EFT - or Emotional Freedom Techniques - is one of the meridian tapping therapies that release negative feelings whether they are emotional or physical, and whether they refer to the past, the present or the future. These energy therapies start from the premise that what troubles us is not what happens or has happened or may happen to us but what happens to our bodies' energy systems in response to these things. They work by rebalancing the energy to eliminate the effect of the disruption.

Tapping therapies can be deceptively simple - and richly complex. Beginners can often get amazing results. People who have studied them in more depth find they can work successfully at increasingly sophisticated levels and with problems that are otherwise seemingly intractable.

EFT, like other tapping therapies, uses tapping on points on the head and body that cover the major meridians of the body while focusing on what it is that the person wants to deal with. All these therapies can trace their ancestry to acupuncture in ancient China and acupressure in Japan. They have been used successfully on a whole range of physical and emotional conditions including pain control, panic/anxiety, depression, stress, addictive behaviours, post traumatic stress, weight control and many more.

Since EFT was developed by Californian Gary Craig from Roger Callaghan's Thought Field Therapy , this 21st century energy therapy has spread around the world with remarkable rapidity. Therapists on every continent have found it an invaluable addition to their toolkits for clients and for themselves. Clients have found it not only incredibly empowering, but also an amazing self-help technique.

EFT as taught by the Emotional Freedom Techniques Training Academy is not necessarily Gary Craig's original version. Like all tapping therapies it is a flexible process and our workshops also reflect the experience of tutors Richard Mark and EFT Master Judy Byrne's deep study of Gary Craig's work as well as their own experience using and adapting it with many hundreds of their own clients.

Accredited by the Association for the Advancement of Meridian Energy Techniques
and by the National Council of Psychotherapists
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