“At one point, when talking about what the announcement of the divorce had provoked in my mind at the time, I instantly said: “The feeling that it would never be the same ever again”, and tears started flowing. We had to stop tapping. All day long, every time I would think of this key sentence, tears would roll down my checks.”
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Compassionate EFT: Working with Extreme Anxiety Symptoms
“What extreme condition (heavy OCD or anxiety or dissociation) sufferers need in the beginning is you helping them to work along with their symptoms (instead of fighting them) by being able to see the symptoms having a valid and positive function, and by allowing the appreciation and validation for this to develop in them, as well. “
Read MoreWhat’s Love Got To Do With It? How Body Image, Weight, and Self-Love Connect
“I think so often when we are ‘stuck’ with a negative belief process or trauma, what keeps it so locked in place is our lack of acceptance and love. When we shine the light of love and kindness through acceptance on an issue, it is like the sun burning off the clouds…”
Read More“The Bottle Story”: Healing a Core Issue
“We talked and tapped with regard to what the little girl needed: someone to pay attention to her feelings, to validate what she felt, to take her seriously, and to understand her. It wasn’t even so much that the little girl needed the bottle — she needed empathy and understanding for her feelings.”
Read MoreIdentity Beliefs, Identity Relief – “I Am A Failure”
“During one of our sessions a client said, in passing, ‘I am a failure.’ I am always on the look out for people’s identity beliefs which often start with ‘I am’ … I only use the words that the client gives me to tap on, no clever reframing is required – just respect for the client’s experience and tapping to take care of the emotion…”
Read More“They’re Just Stupid Boys”: An Inner Child Healing Story
“Apparently our work together on the title alone had completely cleared the trauma. I realized that the title she had chosen was the crescendo of the event. That might not always be a good idea, but in this case, it worked wonders. Those nasty words, which had hurt her so much as a little child, had been completely neutralized and she could see the whole thing clearly and not take it personally anymore….”
Read MoreHealing the Pain of Growing Up with an Absent Father
“Melanie wrote: ‘I always tried hard to get them emotionally involved anyway, but it never worked, and I only got hurt. Stepping out of this pattern feels so good.'”
Read MoreSkillful EFT Gently Resolves Memories of Childhood Abuse
“I told Menaka that we can deal with abuse only when she feels comfortable enough to do so. It is important not to introduce trauma work in the beginning of the session itself unless the client is ready. I started working with her on general family issues.”
Read MoreRecovering from Childhood Sexual Abuse
“Surprisingly his intensity went down pretty fast after tapping on the guilt. Somehow the guilt was holding that abuse in place and after the guilt was gone, the abuse too lost its significance. It was, as if a heavy load had been lifted off his shoulders…”
Read MoreA Fear of Flying with a Surprising Core Issue
“As she completed the sentences, she was tuning in more and more to the feeling: ‘I think it goes back to being very young… and I feel terrified… and no one’s going to catch me! And I’m going to hit! And it’s going to hurt! And it all makes me feel really sad….'”
Read MoreReleasing a Food Craving with EFT and Matrix Reimprinting
“… the bakery was like heaven for Vivian. She felt safe, appreciated, useful, and loved by her mother. And it all was tied to cookies.”
Read MoreHealing My Own Powerlessness and Lack of Safety
“And then things started to fall into place. I realized that I believed that no matter how smart I was, how clever, how respectful, someone else always had the power to tell me what I could and could not do. I connected how the eating disorder and my general feelings of powerlessness were related…”
Read MoreAnna-Lena and “This Nazi Danger”
“‘In a relatively short time my mood and feelings changed… What I particularly like about this technique is that I can practice it whenever I want and wherever I want on practically every issue. Once you have learned the acupuncture trigger points you are no longer therapist-dependent. I appreciate this independence a lot. I am grateful Mrs. Doll was recommended to me. She guided me through the procedures with admirable intuition and attention.'”
Read MoreThe Watcher on the Hill
“‘For years I had been so angry with my self and I hated myself for I had so many false beliefs about me. From that deep hatred for me came my deep hatred for my parents, my family, my world really and I used shame and blame… I am a new person today. I feel different. Like I’ve never felt before. A certain freedom.'”
Read MoreAnna-Lena and the Knife Attack
“After our sessions, it turns out that she has no more nightmares at all… and has no more tensions in her neck and no more head pressing backwards into the pillow.”
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