In this exciting topic we’ll cover the necessary preparation before we meet new clients, including how to use and evaluate the QEC Medical Indemnity, how to take a medical history, history of childhood development and history of trauma and addictions. We’ll teach you how to use QEC to stabilise the Autonomic Nervous System and we’ll explain the “bell curve” of trauma. Finally, we’ll set goals and intentions for the work ahead.

This lecture starts with the question “What is trauma?” Dr Salmon will explain the QEC Trauma Formula, a simple yet powerful approach to working with trauma. You’ll understand how the Autonomic Nervous System is impacted by different traumas at different ages and how ‘coming down the bell curve' finds optimal balance.

You’ll learn how QEC can be used to change hard-wired trauma in procedural memory in the brain.

Moving forwards, we’ll discuss support and treatment plans for your clients.

We will look at how to apply our Gestalt listening skills and the QEC technique for change in the following situations: 

How to work with ‘freeze’, a state of emotional disconnection with its roots in childhood. For context, Dr Salmon will teach a brief history of ‘freeze’ back to times of hysteria and being institutionalised. 

You’ll learn how to work with clients experiencing ‘overwhelm’ and emotional ‘flooding’, when being present seems impossible. 

Dr Salmon will teach you how to work with clients whose trauma stems specifically from a break in integrity, such as violent physical abuse, sexual abuse, narcissistic parenting and toxic shame.

We will start by asking “what are addictions and can we heal from them?” The cause of addictions is now clearly understood from the work of Gabor Mate and others. We’ll cover this work as an important foundation for our QEC approach. Dr Salmon will teach you how and when to use the QEC Addiction Formula, including describing the special challenges that often arise.

You’ll understand how QEC addiction work differs to other types of trauma work in that we take a long-term approach to heal the more resistant aspects of addictive, habitual behaviour patterns.

In this lecture you will gain a crucial understanding of how to help others without ‘rescuing’ them; We will ask questions such as: "Do I need to relieve the pain in others in order to relieve pain in myself? Does witnessing a suffering client trigger suffering in me? Am I clear with my boundaries and am I able to gauge when I’ve done enough? Have I ever suffered from burnout?

The cycle of reaching out to relieve suffering can be hard to stop because we get triggered unconsciously into our own past trauma. Our reaction to it, in the moment, is almost unstoppable.. It’s a sense of “I have to do something!” The work of supporting trauma requires that we attend to our own ability to hold an inner resilient and calm space for others, without being triggered.

This lecture explores how to help clients to unlock their potential, moving from survival to thriving. QEC work, by releasing past baggage, raises consciousness. This upwards trajectory allows us to create the life we truly want.

We need to understand how to ‘clear’ everything that’s holding us back from being our best self. We’ll review key QEC principles such as following excitement as a personal guide, releasing attachment to old dysfunctional behaviour patterns and stepping courageously into a higher energy field that allows us to create a new reality.

In this final lecture, Dr Salmon will cover all that lies ahead for you after certification. As part of our global QEC community, you’ll be able to attend our monthly Connect and Grow meetings and have access to our advanced QEC Trainings - also presented live with Dr Salmon. Plus, you’ll be able to attend our ongoing supervision groups to deepen your client work.