Energy Therapies

Energy Psychology and Meridian-based Psychotherapy are rooted in both clinical psychology and psychotherapy and Traditional Chinese Medicine, TCM. These are all umbrella terms for various techniques developed by different people such as Thought Field Therapy (TFT), Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and Be Set Free Fast (BSFF). California psychologist Dr Roger Callahan developed the first of these new approaches, Thought Field Therapy (TFT), more than twenty years ago. Dr. Callahan treated a lady with water phobia whose eighteen months of conventional treatment had made little difference. But the day Dr Callahan reached over and tapped on an acupuncture point under Mary’s eye, she was almost miraculously released from her phobia.
The principle of Meridian Therapies is that every limiting thought, upsetting feeling and memory is associated with a disturbance in our body energy system, and can be released by means of tapping on selected points of meridian system. The change can often be dramatic, leaving people feeling relaxed, even smiling, and with new insights into the problem that was troubling them. Meridian Therapies release blocks and restore the free flow of life energy to heal our minds, hearts, bodies, and souls

For some it can be quite a challenge to accept that long-standing problems, (emotional ones in particular) can be treated by accessing the body’s meridian energy system with approaches such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Like any radically new innovation, general acceptance is slow because it doesn’t fit with existing beliefs. Fortunately, for the techniques to work, belief is not required, as just doing it will demonstrate the amazing effectiveness of EFT or any of the other Meridian Therapies. In the United States, for example, the techniques have been used to help Vietnam War veterans with posttraumatic stress and in Norway the techniques have been used in a similar way to help Kosovo refugees.

Self-Treatment :
An exceptional aspect of the new Energy Therapies is the fact that they can readily be used for self-treatment, for occasions when we are stressed or anxious – fear of public speaking, is a common application - or for on-going problems such as addictive cravings, weight loss, and depression where relief is so sorely needed at home and on a regular basis. For more complex or severe emotional issues, an experienced therapist can help to unravel the different factors and aspects involved and provide the therapeutic relationship of safety, acceptance and perspective in which change can happen most effectively.

Correcting Self-Sabotage :
One of the greatest gifts of the Energy Therapies is Dr. Callahan’s concept of Psychological Reversal. Most of us are familiar with feeling that we know we could and should be doing things differently, but can’t seem to motivate ourselves, or stick with it, or worse, we find that we sabotage our own efforts. And many of us compound that problem by feeling guilty or ashamed that we just don’t have enough will power to do it anyway. In the Energy Therapy paradigm, all these things can be seen as manifestations of a reversal of some kind in our energy system. When that is corrected (and this simple correction may need to be self-treated repeatedly, especially when working with depression, addictions or chronic physical ailments) we can congruently move forward again. No more will power required, and we need no longer fear guilt or shame, either.

Thousands of professional therapists from all around the world are using these techniques successfully on a daily basis to help clients free themselves from a wide range of problems: overwhelming feelings and depression, phobias, traumatic memories and nightmares, obsessions and compulsions, addictions, sexual problems, managing substance sensitivities and pain, and blocks to peak performance, to name only a few. The techniques are suitable for working with clients of all ages and integrate well with other healing modalities