Emotional Freedom Technique ("EFT") is based on impressive new discoveries involving the body's subtle energies, EFT has been clinically effective in thousands of cases for Trauma & Abuse, Panic & Anxiety, Fears & Phobias, Depression, Addictive Cravings, Children's Issues and hundreds of physical symptoms including pain relief, headaches, body pains and breathing difficulties. Properly applied, over 80% achieve either noticeable improvement or complete cessation of the problem. It is the missing piece to the healing puzzle.
 
EFT often works where nothing else will. results are usually achieved rapidly with long lasting and gentle efect. No drugs or equipment involved. Eft is easily learned by anyone. And, it can be self applied.
 
The Basic Recipe

You can obtain a free beginners EFT manual on Gary Craig's web site that describes details of how to use and apply his treatment technique. While the technique is simple and effective, I recommend you receive thorough training in its use or at least have you initial EFT session performed by a trained professional.

The basics of EFT are as follows:

STEP 1: Choose a problem to work on.

STEP 2: Rate your anxiety or discomfort. Decide how much it bothers you on a scale of 0-10 (where 0 = no distress and 10 = highest level of discomfort) when you think about it right now. (How anxious are you? How uncomfortable do you feel?)

STEP 3: Perform the Set-Up as follows:

While tapping on the Karate Chop Point, name your problem you have chosen to work on, followed by an affirmation of yourself. Below are a number of choices and examples of possible Affirmation Statements:

"Even though I have this anxiety about next week's audition, I deeply and completely accept myself."
 
"Even though I'm worried about my speech next week, I deeply and completely accept myself."
 
"Even though I'm afraid to quit smoking, I deeply and completely accept myself."
 
"Even though I have this strong craving for chocolate, I completely love and accept myself."

So while you are tapping on this Karate Chop Point, state your affirmation out loud 3 times.

After you have completed this step, choose an easy, short Reminder Phrase that would represent the problem you want to work on, such as "this anxiety problem" or "my chocolate cravings."

STEP 4: TAP the stress-relief POINTS as shown below. As you tap on each point in sequence, state your Reminder Phrase, such as "my anxiety about my audition" or "my craving for a cigarette."

EYEBROW
SIDE OF EYE
UNDER EYE
UNDER NOSE
CHIN
COLLARBONE
UNDERARM
INSIDE OF WRIST
KARATE CHOP POINT
SIDES OF FINGERS - TIPS
INSIDE OF ANKLE
TOP OF HEAD

STEP 5: Rate your anxiety or stress again. Now think about the same problem again, and rate how uncomfortable you feel about it now on the 0-10 point scale (remember, "10" means you really feel awful about it, while "0" means it doesn't bother you at all).

STEP 6: Perform the Set-Up again. Now you are ready to do a few more rounds of tapping on the issue if there is still some discomfort associated with it. For example, suppose you rated your anxiety about your audition next week as a "6" on the 0-10 point scale, and after the first round of EFT, your anxiety dropped to a "3." You can continue tapping until you feel no anxiety whatsoever. Revise your Affirmation Statement to reflect the fact that you have indeed taken care of some of the anxiety, but there is still more to work on.

Examples of your revised Affirmation Statements would be:

"Even though I still have some remaining anxiety about my audition, I deeply and completely accept myself."

"Even though I still have some cravings for chocolate, I deeply and completely accept myself."

"Even though I'm still a little afraid of small spaces, I deeply and completely accept myself."

STEP 7: TAP the stress-relief POINTS again. Go back to STEP # 4 and tap on all of the points while using a revised Reminder Phrase such as "remaining cravings" or "remaining anxiety."

STEP 8: Measure your anxiety or stress level on 0-10 scale.

STEP 9: Repeat Steps #5-#9.

STEP 10: The 9-Gamut Procedure.

Originally, the basic recipe of Gary Craig's treatment used a procedure called the "9-Gamut." Feel free to use them at the end of any of your tapping rounds. You must be tapping the Gamut Point (see "G" in diagram to the right) while you complete these 9 steps:

1. Close your eyes
2. Open your eyes
3. With your head straight, look down to your right
4. While keeping your head straight, look down to your left
5. With your head straight, twirl your eyes in a circular motion counterclockwise
6. With your head straight, whirl your eyes in the opposite direction
7. Hum a few bars of any song you like
8. Count out loud from 1-5
9. Hum again