COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGY TRAINING

Developed by Gordon and Debra Dickson, Counselling Kinesiology^TM is a synthesis of mainstream counselling techniques combined with kinesiology (i.e. muscle testing to identify emotional stress). It is a systematic approach to identify the emotional patterns that cause unwanted feelings to persist, and is aimed at helping people find long-term solutions to emotionally stressful issues.

The comprehensive series of workshops that make up Counselling Kinesiology Training covers working with individuals and couples in areas such as relationships, parenting, behaviour problems, career and anxiety. It is designed for training practitioners to work with both adults and children and to utilize talk therapy, inner child work and practical exercises for implementing change.

It is based on over 15 years of private research, professional development and clinical practise by Gordon Dickson ND, Dip.A, B.Eng(hon) and his wife Debra (Dip.Hom, Dip.Rem. Ther, Tas. Aux. Nurse) .

With extensive experience working with individuals, couples and families, Gordon is also a well-respected kinesiology lecturer and author ("What is Kinesiology?" and "The Kinesiology Companion"). Debra has developed and trialled many of the practical applications of Counselling Kinesiology^TM. She gives straight forward explanations and practical examples of how the techniques can be implemented in every day life. Debra brings a special warmth & sincerity to the workshops.

The minimum kinesiology prerequisites for Counselling Kinesiology 1 are covered in the following recommended courses –

"Touch for Health 1" workshop , plus

"Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology" workshop

Prerequisites Checklist - the prerequisites for Counselling Kinesiology 1 can also be obtained from other basic kinesiology courses, combinations of them, or through private instruction with kinesiology practitioners. We have listed the prerequisites required for Counselling Kinesiology 1 (see Prerequisites Checklist).
Please note: Since the contents of many of the basic kinesiology courses change over time, we are unable to tell you which courses cover which competencies. Check this list against the kinesiology studies you have already done or contact your local kinesiology instructor or practitioner to ensure that you have covered the minimum kinesiology prerequisites. It is assumed that you will be competent in these prerequisites before CK1 and very little time will be devoted to going over them.

CK 1 Preparatory Workbooks - the preparatory workbooks need to be completed and returned at least 2 weeks before the commencement of the workshop you are attending . The first two workbooks give an overview of the course and go over contraindications, how to deal with more serious issues and when to refer on. The third preparatory workbook deals with the Stage 1 Talk therapy method. We will send these out on receipt of your deposit. The deposit covers the cost of the preparatory workbooks and worksheets and is non-refundable, although can be transferred to later CK1 workshops. It is a new system we have been implementing to help everyone get even more out of our courses and to make more modules available through distance education.

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DEVELOPMENT AND HISTORY
Counselling Kinesiology^TM was initially introduced by Gordon Dickson as part of the kinesiology training he developed for the Naturopathy Diploma, at the Melbourne College of Naturopathy, in 1990. It soon outgrew the Naturopathy Diploma format and developed to become specialist training for kinesiologists wanting to work with people who were having personal or relationship difficulties. It has been taught in its current form for the past 8 years. While most of the participants take these courses for professional development, to become more effective in working with others, many also take these courses for their own personal development. They learn to use these techniques to enhance their own relationships and in their roles as parents.

Prerequisite Workshops -: Touch for Health 1 plus
Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology

Counseling Kinesiology^TM Training -: CK1 - "Resolving Emotional Stress"
is the foundation course on which all the others are built. CK1 has " Touch for Health 1" and "Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology " as recommended prerequisites, although other courses may provide the required competencies (see Competency Checklist); has CK1 as prerequisite course.

Currently Gordon and Debra Dickson present all of the CK courses together. We will be adding further instructors to this area as they become accredited.

GORDON DICKSON (ND, Dip.A, B.Eng(hon), ATMS, AIK, AKA) has extensive experience working with individuals, couples and families. He specialises in couples and individual counselling, learning problems with children and adults, and behavioural problems with children. He is also a well-respected kinesiology lecturer and author of “What is Kinesiology?” and “The Kinesiology Companion”) and training manuals for all of the CK courses.

DEBRA DICKSON (Dip.Hom, Dip.Rem.Ther, Tas. Aux. Nurse) has developed many of the practical applications of the Counselling Kinesiology. She gives straight forward explanations and practical examples of how the techniques can be implemented in every day life. Debra brings a special warmth & sincerity to the workshops.

Counselling Kinesiology^TM Training is based on over 15 years of private research and clinical practise by Gordon & Debra Dickson.

The Counselling Kinesiology 1 & 2 courses are fully accredited with the AKA as Category B “Further Kinesiology Studies” or “Communication Skills” hours with CK1 and CK2 each giving 26 hours of accreditation.

All of the Counselling Kinesiology courses are provisionally accredited by the AIK, with full accreditation, subject to approval, expected this year.

In 2007 we presented an extended version of CK1 at the College of Natural Medicine. The extended version consists of additional workbooks and worksheets including the applications of CK, detailed explanations of the General Emotional Adaptation Syndrome and use of the Developmental Directory and Grief Gauge, and updating Stage 3 to incorporate the recent findings of positive psychology and coaching psychology.

These updated components of CK1 will also become available this year, subject to accreditation, as distance education components to non-college students, bringing the total accredited hours of CK1 to 40hrs - required for level 2 practitioner registration with the AKA. Past CK1 students will also be able to upgrade their CK1 accredited hours by completing the additional distance education components (see Distance Education below).

For further information on the accrediting bodies, follow the links below -

Australian Kinesiology Association (AKA) Inc.

Australian Institute of Kinesiologists (AIK) Ltd. and see Associations

Touch for Health Instructor Association Australia (TFHIAA)

Accreditation can also be obtained directly through the colleges that have the CK Training incorporated into their Diploma and Advanced Diploma courses in Health Sciences (Kinesiology) . These colleges offer complete VETEC accredited training in Kinesiology and related Complementary Medicine fields.

Contact:
- the College of Complementary Medicine (CCM) in Sydney and Melbourne.
(Note: the Melbourne campus of the CCM was formerly known as the Kinesiology College for Energetic Sciences (KCES))

We run the CK Training for these colleges at their campuses.

The Kinesiology Academy Kinesiology Academy on the Sunshine Coast campus north of Brisbane also offers a VETEC approved Diploma in Health Sciences (Kinesiology) course featuring CK Training which is held in association with the courses we run at our centre in Buddina.

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COMPETENCY ASSESSMENTS

For each level of Counselling Kinesiology the following competency assessments are required -

Completed workbooks
2 Case studies
Written theory exam
Oral exam

Note: Competency is not required before proceeding to the next workshop and all assessments can be completed at the completion of the Counselling Kinesiology^TMTraining.

We started to embrace the first phase of a distance education model in 2004, by moving material out of the face-to-face workshops into preparatory workbooks and worksheets to be completed, and submitted for review, prior to the commencement of the related workshop. Feedback has been very positive on how this helps to focus on the essential points and provide a useful summary when reviewing the material.

In 2007 we presented an extended version of CK1 at the College of Natural Medicine. The extended version consists of additional workbooks and worksheets including the applications of CK, detailed explanations of the General Emotional Adaptation Syndrome and use of the Developmental Directory and Grief Gauge, and updating Stage 3 to incorporate the recent findings of positive psychology and coaching psychology. These updated components of CK1 will also be available, subject to accreditation, as distance education components to non-college students, bringing the total accredited hours of CK1 to 40hrs - required for level 2 practitioner registration with the AKA. Past CK1 students will also be able to upgrade their CK1 accredited hours by completing the additional distance education components.

We are also adding video clips to explain and demonstrate the practical techniques. We have an internet forum at http://www.counsellingkinesiology.com.au/ckforum/ and use this for tutorial style interactions with an updatable FAQ page, to support the distance education process. Due to hackers posting inappropriate material on the forum, please send posts and questions to ckt@ckt.com.au and we will add them to the posts with responses and answers.

The final phase of our full transition to flexible delivery / distance education was to give an alternative to the 3 days face-to-face CK1 course where you learn the practical techniques, see them demonstrated and practice them on each other. Our plan was to do this live online with a webcam, videos of demonstrations, and you practicing live with a 'study-buddy' (and supervised online). This plan is running into some difficulties, so for the present, we will be sticking with the face-to-face workshops plus distance education workbooks and worksheets.

Touch for Health

We are no longer presenting the Touch for Health workshops but would be glad to recommend one of the many excellent Touch for Health instructors in Australia. Please contact us for details.

Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology^TM
(1 day 9.30am-5.30pm)

Sunshine Coast

Not scheduled - contact us if you require this prerequisite workshop

Counselling Kinesiology^TM 1 - “Resolving Emotional Stress”
(3 days – 9 am-5.30 pm + Distance Education Components)

Sunshine Coast

22-24 Feb. 2008

Counselling Kinesiology^TM2 - “Empowering Relationships”
(3 days 9 am - 5.30 pm + Distance Education Components)

Sunshine Coast

Not currently scheduled

Venue:: Sunshine Coast

COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGY 1 PREREQUISITE COMPETENCY CHECKLIST

The prerequisites for Counselling Kinesiology 1 can also be obtained from other basic kinesiology courses, combinations of them, or through private instruction with kinesiology practitioners. We have listed the prerequisites required for Counselling Kinesiology 1 in summary and then in detail below.

Please note: Since the contents of many of the basic kinesiology courses change over time, we are unable to tell you which courses cover which competencies. Check the detailed explanations of the prerequisite competencies (below) against the kinesiology studies you have already done, or contact your local kinesiology instructor or practitioner and go through the detailed explanations of the prerequisite competencies, to ensure that you have covered the minimum kinesiology prerequisites. This is your responsibility and it will be assumed that you are competent in these prerequisites before CK1, with very little time being devoted to going over them.

Summary of CK1 Prerequisites

Obtaining a Balanced Indicator Muscle for Muscle Testing

Pre-test (pre-check) tests & corrections - Switching, Dehydration, Central & Governing Meridian, Ionisation

Surrogate Testing

Circuit Store and Stacking (also know as "Pause Lock", "Circuit Retaining Mode")

Using Finger Modes or Verbal Challenges

Testing lists of emotions for stress

Testing flower essences

Past Time Tracking (also called Age Recession).

Emotional De-stressing (ESR, ESD techniques)

(see below for CK1 prerequisites in detail)

Muscle Testing in a Typical CK1 Session
There is not a lot of kinesiology in Counselling Kinesiology - mainly the basic techniques taught in most basic kinesiology courses. In a one hour Counselling Kinesiology session, you will spend typically 15-20 minutes talking to the person about the nature of the emotional issue. It will then take about 5 minutes to get a balanced indicator muscle, check the pretests and make sure that Circuit Store is working (see 1.1-6.3 below). Then a further 5 minutes of testing, using the indicator muscle, to get information about the emotional stress lying behind the problems you have been talking about (see 7.3-7.7 below). The rest of the session (35 minutes) is devoted to de-stressing, resolving the emotional stress and working out an action plan (see 8.1 for de-stressing techniques).

CK1 Prerequisites Can be Obtained from any Accredited Kinesiology Courses
You do not have to do Touch for Health 1 and Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology to get the prerequisites for Counselling Kinesiology 1. They can also be obtained from other basic kinesiology courses, combinations of them, or through private instruction with kinesiology practitioners. We have listed the prerequisites required for Counselling Kinesiology 1 (see 1.1-below). Please note: Since the contents of many of the basic kinesiology courses change over time, we are unable to tell you which courses cover which competencies. Check the CK1 prerequisites competency checklist against the kinesiology studies you have already done or contact your local kinesiology instructor or practitioner to ensure that you have covered the minimum kinesiology prerequisites. It is assumed that you will be competent in these prerequisites before CK1 and very little time will be devoted to going over them.

To repeat, if you do not have all of the competencies, arrangements can be made with local instructors/practitioners to go over the few that you may be missing. Please contact us for a list of local Kinesiology instructors/practitioners.

CK1 Prerequisites in Detail
While this list of prerequisites may seem a little overwhelming at first sight, many of you will recognise techniques you have already covered as you read through the descriptions.

Instructions

Indicate the course in which you covered a technique by inserting the number of the course in the box labelled “course”. (Print off the page “Key to Courses” to enable you to complete the form more readily).
Indicate if you feel competent in the technique by ticking the second box labelled “competent”.
If you are not clear of what a competency means, but feel you may have covered it, please contact us for clarification.
If necessary, print off this form, complete it and include it with your other application details. To print off this form - place the cursor at the start of this section, hold the shift key and click on the end of this section. This will highlight the whole section and you can copy and paste it into your work processing program, or print it out directly with the "Print Selection" command on your printer software if available.
Note that the intending CK1 student takes responsibility for being competent in these prerequisites.

A. RELEVANT PREREQUISITES FROM TOUCH FOR HEALTH 1

1. Obtaining a Balanced Indicator Muscle for Muscle Response Testing
Obtaining a balanced "accurate" Indicator Muscle by making sure it will lock in the clear and can be unlocked.

1.1 Muscle Response Testing - Testing the muscle response of at least two separate muscles on different meridians e.g. the anterior deltoid indicator muscle test and the biceps brachii/brachioradialis indicator muscle test (also know as "goose neck" or "skippy")

5 course 5 competent

1.2 Correcting Weak Responding Muscles - for the muscles in 1.1 using one or more of the following correction techniques (if you have alternative effective techniques for correcting weak responding muscles, such as PACE, this is acceptable too) -

Rubbing the neurolymphatic reflex points

5 course 5 competent

Holding the neurovascular correction points on the head

5 course 5 competent

Meridian tracing - flushing up and down and then up the related meridian (gall bladder meridian for anterior deltoid and stomach meridian for biceps brachii/brachioradialis)

5 course 5 competent

Spinal reflexes - rubbing up and down on the related spinal segment e.g. T4-5 for anterior deltoid and T5-6 for biceps brachii/brachioradialis

5 course 5 competent

Emotional Neurovasculars - holding the frontal eminences of the forehead

5 course 5 competent

Alternative effective muscle strengthening technique you use (please describe)

5 course 5 competent

1.3 Challenging - to find the appropriate corrections for weak muscle responses and re-challenging to find if further deeper corrections are required i.e. making sure your correction has been effective. (If you have alternative effective techniques for challenging muscles, these are acceptable too).

Testing to find the appropriate correction: The muscle will lock when touching the appropriate correction point (called circuit locating or CLing).

5 course 5 competent

Re-challenging to find if further deeper corrections are required: After the correction has been performed and the muscle now tests strong or locking, if touching the correction point just used causes the muscle to weaken, another correction is required.

5 course 5 competent

Alternative effective technique: that you use for challenging muscles (please describe)

5 course 5 competent

1.4 Unlocking the Muscle - using spindle cell manipulation i.e. the muscle can be turned off too. (If you have alternative effective techniques for turning muscles off such, as "think of something negative", these are acceptable too).

Unlocks with spindle cell manipulation: This is a turning the muscle off temporarily by a short sharp pinch to the spindle cells of the muscle you are testing. The spindle cells are in the centre of the muscle and the pinching is lengthways, not across the muscle. The muscle should turn off, and if it does not, you will need to correct this muscle imbalance (see 1.5)

5 course 5 competent

Alternative effective technique: That you use for turning off muscles (please describe)

5 course 5 competent

1.5 Correcting Muscles That Will Not Unlock - if the muscle will not unlock using the techniques in 1.4 it is described as "over-facilitated, "jammed on" or "hyper-tonic". Many techniques are taught to correct this with emotional de-stressing being a common one.
Effective techniques: that you use for correcting muscles that will not turn off (please describe)

5 course 5 competent

2. Pre-test (pre-check) tests and corrections using a balanced indicator muscle

2.1 Testing Switching Status
Test: Hold the following points and the navel to test. The indicator muscle should test strong (locking).
Correct: Rub problem points while holding navel

Collar bones for left-right switching (= K27 acupuncture points)

Top and bottom lips for up-down switching (= GV26 & CV24 acupuncture points)

Tail bone for back-front switching (= GV1acupuncture point)

5course 5competent

2.2 Testing Dehydration Status
Test: Pulling hair then testing. The indicator muscle should test strong (locking).
Correct: Drinking water.

5course 5competent

2.3 Testing Central Meridian and Governing Meridian
Test: For Central meridian running up from pubic bone to bottom lip (the indicator muscle should test strong i.e. locking). and back down (the indicator muscle should test weak i.e. unlocking) . For Governing meridian, running from tail bone up spine and over head to top lip (the indicator muscle should test strong i.e. locking) and back down again (the indicator muscle should test weak i.e. unlocking).
Correct: Flushing up and down several times ending up with several times running upwards only.

3. Additional Techniques

3.1 Emotional De-stressing - Using Indicator Muscle testing for identifying emotional stress e.g. testing to identify stressful goals, and then de-stressing using the Emotional Neurovasculars (see 1.2)

5 course 5 competent

3.2 Surrogate Testing - Obtaining information about one person, the "target" by testing another person called the "surrogate". The "surrogate" person is tested while maintaining contact with the person who cannot be tested directly for reasons of pain, age or debility. If the "surrogate" has already been balanced, the results of this testing give a read-out of what is going on for the "target" person. Self-testing is an example where kinesiology practitioners can use themselves as the surrogates, testing themselves to obtain information about the "target" people they are working with.

5 course 5 competent

B. ADDITIONAL PREREQUISITES FROM INTRODUCTION TO COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGY™

4. The Extension Test
The extension test is actually testing the antagonist muscles (the muscles opposing the indicator muscle). They form part of a reflex circuit which can cause inaccuracies in Muscle Response Testing if not properly balanced. In Counselling Kinesiology, we check the extension tests at the beginning of a session but only use the normal indicator muscle test throughout sessions.

4.1 The Extension Test - This is moving a limb until the indicator muscle is at its most extended position e.g. arm behind the body when using anterior deltoid as the indicator muscle, and the triceps test position when using biceps brachii/brachioradialis as the indicator muscle. The test is then in the opposite direction to the indicator muscle test so that you are now testing its antagonists i.e. latissimus dorsi and middle trapezius muscles when using anterior deltoid in extension, and triceps when using biceps brachii/brachioradialis in extension. The antagonists should be strong (lock) on testing "in the clear" ("in the clear" = with no points held and with no spindle cell manipulation).

5 course 5 competent

4.2 Correcting Weak Responding Antagonist Muscles in the Extension Test - These corrections will be either for the antagonist muscles themselves, or for the indicator muscle if there is a problem with the reflex circuit. In both cases you typically use the corrections listed in 1.2. Which one is appropriate is determined by the challenging system described in 1.3.

5 course 5 competent

4.3 Unlocking the Antagonist Muscles in the Extension Test using Spindle Cell Manipulation of the Indicator Muscle - The antagonist muscles are a reflex circuit to the indicator muscle. As the indicator muscle turns on, the antagonists turn off and vice versa. Since we are testing this reflex circuit, we turn off the antagonists by stretching the spindle cells of the indicator muscle described in 1.4. If the antagonists muscles do not turn off, we have a problem (called under-inhibition).

5 course 5 competent

4.4 Correcting Jammed on (or insufficiently inhibited) Antagonist Muscles that will not Turn off with Spindle Cell Manipulation - Many techniques are taught to correct this with emotional de-stressing being a common one. The Proprioceptor Integration Technique from Applied Physiology is excellent for muscles that are jammed on through excessive heavy lifting and Chakra balancing (e.g. the CK Chakra Balancing technique, for balancing the brachial nerve plexus), is recommended for other emotional and energetic causes. Any effective technique for correcting jammed on (or insufficiently inhibited) antagonist muscles is acceptable.

Proprioceptor Integration Technique

5 course 5 competent

Chakra Balancing of the related chakra

5 course 5 competent

Effective techniques that you use for correcting muscles that will not turn off (please describe)

5 course 5 competent

5. Additional Pre-Test (Pre-Check) Test and Correction

5.1 Ionisation - Testing Ionisation from the single nostril breathing tests consists of breathing in one nostril then testing, out the other nostril then testing, in this second nostril then testing, and finally out the first nostril then testing. If the indicator muscle tests weak (unlocks) on any of these tests, ionisation needs to be corrected with further single nostril breathing (as in the test) or "huff " breathing - quick breathing in and out through both nostrils. If ionisation is not corrected, Circuit Locating can be unreliable, as ionisation problems affect the polarity of the fingers.

5 course 5 competent

6. Circuit Store (also know as "Pause Lock", "Circuit Retaining Mode" or "Putting Something in Circuit")

6.1 Using Circuit Store - Circuit Store is a technique for retaining information to be worked on exclusively e.g. a specific emotional issue. Please note that not all kinesiology modalities recognise Circuit Store as an effective or valid technique, so its use is not mandatory. We use it throughout the workshops, love it, and highly recommend you master it however!. It consists of opening your jaw, or putting your feet apart when identifying a specific stress (e.g. thinking of a specific stressful event or memory). This stress is "stored" continuously (without conscious awareness) and can be worked on exclusively, provided the jaw remains open or the legs remain apart. There are several ways of placing things in Circuit Store.

Placing an Imbalance in Leg Circuit Store - this is done by identifying a stress that causes an indicator muscle change e.g. thinking about a stressful issue, then placing feet together followed by separating them apart, and keeping them apart. The indicator muscle will now continue to test weak indicating that the imbalance has been stored in the Leg Circuit Store mechanism.

5 course 5 competent

Placing an Imbalance in Jaw Circuit Store - this is done by identifying a stress that causes an indicator muscle change e.g. thinking about a stressful issue, then opening the jaw and keeping it open (the lips may remained closed however). The indicator muscle will now continue to test weak indicating that the imbalance has been stored in the Jaw Circuit Store mechanism.

5 course 5 competent

6.2 Testing the Leg and/or Jaw Circuit Store Mechanism
If the Circuit Store Mechanism is not functioning properly, we may lose our ability to work on the specific issue and hence be far less focused and effective.

Testing the Circuit Store Leg and Jaw Mechanisms for Imbalances - for Leg Circuit Store, this comprises moving a leg out to the side, then testing, then moving it in and retesting. This is repeated for the other leg and for moving both legs apart, then testing, and both legs together, then testing. For the Jaw, it is opening the jaw, then testing, followed by closing the jaw, then retesting. If there are any indicator muscle changes on any of these tests, the fault needs to be corrected. For the Leg Circuit Store mechanism, a quick fix is to rub the Posterior Superior Iliac Spines (i.e. the PSIS or L5 knobs), and for the Jaw Circuit Store mechanism, rubbing either side of the base of the skull).

5 course 5 competent

6.3 Testing the Leg Circuit Store and Jaw Circuit Store Mechanisms for the Ability to Retain and Transfer Information - this consists of identifying a stress, such as thinking of something negative or pinching off a muscle, and storing it in Jaw Circuit Store. It is then transferred to Leg Circuit Store (transferring to Leg Circuit Store = opening Leg Circuit Store while Jaw Circuit Store is held open, then closing Jaw Circuit Store). The indicator muscle is now retested to see that the stress is now being held in leg Circuit Store (the indicator muscle should still be testing weak i.e. unlocking). The "Circuit" is then transferred back to the Jaw Circuit Store. The indicator muscle is again retested to see that the stress is still being held, now in the Jaw Circuit Store (the indicator muscle should still be testing weak i.e. unlocking). Finally the Jaw Circuit Store is closed (closing mouth) and the indicator muscle retested. It should now test "strong" (i.e. locking) since neither Circuit Store mechanism is holding the imbalance.

5 course 5 competent

Some practitioners use the other person's Leg Circuit Store in place of their own Jaw Circuit Store and transfer between their own Leg Circuit Store and the other person's Leg Circuit Store. This is quite acceptable, although unreliable when used with wriggling children!

5 course 5 competent

6.4 Alternative forms of Circuit Store
Some practitioners tap on the top of the head or flick up on the brow to put things into Circuit Store. While the mechanisms for these have not been satisfactorily explained, they are quite acceptable if they work for you (but they are not recommended or used by CK).

5 course 5 competent

6.5 Stacking using Circuit Store - this is the ability to add related aspects of an imbalance together to give a more global picture of the specific stress (e.g. the problem emotions, the specific triggering situations and the stressful people involved). It is also used to peel back compensatory layers of imbalances to reveal the underlying cause - a bit like peeling off the layers of an onion (e.g. finding the childhood causes of present day emotional issues such as fears or unwanted emotional reactions). This allows the underlying cause to be dealt with directly rather than simply trying to patch up the resultant symptoms.

Stacking using the Jaw and Leg Circuit Store Mechanisms - this starts by placing an imbalance in Leg circuit Store. A related or underlying stress is then identified through another indicator muscle change. The Jaw Circuit Store is then opened which does two things - transfers the first stress held in Leg Circuit Store, and stores the new stress. These two stresses are effectively added together or "stacked". The stacked circuit is then transferred down to Leg Circuit Store (first closing Leg Circuit Store to empty it by placing feet together, then opening it to take the Circuit from the Jaw, then closing the Jaw ready to capture and stack the next stress.

5 course 5 competent

Stacking using your Leg Circuit Store Mechanism and the other person's Leg Circuit Store Mechanism - this is the same as stacking using Jaw and Leg Circuit Store Mechanisms (see above) except that the imbalances are collected and stacked in your Leg circuit Store then transferred to the other person's Leg Circuit Store.

5 course 5 competent

Stacking using Alternative Forms of Circuit Store - adding things to Circuit Store, i.e. stacking is done by additional tapping on the top off the head or flicking. Again if this works for you it is acceptable (but it is not recommended or used by CK).

5 course 5 competent

7. Additional Techniques using Indicator Muscle Testing

7.1 Working off a Locked or Unlocked Indicator Muscle using Circuit Store - The basis of Circuit Store is that you store all aspects of the imbalance including what the indicator muscle is indicating. This means that when stacking successive layers of imbalance, the indicator will go from locked to unlocked to locked etc., changing each time a new stress is identified and stacked. It is a real paradigm shift for lots of people brought up with muscle testing as "strong = good" and "weak = bad". Now a change in indicator muscle is what is relevant.
Some practitioners work differently and get the indicator to go back to locking after each new stress is identified and stacked. This is acceptable too. However, sometimes the indicator muscle shows no stress when you and the person you are working with know there is a stress. The solution to get around this is to work off an unlocking (weak) indicator muscle and the stress will now lock it. This is done by changing the state of the indicator muscle. Some practitioners do this by stating that the muscle will now be unlocking, while we prefer to pinch off the muscle and stack the weak response into Circuit Store. Either way is acceptable.

5 course 5 competent

7.2 Testing using Finger Modes - More, Priority, Chakra, Essences & Ego Defences modes. Finger modes are hand positions that either identify the nature of an imbalance (e.g. Chakra mode for a chakra imbalance), or tell us what to do next (e.g. Priority mode tells us that we should actually correct the chakra imbalance we have identified). Finger modes and verbal challenges are both acceptable alternatives.

5 course 5 competent

7.3 Testing Verbal Challenges e.g. Permission , Willingness and other Statements - The statements are tested for relevance to the Circuit. For example, an indicator change on "100% willing to work together" would indicate that is was fine to continue. Verbal challenges can also be used as acceptable alternatives to finger modes.

5 course 5 competent

7.4 Testing for Stressful Emotions using Emotional States Charts or Lists of Emotions - this consists of stating the emotion and testing to see if it is stressful. The "Law of Five Elements" emotions in Touch for Health are typically used for this although in Counselling Kinesiology we will be using our Developmental Directory and Grief Gauge charts.

5 course 5 competent

7.5 Testing Who / What Challenge Points. When there is an indicator change on a particular challenge point, it tells us specific information, for example -

right collar bone point (i.e. right K27 acupuncture point) = a male is related to the emotional stress

left collar bone point = a female is related to the emotional stress

5 course 5 competent

7.6 Testing for Flower Essences - this can be done by testing the actual bottles of essences placed on the person, or by testing off a list of essence descriptions.

5 course 5 competent

7.7 Testing to find the Emotional Reference Age (also called the "Root Cause", or "Age of Best Understanding" - perhaps erroneously) using Past Time Tracking (also called Age Recession).
The Emotional Reference is a memory (or mental construction) that is used as a basis for how to react when triggered. For example, a childhood separation of one's parents may be used as a stressful Emotional Reference during arguments in an adult relationship. Past time tracking is the ability to identify this Emotional Reference Age. It is done by counting back in years until an indicator muscle change is observed. For example stating 30-20 years old, 20-10 years old, 10-birth (which causes an indicator change), 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 (which causes another indicator change). So 5 years old is the Reference Age for this particular stress.

5 course 5 competent

8. Emotional De-stressing (also called Emotional Stress Release [ESR] or Emotional Stress Defusion [ESD]

The following techniques (Holding Emotional Neurovasculars and Temporal Tapping) are used on their own or combined with other technique such as -

talking about the stress

eye rotations (clockwise then anti-clockwise movement of the eyes)

eye positions (holding a particular eye position)

repeating stressful statements

repeating desired affirmations

8.1 Holding Emotional Neurovasculars - holding the frontal eminences (bumps) on either side of the forehead until regular, even pulses are felt. This is especially used to reduce emotional stress.

5 course 5 competent

8.2 Temporal Tapping - this is tapping around both ears on the skull suture lines. It is especially used for directing the subconscious to new options that may have been filtered out due to stress.

5 course 5 competent

KEY TO COURSES

1 = TFH 1
2 = TFH 2
3 = TFH 3
4 = TFH 4
5 = PKP 1 / BKP
6 = PKP 2 / BKP
7 = PKP 3 / BKP
8 = Educating Alternatives
9 = Kinergetics
10 = 3-IN-1, One Brain
11 = Applied Physiology Hologram series
12 = 7 Chi Keys
13 = Applied Physiology Diploma
14 = LEAP (Learning Enhancement Advanced Program)
15 = N.O.T. (Neural Organisational Technique)
16 = S.I.P.S (Stress Indicator Points)
17 = EK (EduK, Educational Kinesiology)
18 = Chaffers (Sabotage Clearing and Goal Enhancement, etc.)
19 = Bio-Kinesiology
20 = Other, please specify

“What if I have done other kinesiology courses and not Touch for Health?”
We have a prerequisites checklist with the relevant techniques covered in the “Touch for Health I” and “Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology” workshops. You will need to indicate in which workshops you have learned these techniques and if you still feel competent in doing them, so that it will be clear if you need to do the prerequisite workshops or not. Competency in these techniques will be assumed in the Counselling Kinesiology 1 workshop and there will only be minimal time spent on a brief revision.

“Can I do the Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology first?”
The “Introduction to Kinesiology” material follows on from “Touch for Health I” so it is not possible for the order to be reversed. We provide Touch for Health I in an 18-hour format (it is normally 15 hours) to cover the basic material thoroughly and provide a broad background in kinesiology. There are several important kinesiology techniques not covered in Touch for Health I that are necessary for Counselling Kinesiology. These will be covered in the “Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology” one-day workshop. Emotional de-stressing and other related techniques will also be taught during this day.

“I'm a counsellor who just wants to use kinesiology. Do I really need all this kinesiology training?”
The kinesiology techniques for Counselling Kinesiology are indeed not as rigorous as some other advanced kinesiology courses. However, accuracy and confidence are the two vital keys to using muscle testing effectively. For most non-kinesiologists (e.g. new students, counsellors and other health professionals), the “Introduction to Kinesiology” workshop is not enough. The physical sensitivity required for confident muscle testing, and the paradigm shift of relying on muscle testing to get accurate feedback, requires more exposure, more experience and much more time for practice. People with more background in kinesiology have been able to really work with the essence of Counselling Kinesiology during the courses, rather than feel confused or held back by their lack of kinesiology training.

“Why Touch for Health I?”
Many people have requested that we teach techniques that would enable them to look at the other aspects of health. Often these factors can contribute to emotional issues or be responsible for them. For example, food and chemical sensitivities, learning issues, physical pain and ill-health can be associated with frustration and mood changes. Touch for Health I is a foundation course covering all the basics of muscle testing. It also addresses aspects of nutrition and chemical sensitivity testing, meridian energy imbalances, structural issues and pain reduction techniques. I have written a detailed manual “The Kinesiology Companion”, to expand this material to cover the history, background and current use of kinesiology.

“Can I use these courses as professional kinesiology training?”
The Touch for Health, Introduction to Counselling Kinesiology and Counselling Kinesiology 1 & 2 workshops are all accredited training courses the Australian Kinesiology Association (AKA). The hours of training go towards professional membership which enables professional kinesiology practitioners to qualify for health insurance rebates on consultations, obtain practitioner indemnity insurance and advertise in the associations' publications. The Counselling Kinesiology 1 & 2 workshops are accredited with the AKA as Communication Skills (needed for Level 2 registration) or as Category B courses (advanced skills in Kinesiology).

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COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGY^TM
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(last updated 2nd January 2008)

COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGYTM TRAINING

(last updated 2nd January 2008)

COUNSELLING KINESIOLOGY^TM
TRAINING