WHAT
IS EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUES - EFT?
by Charlotte Nightingale
It
is an emotional form of acupuncture without needles; instead the
fingertips are used to tap the end-points of 14 meridians on the body to
stimulate them while the patient is tuned into the problem.
In
Chinese traditional medicine, negative emotions manifest themselves as
imbalances or blockages in the body's energy flow.
This can result in emotional, behavioural and physical problems.
Acupuncture and acupressure re-balance the energy flow.
Using
just two finger tips, one simply taps away problems, where other methods
have failed.
Most of
our emotional and physical problems are caused (or contributed to) by our
unresolved specific events, the vast majority of which can easily be
handled with EFT. These unresolved events causes a disruption in the
body's energy system, resulting in emotional, behavioural and physical
problems. EFT
addresses the negative emotions underlying problems such as phobias,
obesity, compulsions, nervousness, depression, addiction, anxiety, panic
attacks, and many more.
There
are over 360 acupressure points on the body, these were discovered by an
American psychologist Roger Callahan in the seventies.
A decade later an engineering graduate, Ordained Minister, and a
personal development coach, Gary Craig discovered that he could achieve
the same result using just 11 points.
At present there are over 5,000 practitioners world wide using EFT.
EFT
is a self-help tool, which patients can be taught very easily to practice on
themselves, either in individual sessions or small groups. The nature of the problem does not
always matter.
The patient does not even have to believe in the procedure and
there is no side effect or emotional pain. At
times conventional psychotherapy or counselling can be emotionally draining,
when painful memories are brought to the fore.
This does not happen with EFT, it is very gentle, simple and highly
effective.
Most patients start laughing in the middle of a session; this is a
very powerful shift.
