About Founder

Dr Schneider's Qualifications

Dr Schneider moved to England in 1989 to study the information and techniques that would eventually become the Applied Energy Flow (AEF) Healing System. She studied and taught in that community for twelve years before moving back to the United States. There is no certificate, license or any other kind of piece of paper to reflect that success. She wanted to learn from them because of their functional approach to energy and their belief of personal responsibility. In particular, that the skill of the healer is based completely on a person's honesty and willingness to face his or her foibles. Dr Schneider worked with this group of inquisitive British minds and drawn by their mutual interest, these innovators shared information and experimented together to see what they could learn from direct experience. One of the results is the Applied Energy Flow Healing System.

Dr Schneider's PhD was awarded from University College (UCL) at the University of London in the Department of Psychology and focused on creating outcome studies for evidence based clinical practice. Her M.Sc. also comes from UCL, is theoretically focused on Developmental Psychoanalytic Theory and is affiliated with The Anna Freud Center in Hampstead, London. As with other UK PhDs, her degree is entirely research based and she remained at the University as a Research Fellow after her doctorate was complete. Dr Schneider has no training or practice in conducting psychological therapy. Her research interests and training are focused on how we can test if practitioners are doing what they think they are doing and is it actually effective? She continues this research interest through her participation on the Board for the Foundation of Mind-Being Research (fmbr.org).

Dr Schneider's Practice

Approach

There are many ways to approach energy work. Dr Schneider's personality and training combine to take the most functional, straightforward way available. She believes energy is real and a natural part of our life. There is no need to live in a certain way that is not natural to you in order to experience and use energy, or to make your life and health better. Because AEF works with the client, not on the client, all that is required is a willingness to be honest and take responsibility for what you want and who you are. Many people ask her if they need to “believe in this stuff for it to work”. She is not surprised that many people ask this because for many people their exposure to the world of energy or healers is mediocre or confusing. For her, the best balance is to keep a skeptical, but open, mind. This way you'll always be evaluating and taking responsibility for your own beliefs, but allowing what might have been “impossible” to be “possible”.

Who She Works With

Dr Schneider has a proven track record with many situations, particularly those that do not have a clear diagnostic cause or where there is no treatment other than medication. An excellent example of this is migraines. In most cases she can reduce the pain of a headache during the first session while noticeably reducing intensity and frequency within three sessions. Fibromyalgia, Lyme disease and insomnia are other good examples. Applied Energy Flow has helped many people return to a pain-free lifestyle.

Dr Schneider also works successfully with clients to relieve their depression and anxiety. She noticed that these can often coexist with many other situations, like white noise running in the background. By studying these situations she has been able to understand and work with people who identify anxiety or depression as their main concern.

Thanks to an extraordinary treatment called Emotional Realignment Therapy (ERT), Dr Schneider has developed a specialty with trauma and post traumatic stress disorder. She defines trauma as any experience that a person is not able to process through his or her body. This may be because the person is too young, because the event is simply too big or because the experience is relentless. For more information see ERT and http://www.ert.vpweb.co.uk. As the founder of AEF, Dr Schneider would love to be able to say that ERT is part of AEF: but it is not. ERT is a stand alone treatment that far surpasses anything else she has come across and she is grateful and proud to be able to incorporate it in her healing.

It is easy to talk about how Applied Energy Flow (AEF) can support health concerns. But Dr Schneider is equally committed to preventative care and quality of life. It is not natural to need caffeine to stay alert or to sit exhausted in front of the TV at night. Everyone who wishes to be sexually active has the right to expect that, and the natural transitions of life such as menopause need not be debilitating.

How it Works

Dr Schneider usually asks clients to be seen for 3 weekly sessions in a row. The first session is mostly diagnostic, including a thorough cleansing of the person's energy system. This is therapeutic in itself and feels extremely relaxing and energizing. The second appointment she can begin to see what the body responded well to, what techniques held and which ones need to be replaced. By the third, perhaps fourth, session it is usually apparent to both her and the client whether this is a good fit and if something is beginning to shift in the right direction.

One of the tenants of AEF is that the client is entirely in control because they know more about themselves than anyone else does or should. Part of this process may include learning about energy and how it effects your life. There are some simple tools that take no longer than five to ten minutes that people can learn to make a big difference and are a lot of fun. And if you're thinking to yourself that others may be able to do this, but not you - take heart, you will likely join the ranks of people who leave Dr Schneider's office shaking their head with a surprised and pleased look on their face, not quite sure how they were going to explain this to anyone!

Another way to learn how to heal yourself or others would be to receive a Reiki Attunement. It's called an 'attunement' rather than a class because it's a change in the body that occurs. And after that change your body will be able to feel and use the Reiki frequency that is all around you - a little like a radio that couldn't pick up a song until its dial was tuned to the right station. Reiki is a separate system to AEF but it is a fantastic framework to begin healing.

Trust and Safety

Dr Schneider is not a perfect person, nor is Applied Energy Flow a perfect system. She does her best to be confident in what she knows, aware of what she doesn't and as transparent as possible about herself and the work. With this in mind there is no room for judgement about anyone else or their situation. Everyone is working on changing things about themselves or their lives that they don't feel good about. For many people finding the right tool for the problem allows change that was "impossible" before. And while it goes without saying, it is always worth remembering and mentioning - all work is confidential and private.