Forward Action Coach, Nancy Polites, MSS, LCSW, EFT-Adv

MY MISSION:

I assist you, my clients, to reach your highest visions, to be your very best, and to become a better version of yourselves. We partner together so you move forward to places you have always dreamed of being and we strategize together so you stay in those places and you keep moving forward!

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Thirty-four-year old Cherish, who has been mentally retarded all of her life, and whose mental age is around 9 years old, was taught EFT in November 2006 during one session with her mother and me. This was designed to help her when she would become upset about certain events during the day, either at home, at school or at her job. She would not be able to calm down and relax, and her frenetic discomfort would continue until it finally went away, sometimes hours later. It was difficult for others to calm her down and sometimes she became combative and out of control physically. She would hit the side of her face causing bruising. Too large a girl to attempt to physically soothe, EFT was the perfect antidote for her. If Cherish is too distraught to do the EFT on herself, her Mother is able to do EFT on her causing a remarkable calming effect.

Cherish’s best friend, Lianne, “flipped out” at school. Lianne is also 34 years old, has a mental age of 12 years, diagnosed with Down Syndrome. They are close friends and talk on the phone often in between times they spend together. Cherish was telling her mother all about Lianne’s episode that happened that day and said “I guess I should give Lianne my EFT paper to help her calm down, huh Mom?!”

Cherish’s mother was astounded that it was even remembered since she gets upset so infrequently now, and she is not aware of her daughter using the method. That she would remember such a simple, easy and wonderful technique is a testament to how easily available EFT is for all of us. Let Cherish’s modeling be a reminder and a help to all of us!
— Nancy Polites

RESOURCES AND LINKS:
This is a listing of national and local support group and hotline phone numbers as well as a book list of recommended reading for personal growth and recovery:

LOCAL AND NATIONAL SUPPORT GROUP INFORMATION:
Adult Children of Alcoholics — (714) 549-5733
Al-Anon & Al-Ateen — (714) 748-1113
Alcohol Center for Women — (213) 381-8500
Alcoholics Anonymous — (714) 556-4555
Cocaine Anonymous — (949) 650-1011
Codependents Anonymous — (714) 573-0174
Depression — (800) 789-2647
Drug Addiction — (800) 622-2255
Gay & Lesbian Questioning Youth Hotline — (800) 347-TEEN
Mariposa Women's Center — (714) 547-6494
National Child Abuse Hotline — (800) 4-A-CHILD
Overeaters Anonymous — (714) 953-5159
Rape Hotline — (800) 656-HOPE
Sex Addicts Anonymous — (714) 254-7952

RECOMMENDED RECOVERY AND GROWTH READING MATERIALS:
Ask and It Is Given — Abraham-Hicks
Awakening in Time — Jacquelyn Small
Codependent No More — Melody Beattie
Keeping the Love You Find — Harville E. Hendrix, Ph.D.
Keys to The Kingdom — Allison A. Armstrong
Learned Optimism — Martin Seligman
Private & Personal: Questions and Answers for Girls Only — Carol Weston
Recovery from Codependence — Laurie Weiss & Johnathan B.
Taking Time for Your Life — Cheryl Richardson
The Grief Recovery Handbook — John W. James & Frank Cherry
The Highly Sensitive Person — Elaine N. Aron, Ph.D.
When Food is Love — Geneen Roth
Why Marriages Succeed or Fail — John Gottman, Ph.D.