Trainings and Techniques
TFT
Thought Field Therapy. TFT is an acupressure technique that involves lightly touching specific head and body points that are corresponding to when and where specific trauma markers are stored in the human body. TFT involves mindfulness as the client focuses on the emotion they felt in context to the experience they had. TFT is the precursor to EFT and is still widely used in conjunction with other somatic stress reduction techniques.
April Watters is Certified TFT Provider through the Splankna Training Institute.
EFT
Emotional Freedom Techniques. EFT is an acupressure technique that involves tapping on acupressure points. EFT is used to release distressing emotions that are stored in the body by way of gently tapping or pressing on acupressure points on the face and upper torso. EFT allows the release of both general anxieties as well as the release of specific emotions connected to a specific event.
EFT has been clinically researched for over 20 years by doctors such as Peta Stapleton. In 2023 Clinical EFT was accepted as a form of energy psychology, aka somatic stress reduction technique, by the American Psychological Association. Additionally, EFT has been compared to EMDR and is proven to be an equally effective tool for addressing trauma.
April Watters is a Certified EFTi Level 2 Provider.
Trauma-Informed
Life Coaching
Life Coaching is an emerging field that incorporates coming alongside individuals, families, or groups to aide in making positive forward progress. Much like the tenants of social work, Life Coaching is based on a strength’s perspective, with the client as the expert in their own lives. There is never a diagnosis of condition, nor a medical care component to Life Coaching. A Life Coach comes alongside as a trained listening guide who is able to assist the client in processing, decision making, and accessing resources to meet specific life goals.
April Watters is a Board Certified Trauma-informed Life Coach.
Splankna Inner Healing Protocol
Splankna is a biblically based, Christian perspective, holistic protocol for trauma resolution. The prevailing premise of Splankna work is that the flow and balance of the body’s subtle, electromagnetic energies are important for optimal physical, spiritual, and emotional health and for fostering well-being. Spiritual disciplines incorporated into the Splankna Inner Healing Protocol include prayer, confession, repentance, and forgiveness. Splankna is designed to help get to the origin of an emotional stressor with the goal of rapidly decreasing the intensity of emotional dis stress connected to that past event/ relationship. Splankna is a ministry of soul care.
April Watters is a Certified Splankna Practitioner.
“Before working through a season of stress reduction sessions I was living a life of being constantly triggered by all types of stressors, or perceived stressors. Now I am able to calmly assess and appropriately respond to situations without an imbalanced level of intensity.”
(Anonymous Client with anxiety.)