Integrated Energy Therapy

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Stevan J. Thayer · 1994

What it is

IET is a hands-on, attunement-based energy therapy developed by Stevan J. Thayer, a former Bell Laboratories engineer, ordained interfaith minister and Reiki master, who is founding director of The Center of Being, Inc., the organisation that manages IET teaching and practice internationally.…

Format

• Basic IET Practitioner (one day). Basic Course Manual; introduction to energy anatomy and the Cellular Memory Map (nine areas where emotions are said to be stored unconsciously); nine sets of integration points; Heartlink for accessing "angelic energy"; clearing a block then channelling its…
• Intermediate IET Practitioner (one day). Intermediate Course Manual and quick-reference guide; sensing where negative energies, traumas and emotions are held in the aura, pulling them out of body and aura, and a technique for stubborn energies; attunement said to work on pairs 3 (mental) and 4…

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Training levels (the practitioner's route):
• Master-Instructor. Requires completing the three practitioner levels; teaches others and gives attunements, which must be given in person by a certified Master-Instructor and cannot be done remotely; certification classes require in-person attunement and supervised practice.
• Related Center of Being-affiliated offerings: a Healing Angels class (calling on nine Healing Angels, described as addressing trauma "without reliving it"; open without IET training), IET for Kids (ages 7 to 12), IET for pets and review classes. The Healing Angels of the Energy Field is Thayer's related book.

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

• Evidence status (one line). No controlled studies of IET specifically were identified; for the closely related biofield method Reiki, NCCIH states it has not been clearly shown to be effective for any health purpose and that no scientific evidence supports the existence of the energy field it…

Questions to explore with your client

• What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
• Is there physical contact? Was it explained beforehand, and do you feel free to say no or stop at any point?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Is it a group, retreat or community? How do they respond if someone wants to leave or raises a concern?
• How do you and the practitioner understand what is happening, in spiritual or cultural terms? Is that a source of comfort, worry, or both?
• Who runs it, and what training or registration do they hold?
• What actually happens in a session or meeting, and how often?
• What does it cost, and is there pressure to commit to more?
• How do you feel afterwards, in the hours and days that follow?
• Does it fit with, or clash with, the work we do here?

What practitioners of it watch for

• any discomfort with touch near the neck or spine; offer hands-off.
• stopping or delaying medical care; reliance on IET for physical disease.
• costly tiered training pressure; conflicting roles of teacher and therapist.
• meanings imposed by you; client reports of distress after leaving (offer a contact plan).
• clients for whom angel language is unwelcome or religiously troubling; keep the framing optional.

When to involve someone else

• New or worsening physical symptoms, or advice to stop or change prescribed medication: involve the client's doctor or prescriber.
• Signs of coercion, isolation from family and friends, escalating costs or secrecy: discuss openly and consider safeguarding.
• A crisis or thoughts of suicide: follow your crisis protocol. In the US, call or text 988; in the UK and Ireland, Samaritans on 116 123.

Drawn automatically from the guide's own sections. Stay curious: neither endorse nor dismiss what the client values, and check anything that matters against the full guide and its sources. Not medical advice.