Hi,

I wonder if I can pick your brains here for ideas.  I used to do 100% EFT treatments for smoking in the UK, but now in South Africa, most people over 30, the majority of my clients, have serious trauma and feel only safe with a good deal of hypnosis and very little EFT.  I can get round this by EFTing on clients in hypnosis, but it puts great strain on my back doing it for two-hour sessions at a time, three sessions a day. 

But I am happier giving 100% EFT treatments, maybe with a little hypnosis thrown it for a nice ending or a de-stress start.  I tried advertising it and it fell like a lead balloon.  However, I want this so much, because the results are enormous, and I feel I want the full 100% success that EFT can give the client, totally removing all reasons behind the smoking.  I've tried testimonials, even actual treatments recoded live with the clients clearly feeling fantastic as they stopped smoking.  I have decided that for budget purposes, most clients will be happy with a group session, say available on a weekly or twice-monthly basis. I feel maybe an eye-catching title (it has to be short to fit into my ad title space) would do it.  Has anyone out there any similar experiences and advice for me?

if the trauma is there, IMO, it'll have to be dealt with. No good wishing it away. You've moved up a level, my girl! Group sessions are good, they may establish trust in you and then maybe they'll come to private sessions for the trauma. Or they may just love the group sessions. I wonder if anyone has any experience getting 100% rsults using only group sesisons. I've had great results with group sessions, but we don't intend to get anyone to any specific end point, just to discuss frustrations on a particular theme and then MOVE THAT ALONG, for each participant. So that each has a new awareness and feels growth and love.

Perhaps Do some eft on your own frustrations at needing to make changes when you already had a good setup in good ol' England.

a group name? dunno.

are you sure these guys WANT to stop smoking? If they do, what motivates them? Use this as your group  name. If not, what do they want? Are you needed in some other way????? Love Rachel

Thanks for your help, Rachel. 

Rachel G.:

if the trauma is there, IMO, it'll have to be dealt with. No good wishing it away.

No, hence the hypnosis solution as a quick fix for now, or if the client lets me, we do more sessions and include more EFT. I would dearly like to do 100% EFT.

Rachel G.:

Group sessions are good, they may establish trust in you and then maybe they'll come to private sessions for the trauma. Or they may just love the group sessions.

So I thought :-( Then I tested with an ad, and it fell like a lead balloon too. Not a single inquiry. However, in the past, I have had success attracting people to pay for a workshop when they decided they wanted to do it with me but they couldn't pay for a 1-to-1. However, none have turned up, which meant that I got paid something for my efforts organizing venue etc (just costs on that occasion) but got absolutely no satisfaction from the exercise. However, I am sure if I keep mailing them, they will eventually attend, and I think I can get more new attendees with this approach. Thank you for helping me with this dialog.

Rachel G.:

I wonder if anyone has any experience getting 100% results using only group sessions.

Rachel G.:

Perhaps Do some eft on your own frustrations at needing to make changes when you already had a good setup in good ol' England.

Ohhhh Rachel, yes, I shall get onto it this evening, good idea.  I used to get 100% results with many of my group sessions in good ol' England!

I did get very close in the last general one I did in Cape Town. The trick is to call each event or specific pain "X" and tell each person that when you say "X", it means that very specific thing.  Another way to get more specific with group pain tapping is to say "this pain right there" or "ET I have this emotion giving me this pain right there..." - works a charm every time  ;-)

Rachel G.:

what motivates them?

Getting in control.  Any ideas?

Rachel G.:

Are you needed in some other way?????

Yes, but smoking is a real passion of mine, imho (OK, not so ho) I do the treatment exceptionally well, and there are all these smokers here... But yes, I take on board what you are saying. Maybe I shouldn't put so many eggs in this basket.

Suzanne.

Why are there so many smokers? what does smoking mean to the regular man in the street?

Are you understanding them, accepting them and their choices, or just trying to change them, get business from them? IMO, you can only lead them home, when you're brave enough to go where they are, to fetch them.

Rachel G.:

you can only lead them home, when you're brave enough to go where they are, to fetch them.

 

They are in the Hypnosis shop, so I think you are right, I have to stay there, no-one will follow me to the EFT aisle if they want to be in the Hypnosis shop.

It's frustrating, because we have to end the treatment at a 5 or less instead of the zeroes that more EFT can achieve. At 5, one can control the urge to smoke and be distracted by positive thinking and NLP.  In the UK, I got referral after referral for zeroes.  Now I get referrals for 4's and 5's.  And yes, again you are right, I should respect the client for wanting to hold onto some of that pain.  It is not my place to expect them to let it go.  

Anyway, I was hoping someone here might guide me into a way of doing my dream rather than talk me out of it  :-)  But I guess that means that my dream is not to become a reality yet.