Overlevende etter folkemord i Rwanda

17. september 2008

Hi Mats!

Thanks for writing to the ATFT listserve and making a very important point about the effectiveness of algorithms. We used algorithms to treat 99% of the genocide survivors in Rwanda. The only one needing dx was a boy who had no memories of the genocide (he was a baby)but complained of sand in his eyes, and not being able to see clearly he thought because of the sand in his eyes he's had as long as he could remember. Per dx, there was a trauma component.

As he did the TFT treatment, he started crying. We thought well that's good, it'll get the sand maybe out of his eyes. Then he complained of difficulty breathing, pressure on his chest and back. Everything resolved as he continued the treatment, at the end of which he excitedly proclaimed that he could see (near--looking at words on a paper, far--looking out the window and exclaiming the trees have leaves!). We learned later that he was a sole survivor in his neighborhood, found miraculously alive under a mound of corpses. He had not been told about this, so he was unaware of how he was found.

Hope all's well--and enjoyed deploying with you in New Orleans.

With much aloha,

Caroline

Litt om Caroline Sakai

Caroline Sakai has 36 years of clinical practice, and served as Chief Psychologist at Hawaii Kaiser Behavioral Health Services. She has a published a study on Thought Field Therapy. She presented on TFT at the 17th World Congress of Psychosomatic Medicine, and the 7th Annual International Energy Psychology Conference. Dr. Sakai is currently in private practice, and is an authorized trainer of Thought Field Therapy. She has led volunteer clinical teams working with TFT with Katrina first responders and survivors, and genocide survivors in Rwanda