Emotional Freedom Technique as Treatment for PTSD

I am all for trying different types of treatment for my posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). One that I am interested in is called Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). It’s a relatively new treatment – developed in the mid-nineties – for various psychological issues and disorders. From what I have read about it, EFT seems to be gaining some momentum as a complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) practice for the treatment of PTSD symptoms.


What is Emotional Freedom Technique?
Emotional freedom technique is a treatment method that offers patients healing from emotional and physical pain using a sort of acupuncture without the needles. Fingertips are used to stimulate different energy points on the body with a tapping motion. The technique, which can be practiced just about anywhere, was developed by Gary Craig. It came about from his thought that negative emotions are due to a disturbance in the body’s energy system.

What is EFT Like?
EFT is done by tapping on acupressure meridians of the body to release blockages. Once the blockages are released, the negative emotion can be released and move through the body. The karate chopfollowing are the steps that occur in a typical EFT session:

1. You start by identifying the problem you want to work on.
2. Rate the intensity of the negative emotion you are feeling from 1-10.
3. You then tap your “karate chop point” (the side of your hand, where you would strike something with a karate chop), while saying something like, “Even though I have this (problem emotion), I completely love and accept myself” three times.
4. You then cycle through the tapping points on the body, tapping each one seven times.
5. Repeat the tapping cycle a second time.
6. Now you rate the intensity of the negative emotion again to evaluate whether you need more rounds of tapping.  

Read the full article here:  http://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/traumaptsdblog/2017/02/12/emotional-freedom-technique-as-treatment-for-ptsd/