10 Sep

Can EFT Practitioners Charge Clients?

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Can EFT students charge for sessions? Student status, client work, insurance and transparency explained

This question requires an important distinction between completing EFT Practitioner Training and becoming an EFT International Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner.

After completing their initial practitioner training, students working towards EFT International accreditation enter a period of practice, mentoring, assessment and consolidation. Working with clients forms an important part of developing practitioner competence.

At the time of writing, the EFT International Code of Conduct and Ethics currently in use is the Code that became effective on 1 July 2017 and was updated on 20 September 2021.

The Code applies to Practitioner, Trainer and Student members and specifically addresses their professional relationships with paying and non-paying clients. It also makes clear that its requirements for working professionally apply to all EFT International members, including students on practice placement, who are working with clients.

Among those requirements is the need for appropriate professional indemnity insurance.


Before you charge for EFT sessions – training, insurance, professional status, competence and ethical standards

This is significant when considering whether students can charge for EFT sessions. The Code currently in use does not state that students undertaking client work must provide their sessions free of charge. Instead, it recognises both paying and non-paying client relationships within the professional framework applying to members, including students.

A student working towards accreditation may therefore undertake paid client work, provided that they comply with the requirements applying to their current professional status, have appropriate insurance covering the work they undertake and work within their level of competence.

Transparency about professional status is essential.

Someone who has not yet completed the certification and accreditation process should not describe themselves as an EFT International Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner. They should make it clear that they are still completing the accreditation process.

The version date is important because professional standards can change. The information above is based on the EFT International Code of Conduct and Ethics currently in use at the time this article was written in September 2026: effective 1 July 2017 and updated 20 September 2021.

Practitioners and students reading this article at a later date should check EFT International’s current Code of Conduct and Ethics in case its requirements have subsequently been revised.

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