About the CREF Method

The CREF Method is the foundation of everything we do at CREF Breakpoint. Originally developed by Baukje Fortuijn, CREF stands for Circle Reprint Emotional Foundation and focuses on restoring damaged basic trust and attachment issues — the core of many social, emotional and physical blockages.

What makes CREF special?
While many methods focus on symptoms, CREF works on the basics: restoring basic trust and unmet needs, without medication and with lasting impact.
From foundation to breakthrough:
While the CREF Method offers a valuable foundation, the CREF Breakpoint program goes a step further. Specifically developed for breaking through persistent personal and business patterns, Breakpoint distinguishes itself by being applicable at micro and macro levels within organizations. Where the CREF Method has proven itself in healthcare and education, Breakpoint focuses on sustainable transformation in the business world — from individual growth to organizational development.
A proven foundation:
The CREF Method has been successfully promoted for years by the training institute IKEV, which was founded and led by Baukje Fortuijn. More than 1,000 professionals have been trained through IKEV and are currently active throughout the Netherlands in healthcare institutions, education, and private practices. Visit the IKEV website for more information.

The CREF Method is used for anyone who wants to develop themselves further or get rid of certain complaints. By working on the needs of life, you experience balance between body and mind. Complaints such as those mentioned below can be treated very successfully with the CREF Method:
  • Insecurities
  • Stress
  • PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome)
  • Burn out
  • Depression
  • Anxiety complaints
  • Trauma processing
  • Grief processing
  • Severe sleep disorders
  • No Bottom Syndrome
  • Attachment problems
  • eating disorders such as bulimia and anorexia
  • Forms of Autism (Aspergia and PDD-NOS)
  • ADHD
Physical complaints such as those mentioned below can also be remedied or ensure that conventional medicine is even more effective:
  • Spastic Bowel Syndrome
  • Migraine
  • Rheumatism
  • Pain relief
  • Allergies
  • Hyperventilation
  • physical complaints with cancer
and more...

The Horse and the CREF Method.
With the CREF Method, a horse can be used at various times in the treatment process if desired. When the questions for help are related to attachment issues, the horse is very important. The horse is used as a yardstick, as a mirror and as a surrogate mother. The horse ensures rapid awareness and connection to one's own feelings, which means that processes can be completed in a shorter period of time than without a horse.

The CREF Method can also be used effectively with babies, children and adolescents. With the CREF Method, the role of the parents/caregivers is always thoroughly taken into account when treating children. This means that during treatment, the parent/caregiver is also asked to contribute to self-development. In some cases, it is even decided to treat the parent/caregiver first.

Therapeutic aid the Horse for children.
It is strongly recommended to work with a horse when treating children. Not only for treating the child, but also to stimulate greater awareness in parents/caregivers through the horse mirror session. By carrying out game-like assignments with the horse about upbringing and about how strong a (love) relationship is, this will often lead to great results.

Working with the CREF Method within organizations and companies, both on an individual level and in teams, will make a significant difference. Organizations are equipped with the CREF Model. This provides easy insight into how healthy (physically and economically) the organization or team actually is.

In addition, the CREF Model can be used as a simple tool to provide an organization or team with exactly what is needed to restore imbalance. The game formats have been developed especially for these target groups:
  • CREF-Workflow guide (combating burnout within organizations)
  • CREF-Teacher (the teacher makes the difference in education)
  • CREF-Maternity care guide (preventive care within maternity care)
  • CREF-Sport guide (brings the (top) athlete to a higher level)

Are you missing a target group? Please contact us for the possibilities.
The CREF pointers are provided with training and can only be used with a certificate/license.

In the circle, the basic trust is measured. This measurement can be done with adults, children, the family, team and at the organizational level. Horses are often used in this phase. The horse accelerates the awareness of everyone's basic trust. This measurement makes it exactly visible which life needs are missing or insufficiently present.
By continuing to work on the previous measurement, the goal is formed to increase basic trust. When basic trust has become high and stable enough, this is recorded by various techniques (such as NLP, positive EMDR). This is called a Reprint.

During the Circle and working towards the Reprint, emotional connection is the common thread. The emotional connection is being able to be loving towards yourself with as little judgement as possible.
Circle, Reprint and Emotional together form a solid foundation. On this solid foundation the basic trust will be built even further. In this way the balance is restored and setbacks can be handled much more easily.
Exclusively offered
Breakpoint is offered exclusively by Baukje Fortuijn and Esther Iepema. Whether you want to tackle personal blockages or are looking for profound, lasting change as an organization: with the CREF Method and CREF Breakpoint we lay the foundation for real growth and impact.
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