Theos-Talk Archives (April 2005 Message tt01682)

For another avenue, consider looking at EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) 
and similar processes emerging today in the new field of Energy Psychology.

It often works more quickly than the more established things, and is 
grounded in timeless knowledge (subtle energies, meridians, accupressure, 
directed awareness etc) in a context of modern research. It requires no 
drugs and is compatible with, and can facilitate, other established things 
like counselling, coaching and psychotherapy. EFT works well with a wide 
range of problems including phobias, addictions, emotional trauma, and even 
helps good ol' meditation, where it can settle the wayward mind faster than 
just telling it to be quiet.

The story of how the precursor of EFT (TFT - Thought Field Therapy) was 
discovered is remarkable. In brief, a psychologist Dr Roger Callahan had 
been trying to help a woman, Mary, with a severe phobia of water, for 18 
months with little success. He had also been studying meridians and ways to 
assess the energy levels in them, when he decided one day while she was in 
the throes of talking about it, to reach over and tap gently on a point 
under her eye connected with the stomach meridian. She looked at him 
suddenly and said "It's gone!". She answered his disbelief by going out and 
splashing water from the swimming pool onto her face in delight. This 
stunning result set Dr Callahan off on a search to find what was going on 
and how to apply it, which he eventually codified into TFT.

With EFT/TFT, you don't have to know how it works (people are trying to 
figure it out, and have their theories) and you don't even have to believe 
in it, for it to work. I've seen a smoking addiction dismantled in 20 
minutes with skillful application of EFT to the several contributing 
issues. It needed just one follow up treatment to tidy up loose ends, and 
that was 10 months ago with no return of the problem since. It helps quite 
a range of physical problems too, probably because of the close interaction 
between mind and body. I've seen the range of motion of a woman's wrist 
damaged in an accident, resistant to other approaches, widened from 45 
degrees to 80 and the searing pain dissolved, in about 8 minutes of EFT 
addressed to both the physical and emotional aspects.

As always, seek the assistance of a professional. A small but growing 
number of them are becoming aware of this stuff and think it's a hot 
addition to their toolkit.

Some web sites for further information are

www.emofree.com
The main site for EFT, run by Gary Craig.
Has a free manual, with lots of case histories and articles, plus
lists of practitioners in major centres around the world.
http://theamt.com/
The Association for Meridian Therapies
http://energypsych.org/
The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology
http://www.energypsych.org/research-overview-ep.htm
An overview of current research in energy therapies.
Note especially the success with victims of trauma from "ethnic 
cleansing" in Kosovo
near the bottom of page 1, using TFT. EFT is just as effective, but is 
simpler.

Murray


At 12:35 26/04/2005, "thalprin" <thalprin@y...> wrote:
> >
> > > http://www.anxiety-and-depression-solutions.com/
>
> Here's a very brief excerpt of just one of the topics discussed on
> just one of the pages available:
>
> I have written this page in an effort to give you an overview of
> anxiety and anxiety disorders. [etc]