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Gary Craig's new Eductational qualification

In June 2008 Gary Craig, the founder of  Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) broke the momentous news that he is to introduce a new EFT Educational qualification via www.emofree.com .  

 

This means that whilst you may have 'EFT qualifications' from various trainers and organisations, Gary and emofree.com will ONLY BE RECOGNISING this new EFT Educational qualification - which does not mean to say it qualifies you as a practitioner, however it will qualify you as recognising and understanding the content of his cd/dvd sets.  It will be administered by emofree.com and the exam will be to a set standard.

 

At least by doing it this way I feel it should bring SOME level of objectivity into play - these are my personal feelings on this.  And it does not mean that any other qualification you have obtained through whichever route is useless - simply because Gary didn't endorse other qualifications anyway.

 

His initial announcement: 'New  Official  EFT Certification'   on Friday 6th June 2008  http://www.emofree.com/certannounce.htm?WT.seg_1=N_Jun06_certification was followed by his second   announcement: 'Perspectives on the EFT Certification Program, Practitioner Listings and Workshops'  released on Friday 13th June 2008 http://www.emofree.com/certperspectives.htm .

 

Below are just a few of the reasons why Gary decided to do this,

 

According to  Gary  Craig's 'Perspectives'   articles:     

(1)"Emofree.com's Approved workshops (levels 1, 2 & 3) have proved a disaster"

(2) "Even  amongst  the first class presenters there is a wide diversity of teachings"

(3) "After October1st 2008  'Workshop listings' will be removed his emofree.com website";

(4) "Approved levels ,2,& 3 workshop guidelines will be removed as well as";

(5) "Current   'Practitioner listings'" being removed too.

 

 

Now I have to say that this decision has come as no surprise to me.  I have recognised over several years that certain aspects of what was being offered and advertised on emofree.com's 'listings' needed tidying up and some kind of regulations or policing put into place - it only takes a few bad apples to sour the barrel for the genuine ones.  And it's good that Gary has recognised this and IS doing something about it.

 

And I make no bones about it - I have been banging the drum for many a year about the differing teaching/training experiences and standards of many people who are calling themselves 'trainers of EFT'.  

 

In my opinion (based upon my training & human resources in industry as well as my adult education lecturing background) many 'trainers of EFT' who have appeared from almost nowhere over the last few years, leave something to be desired.   I qualify this below.

 

Training others in a subject, ANYsubject, requires more than 'having had a minimum amount of experience of that subject and saying that you have watched ALL of Gary's videos/dvds and feel ok about telling others about that subject and that you WILL do something (or even HAVE done something) about finding out about training adults'. 

 

Good training requires knowing and understanding about learning and teaching styles; about rapport; about communication; about presentation techniques which is not just about standing up in front of a group of people; about feedback; about supervision; about workshop and training planning starting from scratch.  In my opinion ALL of THIS should be covered by individuals BEFORE they decide to become a trainer in any subject. 

 

Becoming a trainer is NOT just about attending a 1-day workshop and being given a manual to copy or cd/dvd to work from plus being given a certificate to qualify you as a trainer. 

 

Becoming a trainer, and even more so a trainer of trainers, is a tremendous responsibility - a trainer of tainers is qualifying people who are going to be training others.  THUS if THAT trainer's practitioners have problems or are not up to scratch, then it should reflect back on their trainer and that trainer's trainer.  

 

Over recent years many people, in my opinon and from my experience in the EFT training world, have not embraced this responsibility.  

 

It simply is not sufficient, nor professional, to offer training to someone who says they have 'teaching of adults experience' without that experience being checked out - either via paper or by practical experience.  Otherwise this type of training is simply a money-making machine turning out inexperienced trainers who are in turn turning out insufficiently trained practitioners.

 

And maybe, just maybe, this could have been one of the reasons why Gary has come to the decision he has, I don't know.  After all he isn't a therapist, he isn't policing anyone, and it looks as though trainers of trainers of EFT aren't policing anyone either.

 

To find out about what I consider relevant in a professional 'Trainer training'  just goes to my website www.emofree.biz and look at the Trainings page.  I have to add here that AFTER completing MY 'Trainer training'  the new trainer can use these skills to turn any subject into a workshop or training course for they THEN have the skills and knowledge needed to do it - from scratch!

 

 

Hozho

 

Christina Elvin

 

 

 

New EFT-Training.biz website launched

Hi There

I am so chuffed to be able to tell you about my new EFT-Training.biz website that I launched ONLY last week.  You can find it SO EASILY by just tapping in www.EFT-Training.biz

This NEW website is solely for 'EFT trainings' and 'EFT-associated' materials.  You can find out about my EFT workshops such as:

EFT & Abundance

EFT & Business

EFT & Health

EFT & Relationships

EFT & Weighty Issues.

Also there are MY EFT articles - and "No they're not 'borrowed' from other therapists!".  These are a genuine handful - thus far - of MY own experiences with MY clients and also from using EFT on MYself.  More articles are being written up each day ... from MY many hundreds of experiences since 1999.

Plus I have EFT-related products aswell as products that EFT therapists find really useful - such as incense to help create a more relaxed environement, D-I-Y Feng Shui instructions set - on laminated sheets - so you can Feng Shui your room, your desk and even your garden - if you use your garden for therapy this comes in VERY useful!

And then there's my EFT Trainings for levels 1,2 and 3, certificated through C2T2.co.uk.

And finally there's my Recent News section - where news and new stuff is brought to you about EFT information, books, trainings, in fact it could be ANYTHING related to EFT.

So just keep on checking regularly on www.EFT-Training.biz , better still add it to your 'favourites' on your browser.

Hozho

Christina Elvin

'Being the Best '- means what precisely?

Hi There

Many people say or set the goal of  "I want to be the best of xyz..." or "I want to be the best I can in everything I do" ..." - but have we ever thought what 'the BEST' means in everyday language?  And I accept that it can mean different things to different people.

In my opinion however this is not a good goal to set ourself or for tohers.  So let's unravel what 'being the best' means.

As kids we often ask "Dad, who's the best footballer in the world?" or "Dad which's the best car to have when I grow up?" or "My dad/mum's the best dad/mum in the world so yours can't be".  Ah-ha - perhaps this last statement is more pertinent.  Because TO ME my dad/mum IS the 'best in the world' and as a child, with a child's view of THE world aka a very limited view of the world, my dad/mum IS important to me and so /shehe IS the 'best dad/mum in my world'.  

Very soon in the UK we're going to have 'Father's Day' - and there are literally thousands of cards filling newsagents, corner shops, supermarket shelves and card shops which say  "YOU are the BEST dad in the world!" - yet how CAN there be thousands of cards when obviously MY DAD is the best and I only need one card to tell him that?  Sorry - that's being too logical for kids - so let's try to tie some adult things together shall we?

As a child I enter into 'the best' arena starting with whatever I come into contact with that I love or I hold dear or I cherish or I have - and all in my child's own miniature world.  And THIS is very important to me - I need something in my own world that I can relate to - as THIS reflects on ME, and it says that I AM SPECIAL - and really every child is special, we all know and recognise and appreciate that - I hope.

Ok, now let's take a peek into the adult world, the world of £££££ or $$$$$$, the world of votes, the world of 'internet hits', the world of relationships, the world of reality!  And 'the best' interpretation here is tied up with marketing.  After all you wouldn't want to not be the BEST dad/mum in the world by not buying your child 'the BEST clothes, trainers, bike, toys, holidays, tv, computer' - now would you?'

And let's not forget that we NOW have telephone/mobile 'phone votings for the 'BEST sports personality of the Year' on tv; and we have voting for the 'BEST celebrity get me out of here' on tv; and we have votings for the 'BEST star' on tv and the 'BEST dancers' on tv etc etc - oooopps but wait a minute don't we have to vote via those 'these calls will cost you £/$x per minute' lines????  SO WHO gets the ££££££££££ OR $$$$$$$$$$$$?  Nah!  We the voters don't ask, do we, we just follow instructions, child-like getting caught up in the euphoria of it all - well some do anyway.

So when I hear an adult saying "I want to be the BEST in all I do" or "I want to offer the BEST for my clients so I only want to learn from the BEST ..." or "I only want to be associated with the BEST" or even "The clients will ONLY go to the BEST and the rest will just fade away because THEY won't have any clients because obviously the clients ONLY go to the BEST (and THAT's ME!)!" then I read/see/hear ££££££££ or $$$$$$$$$$$ being rung up on the cash till/register of someone's votings listings; or someone's trainings; or someone's book sales; or someone's internet sites. 

And WHY?  Well you may think that I'm being a wee bit cynical about things here but the real reason (in my opinion) is because I see a child there (aka an emotionally under-developed, unfulfilled, uncaring adult) - not caring about 'the others - the rest - who will just fade away because they obviously aren't THE BEST!'    AND I see a very clever marketing ploy being played out in a very uncaring way - yet being played out as if it were in a 'very caring way' because "we care for YOU (and your money!)".

I hear "Don't worry about those who are NOT going on my courses or trainings or workshops or conferences or seminars or who are NOT buying my books or products or services - because THEY'RE the world's losers.  Because I BELIEVE I AM the BEST and you really do want to learn from the BEST, don't you?"  So - come to daddy/mummy ... and don't forget your money-boxes little ones ...

Hozho

Christina Elvin