Survey on PTSD

Thanks for participating in our survey. We're gathering clinical wisdom from energy psychology practitioners who work with clients with PTSD. This information is for a paper for a special issue of a prominent peer-reviewed medical journal, and we appreciate your taking a few minutes to fill out this survey. All data is collected anonymously, and your responses will be compiled without any identifying details included. Please share your insights based on your experience with EFT and other energy psychology techniques. The deadline for completion is March 3rd, so we'd appreciate your completing this today.

Thanks! Dawson Church and David Feinstein

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* 1. Professionally, I work as a:

Life coach

Licensed mental health professional

Medical professional

Altrenative medicine practitioner

Retired

Other

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* 2. How many years have you been in professional practice?

1-5

6-10

11-20

21+

31+

41+

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* 3. How many years have you been using energy techniques with clients?

1-5

6-10

11-20

21+

31+

41+

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* 4. Highest degree obtained:

High School

Some College

Bachelors

Masters

Doctorate

Post-Doctorate

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* 5. Setting you work in

Private Practice

Medical Center

University

Medical School

Mental Health

Social Services

Corporation

Other

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* 6. Your age:

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* 7. What is your gender?

Male

Female

ABOUT YOUR CLIENTS WITH PTSD

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* 8. How many clients with PTSD do you estimate you've worked with?

0-10

11-20

21-50

51-100

101-200

201-300

300+

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* 9. What percentage of your practice does this represent?

1-10%

11-20%

21-50%

51%+

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* 10. How many hours a week do you spend working with clients with probable PTSD?

1-5

6-10

11-20

20+

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* 11. What is the average number of energy sessions you have needed to successfully treat clients with complex PTSD?

1-5

6-10

11-15

16-20

20-25

26-30

30+

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* 12. Do you discuss with a client at the outset the probable number of sessions required for treatment?

yes

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* 13. The NIH believes that the prevalence of PTSD in the general adult population is about 3.5%. Do you believe this number is accurate, too high, or too low?

Too high

Accurate

Too low

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* 14. If too low, I believe the true percentage is about:

6-10%

11-15%

16-20%

21-25%

26-30%

30%+

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* 15. Do you use assessments, such as the CAPS or PCL to capture objective data on client progress?

yes

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* 16. If yes, check all that apply:

Acute Stress Disorder Interview

Child Maltreatment Interview Schedule

Clinician-Administered PTSD Scale

Combat Exposure Scale

Detailed Assessment of Posttraumatic Stress

Impact of Event Scale

Impact of Event Scale–Revised

Inventory-2-Keane PTSD Scale

Life Events Checklist

Minnesota Multiphasic Personality

Mississippi Combat PTSD Scale

Posttraumatic Stress Diagnostic Scale

PTSD Checklist

PTSD Symptom Scale

Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV-PTSD Module

Symptom Checklist-90 Revised-PTSD Scale

Trauma Symptom Inventory

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* 17. How do you assess client progress (other than with written assessments like the PCL and CAPS) during the course of treatment?

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* 18. What percentage of the time do you cease working with a PTSD client and refer that client out to another professional?

0-10%

11-20%

21-50%

51%+

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* 19. What percentage of the time do you work with a PTSD client in conjunction with another professional?

0-10%

11-20%

21-50%

51%+

THE TECHNIQUES YOU USE

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* 20. What percentage of your time in sessions is spent using EFT, and what percentage other methods?

0-10%

11-20%

21-50%

51%+

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* 21. Which other methods?

Cognitive Therapy

Exposure Therapy

Psychodynamic Approaches

Life Coaching

Health Coaching

Acupuncture

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Thought Field Therapy (TFT)

Tapas Acupressure Technique (TAT)

Advanced Integrative Therapy

Other (please specify)

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* 22. In which of the following EFT techniques have you trained? Check all that apply:

Full Basic Recipe

Shortcut Basic Recipe

The Movie Technique

The Tell the Story Technique

Identifying and Countering Tail Enders

Daisy Chaining, and Talking and Tapping

Aspects (Emotional, Physical, Visual, Cognitive)

Customized Setup Phrasing, and Flowing Setup Statements

The Tearless Trauma Technique

Chasing the Pain

Sneaking Up on the Problem

Borrowing Benefits

Special Techniques for Cravings and Addictions

Reframing

Preframing

Identifying Tables and Legs

Additional Testing Methods, such as In Vivo Testing, Confrontive Questions

The Personal Peace Procedure

Collarbone Breathing Exercise

Constricted Breathing Demonstration

The Nine Gamut Procedure

The Floor to Ceiling Eye Roll

Other (please specify)

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* 23. Which EFT techniques do you find benefit clients with complex PTSD the most? Check all that apply.

Full Basic Recipe

Shortcut Basic Recipe

The Movie Technique

The Tell the Story Technique

Identifying and Countering Tail Enders

Daisy Chaining, and Talking and Tapping

Aspects (Emotional, Physical, Visual, Cognitive)

Customized Setup Phrasing, and Flowing Setup Statements

The Tearless Trauma Technique

Chasing the Pain

Sneaking Up on the Problem

Borrowing Benefits

Special Techniques for Cravings and Addictions

Reframing

Preframing

Identifying Tables and Legs

Additional Testing Methods, such as In Vivo Testing, Confrontive Questions

The Personal Peace Procedure

Collarbone Breathing Exercise

Constricted Breathing Demonstration

The Nine Gamut Procedure

The Floor to Ceiling Eye Roll

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* 24. Which non-energy psychology techniques do you find benefit clients with complex PTSD the most?

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* 25. What percentage of the clients that you treat for PTSD recover fully?

0-30%

31-60%

61-90%

91%+

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* 26. What percentage of the clients that you treat for PTSD make little or no progress?

0-10%

11-20%

21-50%

51%+

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* 27. Assuming you have some clients who do not recover from complex PTSD, to what factors do you attribute this?

Thanks for helping PTSD sufferers by sharing your experience!

We would like to publish more clinical case histories of EFT for PTSD. Please consider writing up one or more case histories to support our goal of getting EFT certified as an approved therapy in the Veterans Administration. A case history can be as short as one or two paragraphs, or as long and detailed as 2 to 5 pages. Please submit your case histories here: http://www.eftuniverse.com/english/your-stories-change-lives.

Thanks again!

Dawson Church and David Feinstein