The Clinical EFT Handbook:
A Definitive Resource for Practitioners, Scholars,
Clinicians, and Researchers
Edited by
Dawson Church and Stephanie Marohn
Volume 1
INTRODUCTION
Clinical EFT as an Evidence-Based Practice for the Treatment of Psychological and Physiological
Conditions................................................................................................................... 1
Dawson Church
Biomedical and Physics Principles
CHAPTER 1
An Anatomical, Biochemical, Biophysical, and Quantum Basis for the Unconscious Mind................. 17
James L. Oschman and Maurie D. Pressman
CHAPTER 2
What Does Energy Have to Do with Energy Psychology?..................................................................... 33
David Feinstein
CHAPTER 3
The Curious Phenomenon of Surrogate Tapping.................................................................................... 55
David Feinstein
CHAPTER 4
The Wisdom of Your Cells................................................................................................................. ..... 67
Bruce H. Lipton
CHAPTER 5
The Roots of EFT in Medicine and Psychology.................................................................................. ... 75
Dawson Church
CHAPTER 6
Energy Healing at the Frontier of Genomics.......................................................................................... 87
Garret Yount
CHAPTER 7
PTSD, Neurodynamics, and Memory.............................................................................................. ....... 93
John Arden
Psychological Trauma
CHAPTER 8
Energy for Healing Trauma: Energy Psychology and the Efficient Treatment of Trauma and
PTSD........................................................................................................... 107
Fred P. Gallo
CHAPTER 9
How Childhood Experiences Shape Adult Attachment........................................................................ 121
Alina Frank
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CHAPTER 10
Resolving the Frozen Forms of Parents and Children: Energy Treatment Focused on Archaic States and
Their Triggers.................................................................... 127
Willem Lammers
CHAPTER 11
The Physiology of Trauma: The “Freeze” Response and the Trauma Capsule.................................... 137
Rob Nelson
CHAPTER 12
The Affect Bridge in EFT: A Reliable Method for Finding Core Issues.............................................. 143
Brigitte Hansoul and Yves Wauthier
CHAPTER 13
Integrating EFT and Traditional Trauma Treatment: A Four-Staged Model for Safely Treating
Trauma................................................................................................................... 149
Mary T. Sise
CHAPTER 14
EFT for Stress-Related Symptoms after Motor Vehicle Accidents....................................................... 155
Larry Burk
CHAPTER 15
EFT-Centered Humanitarian Work: Opportunities and Challenges for Nonprofit
Organizations................................................................................................................ .. 163
Carrie McCabe
CHAPTER 16
Energy Psychology with Rwandan Orphans....................................................................................... .. 175
Barbara Stone, Lori Leyden, and Bert Fellows
CHAPTER 17
Important Aspects of the Healing Relationship in EFT: Bringing the Unconscious into
Consciousness.......................................................................................................... 191
Judith H. Frost
Fundamental Techniques of Clinical EFT
CHAPTER 18
Reframing the Problem........................................................................................................................ 201
Ann Adams
CHAPTER 19
Being Specific..................................................................................................................................... 207
Ann Adams
CHAPTER 20
Why EFT Focuses on Negative Cognitions First................................................................................. 215
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CHAPTER 21
Daisy Chaining............................................................................................................... ..................... 219
Valerie Lis
CHAPTER 22
Tail-enders........................................................................................................................................... 223
Jenny Johnston
CHAPTER 23
The Gentle Techniques........................................................................................................ ................. 227
Jan L. Watkins
CHAPTER 24
When Physical Symptoms Persist (Persistence)................................................................................... 237
Alina Frank
CHAPTER 25
Finding Core Issues............................................................................................................................. 241
Peter Donn
CHAPTER 26
Borrowing Benefits........................................................................................................... ................... 249
Karin Davidson
CHAPTER 27
Aspects................................................................................................................................................ 255
Karin Davidson and Kathryn B. Sherrod
CHAPTER 28
“Tell the Story” and “Watch the Movie” Techniques........................................................................... 265
Rue Anne Hass
CHAPTER 29
The Floor to Ceiling Eye Roll............................................................................................................... 275
Claudia Schecter
CHAPTER 30
The Constricted Breathing Technique................................................................................................... 277
Claudia Schecter
CHAPTER 31
Personal Peace Procedure..................................................................................................................... 281
Angela Amias
CHAPTER 32
Treating Psychological Reversal and Secondary Gain to Ensure Lasting Client Results.................... 285
Betsy Bartter Muller
CHAPTER 33
EFT Through Phone, Videoconferencing, and Other Online Modalities.............................................. 293
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CHAPTER 34
Testing Your Results and Why................................................................................................. ............. 299
Charles B.Crenshaw, Jr.
CHAPTER 35
Dissociation.......................................................................................................................... ............... 305
Valerie J. Burke
CHAPTER 36
Tabletops and Table Legs...................................................................................................................... 313
Annie O’Grady
CHAPTER 37
The Generalization Effect.................................................................................................... ................. 321
Suzanne D. Alfandari
CHAPTER 38
The 9 Gamut Procedure: Procedure, Evidence, Case Histories, Indications, and Clinical
Refinements.................................................................................................. 329
Dawson Church
Volume 2
Integrative Medical Settings
CHAPTER 39
Strategies for an Integrative Medicine Practice.................................................................................... 337
David Lake
CHAPTER 40
Building Ethical Mindfulness to Maximize Your Practice of EFT....................................................... 349
Dorothea Hover-Kramer
CHAPTER 41
Client Safety................................................................................................................ ........................ 355
Phil Mollon
CHAPTER 42
Integrating EFT with Chiropractic Care: Addressing the Emotional Aspects of Pain.......................... 363
Craig Weiner
Special Populations
CHAPTER 43
Searching for New Myths...................................................................................................... ............... 371
Stanley Krippner
CHAPTER 44
Long-Term Weight Loss....................................................................................................................... 377
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CHAPTER 45
EFT for Procrastination: Six Steps to Success...................................................................................... 389
Gloria Arenson
CHAPTER 46
EFT for Veterans................................................................................................................................. 399
Marilyn McWilliams
CHAPTER 47
EFT for the Beginning of Life: Supporting Wholeness, Human Potential, and Optimal
Relationships................................................................................................................ ... 415
Wendy Anne McCarty
CHAPTER 48
Cross-Cultural EFT.............................................................................................................................. 437
David MacKay and Puja Kanth Alfred
CHAPTER 49
Tapping for the Highly Sensitive Person.............................................................................................. 447
Rue Anne Hass
CHAPTER 50
Healing the Cycle of Addiction............................................................................................................. 457
Carol Look
Personal Performance: Business, Sports, Life
CHAPTER 51
Creating a Successful EFT-Based Practice........................................................................................... 467
Pamela Bruner
CHAPTER 52
EFT in Performance Enhancement: Bridging Psychotherapy, Coaching, and Positive
Psychology...................................................................................................... 473
John Hartung
CHAPTER 53
Group Energies and Sports: Some Preliminary Speculation and Research.......................................... 483
Eric Leskowitz
CHAPTER 54
EFT and Sports Performance................................................................................................... ............. 487
Tam Llewellyn-Edwards
CHAPTER 55
Cultivating Peak Performance in Business........................................................................................... 495
Steve Wells
CHAPTER 56
The Nature and Treatment of Impediments of EFT.............................................................................. 507
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Innovations in EFT
CHAPTER 57
EFT, Change, Forgiveness, and the Positive Pressure Point Techniques.............................................. 517
Philip H. Friedman
CHAPTER 58
Energy Frequencies Promote Optimal Health.................................................................................... .. 539
M. Marie Green
CHAPTER 59
Matrix Reimprinting: Rewrite Your Past, Transform Your Future....................................................... 557
Karl Dawson and Sasha Allenby
CHAPTER 60
The Dream to Freedom Technique: Integrating EP and Dreamwork................................................... 565
Robert Hoss and Lynne Hoss
CHAPTER 61
The Power of Personal Choice in EFT: A Positive Option................................................................... 583
Patricia Carrington
CHAPTER 62
Creative Languaging Patterns in EFT................................................................................................... 593
John Freedom
CHAPTER 63
Tapping Deep Intimacy: EFT for Relationships................................................................................... 611
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