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- Persistence, hemorrhoids & Uncle Bugs
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- Greg Nicosia on tapping with intention
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- Inside a successful schizophrenia case
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- Tapping the finger points and the value of a hug
- EFT for growing larger breasts
- Using EFT for Fertility.
- Phantom limb pain
- Using EFT with frail people
- No more "conversations in my head"
- Pyrophobia, fear of medicines and working with groups over the phone.
- Rapport in the prison system--Part I of III
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- Jason's motion sickness
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- A question for digging deep
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- Followup on EFT in the prison system
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- There's something lacking in my career
- Her sinuses opened like a floodgate
- Balance problem, corns & autism
- Using EFT to enhance education skills
- Mourning the mother she's slowly losing
- Tapping brought us closer and made me understand
- A bridge for "Dr. Fred's" beliefs
- Food repulsion, email phobia, golf & rejection
- Plugged up ears, suicide and delayed reactions
- Working together on vertigo
- A how-to guide for using EFT with couples.
- Henry's phrase points to core issues
- Using EFT for severe mental retardation
- Down Syndrome and EFT
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- Does EFT work on______?
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- How do I use EFT for___________?
- When EFT relieves pain, does it mask the pain and thus thwart the ability for pain to signal danger?
- I'm used to affirmations being stated in the positive. Why does the EFT Setup language focus on the negative? What if I used positive statements instead?
- Using EFT for Epilepsy and seizures
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- How do I choose the language to use while doing EFT?
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- Fear
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- DADDY, HOW WAS I BORN???
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- Are You Ready For Children?
- For Those Who Need a Chuckle
- The Helicopter
- Give a Man a Fish...
- Band Insect
- Afternoon Rounds
- AN ODE TO ENGLISH PLURALS - PART 2
- Write it Down?
- Marriage Names
- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- Chuckles
- Are You An Internet Addict?
- Washing Your Cat
- Speeding Ticket
- The Concept of Marriage
- The 84-year-old Newlywed
- The Company Picnic
- Eternal Devotion
- 25 Signs You've Grown Up
- SAFARI SURVIVAL
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- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS (PART 1)
- Dear Bubba
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- Call Center
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- BY THE BOOK
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- Kids and Proverbs - Part 5
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
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- For Those Who Take Life Too Seriously
- The Human Race is Doomed
- Photogenic?
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- RESERVATIONS OF AN AIRLINE AGENT
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- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- How to Clean the Toilet
- Internet Police
- Why Learn English Part 1
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- Phrases from the 50's - Part 1
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- Car Warning
- I Think I Need a Computer
- Case Closed
- Having a Bad Day
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- A DRY TOWN
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - PART 2
- Deep Observations on Life
- Out of the Mouths of Babes
- Wash. Biol. Surv.
- WOMEN OVER 40
- CHASING RABBITS
- Call Policy
- Classified Ads
- Fried Eggs
- Why Indeed ...?
- The Talking Dog
- The best road rage!
- Eating Oreos
- Signage
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- Skydiver
- Most ridiculous British laws:
- WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
- Creative Definitions - Part 1
- Mourning the Mayonnaise
- COURTROOM BLOOPERS
- Comments made in the year 1955!
- A Barbie we can relate to
- Fresh New Perspectives
- The Male Perspective
- Pull Over!
- Dalmation Duties
- Airline Food
- Painting the Porch
- Aging Gracefully
- Animal Super Bowl
- WHY GOD MADE MOMS
- The Clergyman
- A Kitten's Prayer
- Why Learn English Part 2
- DAILY THOUGHTS FROM DOGS AND CATS
- Phrases from the 50's - Part 2
- The Minister and the Funeral
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- Bad Day
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- Great Truths That Little Children Have Learned
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- BEING COOL
- HOLLYWOOD SQUARES - THE GOOD OLD DAYS - PART 3
- Deep Thoughts
- Near Death Experience
- Walk A Mile
- AN INTERESTING PHILOSOPHY
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- Cold Cream
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- Why Indeed ...?
- University Safety Committee
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- Let Sleeping Dogs Lie
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- Untold Riches
- Abbott and Costello meet Windows 95
- WHEN INSULTS HAD CLASS
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- A Good Explanation
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- GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES FROM A LAW FIRM
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- Now That
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- TRIBUTE TO BOB HOPE - Part II
- Computer Haikus
- Calories That Don't Count
- Congressional Mugging
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- Why Indeed ...?
- Dear God
- A New Teacher
- Finally! Answers About Marriage
- Talking Dog
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- The Perfect Man
- Marriage Names
- A TEST FOR PROFESSIONALS
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- Computers and Companies
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- Why Indeed ...?
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- Do you REALLY need email??
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- Creation Retold
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- ITALIAN PASTA DIET
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- Calling God
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- If A Dog Were Your Teacher
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- A Rope Went into a Bar...
- How Smart Is Your Right Foot?
- WORDS TO LIVE BY
- Canine Complex
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- THE ARROGANT INSPECTOR
- The 'Middle Wife'
- Aging Perspective
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- Honest Advertising
- Intermission Hijinks
- After-Thanksgiving Poem
- AN ODE TO ENGLISH PLURALS
- Getting Older
- Marriage Names
- A FROG STORY
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- Husband 101
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- This is What Love is All About
- The Value of Time
- Embassy of Hope
- No Matter What Happens
- WHAT IS LOVE? (Part 1)
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 2
- Forsaken?
- There is beauty in everything
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- Letter To My Grandchildren
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- Covering All the Bases
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- World's Greatest Psychotherapist
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- Not The Critic
- WHAT IS LOVE? (Part 2)
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 3
- The Emperor's Seed
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- Happiness
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- Don't Go To Bed
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- And This Too Shall Pass
- By Changing...
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- Now and Beyond
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- ANGELS IN THE POST OFFICE
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- Just Be
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- On Failure
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- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 1
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- 57 CENTS
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- Are you God
- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 2
- Roses of Life
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- Be Thankful
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- AN ENLIGHTENED PERSPECTIVE - Part 3
- If You Were
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- How Do You Think?
- Stray Cat
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- Whispers
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- Letter From a Farm Kid
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- A Drunk Fell in a Hole
- Million Dollar Lesson
- SLOW DANCE
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- Before It's Too Late
- EXPLANATION OF GOD
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- Lincoln and Failure
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- Twenty Four Crowded Hours
- A Newborn's Conversation with God
- Eating the Cookie
- Nice Kids
- Explanation of God by an 8 year old boy
- AN EXERCISE IN GRATITUDE - Part 1
- Defining Success
- Great Opportunity
- Positive Thinking
- Mom - Job Description
- Research
- Energy Psychology: a review of the preliminary evidence
- Energy psychology in disaster relief
- The effects of EFT on long-term psychological symptoms
- Neurophysiological Indicators of EFT Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress
- Assessment of the Emotional Freedom Technique: An Alternative Treatment for Fear - The Waite & Holder Study
- Evaluation of a Meridian-Based Intervention, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), for Reducing Specific Phobias of Small Animals
- Self-administered EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) in individuals with fibromyalgia: a randomized trial
- The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans Using EFT
- Studies Accepted in Peer Reviewed Journals
- The Neurochemistry of Counterconditioning: Acupressure Desensitization in Psychotherapy
- Clinical Story of a 6-Year-Old Boy's Eating Phobia; An Integrated Approach
- Change Is Possible: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) with Life-Sentence and Veteran Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison
- The Effect of a Brief EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
- Energy Psychology in Rehabilitation: Origins, Clinical Applications, and Theory
- Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) For Traumatic Brain Injury
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Athletic Performance: A Randomized Controlled Blind Trial
- Thought Field Therapy and its derivatives: rapid relief of mental health problems through tapping on the body
- Rapid Treatment of PTSD: Why Psychological Exposure with Acupoint Tapping May Be Effective
- Theoretical and Methodological Problems in Research on Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Other Meridian Based Therapies
- Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
- Psychological Symptom Change in Veterans After Six Sessions of Emotional freedom Techniques (EFT); An Observational Study
- Pilot Study of EFT, WHEE and CBT for Treatment of Test Anxiety in University Students
- The Effect of Progressive Muscular Relaxation and Emotional Freedom Techniques on Test Anxiety in High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Veterans: Finding their way home with EFT--an observational study
- Studies Presented at Professional Conferences
- The effect of an energy psychology intervention (EFT) versus diaphragmatic breathing on specific
- World Trade Center Tower 2 Survivor: EP Treatment of Long-term PTSD:
- Psychological Trauma in Veterans using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques): A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Does Prolonged Exposure Need to Hurt in Order to Help? Exploring Two Alternatives
- Measuring Physiological Markers of Emotional Trauma: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Mind-Body Therapies
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Psychological Symptoms: A Limited Replication
- The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Psychological Symptoms in Addiction Treatment
- Other Studies and Experiments
- Articles evidencing the existence of energy meridians
- EFT improves Minerals, Amino Acids & Vitamins
- Before and after photos of Rouleaux--"blood cell clumping"
- An Objective Experiment on the Use of EFT for Depression
- An EFT study: Reducing anxiety in dental patients with EFT
- EFT for Libido: Study Results Summarized -- 80% report an improvement of 50% or more
- Preliminary Report of the First Large-Scale Study of Energy Psychology
- Clear evidence that our emotions affect our body--in this case, dramatic changes in the blood
- The results of Carol Look's eyesight experiment
- Cases
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EFT for Libido: Study Results Summarized -- 80% report an improvement of 50% or more
Important Note: This article was written prior to 2010 and is now outdated. Please use my newest advancement, Optimal EFT. It is more efficient, more powerful and clearly explained in my free e-book, The Unseen Therapist™. Best wishes, Gary
Note: This article assumes you have a working knowledge of EFT. Newcomers can still learn from it but are advised to get our Free EFT Get Started Package or our Affordable DVDs for a more complete understanding.
Hi Everyone,
A thank you to Nancy Morris for giving us the details of her fascinating one month study with 10 participants. Note that none of the participants were familiar with EFT before signing up and almost everyone reported improvement. This topic represents a huge market for those willing to pursue it.
Hugs, Gary
Ten people participated in a one-month long study group on “Libido” and none of the participants knew what EFT was when they signed up. Three men (ages 58, 62 and 69) and 7 women (ages 52, 54, 56, 56, 56, 60 and 64) participated. Each person presented themselves as wanting to “improve their libido” but, in many cases, it turned out there was more to the story, as you’ll see below.
Prior to starting the study or learning EFT, each person completed a Questionnaire to establish a baseline to measure against at the end of the one-month study period. Here is a summary of the questions they answered:
1. What is your specific complaint about your libido?
2. Rate your libido over last 3 months (excellent, good, average, poor, or none).
3. Rate your ability to have an orgasm (always, almost always, seldom, never).
4. Average frequency of sex over last 3 months.
5. Your level of “turn on” when you have sex.
6. Medications you take that affect libido.
7. Are you taking hormones? (Don’t stop or start them during study)
8. Can you imagine a reason that you would NOT want a strong libido?
My intention was to have each participant fill out a very similar questionnaire at the end of the month. However, based on the actual issues they had, that turned out to not be feasible (you’ll understand why if you read on). Instead I asked each participant this multiple choice question at the end of the month:
Evaluating your specific complaint when you started this month, how has it changed?
• I noticed no change at all in the specific issue I was working on (0% change)
• I think there is a little improvement in my specific issue (25% change)
• I’m happy to report moderate improvement in my situation (50% change)
• I’m delighted to say I note marked improvement in my situation (75% change)
• I feel I attained excellent improvement in my situation and I’m ecstatic! (greater than 75%)
• I stopped doing EFT and dropped out of the study for the following reason:
Results:
- No Change .........................1
- Little Improvement ...............1
- Moderate Improvement ........ 4
- Marked Improvement ...........1
- Excellent Improvement .........3
- Dropped Out ..................... 0
- Total ..............................10
As you can see, 80% of those participating reported a 50% or greater improvement in their issue. No one dropped out of the study. Participants reported tapping between 1 to 3 times per day and 5 to 7 days per week. (They were asked to tap 3 times a day, 7 days a week if possible.)
STUDY FORMAT:
Each person filled out their questionnaire and set up an initial appointment. All participants were new to EFT. The initial appointment was about one hour where we discussed their particular issue, looked for underlying causes (for example, anger at spouse) or hidden benefits (for example, having more time available to do other things). Each person was taught how to do the shortened version of EFT tapping (no nine gamut or finger tapping). Then we would work together to establish phrases very specific to this individual’s problem, desired change, and outcome.
Each person left their appointment with instructions on how to tap, a tapping chart, and their personal tapping phrases covering their particular “problem” (i.e., cannot talk easily about sex with my partner so can’t ask for anything), the new “choice” about how they WANT to feel (i.e., I choose to feel comfortable saying what feels good during sex), and a final statement asking their body for something specific (i.e., I ask my body to create more sexual energy).
These statements were very different for each person. I would offer suggestions to get started and then we would incorporate their own language. After all, we all use different words inside our head than we do when we speak to others, especially about sex. I call this our internal language and find it’s critical when doing EFT to use our own words, no matter how coarse. Each participant was encouraged to call me if they had any questions or felt their EFT phrases were no longer applicable. Only half contacted me for further help.
Details of each participant’s issue and their individual results follow:
Participant A: Stated Issue: “Pain and lack of intensity in cumming” since prostate cancer/biopsies. Outcome: Fear of painful ejaculation dropped away. Pleasure and intensity during sex and ejaculation went from a 2 on a scale of 0 to 10 to a 10+. Participant rated results achieved as “greater than 75% improvement”.
Participant B: Stated Issue: “No libido” due to taking several strong pain medications. Outcome: “The EFT program helped me get some of my libido back. I now wake up with a very hard erection most mornings.” Participant rated results achieved as “50% improvement”.
Participant C: Stated Issue: “Great difficulty knowing what I want (sexually) and, even if I know, greater difficulty asking my partner for what I want.” NOTE: This participant could not say sexual words, such as penis, comfortably. Outcome: “Progress on my ability to openly say sexually related words will reap long-term benefits.” Participant rated results achieved as “greater than 75% improvement”.
Participant D: Stated Issue: “Before post-menopause I had a very healthy appetite for sex. My libido has disappeared with menopause.” Outcome: “I realized I don’t WANT my libido to be high and have it run my life the way it did when my hormones were raging. I am at choice now. It takes more energy to get things rolling, but I get really turned on and still love sex.” Participant rated results achieved as “50% improvement”.
Participant E: Stated Issue: “I feel turned on, I go ahead and have intercourse but I don’t feel it’s worth the time or effort to have an orgasm.” NOTE: This participant said she was desensitized by more than 20 years of physical and emotional abuse. More EFT on this issue would be appropriate. Outcome: “I no longer take for granted that I am desensitized. I let in pleasurable sensations that before I did not even expect it was possible to feel.” Participant rated results achieved as “50% improvement”.
Participant F: Stated Issue: I don’t feel that longing or lust towards my partner or for sex in general like I did before menopause.” Outcome: Participant still rates libido as “Poor”; reports having sex 2-3 times/week during study month. NOTE: Participant expressed fear that increased lust or longing might result in her cheating on her partner; EFT on this issue would be appropriate next step. Participant was unavailable to work on this issue. Participant rated results achieved as “I noticed changes at first, and then none at all in the specific issue I was working on.” Listed as “No Change”
Participant G: Stated Issue: “I used to have orgasms; now I don’t anymore (since menopause).” Outcome: “Through EFT sessions I realized I’ve been afraid of trying to have an orgasm because of 12 years of disappointment during my first marriage. Not being driven by hormones requires a little more intention to get things going, but I’m having orgasms again!” Participant rated results achieved as “greater than 75% improvement”.
Participant H: Stated Issue: “Clit not sensitive enough, not feeling horny or turned on.” Outcome: “EFT helped me to focus on my sexuality and libido and to create more of a relationship with my clit. I’ve found myself thinking about sex more.” NOTE: Participant reports having sex “twice a week” during the study month. Participant rated results achieved as “50% improvement”.
Participant I: Stated Issue: “No interest in sex.” Outcome: “I think my lack of interest in sex was more about other issues than sex itself. Since, when I do have sex it’s always been good, sometimes great, but I wasn’t getting other needs met and I had a change after our session.” Participant rated results achieved as “25% improvement”.
Participant J: Stated Issue: Wants to become comfortable “initiating sex” and to overcome “shyness and shame”. Outcome: “I started getting results within days. I have had an increased interest in sex, masturbation and have been more willing to actually do something about the desire.” Participant rated results achieved as “75% improvement”
As you can see, in one short month EFT can definitely make positive changes in our sexual lives. Often, there are underlying issues, for example, physical or emotional abuse or years of unfulfilling sexual experiences, that need to be addressed. This study did not attempt to clear up all the underlying issues but more to use mechanical EFT and the Choices Method to improve each participant’s situation.
Hugs to you, Nancy Morris, EFT-ADV
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