Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

What is EFT?

Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is an alternative treatment for physical pain and emotional distress. It’s also referred to as tapping or psychological acupressure. This technique entails tapping on several pressure points, like the face and upper body. Tapping on the face creates a balance in your energy system and helps to deals with pain. According to its developer, Gary Craig, a disruption in energy is the cause of all negative emotions and pain. EFT tapping has been used to treat people with anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorders (PTSD), stress, eating disorders, depression and a host of other medical and psychological issues.

How Does It Work?

Like acupuncture, EFT focuses on the meridian points, (or energy hot spots) restoring balance to your body’s energy fields. It’s believed that restoring this energy balance can relieve symptoms, negative experience or emotions. Based on Chinese medicine, meridian points are thought of as areas of the body through which energy flows. These pathways help balance the energy flow to maintain your health, any imbalance inhibits wellness.

Acupuncture uses needles to apply pressure to these energy points. EFT uses fingertip tapping to apply pressure. Tapping helps you access your body’s energy which send signals to the hypothalamus, pituitary, adrenal axes, the amygdala and the prefrontal cortex.  This stimulation, through EFT tapping, reduces stress and negative emotions, thereby helping restore balance to your energy fields.