EFT for Multiple Traumas

By Patricia Carrington

Interestingly, I have received questions from several different readers which address the same basic issue— the occurrence in these people’s lives of one disaster after another, a pile-up of mishaps that have ranged from sudden death of someone near to that person, followed by crippling illness in another family member and subsequent loss of their own job and career, to another reader’s experience of an assault … Continue reading

Using EFT with Family Members

Question: Is it useful to ese EFT with a family member?

This mother's asked question was too lengthy to reprint so I will summarize it here.  She asks how she can use EFT to help her 19 year old son who has a serious history of drug abuse and was recently released from a short prison sentence.  He is now on parole and feels deeply … Continue reading

Can EFT Be Used with Animals?

Question: I know that acupuncture can be used with animals. Do animals have comfort spots as well and can we use EFT with them?

 
Answer: Yes and some people are doing this with great success.  To do so involves a certain degree of understanding and rapport with your animals but obviously many pet owners have this already.  You use words and phrases said in a comforting voice to … Continue reading

Can EFT Be Used with Children?

Question: What about using EFT for children? It seems as though it would be very useful for them – but I can’t see how that could be done.

 
Answer: You can use EFT for children with wonderful effects; in fact, you can even use it with infants.  In general, one introduces the tapping points as a kind of game with children and they thoroughly enjoy and respond to … Continue reading

Should I attempt EFT to solve my problem on my own, or seek an EFT professional?

Question: At what point should one consider working with a professional trained in EFT, rather than attempting to solve a problem on one's own.  I'm beginning to thing that working with a professional might be less frustrating than trying to deal with all the aspects on my own and might enable me to progress more quickly.

 
Answer: If a series of aspects seems so overwhelming … Continue reading

Is it possible to do too much EFT in a day?

This question is an unusually challenging one and I will try to summarize the quite lengthy e-mail inquiry so you can know all that is involved.

This reader's inquiry addresses not only the question you see in the title above ––  whether one can actually overdo EFT –– but is an example of how easily more fundamental considerations can be covered up by more surface ones.  As … Continue reading

Should every aspect of a complex issue be tapped down?

Question: You mentioned on your videotape that when there are multiple Aspects to a problem, each Aspect will need to be tapped down individually.  While that sounds fine in theory, if this is a complicated problem that could take a lifetime!

 
Answer: You’re right but fortunately though it doesn’t work that way.  What happens is more like the effect of knocking a single domino down … Continue reading

Can there be too many aspects?

Question: I have suffered from a fear of speaking and reading aloud in public for many years. One of the problems I've had with using EFT to treat these fears is that I can think of so many aspects to each problem that I become overwhelmed and don't know where to start. For example, some of the aspects for the public speaking include: fear of people staring at me, … Continue reading