statement about EFT practitioner advertising is most ethically sound?
- Practitioners may claim any outcome they have witnessed in a single case
- Marketing should accurately describe services, qualifications, and realistic outcomes (Correct answer)
- Testimonials with guaranteed results are appropriate marketing tools
- Practitioners should emphasize EFT as a replacement for all conventional therapies
Correct answer: Marketing should accurately describe services, qualifications, and realistic outcomes
Honest, accurate marketing that reflects true qualifications and realistic outcomes upholds ethical standards and protects prospective clients.
EFT Practitioner Ethics and Professional Practice 2
A client discloses during an EFT session that they are having thoughts of harming themselves.
What is the practitioner's FIRST ethical obligation?