I was so excited to see that tapping on specific parts of the body is what makes the difference in EFT/tapping.   It really is the crucial ingredient.  In the new meta-analysis paper  that was published in  the 2017 October issue of the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.  Peta Stapleton, Dr. Dawson Church, Fred Gallo and others affirmed in their article “is Tapping on Acupuncture Points an Active Ingredient in Emotional Freedom Techniques?”  that yes, tapping on specific parts of the body is was an active ingredient and the outcomes were not solely to placebo, nonspecific effects of any therapy, or nonacupressure components.

I have been tapping regularly since 2012.   This technique has become the most effective method for me to release emotions attached to events, people, and inner thoughts.  Tapping on the end points of the Meridians is what makes the difference.   If you just did the tapping sequence (meaning just saying the words) without the tapping part it will not have the profound results that I see daily.

I have conducted over 700 sessions and my clients report decreases in stress and pain,  as well as shifts in their thinking and underlying beliefs.  Many of my clients also develop new insights about their lives and make the changes they have always wanted to make.  An example of this of this is one of my clients was able to drive to the grocery store and drive on the highway again.  Another example is that another client reports her income has improved with more hours and higher pay and another reports that her confidence level increased 4 times over what it was.  Many of my clients release recent uncomfortable memories and some from years ago like a client resolving a memory from 62 years ago and his belief about himself that something was wrong with him is not there anymore.   He said, this is truly emotional freedom!

Evidence for EFT “Tapping” continues to grow in quality and quantity.  Over 100 research studies have been conducted since 2000 and numerous articles have been published in professional,, peer-reviewed journals like the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease,  Journal of Clinical Psychology, the APA journals Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training and Review of General Psychology.

EFT ‘Tapping” can be used to help people with PTSD for veterans, depression, anxiety, food cravings and weight loss, and I find it to be the most relevant for my clients and me.

Whenever I am looking for research for a particular client or a workshop I go to EFT International (EFTI) as they have hundreds of research studies listed.

I am an advanced practitioner and have received my certification through them. I find it very user friendly to do searches for various subjects.   Recently AAMET changed their name to EFT International.

I also go to  EFT Universe because of their hundreds of case studies that are listed.  For my clients who want a third option I send them to ACEP, the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology.  I like this one because they list all the Energy Psychology research studies in reverse chronological order from 2018 to 2000.

Dr. Peta Stapleton presented at two tapping conferences that I attended this past year.  Meeting her was incredible because I have been following her studies and programs.   She is a real person who also has a story to tell about how she at first discounted EFT/Tapping like many of us do when we first hear about it.   One of her studies that I found to be most intriguing were the results from when she used Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging scans (FMRI) to see the physical changes the EFT “Tapping” does on the brain.

There were fifteen obese adults who participated in the study.  At the start of the study, the participants had their brains scanned while looking at photos of food.  Large, highlighted areas of the brains showed where their brains became activated by the food stimuli.  The participants then tapped for four weeks on a regular basis.  On the fifth week, their brains were rescanned with the same photos of foods.   Afterwards, the imaging scans showed how the brain’s addiction and food cravings neural pathways had changed.  There were clearly fewer areas of highlighted brain activity.

Dr. Stapleton said the scans, which were taken while the participants were looking at photos of food, showed their brain activation.  The scans also showed the areas that were highlighted in large areas.  The participants tapped for four weeks on a regular basis,  and then they rescanned the brains with the same photos of food on he fifth week.   There were clearly less high lights.

Dr. Stapleton described that after four weeks of EFT, – at regular intervals, neural responses change.   – Therefore, the parts of the brain that would usually respond to food cravings and hunger would no longer do so.  That certainly has been the case, as demonstrated by this study.  You can read this study as it was published in the OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine Journal.

I am so pleased to be part of the EFT Community and to help those in need of emotional release.   – EFT “Tapping has significant impact that can transform lives.   It is exciting to see that recent research is now backing up the results that I have seen working with clients for the last seven years.

Please contact me today with your questions and thoughts.  I’d love to discuss with you about how EFT “Tapping” can help you!

Warmly,

Barbara

Source:

Church, Dr. Dawson, Gallo, Fred, and Stapleton, Peta, “Is Tapping on Acupuncture Points an Active Ingredient in Emotional Freedom Techniques?” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol. 206, No. 10, October 2018