On Gary Craig’s (founder of EFT) website, there is a Menu of Studies that have been accepted in Peer Reviewed Journals. The introduction states:
EFT provides an easy-to-use bridge between two well known healing concepts;:
Meridian based therapies such as acupuncture & acupressure wherein the stimulation of certain points on the body provide healing benefits.
Mind-Body therapies wherein achieving proper mental and emotional states points to enhanced health.
EFT blends both of these disciplines into one procedure and this may explain why the reported benefits are often so impressive. Exploratory studies specifically for EFT are now underway and this setion is dsigned to keep you up-to-date on the latest results. Continue reading 'Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Research and Studies for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder'»
I have recently come across Gary Craig’s work. He is the founder of “Emotional Freedom Techniques,” also known as EFT. This is what he says about EFT.
“In essence, EFT is an emotional version of acupuncture wherein we stimulate certain meridian points by tapping on them with our fingertips. This addresses a new cause for emotional issues (unbalanced energy meridians). Properly done, this frequently reduces the therapeutic process from months or years down to hours or minutes. And since emotional stress can contribute to pain, disease and physical ailments, we often find that EFT provides astonishing physical relief.”
While Craig notes that he is neither a psychologist nor a licensed therapist, he is a Stanford engineering graduate and an ordained minister. “Although we don’t pound the table for God here, I do come at this procedure from a decidely spiritual perspective. My ordained ministry is with the Universal Church of God in Southern California which is non-denominational and embraces all religions. I am an avid student of A Course in Miracles but at no time is any EFT’er asked to follow any specific spiritual teaching. Continue reading 'Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Are Showing Promise in Treating PTSD'»
In a February 19th, 2010, article by Chaplain Kathie Costos, she states “Denying PTSD does not heal it.” Kostos knows well of where she speaks, for she has been married to a Vietnam veteran for many years. She works with combat veterans and their families, and knows how severe their problems are. I subscibe to her wonderful blog, “Wounded Times” and continually learn from her.
This was her response to the recent news from Dr. Karen Seal, of the San Francisco Veteran Affairs Medical Centre, that only 10% of returning combat veterans are completing the recommended 10-12 weekly sessions prescribed for those who have been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder.
“Fewer than 10%? The program is there. They were diagnosed. So what’s the problem? Is it that the program is not what they are looking for? Is it because they want to just get over it on their own? As if that worked before …PTSD gets worse without treatment. They can try to cover it up with alcohol and street drugs all they want, but that is just covering it up, not healing it, and as a matter of fact, making their lives worse.
Their answer is to self-medicate more, latch onto the latest bright idea they have of making themselves happy and then finding out none of that is working either. They are in such denial that they think they are not going down the same road the veterans before them did when there were plenty of excuses to hide behind. After all, very little was being done to help them heal before the Gulf War. Even now with a history of suffering needlessly, they still try to ‘get over it’ and get on with their lives. Continue reading 'Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Only Gets Worse Without Treatment'»
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