Can I use EFT for?

Whether we realise it or not a large part of our problems, be they mental, emotional or even physical are caused by negative emotions, supported by negative beliefs that we often formed long ago. Now any negative feeling that can be felt can be treated using EFT with a high probability of success. The fact that negative emotions underlie so many different kinds of problems means that the list of possible issues that can be treated with EFT is very diverse, and new applications for EFT are being discovered all the time. These are just some well tried examples.

Addictions

Whilst it is true that many substances are in themselves addictive to our minds and bodies, the reason that any addiction is hard to let go of is because of the relief that it brings to the negative thoughts and feelings that we control by its use. Addictions of all kinds are used to “stuff down” or mask negative feelings. When we try to give them up, not only are we left to face those feelings without support, we also face cravings for the thing that we are addicted to. EFT treats addictions most effectively when it is used both to release the negative emotions, removing the long term need for the addiction and to reduce or even eliminate any cravings that result from giving up.

Allergies

The fact that many allergies or substance sensitivities have been treated successfully with EFT again shows that there is a mental/emotional component as well as a physical component to these kinds of issues. Frequently the emotional trouble manifests itself as a symptom in the body, perhaps it is the body’s way of drawing our attention to the problem. Some EFT practitioners specialise in treating allergies and these are the people to contact where the problem is particularly severe.

Guilt & shame

Guilt and shame are two examples of the kind of negative emotion that people can carry around with them for years, perhaps even for a lifetime. The damage that this does to the health of both mind and body can be severe as it accumulates over time. With the discovery of EFT it just does not make sense to hang onto such feelings any longer as they can usually be treated very effectively.

Fears & phobias

One of the first things that EFT was used for was the treatment of phobias, such as the fear of flying, water, heights, spiders etc etc. It is very effective as a phobia treatment, (my interest in EFT began when I decided to deal with my own fear of heights). Some phobias respond quickly whilst others are more complicated and take longer. It is usually the complexity of the underlying issues that determines this, not the intensity of the fear. The EFT treatment of phobia is not harsh and does not require you to "push through the fear", it gradually reduces the fear until its intensity is gone.

Low self esteem

Low self esteem holds back many people from leading a happy and fulfilling life. EFT can often be used to help find the core issues that underpin low self esteem, expose negative beliefs that have been formed (often in childhood) as a result of those issues and remove the emotional charge from them. When seen in this new light such beliefs often appear ridiculous and no longer hold any power over us.

Peak performance

In this increasingly competitive world the difference between winning & coming second is usually very slight indeed. This is true in all forms competitive activity including (but not limited to) sports and business. The slightest doubt in the mind at the crucial moment can mean an opportunity lost, just a little unwanted tension in the body can lead to a performance that is below par. Working on both mind and body, EFT is used to create certainty, focus clearly and relax instinctively.

Physical pain

A sudden event or shock can leave us in pain long after any physical injury has healed. This residual pain often has an emotional component. For example a driver who suffers whiplash in a car accident that was not her fault has neck pain years after the event. Working with an EFT practitioner she finds that she has unresolved feelings of anger at the other driver who caused the accident. On releasing this anger, she finds that the neck pain has gone. This is by no means an uncommon type of occurrence. Pain from chronic conditions can often be lessened and sometimes completely removed using EFT. However, pain is the body’s warning that something is wrong, so you are advised to take any new symptoms to your doctor before treating them with EFT.

Stress

Stress is almost like a modern day plague, it affects so many people, its impacts being both mental and physical. Skilled use of EFT can uncover the underlying issues and feelings and quell them to bring relief from stress. However, some situations are always going to be stressful and are not easy to get out of. If you keep putting your hand in the flame you will of course continue to be burned. However even in these situations regular and routine use of EFT for the issues of the day can vastly reduce stress levels.

Trauma relief

The relief of trauma is one area in which EFT has a huge amount to offer. Whilst conventional approaches encourage a traumatised person to talk about, understand and come to terms with their experience, this acceptance of what happened by the logical mind often does not reduce the intensity of the underlying emotion. However EFT can enable these intense negative emotions to be released very rapidly and effectively.

Weight loss

The EFT approach to weight loss is to regard it as an addiction – to food in general or specific foods – and the measures taken to counter this addiction are very similar to those for other addictions. Food is often used to suppress negative feelings and give a temporary high. EFT acts to bring out negative beliefs and treat negative feelings so they no longer need to be suppressed, and is used to reduce specific cravings. In one important respect an addiction to food is more difficult to overcome than any other addiction: everyone has to eat to stay healthy, so there is no going cold turkey with food!



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