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 well-being. 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 well-being of my family, students, and clients.


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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 the effects of stress 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 may be 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 stress I had felt for decades was gone. Completely gone. I’ve

been stress free while driving 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 in 2009.


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 stressed whenever she drove her car, even

though she had never been in a serious accident. She had tried several strategies for

overcoming the effects of stress, with no relief. When she came to me we discovered that by

using EFT the stress was no longer an issue while driving. That was in 2013.



Energy Modalities:



As a Well-being 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 well-being.  When these energies are out of

balance due to past and present experiences, or

worry about the future, dis-ease is the outcome.

Dis-ease caused by stressful events can show up

as physical illness or emotional suffering. 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

for the emotions", this gentle, self-administered technique clears blocks to well-being.
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.


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 well-being. 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:

  1. Acknowledge the problem
  2. 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

stressful experiences in life and to provide a sense of well-being.  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 well-being 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 may:


•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.
 

An Invitation to See for Yourself:


Now that you know a little more about EFT, how would you like to find out if it's a good match?

Set up a free 15 minute consultation and find out what EFT has to offer you and your

life! The consultation 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,