Guide XII-021

Yuen Method

Kam Yuen, Marnie Greenberg
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1. Introduction

Version followed: the Yuen Method as taught by its founder Kam Yuen (originally called "Yuen Energetics") and co-founder Marnie Greenberg, in its course structure (Level 1, 2 and 3 seminars plus a Mastery course, with home-study Video Modules 1–3 and Tele-Course Modules 4–6) as the official Yuen Method website lists it [source: Yuen Method FAQs], supplemented by press coverage, the founders' public statements and practitioner-run courses. The official course manuals (The Power of Instant Healing, Level 1; The Power of Instant Numerical Profiling, Level 2) are not publicly available [uncertain], so step-level detail is given only where a source describes it. [source: Newswire 2010; allbookstores listing; Yuen Method FAQs]

The Yuen Method is a hands-off (or light-contact) energy method that its founders call "Chinese Energetic Medicine". Kam Yuen, a chiropractor and Shaolin kung fu grandmaster, is reported to have adapted his martial-arts perception of "weaknesses" in an opponent's energy to working with chronic pain. [source: Inlander] The official site describes it as a non-contact technique drawing on martial arts, nutrition, homeopathy, anatomy and energy work. [source: Yuen Method FAQs] As its teachers describe it, the core idea is that each person has a central life force (qi). Pain, stress and problems are signals of "weaknesses or blockages" in that energy, with root causes that may be physical, emotional or spiritual. The practitioner identifies the weak "settings" or causes and strengthens them, or "deletes" them, so that, in the method's own terms, the person can rebalance and self-correct. [source: Inlander; Spokesman-Review 2006; Thrive Global 2018; Newswire 2010] Greenberg describes the body as a "bio-computer" with settings that are either on (strong) or off (weak). [source: Thrive Global 2018] These are the method's own concepts. They are reported here as its teachers hold them, not as established physiology.

For a psychotherapist, the Yuen Method is at most an optional, complementary relaxation and attention practice used alongside psychotherapy, with explicit consent. It is never presented as a treatment for pain conditions, autism, headaches or any other physical disease. Evidence status (one line): the sources describing the method cite no controlled clinical studies, and its health claims are unverified; the official FAQ itself tells readers to "seek the expertise of a licensed physician for diagnosis and treatment of illness, injury, or disease". [source: Inlander; Udemy course pages; Newswire 2010; Yuen Method FAQs] [synthesis]

2. Framework

The method is taught as a course sequence, and practice consists of brief, repeatable sessions. There is no fixed clinical treatment protocol in the sources available.

Training route [source: Newswire 2010; Spokesman-Review 2006; allbookstores listing]

  • Level 1 (mandatory basic course). This covers the core technique: telling strong from weak, identifying causes, and strengthening. The official site offers Levels 1–3 as in-person seminars or TeleSeminars, and states that numeric profiling and other advanced techniques are taught only at the intermediate and advanced levels [source: Yuen Method FAQs]. Its manual is The Power of Instant Healing: Yuen Method Chinese Energetic Medicine Basic Course, The Official Manual; its content is not publicly available [uncertain].
  • Level 2 (intermediate). This covers "Numerical Profiling". Its manual is The Power of Instant Numerical Profiling: Yuen Method Intermediate Level 2 Course Manual (ISBN 9780988905542). Reader reviews say the manual assumes live-class attendance and covers body systems to be "strengthened". [uncertain: secondary, reader reviews]
  • Level 3 (advanced). This was offered as a weekend workshop in 2006. [source: Spokesman-Review 2006]
  • Completion. A 2010 release states that completion includes a review course and 100 documented hours of practice. [source: Newswire 2010]
  • Who certifies. The Yuen Method organisation (yuenmethod.com) certifies its own practitioners; there is no external certifying body. Its FAQs state that the programme ends with the Yuen Method Mastery Certification Course and a Success Assurance Program, which are prerequisites for becoming a Certified Practitioner, that internships are no longer required, and that Certified Practitioners may not teach the method [source: Yuen Method FAQs]. Its certified-members page lists consultants as having taken at least six training modules and one five-week Tele-Clinic plus a one-year consultant programme; instructors add three years of monthly training with Kam Yuen and may teach Modules 1–3, while Modules 4–9 and specialised courses were taught only by Kam Yuen [source: Yuen Method certified-members FAQ]. A 2021 certification offer described a 24-session audio Core Training Package, a directory listing and certification "active for a full calendar year" [source: Yuen Method Certification 2021]. The founder is reported to have died in 2023 [uncertain: secondary, unverified]; who certifies and teaches the advanced modules now is [uncertain]. Independent practitioners also sell online "masterclass" and "advanced" courses that carry no stated certification. [source: Udemy course pages]

Session format [source: SCMP; Thrive Global 2018; Inlander; Newswire 2010]

  • Sessions are individual or in groups, and in person, by phone or online. A phone session of over an hour is reported. The founders describe "on the spot" corrections lasting minutes.
  • The method is promoted as teachable "in less than one minute". [source: Newswire 2010]
  • Greenberg says the number of "off" settings affects how long resolution takes, and that some cases need more than one session. [source: Thrive Global 2018]
  • The official site describes personal consultations by phone "without any type of physical contact", group TeleClinics and multi-week TeleSeminars; it says a problem may need a second or third session and that the time needed "can be difficult to precisely determine". No standard session count is published. [source: Yuen Method FAQs; Yuen Method certified-members FAQ]

Phases of a single session (as taught; sequence assembled from course outlines) [source: Udemy Masterclass curriculum; Inlander; Thrive Global 2018]

  1. Identify the issue. Name the presenting concern and look for root causes through intuitive questioning.
  2. Assess strong versus weak. Compare two things, or use muscle testing or a sway test.
  3. Centre on the midline. The practitioner focuses attention on the central area of the body.
  4. Correct. Strengthen the weakness, or "delete" the cause.
  5. Re-test the shift, then clear it and move on to the next cause.

Moving between phases depends on the practitioner's perception that a cause is now "strong" or "cleared" on re-test. The sources give no external criteria. [synthesis]

Use within psychotherapy (therapist's frame) [synthesis]

  • Phase A, consent and assessment. Give information, obtain consent (including touch), screen medical status and risk, and agree a goal limited to relaxation, stress and self-regulation.
  • Phase B, brief in-session segments. Use 5–15-minute segments within an ordinary psychotherapy session, then debrief their meaning.
  • Phase C, review. Continue only if the client values it and it does not displace evidence-based care.

3. Guiding principles

  • Pain and problems are signals, not the problem [source: Newswire 2010; Spokesman-Review 2006]. Practically: explore what the symptom means to the client without claiming it is caused by "energy". The medical work-up stays with the doctor.
  • Look for the root cause (physical, emotional, spiritual) [source: Inlander; Spokesman-Review 2006]. Practically: in therapy, use this as an invitation to explore emotional and relational contributors. Do not use it as a diagnosis.
  • Strong versus weak, "on" versus "off" [source: Newswire 2010; Thrive Global 2018; Udemy Masterclass]. Practically: this is the method's binary language. Translate it for the client as a felt sense of tension against ease. [synthesis]
  • Midline focus and centring [source: Inlander; Udemy courses]. Practically: the practitioner's attention rests on the body's centre line. This can be done without touch.
  • Neutrality [source: Udemy Advanced course]. Practically: the practitioner aims to stay emotionally neutral and non-attached to outcome. In therapy, this matches a non-judgemental, non-pushing stance.
  • Tension and relaxation balance [source: Udemy Advanced course]. Practically: work towards a calmer state, and stop if arousal rises.
  • Physical intelligence and self-correction [source: Udemy Masterclass; Udemy Advanced course]. Practically: the method holds that the body self-corrects once strengthened. Never let this framing replace medical care. [synthesis]
  • Permanence of deletion (Greenberg: "Anything that is deleted is permanent") [source: Thrive Global 2018]. Practically: do not repeat this as a promise to clients. Set realistic, modest expectations. [synthesis]
  • Not instead of medicine. Kam Yuen is reported as saying "I never tell them not to go to their doctors." [source: Spokesman-Review 2006] Some later promotional statements describe medicine and therapy as outdated or wrong [source: Newswire 2010; Thrive Global 2018]. Practically: the therapist explicitly adopts the complementary position and corrects any "instead of" message.
  • Competence and informed consent for non-established methods [source: APA Ethics Code]. Practically: train before use, disclose that the method is not established, and name its risks, the alternatives, and that taking part is voluntary.

4. Intervention inventory

Each entry follows the method's own techniques as the sources name them. The founders' manuals are [uncertain: not verified], so the detailed steps are partly assembled from course outlines and press descriptions [uncertain: not verified against the official manual]. The therapist's own framing is marked [synthesis]. Entries 4.1 to 4.3 are the therapist's preparation. Entries 4.4 to 4.13 are the method's techniques. Entries 4.14 to 4.15 are integration work.

4.1 Informed consent conversation (therapist's work)

  • Purpose / when: before any use. This is required for a method without established techniques. [source: APA Ethics Code]
  • Steps:
    1. Name the method and its origin (Kam Yuen's "Chinese Energetic Medicine").
    2. Explain that it is complementary, optional and not a medical treatment.
    3. Describe what happens: questions, a "strong or weak" check (which may use a light arm-pressure test or a standing sway), then quiet focus by the therapist. Say whether any touch is involved, and offer the hands-off version.
    4. State the evidence status in one line.
    5. Name the alternatives: usual psychotherapy, relaxation training, or medical review for symptoms.
    6. Confirm that the client can stop at any time.
    7. Record the consent. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "This is an energy-based method developed by a kung fu teacher and chiropractor. Its practitioners describe it as strengthening weak spots in your energy. It hasn't been tested in proper studies, and it doesn't replace anything your doctor is doing. Some people find it calming. We can try a short piece, with or without any touch, and you can stop whenever you want. What would you like to do?"
  • Watch for: a client who hopes it will cure a physical illness, a client who feels obliged to agree, and confusion between this and medical care. It is working if the client can restate in their own words that it is optional and complementary.

4.2 Medical and risk screen before use (therapist's work)

  • Purpose / when: at intake, whenever pain, headaches or other physical symptoms are the target. Promotional material frames the method as eliminating pain and headaches. [source: Newswire 2010]
  • Steps:
    1. Ask whether the symptom has been medically assessed.
    2. Ask about current treatment and whether the client is considering stopping it.
    3. Ask about red-flag symptoms (new, severe or changing pain, neurological signs). If any are present, refer to a doctor first.
    4. Record the answers.
    5. With consent, tell the client's doctor that a complementary relaxation method is being used. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "Before we try anything like this, has a doctor looked at these headaches? I'd like this to sit alongside their care, not replace it."
  • Watch for: delayed medical care, and a client's belief that "the root cause is emotional, so I don't need tests". Do not proceed if medical care is being displaced.

4.3 Touch consent and the hands-off alternative (therapist's work)

  • Purpose / when: whenever muscle testing or any contact is considered. Muscle testing implies physical contact. The midline correction is described as mental, with no manipulation. [source: Inlander]
  • Steps:
    1. Explain exactly where contact would occur: for example, light downward pressure on the outstretched forearm or wrist. Contact is never anywhere else, and never sexual or near intimate areas.
    2. Ask for explicit verbal consent.
    3. Check again during the test ("Still OK?").
    4. Agree a stop word or gesture.
    5. Offer the hands-off options as equal choices: a self-administered sway test, or the practitioner working purely by attention and focus.
    6. Document consent, the areas touched and the client's response.
    7. Follow your professional body's or employer's chaperone policy where one applies. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "One way to check is that I'd press lightly on your wrist while your arm is out. There's no touch anywhere else. Or you can do a standing sway on your own and I don't touch you at all. Both are fine. Which would you prefer?"
  • Watch for: a startle response, freezing or fawning compliance, especially in clients with trauma histories. If any of these appear, switch to hands-off.

4.4 Practitioner self-centring and neutrality

  • Purpose / when: at the start of every session. Course outlines teach centring on the midline and holding neutrality before working. [source: Udemy Masterclass; Udemy Advanced course]
  • Steps:
    1. Settle your posture and attention.
    2. Bring your awareness to the body's central line.
    3. Adopt a neutral, non-attached stance towards the outcome. The specific centring procedure in the manual is [uncertain: not verified].
  • Example language (illustrative, to the client): "I'm just going to take a moment to settle and get centred before we start."
  • Watch for: the therapist's own investment in the method "working". That pressure undermines the neutrality the method itself asks for. [synthesis]

4.5 Identifying the issue and root causes (intuitive questioning)

  • Purpose / when: at the start of a correction. The practitioner looks for the root cause of the pain or problem, which may be physical, emotional or spiritual. This is done "through intuitive questions". [source: Inlander; Spokesman-Review 2006] Course outlines list categories of weakness such as materials, climates, foods, daily routines and energy fields. Practitioners also refer to mental, physical, spiritual, emotional and "ancestral" levels. [source: Udemy Masterclass; Udemy Advanced course]
  • Steps:
    1. Ask the client to name one specific concern.
    2. Ask when it is worse, what is happening in their life, and what it reminds them of.
    3. In the method, the practitioner then checks candidate causes one at a time with the strong/weak check (4.6).
    4. Note the causes that check "weak". [source: Inlander; Udemy Masterclass] The official FAQ summarises the sequence as: ask about the problem and how it affects the client physically and emotionally, identify the "leading weaknesses", then strengthen them, with the client answering follow-up questions by "feeling" rather than "thinking". [source: Yuen Method FAQs] Manual-level detail is [uncertain].
  • Example language (illustrative): "Let's pick one thing to focus on. When is the tightness in your shoulders worst? What's usually going on for you then?"
  • Watch for: in therapy, this step overlaps with ordinary formulation, and emotional material may surface. Practitioners who use psychotherapy alongside the method report that emotional themes often relate to chronic pain. [source: Inlander; Spokesman-Review 2006] Hold that as a hypothesis to explore, not a finding. [synthesis]

4.6 Strong/weak assessment (comparison, muscle test, sway test)

  • Purpose / when: to decide whether a named cause or area is "strong" or "weak". This is the central skill of Level 1. Reader reviews say the Level 2 manual assumes it has already been learned. [source: Newswire 2010; allbookstores listing]
  • Steps (as outlined in course materials):
    1. Comparison. Identify strong versus weak energy by comparing two things: the named item against a neutral reference. [source: Udemy Masterclass]
    2. Muscle test. Light pressure on an extended limb. A held position is read as "strong" and a give is read as "weak". [source: Inlander]
    3. Sway test. The client stands, holds the item or statement in mind, and the direction of any sway is used to gauge a shift. [source: Udemy Masterclass]
    4. Practitioner perception. Advanced practitioners rely increasingly on their own perception of the energy. [source: Inlander] How each test is read in the official manual is [uncertain: not verified].
  • Example language (illustrative): "Hold the thought of your work deadline in mind, and just let your body stand naturally. Notice whether you tip forward or back. There's no right answer."
  • Watch for: suggestion and demand effects. Use neutral wording, and never use test results to make medical, dietary or relationship decisions for the client. Do not use the sway test with clients who have balance problems, vertigo or a falls risk. [synthesis]

4.7 Midline correction (strengthening)

  • Purpose / when: to strengthen a cause that has tested weak. To strengthen the energy alignment, the practitioner "focuses the mind on the body's central area". This is a mental act, with no physical manipulation reported. [source: Inlander] Course outlines teach "two techniques" for shifting using the midline. [source: Udemy Masterclass]
  • Steps:
    1. Name the weak cause.
    2. Centre on the midline.
    3. Hold the intention to "strengthen" that cause.
    4. Re-test (4.6).
    5. If it now tests strong, move to the next cause. The two midline techniques themselves are [uncertain: not verified].
  • Example language (illustrative): "I'll take a few moments of quiet focus. You don't need to do anything except breathe and notice what you notice."
  • Watch for: the client's state during the quiet. Most clients relax, but some trauma clients become hypervigilant in silence. Offer eyes-open and grounding options. [synthesis]

4.8 "Deleting" and clearing

  • Purpose / when: to remove an identified cause, block or "weak setting". Co-founder Greenberg describes deleting weak settings "on the spot". [source: Thrive Global 2018] One course outline describes deletion as removing an issue "from all time, space, and dimensions". [source: Udemy Masterclass] Kam Yuen's method is described as strengthening a "deletion process" so that pain is removed. [source: Wikipedia [uncertain: secondary, unverified]] Other course material speaks of clearing negative experiences, traumas and fears "to zero". [source: Udemy autism course]
  • Steps:
    1. Identify the cause.
    2. Deliberately "delete" or clear it.
    3. Strengthen as needed.
    4. Re-test. [source: Thrive Global 2018; Udemy Masterclass] [uncertain: manual wording not verified]
  • Example language (illustrative): "In this method's language, we're clearing that old reaction. Let's see how the memory feels now, on a 0 to 10 scale."
  • Watch for: do not tell clients that a trauma is now "permanently deleted". Memories will return, and the client may then feel they have failed. Track distress ratings and follow up in the next session. [synthesis]

4.9 Activations and attunements

  • Purpose / when: these are described as practices for strengthening energy and activating "physical intelligence" and self-healing. They are given during training and in sessions. [source: Udemy Masterclass; Udemy Advanced course]
  • Steps: the practitioner names a capacity to activate (for example, physical intelligence), centres on the midline, and strengthens it. The content and sequence of specific activations are [uncertain: not verified].
  • Example language (illustrative): "This next part is what the method calls an activation. It's a short period of quiet focus aimed at helping you feel steadier. Let me know if anything feels uncomfortable."
  • Watch for: language that implies a guaranteed physical effect. Keep the frame on felt calm and steadiness. [synthesis]

4.10 Life-area strengthening

  • Purpose / when: these are broad "strengthening" sequences across life areas. The sources name relationships, health, fitness, purpose and prosperity. Others include brain, environment and "physical potential", and money, aging and time, and career. [source: Udemy autism course; Thrive Global 2018]
  • Steps: the practitioner moves through each named area in turn, using the check-and-strengthen cycle (4.6 and 4.7) for each. Ordering within the official curriculum is [uncertain: not verified].
  • Example language (illustrative): "Of these areas (relationships, health, work, money, purpose), which feels weakest for you right now? Let's start there and talk about what 'stronger' would look like day to day."
  • Watch for: in therapy, turn "strengthening" into concrete, values-based goals, so the work does not stay abstract. [synthesis]

4.11 Numerical Profiling (Level 2)

  • Purpose / when: this is a Level 2 skill named in the manual title and in course outlines, where it is paired with "telepathy". [source: allbookstores listing; Udemy Masterclass] Reader reviews describe the Level 2 manual as a reference to body systems to "clear", grounded in Chinese philosophy and cellular biology. [uncertain: secondary, reader reviews]
  • Steps: no published description of the procedure is cited here [uncertain]. Do not use it without completing the founder's Level 2 training.
  • Example language: none given, because the procedure is unverified.
  • Watch for: any profiling output being used to make medical claims about body systems. That is outside a psychotherapist's scope. [synthesis]

4.12 Distance, phone and online sessions ("scanning")

  • Purpose / when: the method is practised by phone, online, on broadcast media and at seminars. Greenberg describes "scanning" a client in private consultations. [source: SCMP; Thrive Global 2018] Course outlines also teach "telepathy". [source: Udemy Masterclass]
  • Steps: these follow the same cycle as in person: issue, check, centre, correct, re-test. For a therapist on a video platform, all checks are client-administered (sway, felt sense), so the work is fully hands-off. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "Since we're on video, you'll do any checks yourself. I'll just guide you and then take a moment of quiet focus."
  • Watch for: confidentiality on the platform, and the client's safety at home if distress arises. Check that a plan is agreed for what happens if the call drops. [synthesis]

4.13 Teaching clients self-application

  • Purpose / when: the technique includes teaching people to identify the root causes of their own pain. [source: Spokesman-Review 2006] It is promoted as teachable on the spot. [source: Newswire 2010] One course has learners strengthen themselves while practising, alongside a guided meditation. [source: Udemy autism course]
  • Steps:
    1. Teach the self-administered sway check.
    2. Teach brief midline centring.
    3. Have the client practise once in session.
    4. Agree a brief, optional between-session practice paired with a simple diary of stress ratings. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "If it helps, you can use this standing check and centring when you notice stress building. Jot down how tense you were before and after, and we'll look at it together."
  • Watch for: compulsive self-testing, in which the client checks "strong or weak" before every decision. This can feed obsessive-compulsive or health-anxiety patterns. If it appears, stop the practice. [synthesis]

4.14 Debriefing and integrating into psychotherapy (therapist's work)

  • Purpose / when: after every segment. Turn the experience into therapeutic material. The cited sources give no organisational guidance on combining the method with psychotherapy [uncertain]. This entry is the therapist's own synthesis.
  • Steps:
    1. Ask what the client noticed in body, emotion and thought.
    2. Re-rate distress or tension.
    3. Link any emotional themes that arose to the formulation.
    4. Return to the main therapy plan, such as CBT, ACT or trauma-focused work.
    5. Agree whether to use the method again. [synthesis]
  • Example language (illustrative): "What did you notice just then? You mentioned your father when we named the cause. Shall we spend some time on that?"
  • Watch for: the method displacing evidence-based components. It is working if the client reports increased calm or insight, and if therapy goals progress. [synthesis]

4.15 Documentation, boundaries and conflicts of interest (therapist's work)

  • Purpose / when: throughout the work.
  • Steps:
    1. Record consent, touch, content and response.
    2. Do not sell Yuen Method courses, books or memberships to clients.
    3. Do not solicit testimonials from clients.
    4. Advertise the method only accurately, with no claims of cure. [source: APA Ethics Code] Promotional materials for the method include free-class offers, monthly clubs and tiered courses. [source: Newswire 2010; Thrive Global 2018; Udemy course pages]
  • Example language (illustrative): "I won't be recommending any courses or products. If you want to learn more on your own, that's your choice, and we can talk it through."
  • Watch for: dual roles (therapist and course seller), and clients being drawn into expensive tiered trainings. [synthesis]

5. Handling problems

The Yuen Method sources say little about problems beyond noting that some cases need several sessions [source: Thrive Global 2018] and that results are "not a guarantee" [source: Inlander]. All of the guidance below is the therapist's own synthesis unless a source is cited. [synthesis]

  • Nothing shifts ("still weak"). Do not escalate the number of sessions or the intensity. Return to ordinary formulation and evidence-based work, and treat the method as optional.
    • Illustrative: "This doesn't seem to be doing much for you, and that's useful to know. Let's go back to what has been helping."
  • Scepticism or resistance. Respect it. The method is complementary and voluntary [source: APA Ethics Code]. Never persuade, and never interpret refusal as a "block".
  • Overwhelm or trauma activation. This can happen during root-cause naming or "clearing" of traumas and fears.
    • Stop the segment and ground the client: orient to the room, use the senses, keep eyes open.
    • Use titration: one small aspect at a time, at a low distress level.
    • Offer hands-off only.
    • Return to a stabilisation phase before any further trauma work.
    • The method's sources give no trauma-specific preparation or dissociation steps. Those listed here are standard trauma-informed practice. [synthesis] [uncertain: no source guidance found]
  • Dissociation. Watch for glazed eyes, delayed responses and "floaty" reports during quiet midline focus. Shorten silences, talk the client through each step aloud, and avoid eyes-closed work.
  • Touch-related distress, or a rupture after touch. Stop at once and acknowledge it. Repair explicitly ("Thank you for telling me"), and continue hands-off or not at all. Document what happened.
  • Non-adherence with self-practice. Treat it as information, not failure. Simplify, or drop the practice.
  • The client wants to stop or delay medical treatment, or believes "doctors have the wrong answers". That phrase is Greenberg's [source: Thrive Global 2018]. Some promotional material calls therapy and disease cure outdated [source: Newswire 2010].
    • Explore what draws the client to that view: control, hope or distrust.
    • Restate the complementary frame (Kam Yuen's reported position was that he never told people to avoid their doctors [source: Spokesman-Review 2006]).
    • With consent, coordinate with the doctor.
    • Never advise on medicines. Route those questions to the prescriber or pharmacist.
  • Claims that the method treats disease. Promotional sources make claims about pain, headaches and "all ailments" [source: Newswire 2010]. Do not repeat or endorse them. Present any physical-symptom work as relaxation and stress support only.
  • Children, including autistic children. At least one online Yuen Method course targets "autism in children", promising reduced sensory overload and "root causes" of autistic traits. [source: Udemy autism course] Autism is not a disease to be cleared.
    • Do not use the method to change autistic traits.
    • With children, obtain parental consent and the child's assent, use no touch without both, and work within child-safeguarding policy.
    • Watch for children being deprived of needed medical, developmental or educational support. If that is happening, follow local safeguarding procedures.
  • Financial pressure or a high-control group. A client may be pulled into repeated paid sessions, clubs or tiered courses [source: Thrive Global 2018; Newswire 2010; Udemy course pages]. Explore costs and pressure without judgement, and support the client's own decision. If you see deceptive health advertising, it can be reported to consumer or advertising regulators.
  • Health anxiety or OCD-like checking with strong/weak tests. Stop the testing, and treat the pattern with established CBT approaches (see Domain II).
  • A client reports a dramatic "instant cure". Be warm but neutral. Encourage medical confirmation of any change in a medical condition, and keep monitoring.
  • Therapist competence. Complete the founder's Level 1 course (and the further levels for any advanced techniques) before using the method. Seek supervision. Check your licensing board's or professional body's rules on complementary methods and touch. [source: APA Ethics Code] [uncertain: no professional-body statement specific to the Yuen Method is known]

Sources

Web sources:

Books cited [uncertain: not verified]:

  • Yuen, K., & Greenberg, M. (2015). Delete Pain and Stress On the Spot. Motivational Press. [uncertain: secondary, unverified]
  • Yuen, K. The Power of Instant Healing: Yuen Method Chinese Energetic Medicine Basic Course, The Official Manual. [uncertain: year and publisher not verified]
  • Yuen, K. The Power of Instant Numerical Profiling: Yuen Method Intermediate Level 2 Course Manual. ISBN 9780988905542. [uncertain: year and publisher not verified]

Marnie Greenberg's own website is not used as a source.