Tft

[mariah]

Does anyone know anything about it? Someone gave me a link for it yesterday, and it just sounds more like a miracle to me. You can actually fix your problems in just some minutes by tapping certain places on your body? Wow.

Anyway, is there a way you could do this on yourself? It can't hurt you in any way, right?

[skip]

Look at the EFT thread in the 'other discussions' section.

[HypnoLurker]

Thought Field Therapy (TFT) was developed in the early 1980's by Californian psychologist Dr. Roger Callahan, and involves the tapping of points around the body while focussing on a particular anxiety. One of his early students was Gary Craig, who went on to develop his own variation called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). They have been described as "emotional accupuncture but without the needles", since they are based on the same meridan concept (although if that is how they actually work or not is open to debate).

The essential difference is that TFT applies different tapping sequences depending on the problem, whereas EFT taps on a set sequence for everything (even if some of the points are redundant). There are other differences, but this is the main one.

Both can be highly effective for anxiety based issued, such as phobias, panic attacks, etc. Obviously nothing will ever work for everybody, but these therapies can often by very rapid in their effects. To answer your questions, yes you can do it on yourself and it doesn't hurt. It's quicker and easier to learn EFT because of its "one size fits all approach".

[kayimbo]

i thought i discovered this, i didn't realise it had been "invented" 20 years ago... duh lol.

hmmm, now i'm curious to see what i haven't discovered about it.

[mariah]

What's the EFT-"procedure" then? Where can I find it? Unless you really feel like typing it up for me! :eek:

[Kumba DeJung]

There are many places to learn how to do EFT on the web.
Here is one:
http://www.hypnosiscenter.com/free_article-is-eft-hypnosis.htm

I would suggest from reading your past posts that you do nothing without advising your health professional first.

[mariah]

Hmm, why? Can medication interfere with it or something?

[HypnoLurker]

The primary source for EFT info is at www.emofree.com which includes a downloadable manual where you can learn how to do it to yourself or others. Kumba's point about contacting a health professional first is wise for the same reason that you would prior to having hypnotherapy, that is if you have a medical condition then EFT (like hypnosis) is not a replacement. I'm not away that any medications will interfere with EFT, but as I'm also not an MD you should consult someone who is. But don't be surprised if they don't know very much about EFT!

[Hypnomania]

Last year I've been on a seminar of Paul McKenna. Around that time Bandler was running a seminar together with Callahan and so McKenna taught a bit of TFT. It's really cool stuff. Works very fast and very simple to do it. I don't think that anything can go wrong with it. Just get Callahans book or look at that EFT website and try it out. I did try it on myself and also some few times on others.

[Ricky]

That reminds me that I have a book somewhere on this as well. Haven't read it all.

[dogs arse]

TFT and EFT claim to make use of acupuncture points in their treatment. Acupuncture points have to be located precisely when being needled. With massage the thumbs surface area covers the point enough to created an effect. I have seen eft and tft many times and each and every time the point to be tapped are missed by a huge distance, (anatomical chinese inches allow a person to locate the points on individuals of varying sizes) these tapping treatments cant really claim to be using the energy points, they don't hit them.
EFT and TFT are nothing more than pattern interrupts. I don't want to take anything away from the effectiveness of the treatment, but it has nothing to do with energy points.

[HypnoBear]

TFT and EFT claim to make use of acupuncture points in their treatment. Acupuncture points have to be located precisely when being needled. With massage the thumbs surface area covers the point enough to created an effect. I have seen eft and tft many times and each and every time the point to be tapped are missed by a huge distance, (anatomical chinese inches allow a person to locate the points on individuals of varying sizes) these tapping treatments cant really claim to be using the energy points, they don't hit them.
EFT and TFT are nothing more than pattern interrupts. I don't want to take anything away from the effectiveness of the treatment, but it has nothing to do with energy points.
As an EFT practitioner I've always been dissatisfied with the usually proffered explanation for it, i.e. energy systems. My own personal view of "how" it works is by a combination of psychological and physical processes, which certainly incorporates (but is not limited to) pattern interrupts.

On the psychological side, I believe there's a fair amount of waking hypnosis and covert suggestion going on during the ritual of explaining, demonstrating and performing the tapping.

On the physical side, there is evidence to suggest that certain acupressure points which are used in EFT/TFT are known to be a convergence of nerves and blood vessels, which when stimulated can cause an increase in "feel good" hormones (such as serotonin) in the brain.

So my hypothesis is that these chemical changes, combined with the hypnotic element, are somehow "diluting" the original anxiety when it's being focussed on.

I, like you, have seen instances where people completely miss the correct tapping points. Perhaps in these cases it's just sending a weaker physical signal to the brain, or is just relying on the psychological part. And of, course, for some people it seems to have little effect at all.

P.S. Great name :)