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  • "EFT is a phenomenal healing method and is an important centerpiece of my practice. It has helped cure many of my patients with chronic problems." Eric Robins, MD
  • "EFT has been amazing for backaches! I had nagging backache for many many months and nothing would help. I would do certain exercises, run hot and cold water on it and nothing changed. It didn't get better or worse until I tried EFT. One round and it was gone!" Rita Tyner
  • "I see the results of EFT on a daily basis, and continue to be amazed....I've yet to find a problem it can't help with." Rachel Gaubert
  • "I tried your technique 2 days ago and in minutes an eye condition that has been driving me nuts for a year just left. This information is a beautiful gift to all of us." Sally Shallenberg
  • "I am not a professional practitioner of EFT. I am a housewife, mother, and portrait photographer who stumbled on to EFT two years ago, and fell in love with the gentle healing that EFT allows." Lisa Gunnoe
  • "We are very excited about this EFT program. My wife got rid of her back pain and too frequent headaches she has had for years. I no longer have acid reflux and no longer have to take a prescription drug for it." Bill Edens
  • "Two years ago, 1 1/2 hours of EFT work lifted an eight year long depression for which I had been using meds - I KNOW personally how amazing EFT is." Janice Smylie
  • "I have tried your technique, with a lot of skepticism at first, as it defies all logic....Gary, it worked....not only the first time on my headache, but the second time on my stiff neck and tension headache, the third time on my inability to sleep, and so on." Mary Smith
  • "I've never found a more user-friendly, dependable and precise technique that could produce such profound change in such a short time." Kim English
  • "I tried it on myself and shot a game of golf 12 strokes under my previous best game ever." Jack Konrath
  • "I have used EFT on myself and family members for a variety of quick therapies from shoulder pain to headaches, nausea, and so on. This method is absolutely invaluable." El March, PhD
  • "My clients have experienced profound & lasting results for weight issues, stress, anxiety, pain, phobias, sports performance, relationship issues, & more." Lindsay Kenny
  • "EFT has helped my clients deal successfully with addictions, grief, fears, phobias, sexual abuse, performance issues, self-image and stress. Dr. Catherine Saltzman
  • "EFT is a remarkable gift to the world." Al Viguerie, PhD
  • "I have gotten great results with EFT personally, and the results that my patients get are often nothing short of miraculous." Ray Mazon, D.O.M.
  • "EFT is "The Miracle Drug WITHOUT THE DRUG!" Pat Farrell
  • "EFT is spectacular! I came across EFT on an internet search...best happy accident of my life!" Anita Barber
  • "Words escape me. EFT is truly astounding. It could change the human race." Michael Killingback
  • "I have applied EFT 70 or 80 times and I have yet to come across a client who is not happy with the results EFT has given." John Birtwistle
  • "Wow! People can't believe the results we are getting. Neither can I. This is the best healing method I have ever come across." Jim Eaton
  • "I'm getting spectacular results with my patients and myself. Thank you!" Joanne M. Hillary, ND

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When clients get overwhelmed or frustrated with EFT

Hi Everyone,

Gene Monterastelli discusses common misunderstandings clients have about EFT.

Hugs, Gary

By Gene Monterastelli

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Client Frustrations

EFT is a wonderful and powerful tool, but just because we know how to do EFT doesn't mean we are going to heal.  I often use the example with clients, just because we know how to sit-ups doesn't mean we are going to have washboard abs.  EFT is no different.  It is a tool that only works when we take the time to use it.

We have all experienced the obstacles that people unfamiliar with EFT use to avoid trying it.  (E.g., That can't work.  It is too easy to work.  It is too weird.  That is just new age mumbo jumbo.)  Recently I have also come across two thoughts that cause my clients who have used EFT for a long period of time to stop using it.

Expecting the "One Minute Miracle"

I still get great joy the first time someone I am teaching experiences a quick relief to something that has gripped them for years.  Often times it is something for which they have tried everything under the sun in search for relief.  EFT is the first thing to provide lasting relief.  It is just unbelievable that it could happen so fast.

Then as they try EFT on everything they start to understand the breadth of the power of EFT.  Quickly they are finding relief to both the physical and emotional.  But they hit a wall.  They find some pain or emotion that won't go away (or significantly reduce) in one round of tapping.  They reason, since EFT didn't work in 60 seconds, it must not be worth the trouble to keep on trying.

In these cases it usually just takes a cognitive reframe to get them back on board to using EFT.  I simply talk them through their own experience.  Many times they had invested months or years to get relief.  Sure in this case it didn't happen in 60 seconds, but it might be worth their time to give it 15 or 20 min.  Usually this is all it takes.

More Than They Expected

It is a phenomena that I have noticed mostly with the clients that I work with regularly, especially when we are working on an issue that has many aspects that requires multiple sessions (like weight loss or multiple traumatic memories).

Typically what happens is during the third or fourth session the client will start to get very overwhelmed by the amount of work that remains.  Because (in many cases for the first time) we have been looking so closely at the roots of a particular issue, the client is starting to understand how many different aspects there are to the problem.  In the past they had only thought about the surface issues.  Now because they are doing healing work, they are facing head on what is really at the root of the problem.  Many times these are issues and memories their conscious mind had been ignoring.

It is like when we are cleaning a bedroom.  After cleaning the room, we decide to look under the bed and find all sorts of dirt and dust we had no idea was there.  When this happens I remind my clients that right now they are taking the short view and are forgetting all the work we have done to this point.  And we start to tap:

Right now I am overwhelmed with how much work is left.

Everywhere I turn there is another issue or aspect.

It is just like an onion, every time I peal a lay off there is another.

This seems like it is never going to end.

But I know how much progress I have made with these issues.

Even though there seems to be so much work to do, I know I am healthier now than when I started.

I also know that with EFT I have wonderful tool to continue this work.

I know how much the progress I have made in the past has improved my life.

And I know more progress is ahead.

All I have to do it take a little time each day to tap.

I am making baby steps.

It might not feel like I am moving forward.

But I know I am.

Regards,

Gene Monterastelli

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Important note: While EFT has produced remarkable clinical results, it must still be considered to be in the experimental stage and thus practitioners and the public must take complete responsibility for their use of it. Further, Gary Craig is not a licensed health professional and offers EFT as an ordained minister and as a personal performance coach. Please consult qualified health practitioners regarding your use of EFT.