EFT/Tapping First Aid Training for Rapid Trauma Relief & Resiliency

(Emotional Freedom Techniques)

A customised one-day training designed for healthcare professionals, educators and frontline workers. Learn practical techniques to manage your own stress, to better support yourself, whilst assisting those you serve.

What is EFT/Tapping?

Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), also known as Tapping, is a simple yet powerful method for reducing traumatic stress, calming the body and improving mental clarity.

EFT/Tapping works by calming the brain’s emotional and survival centers, which are activated during stress responses. As the stress is reduced, the brain is able to shift resources back to areas responsible for clear thinking, decision-making, and emotional balance, promoting resilience and focus.

Supported by over 20 years of research, EFT has been shown to help with anxiety, depression, PTSD, and chronic stress. By combining elements of cognitive therapy with stimulation of acupressure points, it works directly with the body’s nervous system to bring relief quickly, even in high-stress situations.

Why This Training is Essential for Frontline Workers

When your role is on the frontline, burnout and vicarious trauma are real risks. Our EFT First Aid training empowers you with evidence-based techniques to manage your own stress effectively, so you can keep doing the work you’re passionate about without burning out.

Frontline work—whether in healthcare, education, or social services—exposes you to high levels of stress and trauma, significantly increasing the risk of burnout and vicarious trauma. While you're deeply committed to helping others, it’s essential to have tools that help you protect your own well-being, too.

EFT/Tapping equips you with practical techniques to better manage the emotional and physical stress responses that often arise in demanding workplace settings. By building resilience, you’ll not only sustain your energy but also enhance your ability to provide high-quality care and support in the long term.

What You’ll Gain:

Immediate Relief: Learn three of EFT techniques that can be used in moments of overwhelm which you can use anywhere whether you’re at work or at home.
Resilience: Build inner strength and reduce the impact of stress, so you can remain grounded even in the most challenging situations.
Confidence to Share: Once you experience the benefits yourself, you’ll be equipped to introduce these techniques to clients and colleagues, extending the impact of your learnings beyond the training.

The benefit of this training is two-fold. First, it equips you with tools for self-care and emotional regulation, ensuring that you have the resilience needed to continue thriving in your role. Second, once you have experienced the relief and clarity that EFT provides, you can confidently share these techniques with clients or colleagues, helping to build a ripple effect of healing and support in your community.

What to Expect from the Training

Our EFT/Tapping First Aid program is delivered in five modules, making it easy to understand and apply:

Understanding Trauma: What happens in the brain and body when we experience trauma.
The Science of EFT: How tapping on specific points can help calm the body and restore balance.
Practical Skills for Immediate Relief: Learn three EFT/Tapping protocols you can use right away.
Self-Care and Resilience: Techniques to help you recharge, keep a healthy work-life balance and stay effective in your role.
Sharing EFT with Others: How to introduce tapping to clients and integrate it into your practice.

What Others Are Saying

"After just one day of training, I could feel the benefits of tapping on my anxiety levels, both at work and in my personal life."
— SD, Social Worker

"The EFT techniques have been a game-changer for me. I now have the resilience to handle the demands of my job without feeling overwhelmed."
— BK, Counsellor

We focus on supporting you first—because when you’re at your best, you can make the biggest difference for others.

Why Train With Us?

We are a leader in delivering Clinical EFT/Tapping First Aid training in Australia. Our programs are designed specifically for those working in trauma-exposed environments, ensuring you gain practical tools you can use immediately. We also offer ongoing support through mentoring and follow-up sessions, so you’re never alone in your journey toward greater resilience.

COST OF TRAINING:
$325 - standard registration
$115 (subsidised fee for those working directly with indigenous and refugee communities)

FAQs

I have attended previous EFT/Tapping training with another trainer and have experience, is this workshop suitable for me?

As much of the training would be a review of your current knowledge and is heavily weighted to practice sessions with a view to support those who commonly work in crisis intervention, the training may not be suitable for you. If however, you do work for an organisation or with individuals in traumatised communities and are seeking further practice, you may register with the standard fee.

I am a Certified EFT Practitioner, is this training for me?

No.

I am a mental health professional working in private practice, is this training for me?

Only if you have not extensively trained in EFT and the majority of your work is in frontline settings, you may register with the standard fee.

Am I eligible for this training at the subsidised fee?

If you are a health professional, carer or educator in an organisation that works alongside indigenous and refugee communities within Australia ONLY, you are eligible.

Do you offer any Scholarships for this training?

Yes, a limited number of scholarships are available to those working with indigenous and refugee communities. If you require financial support to attend, please email Kate, the event organiser.

Will I receive a Certificate of Attendance for self-directed CPD hours (8 hrs)?

Yes, these will be forwarded via email post the training.

How can I contact the organiser with any questions?

Please email kate@mindheartconnect.org

FACILITATOR BIO's

Mitch Gainey is a certified EFT practitioner and an Evidence Based EFT trainer who has worked extensively in with young people, refugees, and others from high trauma backgrounds in Australia, UK, India, South Africa, Mozambique, and Brazil.

With qualifications in community development and counselling, he is passionate about professionals and the broader community gaining access to skills that can sustain them in “the work” and provide effective, lasting, and safe resolution from primary and vicarious trauma. Mitch has trained under Dr Peta Stapleton and Dr Lori Leyden, and has been involved in the MindHeart Connect Foundation pilot programs with Indigenous Elders and Refugee Youth.

Travelling throughout Australia and NZ facilitating culture transformation and leadership development, Mitch draws on applied psychology and neuroscience to help people better understand how their brain works and helps them achieve their goals.

Mitch is passionate about the integration of neuroscience, spirituality, and somatic psychology and their practical application for human wellbeing.

Bec Paterson has worked in various helping professions her entire working life in experiential education in remote Australian settings, trauma counselling and management in a Non-Government Organisation. As a teacher and Social Worker, Bec is passionate about brining low cost tools and techniques to practitioners that are effective in easing distress and are readily accessible across the lifespan and in cross cultural settings.

Bec’s therapeutic work with children, young people and families from refugee backgrounds led her to EFT where she trained under Mitch Gainey, Dr. Peta Stapleton and Dr. Lori Leyden. Leading a team of counsellors, Bec engaged the Mind Heart Connect Foundation to deliver training with her Regional Team which greatly impacted practitioners and in turn, clients. Bec is excited to bring the benefits of EFT in this training to people currently working in helping professions in remote and metropolitan areas.