Tapping (TFT & EFT)
The space between therapy and coaching
Because life happens
What is Tapping?
In addition to EMDR, Jane frequently uses the tapping techniques of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), which she calls “acupuncture without the needles”. Tapping increases focus and reduces distress, and Jane will often use it to close out a session, ensuring clients feel settled and ready to face the world. She also finds it effective in erasing disturbing images that have lodged themselves in the mind from movies, news stories, nightmares or traumatic incidents.
Tapping sequences may seem complex at first glance, but most people choose one or two favorite routines and learn them after just a few times through.
What do clients make of Tapping?
Some clients are skeptical when first introduced to tapping, but most agree to try it once. Some are astounded when they find that an issue that they rated as a 8 on a 0-10 scale of disturbance comes down to a 2 or a 3.
Others, who had no problem rating their issue as an 8 before tapping, suddenly decide “they don’t do ratings” at the end of the tapping. Still others claim it must simply be a distraction technique, but begrudgingly admit it made a difference. Very few find that it doesn’t work at all.
Generally, Jane finds tapping to the most gentle of all the trauma-treatment modalities for accessing traumatic memories, disturbing images and big emotions. She will usually introduce it early in the process to give clients a resource that they can use by themselves between sessions.
Try Tapping at home
Tapping may seem complex at first glance, but most people choose one or two favorite routines and learn them after just a few times through. On this page, you can download instructions as a PDF file or watch a video of Jane walking you through the process.
Complex Trauma Complete algorithm
This is Jane’s favorite algorithm because it covers a multitude of emotions including sadness, grief, anxiety, anger, guilt and shame. Tapping the sequence will bring down the discomfort associated with traumatic or shaming memories, infuriating events, and disturbing images that have lodged themselves in the brain.
Physical Pain Algorithm
The physical pain algorithm is much shorter and can be used to reduce pain or other bodily sensations that are causing distraction or distress. It also works well for EMDR headaches – the discomfort in the front of the forehead that sometimes follows a session of trauma processing.
Please Note: The TFT information given on this website is taken from materials provided by Jill Strunk, Ed.D., LP., TFTdxVT in her training for therapists: Rapid Resolution for Intractable Problems, 19 September, 2009. Permission has been given for the use of her materials as a resource for clients of Jane McCampbell, MA, LMFT. Permission has NOT been given for general download or distribution. Please do not reproduce or copy this material in any form. For published information on TFT, please reference Dr Roger Callahan’s book, Tapping the Healer Within (2002), available from Amazon, or contact Roger Callahan’s organization, Callahan Techniques, directly.
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