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28th International Energy Psychology Conference
May 29-31, 2026
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- View 4 keynotes and invited presentations.
- Watch a curated group of great learning labs.
- Get up to 10 CE credits for psychologists and up to 16.5 CE credits for most mental health professionals.
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- Join live or watch recordings when you want. Home study CE is available for sessions you missed live.
🗓️ 2026 Livestream Conference Schedule
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Opening Keynote (Available for Add-on Purchase)
The Vital Voice:
The Missing Link in Energy Psychology
No CE Hours, Level: All
Join Eileen McKusick and The Brothers Koren for a collaborative, experiential keynote revealing the voice as a powerful regulator of the electric body and human health. Through vocal toning, electric breath, and the 5 Vital Voice Zones, discover how simple tone-ics shift coherence, vagal tone, and emotional patterns, restoring balance and awakening whole-person vitality.
Objectives:
1. Your voice directly impacts your health
Eileen Day McKusick is a researcher, writer, inventor, practitioner, educator, and speaker in the fields of therapeutic sound, the human biofield and electric health. She has been studying the effects of sound on the human body and its electrical system since 1996. Eileen is the originator of the sound therapy method Biofield Tuning, and the Founder of the Biofield Tuning Institute, which conducts peer-reviewed studies on the human biofield. She is the author of the bestselling books Tuning the Human Biofield and Electric Body, Electric Health. She is also the co-creator of Sing the Body Electric, a sonic exploration program designed to free the voice.
Thorald Koren is a voice and behavioral coach, singer, and co-founder of The Brothers Koren & Sing the Body Electric. Drawing from his journey through severe OCD and decades of global performance, he teaches “voice as a whole-body instrument,” helping people reshape their nervous systems, reclaim presence, and express themselves with radical freedom and embodied power.
Isaac Koren is a vocalist, teacher, and co-founder of The Brothers Koren & Sing the Body Electric whose work explores music as a pathway to human transformation. Drawing on decades of performance, research, and healing through voice, he guides people to discover their innate worth and the profound, restorative power of song on the body and psyche.
Main Conference
(Part of Standard 3 or 2-day Package)
🎙️ Friday, May 29, 2026 (All times in EDT)
8:00 - 8:30am Opening Ceremonies & Keynote Introduction
8:30 - 10:00am Keynote
The Science of Global Coherence:
How Our Hearts Shape the World
1.5 CE Hours, Level: All
Objectives:
- Explain the scientific basis of heart-brain energetics and field effect.
- Describe how group heart rhythm synchronization influences collective outcomes.
- Identify new research insights from the Global Tree Monitoring Project and GCP 2.0 and assess the impact of intentional coherence in group settings.
- Gain direct experience with guided global coherence meditation, expanding their understanding of emerging directions in energy psychology.
10:45am - 12:45pm Learning Labs
A1. Navigating Ethical Challenges in Energy Practices
2 CE Hours, Track 1, Level: Introductory (Ethics CE)
(2 hours) Explore and discuss your ethical dilemmas - and get your ethics CEs - in this friendly and welcoming gathering of ACEP friends. We will cover the basics and examine situations where the ethical choice may not be immediately obvious. Learn how to keep your creative energy practice grounded in established ethical principles.
Objectives:
- Name three key ethics considerations that apply in all therapeutic practices (e.g., consent, scope of practice, truthful marketing and advertising, transparency regarding credentials, respect for dignity and diversity).
- State two (or more) ethical considerations that might arise particularly in energy practices.
- Give one (or more) examples of situations where ethics and laws might potentially be in conflict, requiring careful consideration of how these might be reconciled.
Phil Mollon, PhD, DCEP is a clinical psychologist and psychoanalyst from England. He teaches energy psychology widely in the UK and is the developer of Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy [PEP] and Blue Diamond Healing. He is a past President of ACEP and is the Chair of the Ethics Committee.
Kerstin Warkentin, CEHP - Coach for Personal Performance ACEP-CEHP, Creator of Five-in-one-Process. She is affiliated with the German Association, EFT-CC, and is an EFT-ADV student of Patricia Carrington and an AMT EFT Master Practitioner trained by Silvia Hartmann.
Amanda Freger, LPC, DCEP has decades of experience in behavioral health and energy psychology techniques, across populations. She’s a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Behavior Specialist and was the first Director of Autism Services in partnership with the Cleveland Clinic. Trained in energy psychology (including EMDR, TFT, Comprehensive Energy Psychology), she’s been a board member and former Education Director for ACEP.
Sheila S. Bender, PhD is a NJ licensed psychologist and retired faculty member (2002) from the Department of Psychiatry at Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences (legacy UMDNJ). A life member of the American Psychological Association, she maintains a private practice in Morristown, NJ.
Michael Galvin, PhD, DCEP, is a psychologist and has served on the faculty of three graduate schools. He is an ACEP and EMDRIA approved consultant and has been trained in TFT, EFT, EDxTM and TAT. Michael trains internationally and is co-author of Energy Psychology and EMDR.
A5. How to Facilitate Spiritual Emergence Through Paradigm Sculpting: Belief System Upleveling Essentials
2 CE Hours, Track 5, Level: All (Ethics CE)
In this learn-by-doing breakthrough workshop, you'll discover how to guide clients in crafting nourishing belief systems that catalyze their spiritual emergence, by releasing attachments to limiting beliefs and embedding resonance with aspirational replacements. You'll practice a seven-step Paradigm Sculpting process combining key evidence-based paradigm development principles with energy psychology methods to cognitive dissonance. Take clients light-years beyond mindset training!
Objectives:
- Define paradigm sculpting and its role in catalyzing psychospiritual wellbeing.
- Describe seven steps in facilitating paradigm sculpting sessions.
- State at least two ways EP methods might be used to amplify effectiveness in resolving belief system cognitive dissonance challenges.
David Gruder, PhD, DCEP - ACEP's co-founder & first president, Dr. Gruder, is a 12-award-winning Wall Street Journal bestselling clinical & organizational development psychologist. He provides keynotes, training programs, consulting, mentoring, and facilitation in making integrity profitable, leaders elevated, collaborators productive, happiness purpose-based, and cultures healthy. He can also be engaged as a fractional Chief People Officer.
1:30 - 2:15pm ACEP Annual Meeting (All Are Welcome)
2:45 - 3:45pm Invited Presentations (Your Choice)
Sacred Soil Within: Microbiome Medicine for Emotional and Spiritual Resilience
1 CE Hour, Level: All
Explore how the gut shapes emotional and spiritual well-being through the emerging science of the microbiome. In this engaging presentation, Dr. Mary Louder, DO, blends medical insight with holistic wisdom to reveal how the gut–brain connection influences mood, resilience, and trauma recovery. Learn how anxiety acts as a gatekeeper for transformation and how microbiome medicine offers new tools for emotional healing. Through clear teaching and guided reflection, participants will gain practical, evidence-based strategies for integrating microbiome awareness into daily life and clinical practice—nourishing both science and spirit within.
Objectives:
- Analyze three evidence-based mechanisms linking the gut–brain–microbiome axis to mood regulation and resilience.
- Correlate anxiety’s physiological and energetic roles as a threshold process in trauma and emotional healing.
- Integrate at least one microbiome-informed intervention or somatic practice.
Dr. Louder blends scientific insight with cultural and spiritual wisdom—from the Celtic “Cauldron of Warming” to Indigenous views of unseen helpers—illustrating how the belly has long been recognized as a seat of intuition and sovereignty. Participants will learn how anxiety functions as both a physiological and spiritual gatekeeper to transformation, and how to integrate microbiome-aware strategies and gentle somatic practices into clinical and energy psychology work. Through a balance of teaching and short experiential reflection, attendees will leave grounded in evidence-based understanding and inspired by a renewed vision of inner healing rooted in the sacred ecology of the gut.
Living the H.A.R.P.: Trauma-Informed Recovery and the Power of Energy Psychology
1 CE Hour, Level: All
After the sudden death of her son during the opioid epidemic, Kerri Rhodes discovered that conventional symptom-focused approaches could not reach the depth of her grief. Her search for true healing led her to tapping and other mind-body methods that restored regulation and opened a new clinical path—one grounded in trauma competency, emotional stabilization, and human dignity.
Kerri now brings this integrative perspective to the Chesterfield County Jail’s HARP (Helping Addicts Recover Progressively) program, where trauma, addiction, and dysregulation frequently intersect. In this presentation, she shares a practical, compassionate model that blends energy psychology tools—including tapping and F.A.S.T.—with trauma science to support meaningful behavioral and emotional change. Through clear teaching and real-world examples, participants will explore how simple regulation practices can transform recovery outcomes for individuals often overlooked by traditional treatment systems.
Objectives:
- Identify trauma-related factors that contribute to addiction and dysregulation in incarcerated populations.
- Describe core components of the HARP trauma-competent model and how energy psychology supports regulation and recovery.
- Distinguish symptom-management approaches from integrative trauma-competent methods and their impact on engagement and outcomes.
4:45 - 5:00pm Keynote Introduction
5:00 - 6:30pm Keynote
Integrating the Enneagram’s Nine Pathways for Embodied Awakened Consciousness
No CE Hours, Level: All
The search for higher consciousness often becomes merely conceptual, fanciful, or even trance-inducing, and consequently does not awaken our authentic spiritual gifts to life. In extreme, these distortions can lead to dissociation, grandiosity, or masochism.
The Enneagram provides brilliant, multi-dimensional guidance for discovering precise ways our ego patterns leave Presence and then defend against the pain of losing contact with our true nature. To compensate, our ego creates pseudo-versions of what we seek. Understanding specific ways our temperament creates personas, and cultivating compassion for our fear and suffering, loosens the grip of these views and habits so we develop greater somatic, emotional, and cognitive presence—the qualities of our true nature. Over time, we develop human virtues that enable us to embody these essential qualities in everyday life.
This session explores the nine essential qualities and pathways of growth that lead to becoming more whole and embodying awakened consciousness in our lives.
Objectives:
- Gain an understanding of how knowledge of the Enneagram patterns can be used for psychological and spiritual growth.
- Learn the relationship between the nine psychological patterns and their underlying essential qualities.
- Insights into practices that apply to the nine temperament and ego patterns
Russ Hudson is one of the top teachers and developers of the Enneagram personality typology in the world today. He has been writing and teaching full-time since 1991 and has co-authored with Don Richard Riso five best-selling books on the subject, including The Wisdom of the Enneagram and Personality Types. His most recent work is the audio book The Nine Gateways to Presence which will soon be released as a book with additional
material.
🎙️ Saturday, May 30, 2026 (All times in EDT)
8:00 - 8:30am Welcome & Keynote Introduction
8:30 - 10:00am Keynote
The Physics of the Mind -
Implications for the Practice of Energy Psychology
1.5 CE Hours, Level: All
Objectives
- Identify several areas of evidence supporting telepathy and extrasensory information transfer.
- Describe at least two ways in which the mind and brain operate according to quantum principles.
- Distinguish entropy from syntropy in mental processes and explain how energy psychology methods help optimize the balance between them.
Phil Mollon, PhD, is a psychoanalyst and clinical psychologist with more than five decades of experience working with trauma, dissociation, and the complexities of the human psyche. A past president of ACEP, he has spent the last 25 years exploring the interface between subtle energy and clinical practice, developing Psychoanalytic Energy Psychotherapy and Blue Diamond Healing. Dr. Mollon has taught extensively in the UK, Europe, and the United States. He is the author of 14 books, including The Physics of the Mind: New Perspectives for Psychotherapists, Healers, and Seekers.
10:45am - 12:45pm Learning Labs
B5. Tapping into the Science of Gratitude
2 CE Hours, Track 5, Level: All
This Learning Lab introduces the therapeutic value of combining research on gratitude practices with the effectiveness of EFT to release emotional conflicts and limiting beliefs. Through demonstration, experiential learning, and integration, participants will learn how to use EFT to help create a system to integrate gratitude as a self-care practice.
Objectives:
- List 3 clinical outcomes from gratitude practice research.
- Identify 3 primary blocks (stated as an emotional conflict or limiting belief) to sticking to a consistent gratitude practice.
- Demonstrate 2 versions of “Gratitude Tapping”.
B4. Powerful Change, Simply Done: Ask and Receive in Practice
2 CE Hours, Track 4, Level: All
Unlock powerful, lasting change with Ask and Receive, a fast, effective energy psychology technique that accesses your Higher States of consciousness. In this engaging experiential session, you’ll explore three transformative approaches (Core, Felt Sense, and Muscle Test- guided), participate in a whole group experience and witness two live demos that show how quickly deep shifts can happen.
Objectives:
- Name the 5 sentences of Ask and Receive.
- Describe 3 qualities of a positive statement.
- Name the 3 modalities of Ask and Receive.
Pamela Altaffer, LCSW has been a Psychotherapist for 30 years. She specializes in relationships and sees clients from around the world. She has been utilizing EP for over 20 years. She is a co-creator of the EP technique- Ask & Receive and presents internationally.
Sandi Radomski, ND, MSW is a social worker and a naturopathic doctor. She is the creator of Allergy Antidotes as well as co-creator of Ask and Receive. She received the ACEP award for major contributions to the field in 2015.
Thomas Altaffer MSW, is a psychotherapist, life coach, author and international trainer. He is the co-creator of Ask and Receive as well as the developer of several other mind/body therapies including “Releasing Through Love” (1999) and “Higher States Therapy” (2000).
2:15pm - 4:15pm Learning Labs
C2. Increasing Mastery and Generalization Using Energy Psychology Strategies with Children and Adolescents
2 CE Hours, Track 2, Level: TBD
Children who experience trauma often experience emotional and behavioral issues. These behaviors often interfere with their functioning at school and home. Energy psychology strategies teach self-help skills, neutralizing negative beliefs, and achieving rapid de-escalation. Using positive behavioral management strategies can ensure the changes last over time, at home, at school, and with their peers.
Objectives:
- Identify the four key repetitions in childhood psychic trauma.
- Describe two reasons why it is difficult to treat trauma in young children.
- List the three components to ensuring clients demonstrate positive behaviors into the future.
Susan Kane-Ronning, PhD is a licensed psychologist specializing in trauma and child behavior disorders. She is a certified trauma professional, serves as a forensic expert and consultant in trauma, and is a national trainer for PESI. She operates ArmchairEd and ArmchairEdClockhours, providing online continuing education and graduate credit to educators. Dr. Kane-Ronning maintains a private practice in Bellingham, Washington.
C3. Unconscious Trauma: How Lack of Trauma Awareness Shapes Survivors' Experience and Recovery
2 CE Hours, Track 3, Level: All
This lecture examines unconscious trauma in clients who remain unaware of their traumatic experiences. Mental health professionals learn to understand the reasons behind this lack of awareness, recognize indirect trauma presentations, understand the neurobiology of unconscious processing, and implement specialized therapeutic approaches that safely access hidden traumatic material while respecting clients' defensive mechanisms and building a therapeutic alliance.
Objectives:
- Explain at least three mechanisms by which trauma remains or becomes unconscious (including dissociation, repression, and developmental factors) and describe the neurobiological processes that maintain traumatic material outside conscious awareness.
- Identify five or more indirect presentations of unconscious trauma in clinical settings and demonstrate knowledge of trauma-informed assessment techniques that can reveal hidden traumatic foundations without re-traumatizing clients.
- Apply at least three therapeutic interventions specifically designed for unconscious trauma work and articulate a framework for safely facilitating client awareness while respecting defensive mechanisms and maintaining therapeutic alliance.
Lucie Monroe (LMHC 11264; Lesley University M.A. in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, trauma specialization; California Institute of Integral Studies, Certificate of Psychedelic Therapy and Research) practices psychotherapy in Cambridge, MA. She is an ACEP member and an Advanced EFT Practitioner.
5:00pm - 6:00pm Invited Presentations (Your Choice)
Historical Healing with the Four Elements: Air, Fire, Water & Earth
No CE Hours, Level: All
Explore how the body serves as a living library carrying personal and ancestral stories across generations. Drawing on Somatic Archaeology©, Dr. Gibson reveals how the elements—Air, Fire, Water, and Earth—reflect the emotional and historical imprints stored in our tissues and breath. Through clear teaching and guided somatic inquiry, participants will learn how to listen to the subtle narratives of the soma, release inherited burdens, and reconnect with coherence, joy, and inner truth. Attendees will gain practical tools for integrating elemental wisdom and body-based storytelling into clinical and energy psychology practice.
Objectives:
1. Describe the basic neurophysiology of stress and distinguish adaptive vs. maladaptive activation patterns.
2. Practice a Somatic Archaeology© process to access and interpret personal and trans-generational stories held in the body.
3. Apply emotional processing tools to transform shame, guilt, regret, and anger.
Sharing Energy Healing Practices to Support Stressed and Traumatized Populations: Train-the-Trainer Interventions in Uganda
1 CE Hour, Level: All
Rachel will share reflections and practical strategies learned in her March 2026 trip to Uganda where she trained community workers and leaders in mental health trauma care using ACEP’s Resources for Resilience, EFT and Sound Healing. Participants will learn strategies for building alliances with leaders in places of need and ways to prepare for and engage with those communities.
Objectives
- List two strategies for teaching Energy Psychology techniques to people who have not been exposed to them in the past.
- Describe at least one strategy for building trust when teaching EP to people from a different cultural background.
Rachel Michaelsen, LCSW, Diplomat in Comprehensive Energy Psychology, has taught Energy Psychology techniques to mental-health and social-services providers and integrated EP and Sound Healing practices in her work with individuals, couples and groups. In March of 2026 Rachel trained community workers in EFT, resources for resilience and sound healing in
Uganda. Rachel is a past Chair of ACEP’s Humanitarian Committee.🎙️ Sunday, May 31, 2026 (All times in EDT)
8:00am - 10:00am Learning Labs
D3. Roots & Wings Within: Awakening 8 Extraordinary Meridians for Trauma and Spiritual Renewal
2 CE Hours, Track 3, Level: All
Explore the 8 Extraordinary Meridians, or “ancestral channels,” and learn how these meridians embody ancestral patterns and support transformation from trauma. Theory, demonstration, and practice using specific acupoint stimulation, breath, and intention highlight how these channels are involved in the release of energetic blocks and the regulation of distress, and how they assist in promoting resilience and vitality.
Objectives:
- Identify the 8 Extraordinary Meridians and describe their roles in supporting ancestral patterns, trauma resolution, and energetic transformation.
- Demonstrate at least two acupoint stimulation methods and one breath regulation technique to regulate stress, release stored energetic patterns, and promote physiological balance, as evidenced through guided practice and peer feedback.
- Apply the principles of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians to develop individualized practices that foster safety, vitality, and spiritual alignment in either personal or clinical settings.
David Rosenberg, PhD, LCP - Professor/Chair and Licensed Clinical Psychologist at Averett University in VA with 30+ years' teaching experience. Level 4 Certified T'ai Chi Fundamentals® Instructor, Certified Eden Method Practitioner and Authorized Eden Method Instructor.
D5. Healing, Forgiving, Intergenerational Trauma, and Prevention of Revenge Violence with Energy Tapping
2 CE Hours, Track 5, Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Highlight recent studies on the underpinnings and impact of genocide in Rwanda to learn about the effects on survivors, perpetrators, and the progeny of both. Review Rwandan PTSD TFT studies. Hear directly from Father Augustin Nzabonimana from Rwanda on his perspectives and observations on the importance of healing from PTSD for survivors, and perpetrators, and preventing transgenerational and revenge violence.
Objectives:
- Name at least three effects of the Rwandan genocide on the survivors, and at least three effects on the perpetrators.
- Name three mitigating factors and interventions that could lower the risk of revenge violence.
- Demonstrate a TFT treatment for trauma with anger, rage, grief and looping.
Caroline Sakai, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in private practice. She was formerly Chief Psychologist at Kaiser in Hawaii. She has gone to Rwanda 12 times, most recently in 2025. She published Overcoming Adversity: How Energy Tapping Transforms Your Life's Worst Experiences, and articles on TFT, EMDR and domestic violence.
Rev. Father Augustin Nzabonimana is a Catholic priest in Byumba Dioceses in Rwanda. He is the Chairperson of TFT Izere Rwanda, founded the Psychosocial Service of Byumba Diocese, and is the Director of Caritas Byumba. Through his pastoral, educational and psychosocial missions, Fr. Augustin is a key figure in Rwanda's journey of healing, forgiveness, and resiliency with intensive programs supporting widows, orphans, and persons with disabilities--groups most affected by the genocide.
10:30am - 12:30pm Learning Labs
E2. Using Energy Psychology with First Responders and Military Personnel: Where Do I Begin?
2 CE Hours, Track 2, Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Whether the EP interventionist is a peer or a clinician, knowing about a client’s subculture and personality traits can make the difference between success and failure. The presenters have extensive experience in both being members of and working with these groups using energy-based modalities. Learn some insights to increase your chances of a successful energy-based session.
Objectives:
- List at least 3 fallacies/stereotypes that the general population has regarding these subcultures.
- List and describe at least 3 characteristics of the “Rescuer Personality”.
- List at least 2 ways in which energy modalities can be integrated into a treatment plan for these groups.
Tom Greenhalgh, LICSW, MACJ, NRP has been working in public safety since 1982. He has worked as a Police Lt., Paramedic, Firefighter, and Public Safety Dive Team Trainer and Team Leader. An ACEP member, Tom is credentialed in multiple energy psychology modalities that he uses in his work serving the first responder and military populations.
Jim McAninch, CEAP, CTR, CRM, Ace Master and Advanced Recovery Coach. Jim has worked with a variety of cultures. This started when I joined the navy at a young age. This continued as I mastered several trades. Working as a CEAP opened several opportunities to be trained in energy psychology as a peer and coach.
E7. Restoring Wholeness: Integrating Parts with Energy Psychology
2 CE Hours, Track 7, Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Learn to identify and treat fragmented consciousness using the Trauma Reintegration Process. This clinically grounded workshop explores how trauma fragments the self, how to release stored survival energy, and how to support present-time integration. Includes a video case study, practical tools, and an experiential exercise for restoring coherence and resilience.
Objectives:
- Identify at least five clinical indicators of fragmented consciousness in trauma survivors.
- Articulate two metaphors that effectively normalize and de-pathologize fragmented aspects of the self.
- Describe six steps of the Trauma Reintegration Process for working with fragmented parts and supporting integration.
Mary Sise, LCSW, DCEP is a past president of ACEP and co-author of The Energy of Belief. For over 25 years, she has integrated energy-based methods into clinical practice, blending trauma-informed care with advanced tapping protocols, parts integration and spiritual psychology. Mary teaches for the Psychotherapy Networker/PESI, The Shift Network and is the Director of Sai Maa’s Magdalena Healing Program.
2:00 - 2:15pm Keynote Introduction
2:15 - 3:45pm Keynote
What Energy Medicine Has to Offer Energy Psychology
1.5 CE Hours, Level: All
Objectives:
- Describe how preparing the body’s energy systems enhances the effectiveness of acupoint tapping and energy psychology sessions.
- Demonstrate an energy medicine technique to ground clients and correct scrambled energies in a clinical or coaching setting.
- Demonstrate a method increase resilience using energy medicine in energy psychology practice.
David Feinstein, PhD, a clinical psychologist, has received nine national awards for his books on consciousness and healing. He has served on the faculties of The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and Antioch College. With his wife, Donna Eden, he directs the world's largest organization offering a highly regarded Energy Medicine Certification Program.