Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Can You Relate:
You feel stuck. Do familiar habits and patterns keep repeating themselves even though you've
invested time and money toward getting past them?
The law of attraction doesn't work. Do you focus on what you want to manifest, yet your
attempts at achieving happiness, success, or love seem out of your reach?
Your past continues to affect your health and peace of mind. Have you tried ways to
release stressful experiences, yet they continue to show up in your physical and emotional
body?
You long for balance, clarity, and a deep sense of wellbeing. Are you ready to explore a
down to earth, gentle, and profound tool that will bring more ease and freedom but you don't
know where to begin?
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT-Tapping) may be just what you are looking for.
EFT has been key to my own healing and the wellbeing of my family, students, and clients.
You feel stuck. Do familiar habits and patterns keep repeating themselves even though you've
invested time and money toward getting past them?
The law of attraction doesn't work. Do you focus on what you want to manifest, yet your
attempts at achieving happiness, success, or love seem out of your reach?
Your past continues to affect your health and peace of mind. Have you tried ways to
release stressful experiences, yet they continue to show up in your physical and emotional
body?
You long for balance, clarity, and a deep sense of wellbeing. Are you ready to explore a
down to earth, gentle, and profound tool that will bring more ease and freedom but you don't
know where to begin?
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT-Tapping) may be just what you are looking for.
EFT has been key to my own healing and the wellbeing of my family, students, and clients.
Finding Relief After Decades of Suffering:
In 1967, I was in a major car accident. Although the physical injuries healed fairly quickly, the
emotional effects caused by the accident showed up every time I got behind the wheel. For
nearly four decades, I experienced panic and fear almost every time I drove, particularly on the
freeway. Not driving just wasn’t an option, so I learned to cope with the stress. In 2005, I
attended a Level 1 Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Workshop, where I learned about an
innovative self-help technique also referred to as "Tapping". Much of the content was focused
on trauma and the ways that EFT is helpful in bringing relief from the effects of traumatic
experiences. Participants in the workshop were paired and practiced EFT on each other. I
choose the effects of the car accident from decades before as the focus for the practice session.
I honestly didn't have high (or low) expectations for what might happen. I remember that the
session was enjoyable. Driving home after the workshop, I realized how amazing EFT is when I
noticed half-way home that the panic and fear were gone. Completely gone. I’ve been symptom
free ever since. That experience caught my attention--BIG TIME and is what inspired me to
deepen my understanding of EFT and to take the steps toward becoming a Certified EFT
Practitioner.
Since 2005 when I first began using EFT with clients, I’ve seen countless examples of the
effectiveness of EFT and the emotional freedom that comes from clearing the body’s energy
system.
This brings me to a client I worked with who felt panic whenever she drove her car, even though
she had never been in a serious accident. She had tried several strategies for overcoming her
panic, with no relief. When she came to me we discovered that by using EFT to clear an
experience unrelated to driving that she gained freedom from the effects of a long-buried event
in her life. She came in for two sessions, cleared the trauma, and she has not had the fear and
panic since. That was in 2013.
Energy Modalities:
As a Wellbeing Life Coach, I primarily use EFT with clients. EFT and other energy modalities
are based on the emerging field of energy psychology (the “Energy Modalities”). There are
approximately 30 energy based modalities, with EFT being the most widely utilized. These
modalities include methods and techniques that are based on identifying blocks in the person's
energy field, sometimes referred to Chi. EFT clears the blocks that are present by addressing
imbalances as well as how thoughts, beliefs, and
emotions affect the mind and body. The flow
and balance of the body’s energy system is important
for physical, spiritual, and emotional health, and for
fostering wellbeing. When these energies are out of
balance due to past and present experiences, or
worry about the future, disease is the outcome.
Disease caused by stressful events can show up
as physical illness or emotional pain. EFT uses the
ancient Chinese Medicine meridian system similar to
the principles used in acupuncture or acupressure to
balance an individual’s energy system. Instead of using needles or pressure points, EFT
uses gentle finger tapping on specific meridian end points found on the hands, head, face, and
upper torso. Sometimes referred to as "acupuncture without the needles", this gentle tapping
technique clears blocks to wellbeing.
In 1967, I was in a major car accident. Although the physical injuries healed fairly quickly, the
emotional effects caused by the accident showed up every time I got behind the wheel. For
nearly four decades, I experienced panic and fear almost every time I drove, particularly on the
freeway. Not driving just wasn’t an option, so I learned to cope with the stress. In 2005, I
attended a Level 1 Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Workshop, where I learned about an
innovative self-help technique also referred to as "Tapping". Much of the content was focused
on trauma and the ways that EFT is helpful in bringing relief from the effects of traumatic
experiences. Participants in the workshop were paired and practiced EFT on each other. I
choose the effects of the car accident from decades before as the focus for the practice session.
I honestly didn't have high (or low) expectations for what might happen. I remember that the
session was enjoyable. Driving home after the workshop, I realized how amazing EFT is when I
noticed half-way home that the panic and fear were gone. Completely gone. I’ve been symptom
free ever since. That experience caught my attention--BIG TIME and is what inspired me to
deepen my understanding of EFT and to take the steps toward becoming a Certified EFT
Practitioner.
Since 2005 when I first began using EFT with clients, I’ve seen countless examples of the
effectiveness of EFT and the emotional freedom that comes from clearing the body’s energy
system.
This brings me to a client I worked with who felt panic whenever she drove her car, even though
she had never been in a serious accident. She had tried several strategies for overcoming her
panic, with no relief. When she came to me we discovered that by using EFT to clear an
experience unrelated to driving that she gained freedom from the effects of a long-buried event
in her life. She came in for two sessions, cleared the trauma, and she has not had the fear and
panic since. That was in 2013.
Energy Modalities:
As a Wellbeing Life Coach, I primarily use EFT with clients. EFT and other energy modalities
are based on the emerging field of energy psychology (the “Energy Modalities”). There are
approximately 30 energy based modalities, with EFT being the most widely utilized. These
modalities include methods and techniques that are based on identifying blocks in the person's
energy field, sometimes referred to Chi. EFT clears the blocks that are present by addressing
imbalances as well as how thoughts, beliefs, and
emotions affect the mind and body. The flow
and balance of the body’s energy system is important
for physical, spiritual, and emotional health, and for
fostering wellbeing. When these energies are out of
balance due to past and present experiences, or
worry about the future, disease is the outcome.
Disease caused by stressful events can show up
as physical illness or emotional pain. EFT uses the
ancient Chinese Medicine meridian system similar to
the principles used in acupuncture or acupressure to
balance an individual’s energy system. Instead of using needles or pressure points, EFT
uses gentle finger tapping on specific meridian end points found on the hands, head, face, and
upper torso. Sometimes referred to as "acupuncture without the needles", this gentle tapping
technique clears blocks to wellbeing.
EFT is a Holistic Approach to Self-care:
•The latest neuroscience findings show that stress affects a person's body-mind system.
•EFT works with the body, emotions, sensory information and beliefs in an integrated manner.
•EFT utilizes awareness, mindfulness, and Self-Compassion.
•The latest neuroscience findings show that stress affects a person's body-mind system.
•EFT works with the body, emotions, sensory information and beliefs in an integrated manner.
•EFT utilizes awareness, mindfulness, and Self-Compassion.
Tapping into Self-Compassion:
In recent years, thanks to researchers including Kristin Neff, we have begun to investigate self-
compassion as an important ingredient for achieving wellbeing. Studies show that the more self-
compassionate we are the more resilient we become and the better able we are to handle life’s
current and future challenges. It seems that higher levels of self-compassion are associated
with greater:
•life satisfaction
•resilience
•social connectedness
•self-determination
•emotional balance in daily life
Neff identifies the three factors that make up self-compassion:
Common Humanity – the ability to realize that our personal experiences have happened to
many other people.
Self-kindness – being gentle towards ourselves rather than criticizing ourselves when we have
challenges.
Mindfulness – the ability to tune into our experience without judgment, neither suppressing nor
exaggerating it.
In addition to tapping on meridian points, the EFT process starts with a simple phrase "Even
though I have (this problem)....I deeply love and accept myself anyway" which has two goals:
- Acknowledge the problem
- Love and accept yourself in spite of it
EFT is a simple tapping routine that is designed to help you bring a self-compassionate attitude
to whatever emotional issues you are working on. It’s not designed to ‘solve the problem’,
although any softening of the problem is likely to reduce the stress associated with it and help
you think more clearly about the problem and access your resources and choices for finding a
solution. Each problem you tap for, whatever it may be, is not just a problem in itself it is an
opportunity for you to apply kindness, mindfulness, and self-acceptance to challenges that are
part of our shared humanity, the human condition.
Freedom At Your Fingertips:
EFT and other energy modalities were developed to reduce the stress and consequences of
traumatic experiences in life and to provide a sense of wellbeing. Although EFT appears to
have promising emotional, spiritual, and physical health benefits the technique has yet to be
fully researched by the Western academic, medical, and psychological communities and
therefore, is considered experimental and “alternative” or “complementary” to the allied health
professions that are licensed by the State of Colorado. EFT doesn't help everyone (Gary Craig,
who developed EFT, claims about an 80% success rate). However, initial findings in over 100
research studies over the past few years indicate that 98% of the EFT studies show statistically
significant results. These findings offer the promise for a powerful and effective therapeutic and
self-help tool.
It has been my experience, as well as the experience of the hundreds of clients I've worked
with, that EFT is a wonderful modality that is easy to learn, highly effective, and an
empowering self-care tool that puts the ability to clear your path toward inner peace and
physical wellbeing literally at your fingertips. Working with a skilled EFT practitioner will boost
your confidence for using EFT.
As a Certified EFT Practitioner, I will gently guide you through this easy to learn process. During
and after Co-Creative EFT, you will:
•Discover an immediate sense of relief and a new found feeling of calmness and peace
•Notice a shift in your thoughts and emotions away from struggle toward ease
•Feel increasingly hopeful about the present and the future
•Create subtle and not-so-subtle changes in your life, almost immediately
•Feel freedom from old habits, behaviors and beliefs, creating new, more inspiring
possibilities for your life
Note About Co-Creative EFT:
I was trained by Gary Craig, the developer of EFT, for whom I feel deep gratitude for bringing
the amazing gift of EFT to the world. Since 2005, I have invested many hours of self-study and
attended several continuing education workshops and seminars as well as worked with skilled
and artful EFT practitioners. While I am committed to maintaining the integrity of EFT as it was
taught by Gary, it's only natural that I put my "fingertips" on the process and make it my own.
EFT is a very flexible self-help tool that is being utilized for a variety of physical and emotional
issues. I am using my version of it here and although I can’t provide a guarantee (please read
my Disclaimer), clients have reported amazing results for both physical and emotional issues.
The ideas expressed on this website, except when expressed by invited guests, are exclusively
mine. Co-Creative EFT represents an innovation in EFT which is not officially part of EFT as
taught by Gary (see his website www.emofree.com for the complete Official EFT version).
Although Co-Creative EFT draws heavily from the ideas and methods put forth in Gary's
Official EFT version, it is not part of Gary Craig’s EFT instruction. What I offer is my
interpretation of the art and science of applying the techniques which may differ slightly from
Gary's Official EFT.
I was trained by Gary Craig, the developer of EFT, for whom I feel deep gratitude for bringing
the amazing gift of EFT to the world. Since 2005, I have invested many hours of self-study and
attended several continuing education workshops and seminars as well as worked with skilled
and artful EFT practitioners. While I am committed to maintaining the integrity of EFT as it was
taught by Gary, it's only natural that I put my "fingertips" on the process and make it my own.
EFT is a very flexible self-help tool that is being utilized for a variety of physical and emotional
issues. I am using my version of it here and although I can’t provide a guarantee (please read
my Disclaimer), clients have reported amazing results for both physical and emotional issues.
The ideas expressed on this website, except when expressed by invited guests, are exclusively
mine. Co-Creative EFT represents an innovation in EFT which is not officially part of EFT as
taught by Gary (see his website www.emofree.com for the complete Official EFT version).
Although Co-Creative EFT draws heavily from the ideas and methods put forth in Gary's
Official EFT version, it is not part of Gary Craig’s EFT instruction. What I offer is my
interpretation of the art and science of applying the techniques which may differ slightly from
Gary's Official EFT.
An Invitation to See for Yourself:
Now that you know a little more about EFT, how would you like to experience it for yourself?
Set up a complimentary, 30-minute session and experience what EFT has to offer you and your
life! The complimentary session is freely given with no expectation of anything more, unless you
choose to work with me. So what have you got to lose?
Peace and Joy to your seeking heart,
