Mentoring Resources for Accreditation

The below steps for each level of Premium Accreditation have been carefully designed to ensure a thorough and logical progression through the techniques and concepts you will need to understand and demonstrate in order to be eligible for the accreditation level you intend to achieve.

Completion (and an achievement of competence) of the accreditation process results in access to the relevant EBEFT accreditation logo, and use of the title Evidence Based EFT Accredited Practitioner or Evidence Based EFT Accredited Advanced Practitioner. Listing on the accredited practitioners web page is included. Both levels of accreditation require ongoing continuing education every year to maintain this standing and your listing on this website.

Note: EFT workshop fees do not include the mentoring fees – these are to be negotiated with the mentor directly.

What is Required?  

Accredited Practitioner

The requirements for this level include:

• Both the EBEFT Practitioner (3 day/21 hour) workshop + EBEFT Trauma workshop (2 day/14 hour)
• 16 hours of face to face (virtual) mentoring (10 hours of individual and 6-hours small group supervision) with 3 to 4 different mentors
• 50 practice client sessions (48 recorded on provided forms and 2 which you will video record and screenshare with your mentor) with 35 unique clients.
• 13 hours of tapping self work (see below)
• Completing a Sample Techniques worksheet
• Reading the ethics book
• Passing the online ethics exam
• Practitioner insurance
• Recommendation for accreditation by your mentors
• Annual continuing professional development (CPD) hours required to maintain current status: 6
• Annual renewal to maintain website listing $297AUD

Overview of Mentoring Hours/Sessions
Mentors may include the original workshop Trainer, but they may also be selected from the approved Mentor list on the EBEFT website.
Mentoring below must be divided between 2 mentors, one of whom must be a Trainer. A third mentor must be engaged for at least half of the group mentoring sessions, with an optional fourth mentor chosen for the other half.

Group mentoring dates are available on the Training page. You may wish to start your mentoring with the Trainer who originally delivered your training.
If you begin mentoring before you have taken the EBEFT Trauma workshop, you can complete Notes Mentoring 1a-1b only.

Please note that in order to ensure you practice with at least 35 unique clients, no more than 3 sessions can be completed with the same 'client'

Notes Mentoring 1a and 1b (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring) + (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring)
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches sessions/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Notes Mentoring 2a and 2b (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring) + (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring)
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Video Mentoring 1
○ Recording of 1 full hour-long real client (not practitioner or fellow student) sessions on video, reviewed with mentor
■ 1 mentoring hour (Note: one of these video hours can be done as part of the Supervision Intensive that has 6 or fewer attendees)

Notes Mentoring 3a and 3b (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring) + (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring)

New mentor required for the next 3 mentoring sessions. This mentor must be a trainer if your previous mentor was not. Online Ethics Exam may be attempted from here
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Notes Mentoring 4a and 4b (6 sessions / 1 hour) + (6 sessions / 1 hour)
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Video Mentoring 2
○ Recording of 1 full hour-long real client (not practitioner or fellow student) sessions on video, reviewed with mentor between Notes Mentoring 4a and 4b
■ 1 mentoring hour

Group Mentoring A and B (3x1 hour) + (3x1 hour)

At least half of this must be supervised by a third mentor (who is also a trainer) and not be either of the 2 mentors accessed above. Student can opt to do the other half of group mentoring sessions with a fourth mentor who is also a trainer - or they can do all 6 group mentoring sessions with mentor #3. Group mentoring can be started after Notes Mentoring 3b is completed. Groups will not have more than 6 trainees at any time and commitment to 3 group sessions at a time for group stability is also suggested.

■ 6 hours small group mentoring (all with Mentor 3 or half with Mentor 3 and half with Mentor 4)
Total = 16 hours of mentoring

Self Work Tapping (13 hours)

• Can be embarked on at any time
• 5 sessions (at least an hour each) as a client with a fellow trainee practicing
• 5 hours (logged) of self-tapping
• 3 sessions (at least an hour each) as the client of an approved certified or accredited practitioner.

It is recommended that trainees complete the EBEFT Trauma workshop within 3-6 months of the EBEFT Practitioner workshop, to be able to integrate EFT into their ongoing clinical practice. Please do not complete the Trauma workshop if there is less than 3 months from your 3 day Practitioner workshop.

Accredited Advanced Practitioner

The requirements for this level include:

• Prior accreditation at the EBEFT Accredited Practitioner level
• Attendance at EBEFT Advanced Practitioner (3 day/21 hour) workshop
• Attendance at EBEFT approved Speciality workshops (totalling 28 hours)
• 4 hours of face to face (virtual) mentoring with 2 different mentors, one of whom must be an Advanced trainer.
• 50 practice client sessions (48 recorded on provided forms and 2 which you will video record and screenshare with your mentor) with 25 unique clients, specifically using on the advanced techniques and concepts taught in the workshops.
• Completing an Advanced Sample Techniques worksheet
• Practitioner insurance
• Recommendation for accreditation by your mentors
• Annual continuing professional development (CPD) hours required to maintain current status: 30
• Annual renewal to maintain website listing $297AUD

Overview of Mentoring Hours/Sessions

Mentoring below must be divided between 2 advanced mentors, one of whom must be an Advanced Trainer.
Please note that of the 25 unique clients, all must be real clients and not fellow trainees. With at least 3 of your clients, you must have done a 5 session series.

Video Mentoring 1
○ Recording of 1 full hour-long real client (not practitioner or fellow student) sessions on video, reviewed with mentor
■ 1 mentoring hour (Note: one of these video hours can be done as part of the Supervision Intensive that has 6 or fewer attendees)

Notes Mentoring 5a and 5b (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring) + (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring)
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches sessions/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Video Mentoring 2 New mentor required for the next 3 mentoring sessions. This mentor must be an advanced trainer if your previous mentor was not
○ Recording of 1 full hour-long real client (not practitioner or fellow student) sessions on video
■ 1 mentoring hour

Notes Mentoring 6a and 6b (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring) + (6 practice sessions / 1 hour Zoom mentoring)
○ 12 sessions written on session notes forms, reviewed by mentor via Zoom over 2 hours/submitted and reviewed in two batches/1 hour of review each
■ 2 mentoring hours

Total = 6 hours of mentoring

Please do not register for Advanced Accreditation if there is less than 6 months from when you completed your first level of accreditation.
You may take the Advanced Practitioner workshop at any time but you must wait 6 months to register for the mentoring part of the process. This is to ensure that advanced practitioners have established a foundation of regular use of EFT with clients before they embark on the next stage of training.

Insurance

While completing Premium Accreditation, Trainees are highly recommended to seek student insurance for EFT. Please note that licensed health professionals are not ordinarily covered for EFT by their existing insurance policies. Some examples include (this is not exhaustive and you should check in your own region/country):

• Australia: AON Risk Services - Remember to ask agency to list Evidence Based EFT as an “Interested Party.”
  Visit https://business-insurance.aon.com.au/insurance-for-health-professionals/complementary-health-insuranc
• IICT (International Institute for Complementary Therapists) - https://www.myiict.com/insurance/
• USA: Professional Liability Insurance that covers EFT - http://www.americanprofessional.com/

Administrative Cost for Accreditation*

The cost for Accreditation (not including workshops and mentoring) is:

AU$1000 for Accredited Practitioner level and includes:

• The Ethics Exam - you may attempt this up to 3 times - a fee of AU$99 is payable if you sit the exam prior to applying for Accreditation and this discount is applied to the final fee after you pass the exam (Accredited Practitioner Level)
• Listing on the EBEFT Premium Accredited Practitioner page
• Yearly access to EFT HQ, our professional development and education platform (worth RRP AU$697)

AU$500 for Accredited Advanced Practitioner level and includes:

• The EFT exam - you may attempt this up to 3 times
• Changing your listing on the EBEFT Premium Accredited Practitioner page to reflect your new status
• Yearly access to EFT HQ, our professional development and education platform (worth RRP AU$697)

*Premium Accreditation candidates must show proof of appropriate practitioner insurance before they can be fully accredited.

Other Requirements

A trainee must engage in tapping self work that is not the Personal Peace Procedure - (3 x 1-hour sessions as a client with a certified practitioner who is not the mentor, and 5 x 1 hour swap sessions and 5 x self-tapping sessions of minimum 30 minutes.  

These sessions all need to be logged and submitted to original trainer or mentor for review (template is provided). Please note the trainee may have to pay the practitioner they consult for sessions (these do not need to be EBEFT Trainers or mentors – but they do need to meet at least the levels: EFT International certified or EFT Universe certified).

 These sessions are not part of the 48 session notes above as they are not practice sessions in the role of practitioner.

 ■          Total = 13 sessions as a client

EFT Techniques Sample Sessions - write several case studies (a page or two) describing the use of a technique in detail – Mentor will prescribe up to 3 techniques based on the mentoring sessions above (i.e., after any gaps have been identified).

Online Ethics Exam – this cannot be attempted until after the Mentoring 3a and 3b is completed. It can be attempted before Mentoring 4a and 4b or the group mentoring. A pass rate of 80% is required and multiple attempts are allowed.

It is recommended that trainees complete the EBEFT Trauma Training within 3-6 months of the EBEFT Practitioner Training, to be able to integrate EFT into their ongoing clinical practice.

Trainees must complete the entire accreditation within 24 months from the initial start date of EFT training.

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Premium Accreditation Requirements 

Resources for Mentoring

Advanced Premium Accreditation 

EBEFT now offers Advanced level trainings and workshops. These are open to those who have achieved the full EBEFT Practitioner Accreditation above, however, existing EFT Practitioners who have done EBEFT, EFT International, ACEP and EFT Universe fundamentals workshops (accreditation/certification not required), who are seeking to deepen their skills outside of the Accreditation pathway are welcome to attend.

In order to attain the Advanced level Premium Accreditation status with EBEFT, trainees will be required to:

• attend a minimum of 49 class hours of advanced trainings consisting of:
  • Advanced Practitioner Training - Required (21 class hours)
  • Specialty and/or Art of Delivery workshops - Chosen from a list (the remaining 28 class hours)
• complete 48 Practice Client Sessions written up on forms
  • At least 5 of these client sessions need to span 5 sessions (5 different clients)
  • The other 25 session done with 25 more clients
• complete 2 Practice Client Sessions recorded on video (Video Mentoring 3 &4)
  • 1 focused on the art of delivery
  • 1 focused on skills learned from a specialty workshop
• attend 4 individual mentoring sessions to review session notes (Notes Mentoring 5a-b, 6a-b)
  • At least 24 sessions reviewed/supervised in total
• pass an online exam (multiple choice) by 85%
• be recommended by Mentor(s)

Completing the above will allow trainees to be listed as an Advanced level EBEFT Accredited Practitioner, and grant the right to use the Advanced level logo badge for website and marketing materials.

Ongoing yearly professional development at this advanced level will include 30 hours of EFT-related extra education hours per year (attending or assisting at workshops, listening to EFT specific podcasts, interviews, reading EFT books, etc) as well as attending 6 small group mentoring sessions.

Completed All the Accreditation Requirements?

CONGRATULATIONS! This is the form to complete when you are officially finished all requirements. After this is checked with your mentors, you will be sent an invoice for the final Administration fee, which will allow you to be listed on the EBEFT Premium Accredited Practitioner page; access to the Accredited Practitioner EBEFT logo to use; and access to EFT HQ, our professional development and education platform.

Note: all requirements will be verified with the trainers and mentors.