Emotional Freedom Technique
Tapping on acupressure points while focusing on a problem — a gentle way to release emotional blocks.
How Emotional Freedom Technique Can Help
- Physical & psychological pain
- Addictions
- Weight & food issues
- Claustrophobia & agoraphobia
- Headaches & migraines
- Trauma & abuse
- Depression
- Eating disorders
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) — often known simply as “tapping” — is a combination of several complementary approaches, drawing on acupuncture points, kinesiology muscle testing and psychotherapeutic techniques to shift and rebalance your body’s energy field.
How does EFT work?
During a session, specific acupuncture points are tapped and accessed while you focus on the troubling issue or memory. By pairing gentle physical stimulation of these points with focused attention on the problem, EFT works to manage and alleviate the psychological difficulty at its root — rather than simply talking around it.
Because there are no needles involved, EFT is entirely non-invasive. The tapping is done with the fingertips on points around the face, upper body and hands, and once learned, the technique can even be used by you between sessions whenever difficult feelings arise — one of the reasons clients find it so empowering.
What can EFT help with?
EFT may help with a remarkably wide range of issues, including:
- Managing physical or psychological pain
- Addictions
- Allergies and intolerances
- Losing weight and managing food issues
- Dyslexia
- Claustrophobia and agoraphobia
- Headaches and migraines
- Asthma
- Trauma and abuse
- Depression
- Eating disorders and anorexia
- Blood pressure
- Many other health, psychological and performance issues
What to expect at your appointment
Your therapist will begin by talking through the issue you want to work on — whether that is a specific memory, a persistent craving, a phobia or a physical symptom with an emotional component. You will then be guided through the tapping sequence while keeping the issue gently in mind, usually repeating simple phrases that keep the focus where it needs to be.
Most people find the process surprisingly relaxing, and many notice the intensity of the problem dropping within a single session — feelings that arrived at the appointment as overwhelming often leave feeling manageable. Deeper or longer-standing issues may take a course of sessions to resolve fully, and your therapist will advise on what is realistic for you.
There is nothing to prepare and nothing to undress for: just bring yourself, and the issue you would finally like to be free of.
What Clients Say About Our Emotional Freedom Technique
“Nick Johnson is amazing at acupuncture and massage. He has fixed me countless times and is worth seeing for maintenance too and stopping niggles becoming something bigger. The price is very reasonable and the treatment rooms are great. Friendly and helpful staff upstairs in the Pharmacy too. Highly recommend.”— tommc7
“I telephoned Fairlee and got amazing help from all and Nick Johnson has transformed my life. After many years of pain from too much back surgery and being near crippled, his combination of acupuncture and physio has done so much more than a spinal cord stimulator (now removed), pills and all other medical treatments. I now walk straight. The Team at Fairlee are all very friendly and helpful.”— David Wittich
“He identified all the 'knots' on my back and neck and worked on them for 45 minutes of deep tissue massage followed by acupuncture. Last night was the first night I slept. Today I am sore, but no migraine. Can't thank him enough. He knows exactly what he is doing and he works with the patient. Real gem in South West London.”— Evi Sif
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