Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques

Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Devi Nambudripad · 1983 · California

What it is

Nambudripad's Allergy Elimination Techniques (NAET) were developed by Devi Nambudripad, a California-based practitioner who presents NAET under the titles Ph.D., M.D., D.C., L.Ac. in her own course listings. The origin date is usually given as 1983 or 1984. Her course description calls NAET "a…

Format

• The framework below is the NAET course as proponents publish it, so that the psychotherapist knows what the client is going through. It is description, not instruction.
• Treatment of "basics". Clients are taken through a fixed series of "basic" substance groups, one per visit; one practitioner lists 17 basics, including items described as brain and body function, egg, calcium, vitamins, sugar, minerals, salt, grains, yeast and hormones. Further foods, environmental…

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

• Who practises it. Licensed acupuncturists, chiropractors, nurses, naturopaths and some physicians who have attended NAET training; a 2000s Canadian report cites about 3,000 practitioners worldwide. Training includes founder-taught courses that some acupuncture boards accept for continuing-education credit (for example a six-hour introductory course for Florida licensed acupuncturists). The full certification ladder…
• Regulation by jurisdiction. USA: no NAET-specific licence; practitioners work under their own licence and board. Australia: consumer law applies to claims; the ACCC obtained court findings and injunctions against NAET providers in 2011. UK, Canada, EU: specific regulator positions on NAET.
• Version followed: NAET as described by Devi Nambudripad's own course descriptions and by certified NAET practitioners' published pages, with the Australian Federal Court findings (via the ACCC, 2011) and the Australasian Society of Clinical Immunology and Allergy (ASCIA) patient guidance for the regulatory and safety position. The psychotherapist works alongside this method and does not perform, sell, prescribe or…

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 any substance, plant preparation, remedy or supplement? Has your doctor or prescriber been told, especially about any medication you take?
• Does it involve intense or unusual breathing? Have you been told about the medical conditions for which that is not advised?
• Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
• 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

• "Just a few more items", guilt for stopping, family arguments about money. Working: the client sets and keeps a review point.
• Statements like "I don't need my EpiPen any more" or "we're going to try it at home"; a practitioner's claim that NAET made exposure "safe" (the Australian court found such claims false and…
• Restriction described as "purity" or "clean" eating (orthorexic patterns); a child's narrowing range of foods; secrecy. Working: dietitian involved, food range widening under medical advice.
• The "clearing" of items functioning as reassurance seeking, with relief followed by new items to clear; expanding lists of sensitivities; avoidance spreading to places and people. Working: less…
• Refusal of consent because the client fears being judged by the doctor (explore it; offer to help them raise it themselves); conflicting messages between teams. Working: the client has a medical…

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.