The iEFT Centre

MENTORING DAYS

Next Date: July 21st Price: £80

Mentoring Days for everyone from Level 2: we believe supervision to be a highly important factor in being an effective therapist, and welcome the new AAMET guidelines which stress the importance of mentoring for practitioners from Level 2 on.

We offer regular group Mentoring Days at our north London venue which are open to Level 2 and 3 Practitioners whether or not you have trained with us, as well as our Integrated Energy Techniques (IET) Practitioners. These group sessions are affordable, fun, inspiring and educational. We love the energy of passionate people coming together to share and learn and always take lots from each session ourselves.

During these Days we will:

• Share our own latest insights, news and developments with you.
• Teach a specific topic eg addictions, physical disease, group work.
• Brainstorm difficult client issues.
• Work on client or personal issues through role playing.
• Offer you the opportunity to be client or therapist in a ‘live’ demonstration.
• Meet fellow therapists and join the growing EFT Community.

One of our Mentoring Days will give you 6 hours Mentoring credit (see below for the latest AAMET requirements for Mentoring and Continuing Professional Development).

Dates:
8th March 2010, 10am-5pm
21st July 2010, 10am-5pm
27th October 2010, 10am-5pm

Venue: Optimum Health Centre, Bickerton House, 25-27 Bickerton Road, London N19 5JT.

For information about disabled parking facilities please go to: www.direct.gov.uk/bluebadgemap

Next Date: July 21st Price: £80

We also offer individual supervision sessions by phone or face to face, or we can put you in touch with someone else who wants to swap peer mentoring/supervision. Please email us for more information.

Important changes to AAMET Levels 2 and 3 in a nutshell

Mentoring, Continuing Professional and Personal Development (CPDs) and what you need to do now…

The recent changes (December 2008) to the AAMET Guidelines mean that supervision is no longer compulsory in order to maintain Level 3 and a new system for both Level 2 and 3 is in operation.

If you are a Level 2 or Level 3 Practitioner you will now need to accumulate CPDs and, if you are currently seeing clients, take part in Mentoring. We have taken the gist of the new requirements from the AAMET website (see below) to give you a simple way to understand the changes but please do have a look at the full details on the website.

Continuing Personal and Professional Development (CPD)

CPD is not intended as extra work or expense, but simply the normal effort made by conscientious Practitioners to develop personally and professionally, and keep up to date. In addition, those who work with others are strongly encouraged to work on clearing their own issues, which may otherwise interfere with their efficacy as a Practitioner, and to repeat trainings with other trainers, particularly at Level 3, to develop a wide perspective.

You will need to accumulate a minimum of 30 hours CPD per year.

Examples of CPD include (but are not limited to) the hours spent on:

• Carrying out ANY personal or professional development activity that could reasonably be expected to add to a practitioner's competency, including:
  • Attending or delivering ANY professional training (EFT oriented or otherwise) that could reasonably be expected to add to a practitioner's competency
  • Repeating training and/or preparing for further professional accreditation
  • Writing up and reflecting on the Practitioner’s own case studies and/or theory and philosophy of practice
  • Staying up to date with developments in EFT and/or AAMET
  • Reading relevant books and newsletters
  • Regular use of the Personal Peace Procedure and other forms of personal therapy, with or without the help of others
  • Participating in EFT discussion groups or teleconferences
  • Establishing a practice and/or documenting the integration of EFT into an existing practice
• Carrying out ANY activity that furthers the interests of the EFT community and/or AAMET, including:
  • Taking EFT into the community
  • Developing a specific application of EFT (e.g. for sports or business)
  • Translating EFT material into another language
  • Developing a new EFT product/approach with wide application
  • Carrying out and publishing a relevant research project
  • Writing and publishing or contributing to a relevant book, e-book or newsletter
  • Writing up the achievement of a major life ambition with EFT
  • Moderating EFT tapping or discussion groups or teleconferences etc etc

Under these Guidelines, all AAMET Practitioners (which includes Levels 2, 3 and AAMET Master, as well as Trainers and Trainers of Trainers) are required to commit to and acquire at least 30 hours of CPD per year in order to maintain their listing on the AAMET Practitioner register. In practice, many Practitioners accumulate substantially more than this. The hours should ideally be balanced across several CPD categories, and include a reasonable proportion of relevant professional training (either as attendee or as the Trainer delivering the training) as described above.

All the CPD gained must be recorded, together with attendance certificates and/or receipts as appropriate, and retained as evidence for at least 5 years in case this may be asked for by the AAMET and/or GRCCT.

There is a sample form for keeping these records here.

Mentoring

Under these Guidelines, Practitioners (including Trainers and Trainers of Trainers) who are seeing clients one-to-one or in groups (or training groups) are required to have an absolute minimum of at least six hours one-to-one Mentoring each year with a colleague practising at the same, or preferably a higher, EFT level, or at least twelve hours Mentoring with a group of colleagues, again practicing at the same or preferably a higher EFT level, or a combination of the two.

In the case of Practitioners who are also Trainers, it is likely to be even more important that at least some of the Mentoring includes a fellow Trainer, or preferably a Trainer of Trainers, however it is up to the individual Trainer (perhaps taking advice from her/his Trainer of Trainers) to determine what may be best for her/him.

The Mentoring must be formally recorded, together with any attendance certificates and/or receipts as appropriate, and retained as evidence for at least 5 years in case this may be asked for by the AAMET and/or GRCCT.

You can also use the sample form for your mentoring records.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW!!!

Everyone with current AAMET Level 2 or Level 3 status needs to sign the AAMET Practitioner Certification form. This is essentially committing you to the AAMET Code of Conduct and CPD and Mentoring requirements. After June 2009 the details of anyone who has not done so will be removed from the AAMET register.

Go to the AAMET webpage here.

Sign the form and send it to your trainer. Or us if you trained with us! - at The iEFT Centre, 4 Nicosia Road, London SW18 3RN (or use computer signature and email to us if you can.)

Begin to keep an annual record (for yourself) of your CPDs and mentoring. (You do not need to send this to us or anyone else.)