Tapping for Organizations: A Case Study
Jill has had the honor of being a facilitator for a national health equity training program for the past several years. Their facilitator group meets before and after each training session, so that they can plan for and debrief on how each session with their small groups went. At one particular debrief meeting, several of Jill’s co-facilitators were experiencing some of the overwhelm, frustration and hopelessness that often accompanies health equity and anti-oppression work. There was a palpable tension in the room, and someone suggested that she lead a group tapping exercise to help everyone decompress and feel more regulated. Here’s what one person shared about their experience:
“I didn’t really know that tapping could be effective for a group, and especially not in a Zoom room, and yet I’ve watched Jill turn a very emotional and raw Zoom room of folks into a group of people who are feeling centered and grounded again.”
Being able to bring her tapping expertise to her highly esteemed colleagues, all of whom she cares for and respects deeply, was an honor, and the results surpassed even her expectations for what tapping can do in the group setting.
Tapping has been a powerful tool for many other organizations as well:
20 Internal Medicine Hospitalists attended a virtual group tapping session during Covid, which helped them not only improve their stress in the moment, but also gave them a new, evidence-based tool to use on their own.
Jill led a Grand Rounds lecture and tapping demonstration for a department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, which introduced them to a new, evidence-based stress reduction technique. Multiple participants commented on the profound positive impact the tapping had on them even during that 10 minute demonstration.
At an academic psychiatric department, one participant of a trauma workshop, which included a tapping demonstration, had this to say about their experience: “I loved seeing the tapping intertwined with anti-racism work. I think it would be a great skill coming off the floor after an escalation to help staff return to baseline.”
