‘EFT - a powerful method for healing chronic pain, cravings and addictions, fears and anxieties, obsessive disorders, insomnia, post traumatic stress, procrastination and more,’ - says Ray Perkel.

As natural and holistic healing techniques rapidly become more and more accepted in the world today it can be a challenge to know which approach to choose. The obvious consideration is simply to ask – how well does it work? What results have people experienced from this method?

EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques - is a relatively new modality that is beginning to attract attention. It offers amazing possibilities for the effective healing of a wide diversity of ailments, both emotional and physical. Some examples are: chronic pain (eg headaches, back-pain), fears and anxieties (eg public speaking, exams, and so on), all kinds of phobias, cravings and addictions, trauma and post traumatic stress, depression, obsessive disorders, procrastination.
The EFT healing method is based on two empirically supported assumptions:

1. The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body's energy system.
2. Our unresolved negative emotions are major contributors to most physical pains and diseases.

These ideas have been largely ignored by conventional Western healing practices and therefore EFT often works where nothing else will.

In the hands of a skilled practitioner, EFT has a unique ability to uncover and dissolve underlying emotional issues by directly addressing the mind/body interface. The method has been developed over the last 20 years and has achieved astonishing results for thousands of people around the world with all kinds of conditions.

EFT is based on ancient Chinese Meridian therapies (other well-established examples of meridian therapies are acupuncture and reflexology). The process typically involves a procedure of light tapping with the fingers on an ordered sequence of acupressure points on the face and upper body. Clothing is not removed. It is an entirely non-invasive modality and there is zero possibility of negative side-effects or harm of any kind.

Benefits of EFT
Instead of taking months or years using conventional ‘talk therapy,’ EFT often clears out emotional ‘debris’ cleanly and thoroughly in one or two sessions... and sometimes does it in moments.

The next thing that happens is that physical ailments tend to fade. Headaches, back pains and other discomforts tend to spontaneously improve or vanish. Vision sometimes becomes clearer and everyday stress has less impact on the system.
Thus EFT can be used for just about everything. The same basic procedure is applied for fear of public speaking as for improving your golf score, for a common cold or cancer, for emotional issues like fears, trauma, depression, grief and schizophrenia.

Two case histories
A man in his mid-50s came to see me for chronic debilitating pain in his upper back, with referred pain in his right shoulder and neck. He was struggling to get a good night’s sleep, and could not turn his head easily when driving. X-rays showed degenerative disc disease and intensive physiotherapy had failed to provide any relief at all. He rated his pain intensity at 8 on a scale of 1 to 10. Just three sessions of EFT produced extremely positive results. The healing process worked by uncovering and releasing suppressed emotional traumas that he had held in and stored in his body since early childhood, in his pre-teens and in his early adult years. The treatment resulted in a reduction of his pain to less than 1 out of 10. His life returned to normal again and, at the time of writing, his shoulder and back have not bothered him for the last 5 months since the treatment.

Another case involves a client in his 30s with obsessive cravings for certain foods which were negatively impacting his weight and his health. Diets and self-discipline were not working. The treatment revealed unresolved emotional pain in his relationship with his mother from his teenage years and pre-teens. Dissolving these emotional blockages caused a significant reduction in his cravings. In addition, there has been a positive effect on his marriage relationship.

These cases tend to support the theory that suppressed, stressful emotional memories can be unconsciously stored in the body and eventually show up as pain or disease, even decades later. EFT offers a remarkably direct and powerful way of healing these kinds of conditions.

Ray Perkel is an accredited EFT Practitioner, also offering other Holistic Healing modalities and Life Coaching. Contact him on 082 854 6582 or This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Visit www.emofree.com for much more in-depth information on EFT.