Self care using EFT ~ Emotional Freedom Techniques (including Tapping)
Do things feel harder for you than they seem to be for others?
Does exceptionally hard work and even extreme pain feel normal? This is so common for trauma survivors and AuDHDers (ADHD and autism). Let yourself find ways in which life can become easier (at your own pace, in your own time). Read on for:
- more information about how we might work together with EFT as well as simple ways in which you can start using it yourself today
- ways in which we might work together one to one (showing you how to use EFT yourself or as a supervisor and/or mentor as you integrate it into your practice, online across Ireland and the UK or in person in Westport, Co Mayo, Ireland) or at an event and
- video demonstrations and more
I did some training with energy psychology pioneer, Phil Mollon, many years ago and these words stayed with me:
“It doesn’t have to be hard work. It doesn’t have to be painful. It can be gentle and easy”
Phil Mollon
‘I found the sessions really helpful because they moved me forward and really clarified my thinking. It was really helpful to articulate the negative things I believed about myself, felt quite daring to affirm unconditional love for myself and also very helpful to move from negative thoughts into “tapping” with more positive thoughts and discoveries about myself.’
R, UK ~ read more
EFT is a simple self care tool you can start using yourself today
Sometimes, EFT can seem almost TOO easy. It involves tapping acupressure points on and around your face, hand and upper body while repeating words and phrases that relate to the emotional or physical issue you want freedom around.
Often, a conversation will bring up something for the client that EFT tapping can easily resolve.
This can be integrated into trauma therapy, counselling, coaching, yoga therapy and other sessions when appropriate.
As well as my talking and guiding you through it during your session/s, you might want to learn how to do it yourself so you can clear energy blocks yourself anytime, anywhere.
Some clients learn how to use this wonderful self-care tool themselves in under six sessions, others need a few more.
Some research around EFT (Tapping)
Recent studies have been really promising in showing EFT’s efficacy in supporting people struggling with PTSD
A 2012 randomised control trial (Church, D; Hawk, C; Brooks, A et al) of 54 military veterans with PTSD left all participants no longer meeting criteria for PTSD after 6 sessions of EFT.
A 2011 randomised control trial pilot study (Church, D; Pina, O et al) looking at the effects of EFT on intensity of traumatic memories of abused adolescents found that after a single EFT session, none of them met the criteria for PTSD and the effects remained when revisited after 30 days.
And it’s looking good for people struggling with stress, too:
A randomised control trial (Church, D; Yount, G and Brooks, A) on the effects of EFT on stress biochemistry published in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease found that the group who received an hour of EFT showed cortisol (a hormone released under stress) level drops of 24%. The other groups (receiving an hour of talk therapy and no treatment respectively) showed no change in cortisol levels.
Therapy or coaching with EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques including Tapping)
Since 2006, I’ve been showing people how to use this simple but effective self care tool for almost everything. Trauma? Anxiety? Stress? Overwhelm? Emotional pain? Physical pain? It truly can support you in working with almost anything.
Eve Menezes Cunningham talking about EFT (and yoga) for BACP’s trauma conference webcast 2015
More from Eve Menezes Cunningham on trauma and EFT for the BACP trauma conference webcast 2015
“EFT is really beneficial for feeling more positive and Eve Menezes Cunningham makes it simple and easy to follow. I found it really helpful.”
A, UK. read more
EFT mentoring for therapists and coaches who integrate EFT
I’m registered as a Mentor and an Accredited Certified Advanced EFT Practitioner with EFT International.
If you’re an EFT International registered Practitioner yourself, supervision and mentoring with me can count towards your annual mentoring requirements CPD – get in touch to find out more about group workshops and individual support.
If you want my support
I’ll:
* listen to you talk about your issue/s so I can guide you through which points to tap as well as suggesting effective wording to use
* work with you to release blocked energy and your issue/s and
* teach you how to use EFT effectively on yourself as an everyday or occasional self-help tool.
Studies show that when the person using positive affirmations doesn’t believe what they’re saying, this can actually lower self esteem.
Self care coaching with EFT allows clients to acknowledge their fears, no matter how scary (or silly) they feel to them.
Once you’ve done this, the positive affirmations are much easier to believe because you will have dealt with the negatives.
Sometimes, online or telephone EFT works so quickly and easily that people think they imagined their issue as being worse than it was.
EFT helps clear your energy field leaving you feeling ready to move forward.
Work with me
When we speak, you can book some online or telephone EFT on its own or have it as part of your telephone or online coaching, telephone or online counselling process if you’re finding yourself blocked in any way.
You might also be interested in supervision if you’re already an EFT Practitioner yourself. I’m EFT International accredited as an advanced practitioner and a supervisor and mentor. Find out more
Click here for prices.
Would you like my support with EFT for yourself or for your practise (as a supervisor and/or mentor)?
365 Ways to Feel Better: Self-care Ideas for Embodied Wellbeing – 30 – Emotional Freedom Technique
Read some selected articles and columns about EFT here
