Begin building rapport

Gather information about client’s background and treatment goals

Explain and obtain informed consent about using an energy-based approach

Establish a familiarity and some success with energy checking

Check for and correct neurological disorganization

Check for and resolve global psychological reversals

Formulate an appropriate target problem

Check for and resolve specific-context psychological reversals involved with the problem

Access the problem, rate it, and "lock it" in

Specific energy interventions can now be focused directly on the target problem