What EFT ‘Tapping’ assists

“Some day the medical profession will wake up and realise that unresolved emotional issues are the main cause of 85% of all illnesses. When they do, EFT ‘tapping’ will be one of their primary healing tools … as it is for me.”
Eric Robins, MD

Whenever I’m asked about what EFT ‘tapping’ can assist with resolving, I like to refer to the original statement Gary Craig, the founder of EFT ‘tapping’ always used. He simply said this: “we have a saying in the EFT ‘tapping’ world: … try it on anything and everything! It often works where nothing else will.”

How, and why, would this statement be true?

The intimate relationship between the mind and body has been well documented and understood for centuries, especially amongst ancient eastern cultures, like Chinese and Indians. In addition to their holistic understanding, they successfully mapped out these energetic subtleties, which western science has only recently begun to accept and work with in the last approx 20 years ago.  Chinese and ayurvedic medicines, acupuncture, acupressure and reflexology are great examples of this, which have since become mainstream. These ancient, natural practises all embodied holistic wellness as their basic premise.

From a clinical or psychological perspective, when the relationship between mind and body is out of harmony due to unpleasant emotions, negative feelings, low self-esteem and stressful situations, psychosomatic illnesses arise. Psychosomatic illnesses are physical pains that appear and develop in relation to psychological factors. When we talk about psychosomatic symptoms we are referring to physical pains for which there is no medical diagnosis.

Essentially, unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases. Today, most medical practitioners will concur because all too often they have no explanation as to why a patient maybe experiencing physical pain. This is because they’re not treating the patient holistically, instead their only focus is isolated to the actual pain itself. To be fair, in a 15 minute consultation it’s very difficult to understand a patient’s complete physical and psychological history.

Besides, the western medical fraternity has become very structured or specialised, meaning medical doctors are delineated to only treat specific physical ailments, whilst ignoring any other possible psychological aspects. In addition, unless you’re visiting the nutritionalist, a doctor will seldom (if ever) discuss your diet, which the Functional / Integrative Health experts are now honing into in enormous detail because inflammation caused by poor nutrition is behind many common aches, pains, illnesses and diseases today.

Unfortunately, today’s stock-standard practise and solution is alopathic medication in 99.9% of cases. All aspects targeted and treated are purely the physical symptoms, and in most cases the root cause/s of the problem are ignored i.e. emotional, cognitive or behavioural aspects. As a result, we now have an epidemic of overly medicated people, often on high scheduled drugs, which typically have side effects that then contribute towards other symptomatic issues. More drugs become prescribed to resolve another problem, effectively compounding into a vicious cycle with exponential cost implications.

Sadly, all too often the physical aches and pains don’t resolve, so the medication cycle compounds. Illness or disease then sets in, and when unresolved, invasive surgery becomes the next option. This is because patient aren’t treated holistically to understand all pertinent aspects of their health and wellbeing. You are a whole person; not simply your isolated ache or pain in your ear, elbow, hip, back etc … being a WHOLE person, HOLISTIC health treatments are therefore essential. Tragically, this is something I’ve heard and seen on far, far too many occasions from clients since I begun my EFT ‘tapping’ practise in 2007.

Here are two profoundly illustrative statements, which aptly and succinctly convey this crucial message:  “The feeling that cannot find its expression in tears may cause other organs to weep.” or “The sorrow which has no vent in tears may make other organs weep.”  These are the words of Dr. Henry Maudsley (1835-1918), a pioneering British psychiatrist, commemorated in the Maudsley Hospital in London, and in the annual Maudsley Lecture of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.

In addition, I’d like to quote the internationally renowed metaphysical author and teacher Louise L. Hay who cured herself from cervical cancer simply through affirmations and positive thoughts. She aptly said, “Dis-ease can be reversed by simply reversing mental patterns.” I particularly like her poigniant play on words:  disease = dis-ease within the body’s energy system. Through her work, multiple bestselling books, audios and vidoes, Louise Hay healed and empowered many people around the world. She firmly believed our emotions, especially the highly charged, strong or recurring emotions affect our behavioural patterns and thought processes deep within our psyche (subconsiously too), which in turn affects our physical health and wellbeing. If ignored, this can, and undoubtedly does, manifest into physical aches or pains. On a personal note, I’ve followed Loiuse since the early 90’s, and her work has proved to be accurate, meaningful and highly effective within my life, and when I’ve shared this with clients, they’re usually astounded too.

For the 12 years I’ve applied EFT ‘tapping’ in my therapy practise (on myself too) I’ve repeatedly witnessed common or unexplained aches and pains, including stiff muscles, injuries, backache, headaches, migraines etc literally disintegrate – often within one 2 hour consultation.

EFT ‘tapping’ can easily and naturally assists the body (and psyche) to release ANY illness or dis-ease, And, can also be used in conjunction with conventional or traditional therapy processes too. This is precisely what makes EFT ‘tapping’ such a highly effective technique that anyone and everyone can use in every day circumstances.

With this background understanding, let’s review what EFT ‘tapping’ can assist. Here’s how I’ve successfully used this with clients, and in the majority of cases, only one 2 hour consultation has been needed. In some cases, perhaps two or three consultation at most may have been required:

• Anger Management:  misplaced emotions of anger can include or be caused by deep seated or unresolved trauma, jealousy, hatred, guilt, remorse, shame and a lack of self forgiveness etc
• Anxiety and panic attacks: caused by overwhelm, worry or stress due to uncontrollable circumstances i.e. relationships, retrenchment, relocation, retirement, financial failure etc
• Addictions or compulsions:  i.e. smoking, gambling, alcohol, drugs, porn, sex, retail therapy, food cravings or compulsive eating etc
• Depression:  including suicidal ideations
• Grief and loss: due to untimely chronic illness, or loss of a loved one.
• Relationships: relationships can be complex, hurtful, destructive, even abusive. Problems include affairs/infidelity, breakups, divorce, co-dependancy, narcissism etc. I’ve also successfully assisted many LGBTQIA clients to find peace of mind, and self acceptance
• Trauma: i.e. rape, incest, violence, abuse, attacks, muggings, burglaries, hijacking, ‘smash and grabs’, including PTSD (post traumatic stress disorders)
• Stress Management: including chronic stress and burn out
• Fears and phobias of any kind i.e. fear of water (drowning), claustrophobia, heights, snakes, spiders, flying, public speaking, the dark etc

Essentially, EFT ‘tapping’ is a powerful system because it can be used on practically any issue – mental, emotional or physical – as well as past, present and future, including memories or events, and experiences we find ourselves in … this is exactly why Gary Craig said, “we have a saying in the EFT world: … try it on anything and everything! It often works where nothing else will.

The reason for EFT ‘tappings’ enormous success rate is because the tapping process specifically targets the thoughts, emotions and physical feelings, which causes disruptions within the body’s energy system.  If this sounds a little far fetched to conceptualise, here’s an example for you to experience right now as you’re reading this blog … think about something (anything) that causes you to feel stressed … it could be a situation at home, work, financially, or perhaps with a friend … as you think about this specific stressful thing, notice the tension that has suddenly shown up in your body … perhaps its in your stomach, chest, neck and shoulders … don’t judge what it is, simply notice how your body immediately became tense as you thought about your stressful situation. That is exactly what is meant by ‘disruptions within the body’s energy system’ ... whether you are consciously aware of it or not, this happens daily, whenever you are stressed, anxious, worried, sad, depressed, angry, fearful etc, the body immediately responds to your thoughts and emotions …

This is what I  can help you to ‘tap’ away, and once we’ve targetted the specific root cause/s, the results are usually permanent.  Within a few minutes client report feeling an immediate sense of relief, calm and relaxation. Many clients say they feel a sense of peace they’ve not had in years … this is exactly why I LOVE my work so much!  Every day, I’m able to make someone feel happy and at peace within themselves!

How can I help you?

If you are currently facing challenges, and would like to discuss this, I offer a FREE 20 minute pre-consultation service for this purpose. You’re most welcome to connect with me to discuss this and how I can help you.  (Please book using the green box either below or on the right handside of this page)  I look forward to connecting with you!