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Emotional Freedom Therapy
What is EFT?
Emotional Freedom Therapy (EFT) is an evidence-based form of counselling intervention that stimulates acupressure points by tapping these points while focusing on situations that represent personal fear or trauma.
The modality is based on the belief that negative experiences and thoughts can cause disruptions in the energy system, which manifest in emotional and physical ailments. Realigning the disrupted meridians, or energy pathways, and addressing the underlying emotional issues eventually lead to emotional and physical healing.
Also known as Tapping, or EFT Tapping, EFT aims to reprogram or remove any established emotions in the body. In addition, it can also be used to provide relief from physical issues or chronic pain without exploring any emotional contributors.
Applying tapping pressure to the meridian points sends signals to the part of the brain that controls stress, ultimately restoring balance to your disrupted energy.
How does EFT work?
Think of your amygdala as a personal alarm system. When you experience trauma or fear, the amygdala is triggered and your body is flooded with cortisol, commonly known as the stress hormone. This intricate chain reaction – your stress response – significantly influences and sometimes even causes whatever it is that troubles you, whether that’s an illness, injury, emotion, or even an external problem such as an issue with a friendship.
EFT is like getting a massage during a psychotherapy session. In fact, it’s EFT’s ability to access the amygdala, an almond-shaped part of your brain that initiates your body’s negative reaction to fear, a process we often refer to as the “fight or flight” response, that makes it so powerful.
The beauty of EFT is that it can be easily learned during your psychotherapy session so that you can utilise this process at home, or anytime you are feeling stressed, anxious, etc.
“Acupoint tapping sends signals directly to the stress centers of the mid-brain, not mediated by the frontal lobes (the thinking part, active in talk therapy).”
Dr. Dawson Church