EFT Articles

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a set of somatic trauma release modalities that focuses on the connection between the body and the mind. These techniques involves tapping on specific points on the body while focusing on a traumatic event or negative emotion. One might also make the case that EFT uses counterconditioning, gentle exposure (Exposure…

The experience of childhood adversity, trauma and or abuse can have a profound impact on a person’s mental and physical health. One of the ways this can manifest is through something called dissociation, which is a defense mechanism in which an individual disconnects from their thoughts, feelings, and experiences to cope with overwhelming stress. Dissociation…

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a powerful and effective tool for addressing a wide range of emotional and physical issues. Also referred to as “tapping” or as “meridian tapping,” EFT involves the stimulation of repetitive finger point tapping on specific acupressure points on the body while focusing on a specific situation and/or emotion in one’s…

Specializing or niching your EFT practice supports you in being recognized as an expert in that particular field. What field you might ask. This can be as varied as your interest or passions allow. Your niche can also be broader or more specific. A small sampling could be broader, for example women struggling with emotional…

The following is an article written by Israeli EFT Practitioner Jenny Eshed. Even though this was originally submitted to Gary Craig’s old website in 2009 we’ve asked the author for permission to repost it here as we still come across these issues especially amongst those who aren’t formally trained, certified or accredited. By Jenny Eshed…

What do you do if a client lodges a complaint against you as an EFT Practitioner? Most of us don’t want to think of this possibility. Unfortunately, anyone can lodge a complaint, at any time, whether it is founded or not. My intent for sharing this information is not to instill fear but to provide…

By Peta Stapleton, Phd – May 31, 2022 The full article and links can be found on the ACEP blog. As of January 2022, over 307 research studies have been published on energy psychology (EP) methods in peer-reviewed journals. This includes 70 randomized controlled trials and 55 clinical outcome studies. All except one of these…

This is a special guest blog by EFTi Master Trainer Sejual Shah. I felt it worthy of highlighting here given the frustration that I hear from some practitioners that feel that without a positive Wikipedia description of EFT that EFT’s growth will be limited and I have never agreed with that. I think Sejual offers…

This is a guest blog written by our dear friend and colleague, Midge Murphy, JD, PhD • Mar 16, 2022 and re-posted with permission of the author. Having personally been a part of this national certification/licensure process I believe its important that this movement as much as possible is led by healing practitioners and not…

It is with great appreciation and perfect timing that my dear friend and colleague, David Feinstein posted this important article. We are indebted to his writings and published works… This article was originally posted on February 24, 2022, written by David Feinstein, PhD and can be found in its original form here. The number of…

EFT International Master Trainer of Trainers and Director of the EFT Tapping Training Institute A few years ago I was inspired to devote a year to creating 26 recorded videos of actual EFT client sessions in order to selective demonstrate the core principles and techniques of EFT called the EFT A to Z Series. After…

A paradigm is a model. A specific paradigm could be based upon the ideas and beliefs that cause you to do things automatically. These are the habits and behaviors you automatically operate by that create specific results. Another way to say this is that your paradigm is the software that is running your hardware. If…