The following are real, anonymized case studies. The interpretations have been condensed here to give a sampling of what SAF chain work can reveal — the actual sessions uncovered far more. SAF practitioners have said time and again that a simple questionnaire can get to the core of an issue in minutes, where traditional therapy might take months or years.
Date: May 2008
Client: Jeff, a 17-year-old young man interested in learning about himself. He had recently gone through the breakup of a long-term relationship, and his mother was ill.
Major complaint: Worried and concerned about events in his life.
Chain: 14-22-6-17/18-4-10-7-20-1-2-9-12
The key words for Jeff were: worry, anxiety, monotony (over and over), and nervousness.
The subject of the chain is anxiety (10) and the same thing happening over and over again (7). Jeff acknowledged he was anxious about his mother's health but didn't see it as a pattern in his life.
According to the chain, this resulted in a present-time condition of wonder and worry (14). This made a lot of sense to Jeff — his mother had recently been in the hospital, on tubes and helpless, causing him intense worry (14) and anger that she had to go through this (22).
The chain also revealed a series of losses at specific ages, relating directly to his major complaint. It was held in place by an event Jeff needed to remember from before age 1½ — something he insisted he couldn't recall.
As he worked through his memories and family stories, Jeff mentioned photos of his own birth: a month-long hospital stay. Upon inquiry, he revealed he'd been born prematurely, weighing only 3 pounds, hooked up to tubes in an incubator himself — he had almost died.
The hidden memory of his own infancy was being relived by seeing his mother in a similar state, compounded by the loss of his girlfriend. Jeff was astonished at the lifelong pattern created by his own birth, and felt tremendous freedom once he understood where the anxiety came from.
Date: June 2006
Client: Karen, a 55-year-old nutritionist in good health, facing empty nest syndrome and interested in growing her business.
Major complaint: Congestion.
Chain: 1-5-10-7-6-23-9-16-22-8-17/18
Key organ words for Karen were: immune system, spleen, endocrine system.
The subject of the chain is the spleen, or allergies (23) — indicating an allergic reaction or a rejective process. Karen confirmed she did have allergies and was amazed to hear the word "rejection" come up, without yet saying what it meant to her.
This had resulted in a compromised immune system (1) and her congestion. Reading the up-links in the lead revealed delirium, not tracking what was going on around her, and a highly toxic emotional state (1-5-10). Karen shared that she and her husband had recently separated — his idea, one she didn't understand, compounding the empty-nest issue.
The chain also revealed liver and thyroid issues tied to sadness (6) and anxiety (10). Karen easily pinpointed the times in her life these events took place, right up to the present.
One up-link, the 1-9, suggested Karen was withholding something about her lungs (7). She hesitated, then admitted to smoking on occasion — something she hid because she prided herself on being an example of health to others. The secret was causing her anxiety (10) and distorting her view of reality (5).
Other up-links showed she may already have a common cough (5-7), with a 7-23 relationship that could progress toward asthma if the numbers moved closer together in a future chain — a matter of mathematical probability that hit home for her.
Tracing the allergy (23), which began at age 35, back through the anchor (8-17/18) pointed to a lack of menses. Karen wasn't old enough for menopause, but she confirmed a hysterectomy at 34½ — an endocrine upset and trauma that had quietly defined the last 20 years of her life.
Karen was struck by how much detail came from a questionnaire that rarely asked directly about any of these subjects. She realized the smoking was hurting her in more ways than physically, and agreed to continue her SAF work. She also recognized her lack of interest in sex was hormone-related — and that she, not her husband, had done the rejecting. She left calmer, with a new resolve to make changes.
These sample chains and interpretations have been condensed for illustration. Not medical advice; not diagnosis. SAF® is an awareness tool for understanding personal patterns.