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When a client mentions it · XII-087

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Domain XII · Complementary, energy & biofield · Karl Hans Welz

Full guide

What it is

The psychotherapist works alongside this method and never sells, recommends, supplies or "tests" these products. The therapist's work (section 4) is to ask about them without judgement, understand what they mean to the client, support informed decisions, coordinate with the client's doctor with…

Format

  • Ask and record (any session; usually minutes): routine, non-judgemental inquiry about wearables, "energy" and "protection" products. Move on when you know what the client uses and why.
  • Coordinate and protect: with consent, involve the GP or prescriber for physical symptoms or concerns; check children, pregnancy, finances and group pressure.

Who practises it, and how they are trained or regulated

  • There is no treatment framework: these are consumer products bought, worn or placed at home. Below, first the client's experience as sellers and regulators describe it, then the psychotherapist's own phased work alongside it.
  • What the client experiences (as described by sellers and regulators):
  • Inform and decide: share regulator safety information if a product may be one of the radioactive types; support a values-based decision without pressure. Move on when the client has made a decision they own, or deliberately deferred it.

Evidence status, as the guide reports it

  • Evidence status (one line): ARPANSA states these products offer "no established evidence-based benefits"; the WHO finds "no scientific basis" linking electromagnetic-hypersensitivity symptoms to EMF exposure.

Questions to explore with your client

  • What drew you to it, and what are you hoping it will change?
  • Does it involve fasting, a special diet or 'detox'? Have you discussed this with your doctor?
  • 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?
  • Does it use a device, heat, cold, water or a physical procedure? Has a medical professional checked that it is safe for you?
  • 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

  • objects used as safety behaviours that keep fear going. Working when: the client relates to the object by choice rather than compulsion.
  • your own urge to persuade (a sign to step back); decisions made to please you. Working when: the client articulates reasons in their own words.
  • fear of reprisal or shame; reporting as a way of reducing helplessness. Working when: the client acts, or chooses not to, with full information.
  • client asking you to endorse or to buy from them (decline warmly, explain why). Working when: the client experiences you as neither salesperson nor critic.
  • refusal of medical contact rooted in distrust (explore; respect autonomy unless a safeguarding threshold is met). Working when: the client attends the GP or agrees a plan.

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.