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EMDR has featured prominently in the news recently, with Prince Harry’s disclosure that he has undergone this form of therapy. Many clinicians moved to acupoint tapping and other forms of energy psychology after first exploring EMDR and find the two to be rather similar and to combine well.
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What is EFT Tapping? Everything You Need To Know About This De-Stressing Method (HelloGiggles.com)
A well-written article demystifying EFT Tapping for a general audience during this unprecedented time of COVID-19. Congratulations to EFT International Accredited Practitioner Jackie Simek on this published article. Let’s all keep getting the word out about EFT.
Linked ArticleAn Echo Pandemic Of Mental Illness May Follow COVID — Here’s How To Prepare (Mind Body Green)
An article outlining a perceived potential for what is described as an “echo-pandemic”, described by the author as the possibility of a spike in mental health issues following the Covid-19 World Health Organisation-defined Pandemic. The article highlights a number of interventions that readers can use to support their own mental health, and EFT is listed as one of these. To read more related EFT research, see an interesting article by Bach et al highlighting recent research paper on effects of EFT on physical and psychological health.
Linked ArticleWhat You Need to Know About EFT Tapping (Shape Magazine)
This article provides an overview of EFT including its effects, history and some of the theories around it’s workings, it describes some “murkiness” around the effects on the body systems and may not have been fully informed by all the latest neuroscientific research papers available. It does make for a good introduction to clients of the ideas around and behind EFT and offers reasons for self-administering and also recommending when to seek out a qualified EFT practitioner
Linked ArticleEFT Used as a Self-Soothing Tool to Powerful Presenting in 6 Steps (Medium.com)
Even after I had put all the above into place, about ten minutes before I got on stage, I did feel my heart starting to race. I knew this would happen because it’s normal (and totally OK). However, I made sure that I had ways to temper the nerves if they got too distracting…
Linked Article“How I Faced Up To My Fear Of Death And Learned To Love Myself”
Breakfast TV star Kate Garraway recounts her experience of an EFT session (Mail on Sunday, 26 Feb, 2017). Featuring Annie Penny, EFT International Accredited Certified EFT Master Trainer
Linked ArticleWhat is Tapping?
“When my first major panic attack happened and I actually thought I was having a heart attack. I got my husband to phone the ambulance. It was horrendous – a horrible space to be living in. I was going through a lot at that time and I was going to bed at night and waking up with the attacks. The doctor said ‘No, you’ve got anxiety’ and just put me under that umbrella term. I just found it so frustrating that they weren’t helping me so I got connected with EFT.”
Linked ArticleResolution, Not Conflict – Energy Psychology Treatments May Open New Frontiers in Therapy
“This article describes the series of interventions that energy therapist Dale Petterson utilized over the course of one session with one highly sensitive 10-year-old boy. Note that energy techniques seem to yield especially rapid changes with children. Adults have accumulated more layers of negative life experiences and bad habits. Their treatment therefore, while it uses the same techniques, sometimes takes somewhat longer.”
Linked Article“Tap Away” Your Food Cravings
“According to Dr. Stapleton, participants in the trial were surprised by how quickly the technique works and found that it doesn’t take a lot of time to eliminate food cravings they may have had for many years. Some participants had actually forgotten they had a previous problem with food cravings until they were reminded at the six-month follow-up.”
Linked ArticleMom Helps Actor Overcome Performance Nerves
“Her mother used to be a scriptwriter on EastEnders and is now a healer who helps Harris overcome performance nerves. ‘She does EFT, emotional freedom technique, about releasing childhood traumas impacting on your life through a process of tapping along your meridian points.’
Thanks to her mother, she was able to trace her nerves about having to give a speech back to being 17 and at school. “I had to give a speech in a sociology class and it went really badly. I had done so much research, I got overwhelmed and froze. I felt really awful… But we tapped through that and it has made me much more confident.”
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