EFT (Emotionally Focused Therapy) in the Schools with Adriana Popescu, Ph.D.

EFT Tapping for School Psychologists: Practical Tools for Student Regulation, Anxiety, and Resilience

This workshop will not be recorded.

Students today are experiencing increasing levels of stress, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, and trauma-related challenges that can interfere with learning, behavior, and assessment. School psychologists need practical tools that can be used efficiently in real-world settings.

This interactive training introduces Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping), an evidence-informed mind-body approach that combines focused attention with acupressure tapping points to help calm the stress response and improve emotional regulation.

Participants will learn how EFT can be adapted for use in schools and private practice settings to support students with anxiety, crisis de-escalation, test stress, emotional overwhelm, transitions, and self-regulation needs. Applications for classrooms, counseling sessions, assessments, and staff wellness will also be discussed.

Attendees will leave with practical tapping strategies they can begin using immediately with students and for their own stress management.

Dr. Adriana Popescu is a licensed clinical psychologist, speaker, author, and trainer based in San Francisco, California with more than 25 years of experience helping individuals heal from stress, trauma, anxiety, addiction, and emotional challenges. She specializes in integrating evidence-based psychology with innovative mind-body approaches, including Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT/Tapping).

Dr. Popescu has served in leadership roles across behavioral health settings and currently works as Chief Clinical Officer at Avery Lane, a women’s co-occurring disorders treatment center. She is also the founder and CEO of Firebird Healing, where she provides trauma-focused clinical services, coaching, and professional trainings.

Known for making complex concepts practical and engaging, Dr. Popescu teaches professionals how to use brief, effective strategies to support emotional regulation, resilience, and well-being in real-world settings.

This course meets the qualifications for 3 hours of continuing education credit for LEPs, LMFTs, LPCCs and LCSWs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. This course also qualifies for 3 hours of continuing professional development for Nationally Certified School Psychologists, under provider number 1025. CASP maintains responsibility for the program and its content.

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