Iraq Vets Stress Project. Veterans can join the study and receive free or low-cost care. For more information, read below:
From The Soul Medicine Institute:
The Iraq Vets Stress Project is an initiative of Soul Medicine Institute (SMI), a nonprofit research and teaching institution. SMI studies a group of therapies called Energy Psychology, which have a proven track record in releasing emotional trauma. You can click here to read the story of a Vietnam vet with PTSD who had not been helped by years of conventional therapy, but whose symptoms disappeared dramatically and quickly after treatment with EFT. And here, you can read a story of a therapist who is using Energy Psychology to treat veterans and others suffering from PTSD.
August 2008:
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Janet Hoffman helps the Foundation plan well into 2009
In August of 2008, Jade Barbee, Don Varnadore, Janet Hoffman and Sophia Cayer met in Sarasota, Florida to plan PPF strategies for the coming year. Soon we'll send out an updated newletter with our plans and how you can get involved to help veterans and their families in specific ways.
Don Varnadore, Sophia Cayer and Jade Barbee plan the Foundation's 2009 goals...
June 26, 2008
On June 26, several Foundation Board members and friends of the Foundation descended on the Coolidge Hotel in White River Junction, VT for a 4-day event. Our intent was to offer help to Veterans in need and to demonstrate EFT's efficacy with wartime trauma. We worked with several Vets and made good connections with many others. Along the way, we also found something most unexpected: Our diverse group achieved (often through vigorous debate, group EFT and lively discussions) a complete galvanizing of the Foundation's purpose - a refocusing of intent so strong that we hope it will allow us to help the most people we can, as effectively as we can, for years to come.
What became apparant to us from working through the process of creating this workshop was the scope of debilitating trauma so many VETs face. We left White River with a renewed commitment to sharing the revolutionary technology of EFT as widely and experientially as possible - on a grassroots level. Not only is the Foundation gearing up to create empowering, skill-building training workshops for healthcare providers, caregivers and families, we also plan to offer EFTers confidence-building, experiential workshops using tried and true EFT skills for some of the most life-threatening and serious issues out there. Consequently, we are currently developing many types of introductory and advanced EFT trainings for many levels of need.
One of our goals is to use the revenue from these trainings to consistently fund low-cost 1-on-1 coaching for Veterans, families and others with limited ability to pay.
As for the Vets who participated (and those who only got a foot in the door with us), we continue to work with them locally and follow their progress. Stay tuned to this space and our "EFT in Action" section (to the right) for more videos and stories as we move forward.
If you're curious about what we're up to next, visit our Trainings page to read about our many upcoming workshop opportunities (coming soon). And be sure to sign up for our newsletter to get the latest PPF news.
Peace,
Jade Barbee
Co-Founder, the Personal Peace Foundation