EFT Tapping

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a powerful emotional processing tool that combines modern psychology with ancient Chinese medicine. It works by gently tapping on specific acupressure points while focusing on painful memories, limiting beliefs, or big emotions. This allows you to process and release them in real time.

How EFT Works

At the root of every area in life where you feel stuck—whether it’s emotional, physical, or behavioral—there’s an unresolved emotional imprint. It’s widely known that emotional stress impedes the body’s natural ability to heal, and EFT provides a direct way to clear that stress.

Tapping on specific meridian points restores balance wherever there’s an energetic disruption. It does two key things simultaneously:

1. Releases stored emotional charge from the body, allowing excessive or dysfunctional emotions to dissipate.

2. Creates a cognitive shift within the subconscious mind, helping to reframe and rewire old narratives.

On a physiological level, EFT has been shown to increase serotonin (the neurotransmitter linked to well-being) while reducing cortisol (the stress hormone), helping to regulate the autonomic nervous system. This is why tapping often brings a feeling of instant relief. It works on both the mind and body at once.

The Science

EFT has been extensively researched, with studies showing its effectiveness in reducing anxiety, PTSD, and even physical pain. Research has found that tapping on acupressure points lowers activity in the amygdala, which is the part of the brain responsible for the fight-or-flight response. This means EFT doesn’t just help you feel better temporarily; it actually rewires how your nervous system responds to stress.

EFT & Memory Reconsolidation

Neuroscience shows that every time we recall a memory, it becomes temporarily malleable, meaning it can be updated before being re-stored. This is why tapping while recalling a traumatic event can permanently change how the brain holds that memory. After a session, the same memory may still exist, but it no longer carries the same emotional weight.

Why EFT Is So Effective

Tapping doesn’t just help you cope with emotions. It actually rewires how your brain associates them. When you tap while focusing on a problem, it disconnects the negative emotional charge from the issue, allowing you to process it more easily. As the physical sensations tied to the emotion leave your system, your subconscious mind becomes more receptive to forming new, healthier associations.

Traditional talk therapy primarily engages the rational mind, which can make emotional processing slow and intellectualized. But emotional wounds aren’t stored in logic! They’re stored in the body and subconscious. EFT allows you to work directly with the felt experience of an emotion, resolving it at the root instead of just analyzing it.

And it really lasts! Once a memory or belief has been processed through EFT, it no longer holds the same emotional intensity. The shift is immediate, and the relief is real.

EFT & Hypnotherapy: A Powerful Combination

The results of EFT are especially profound when combined with hypnosis. When the brain is in theta brainwave state (the deep, receptive state induced during hypnosis), subconscious shifts happen even more effortlessly. Using EFT in this state accelerates the release of old patterns, making lasting change feel natural and deeply integrated.