EFT -

Emotional Freedom Technique

EFT is an amazing phenomenon. It works - often despite a receivers skepticism!

Benefits of using EFT

EFT is a recent adaptation of 5000 year old knowledge found in acupuncture. Basically, when accurately applied it is a very fast way of de-energizing unwanted emotions, and re-setting the balance of the body's energy flows. It can be successfully applied to just about every emotional, health and performance issue you can name and it often works where nothing else will.

In my clinical application of EFT I have found that clients can learn the process quickly; thus empowered they can do a lot of "homework" to support their coaching sessions. They still beneift from a coaching relationship, with the all-important objective observer to support the process and do the detective work for aspects of issues that are unclear or that the client is unable to shift alone.

EFT is usually presented as a clearing tool for negative emotions. As a coach I believe it is imperative that any such work is properly supported with appropriate future-oriented work, so that the client doesnt simply re-create their problem. EFT can be used for this too, and is a welcome addition to my coaching toolbox.

If you want to learn more about EFT, here is the official website. The great thing about EFT is that anyone can download the manual and start making changes for themselves!

An observation

I find the culture around EFT very generous with free advice and a healthy supportive web community. Other similar systems exist, but are not as accessible. The strength of EFT is its simplicity and flexibility. The limitation of something so simple is that sometimes, for trickier problems, without a skilled coach or support person to accurately "target" the tools, it can seem like it isnt totally effective.