Release Issues Past and Present (RIPP)

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RIPP is new protocol I (Rachel) developed that uses Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping while reciting a specific script.

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In my many years of using energy psychology techniques in my psychotherapy practice, I have noticed the most powerful and effective change comes when people are able to identify and clear not only the issue that is bothering them, but what happened in their past that contributes to this issue in the present.

• I call the past issue the root, as it is the root cause of the problem.

• Once the issue is identified (examples: anxiety, hopelessness, procrastination, indecision, negative beliefs about oneself, dread, eating to quell emotional distress, etc.), we then look for the root.

• The root is sometimes very obvious. Here are some examples:

  • The issue is a feeling of being stupid resulting in not trying to take on challenges; the root is that someone told them they were stupid — maybe over and over, or maybe one time;

  • The issue is a pattern of procrastination on important projects; the root is a parent or teacher saying, “You will never succeed in life because you don’t stick with things you start.”

• Other times the root is not so clear. Here is an example:

  • The issue is performance anxiety; the root is an elementary school teacher yelling at other students in the classroom.

• What I have found is that if you identify the issue and root, clear it using energy psychology, then bring in a positive state of being, the issue tends to diminish significantly or disappear altogether.

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I have been using RIPP with individual clients as well as in online RIPP groups. An initial evaluation of RIPP using pre- and post- surveys of participants in a six-session group has shown promising outcomes from RIPP. Participants also have positive experiences to share:​​