Hi  Deb,

Many thanks for the feedback on your experiences with your clients, and thanks for permission to include these on my WHEE appreciations page. I will remove all gender and other specific identifying details

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Hi Dan,

I've been  meaning to update you on my experience with WHEE and several clients. I continue to have very good results on myself and with clients. They really like it because they can do it on their own. Overall, it has been well received and very effective. In situations where things have not progressed, I have worked as you suggested with tweaking the various steps.
 
I was particularly challenged recently when a 40-something client discovered during the process that s/he does not believe God is with him/her though s/he wants to believe this is true. S/He has just completed chemotherapy for cancer and is at risk of losing his/her business because s/he has no health insurance. Ultimately, s/he was able to change the statement to "I accept that God is around me."  In each situation, the entire process has not taken longer than 10 minutes. It is potent.
WELL DONE, BOTH OF YOU!  ANY POSITIVE STATEMENT WILL SERVE. WHAT I TEACH IS JUST A GENERIC THAT I'VE FOUND WORKS FOR ABOUT 90 PERCENT OF PEOPLE.
 
My question to you is: once the clients get to zero using WHEE, I have been having them imagine the situation or event where they had previously felt distress. In some cases, they are getting a SUDS reading again that indicates  the "issue" was not fully resolved. How do you handle this if you are out of time in session?
WHEN PEOPLE GET THEIR SUDS [SUBJECTIVE UNITS OF DISTRESS SCALE] DOWN TO ZERO, I THEN HAVE THEM INSTALL A POSITIVE TO REPLACE THE NEGATIVE. E.G. “I CAN BE IN THIS  [ISSUE] SITUATION AND FEEL COMFORTABLE AND COMPETENT”    
THEY MIGHT START OUT FEELING THEY BELIEVE THIS AT A  LEVEL OF 2 ON A SCALE OF 10.
REPEATING, WITH TAPPING, THE SAME PHRASE + “AND I LOVE AND ACCEPT MYSELF, ETC.” WILL THEN MAKE IT STRONGER.
REPEAT  TILL IT’S A 10
WHEN ANYTHING RELATED MAKES THE SUD ON THE NEGATIVE SIDE GO BACK UP, SEND THEM HOME (OR IN THE OFFICE) TO TAP ON THAT TILL IT COMES  DOWN.
I OFTEN ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO LOOK FOR THESE ENERGETIC/ FEELING PUS-POCKETS AND BUNDLE THEM INTO THE ORIGINAL STATEMENT, SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE  OF THEIR JOURNEY DOWN TO ZERO. I WARN THEM THE SUD WILL GO UP WHEN WE DO THIS
SOMETIMES IT HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY. I APPLAUD THEIR WISE INNER SELF FOR BEING WILLING TO CONNECT MORE STRONGLY WITH THE NEGATIVE FEELINGS AND TO BRING THEM FORWARD TO BE RELEASED.

Many thanks!  Looking forward  to joining a supervision group if you start one....
I HOPE TO START ONE AFTER A WHEE LEVEL 1 CERTIFICATE WORKSHOP IN EARLY NOV. NEAR TORONTO.

Sincerely,
Deb

Deb Butterfield, LCSW
Holistic Psychotherapy and Spiritual Direction
Adjunct Faculty, Boston College Graduate School of Social Work
Doctoral Candidate, Holos University Graduate Seminary


BLESSINGS

DAN
 

WHEE-MD Observations

One of the many benefits of WHEE is that it is so quick and easy to use that it makes the self-healing very flexible and responsive to feedback from the client.

It is very common for the SUDS to rise as well when people are in the first few rounds of tapping on an issue. Two processes seem to contribute to this:

1. Connecting more solidly with the issues and feelings

2. The unconscious mind realizing it is now safe to release negative feelings that have been stored for a long time - after having been buried when the person felt these feelings were overwhelming.

Blessings

Dan Benor