EFT and TFT
Emotional Freedom Technique
and Thoughtfield Therapy

EFT and TFT, Sometimes known as Meridian Energy techniques or sometimes just as tapping techniques, both use acupuncture points and neurological stimulation to loosen up emotions and help them to resolve themselves. We do not use any needles, you simply Tap with your fingers on specific points to stimulate them. The neurological stimulation is done by rolling your eyes (sounds wacky, but something similar is used in the NHS to help trauma victims) and by humming and counting. The humming uses and stimulates the right side of your brain and the counting uses and stimulates the left. By stimulating them alternately, it seems to spread the problems out in a way that allows your brain to unravel them more easily.

TFT – Thought Field Therapy, was accidentally discovered by Dr. Roger Callahan, when he cured a woman of an intense water phobia when he got her to tap an acupuncture point to relieve a stomach ache. This is the original version of the two main tapping techniques. It uses short sequences of places to tap, so it is very quick, but it is also complex to learn which points and sequences you need for which situations. Because of this, the training is very expensive. Paul McKenna uses this frequently on TV as it is so fast and effective.

EFT was developed by Gary Craig, an NLP Master Practitioner, who discovered that if you just tapped all the points in an easy to remember sequence, it covered every situation and was easy for anyone to learn and use on themselves. You can learn it easily for Free! The only drawback was that it takes a bit longer… A little bit too long for television. I use EFT very extensively with my clients. It is easy, comfortable, very simple and yet very effective. If I have used EFT with a client, it means they have already had a demonstration of how to do it for themselves and I usually give them a Cheat Sheet for them to proctice it at home to resolve their own situations. Even though it is not as quick as TFT, EFT still only takes a couple of minutes.