Based on impressive new discoveries involving the body's subtle energies, EFT has been clinically effective in thousands of cases.   It is the missing piece to the healing puzzle.  Go to www.EFT-TOM.com and follow the links to read the actual clinical cases and testimonials regarding dramatic relief for Trauma & Abuse, Panic & Anxiety, Fears & Phobias, Depression, Addictive Cravings, Children's Issues and hundreds of physical symptoms including pain relief, headaches, body pains and breathing difficulties.  Properly applied, over 80% who try EFT achieve either noticeable improvement or complete cessation of the problem. 

Dr. Roger Callahan, Ph.D., a Clinical Psychologist whose practice is currently in California, developed TFT, or Thought Field Therapy, in 1981.  He found substantial success for his patients with different tapping procedures on specific acupuncture meridian points for each emotional and physical symptom.  Each symptom has its own unique tapping algorithm.  You see, it’s all about the Mind-Body connection.  Disturbing thought patterns block the energy flows along the meridian lines in the body.  By tapping on specific meridian lines, the energy flow is restored and the negative feelings are eliminated.  Once the emotional debris is cleared, many physical ailments start to fade.

Enter Gary Craig, founder of the World Center For EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques).  After studying with Dr. Callahan in the late 1980’s, Gary used TFT with clients for awhile and soon realized that he could simplify those complicated techniques into the present day EFT. Since then, he has helped thousands of people over the years and teaches EFT to therapists, hypnotherapists, psychologists, life coaches, EFT Practitioners like myself and everyone else who enjoys helping others.

EFT was originally developed to reduce the therapy process from months/years down to minutes/hours.  As emotional problems faded, both physical health and personal performance improved (often dramatically).  As a result, EFT is spreading quickly among the healing community.  It is an emotional version of acupressure wherein certain meridian release points are gently stimulated by tapping on them with the fingertips.

Over 1,000 people have been helped by using EFT in individual sessions and/or in workshops with us since August 2004 in the Chicago area, Sedona, AZ, Denver, CO, MD, WV and London, England.  My EFT credentials include receiving the EFT Basic Certificate and the Advanced EFT Certificate of Completion.  These are the highest certificates of Completion available today for practicing EFT.  I have attended a 3 day seminar with Dr. Mercola and Carol Tuttle in April, 2006, and the 3 day intensive seminar taught by Gary Craig in Dallas, TX (Feb. 2005) for “Using EFT For Serious Illnesses”.

My experience includes having conducted workshops and discussion groups for the past 40+ years, being a Hospice Volunteer and a Personal Growth Coach.  I thoroughly enjoy what I feel inside when my clients experience the release of emotional and physical symptoms from using EFT.  EFT is endorsed by Dr. Deepak Chopra, Dr. Joseph Mercola, Donna Eden, Dr. Bruce Lipton, Dr. Norm Shealy, Cheryl Richardson, Dr. Eric Robins & many others.

Yes! It's absolutely true! Tens of thousands of ordinary people and many well qualified professionals agree that:  EFT is simply the BEST for Self Help, EVER!   80% of ALL people who use EFT find that it helps, and it helps a lot. 

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a unique form of “psychological acupuncture”, or acupuncture without needles, that uses the ancient Chinese meridian system to relieve psychological stress and physiological pain. EFT balances the energy system with a tapping procedure which stimulates designated meridian endpoints on the face and body. Restoring the balance of the energy system neutralizes emotional conflicts at their source, which then allows the body and mind to resume their natural healing abilities. EFT is safe, easy to apply, and is non-invasive.

EFT belongs to a new class of treatments referred to as Energy Psychology. Gary has dedicated his work and life to teaching people how to overcome emotional and physical blocks to success and has been emotionally, spiritually and financially generous with his discoveries. EFT is one of the most effective, efficient, gentle treatment techniques that we have come across.

Gary neatly summarized in a recent article on his web site that scientists agree that the body is an "energy configuration" made up of positive and negative electrical charges in the form of atoms, the basic "building blocks of all matter." Einstein informed modern scientists that all matter lies somewhere on the same energy continuum. This was captured in his famous Theory of Relativity which states E=MC². If we view the human body as an energy configuration rather than separate organs, parts and equations of chemicals, we will understand why and how EFT works. EFT works based on the theory that    “The cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in the body’s energy system.”

This workshop is a starting point—an introduction—to EFT. It is a companion to the more extensive video based EFT Course and is NOT intended to be complete training.  The videos are available through www.EFT-TOM.com. Learn what you can from this workshop and diligently apply EFT to yourself and others and you will likely get immediate, and often profound, results. This is the promise of EFT and one you should realize quite easily upon proper application.  There is an art to delivering EFT that is profusely illustrated in our videos and audios, and in the more extensive level 1 and level 2, day long, workshops. Those who wish to develop this art will need this additional training.  Tom or Linda will gladly guide you in this endeavor.

Note to therapists, physicians, ministers and other members of the healing professions:  This course represents a radical departure from conventional techniques. Properly used, it should multiply your abilities several fold.  However, please know that it is aimed at professionals and lay people alike and so is presented in a casual, easy to understand style. The author of the materials, Gary Craig, has taken great pains to bring this remarkable healing tool to the public in a practical way and has purposely avoided the somewhat stodgy, hard to understand image of an official text book.  That notwithstanding, the accuracy and completeness usually demanded by the professionals has been maintained, even though it has been interwoven between metaphors and clip art in the manual and web site articles.

Perhaps we should be a bit more humble about it, but we think EFT will dramatically change your world. We know it seems like a bit of a stretch at this point but these techniques may compete in importance with the Declaration of Independence.

For some, they are the Declaration of Independence. 

By independence we mean freedom from negative emotions. That is, the freedom that allows you to blossom and rise above whatever hidden hurdles keep you from performing to your capacity.  We mean the freedom from years of self doubt...or call reluctance...or grief over the loss of a loved one...or anger...or negative memories involving rape or other forms of abuse.  We mean the freedom to earn that greater income, make those business calls, start that new business, improve your golf score, lose that weight, approach people with ease or become a public speaker, singer or comedian.  We mean the freedom from the anxiety that causes you to take those pills, drink that alcohol, smoke those cigarettes or raid that refrigerator. We mean the freedom to express love easily and walk upon this planet with grace and confidence. We mean the freedom from intense fears...or phobias...or anxiety...or panic attacks...or post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)...or addictive cravings...or depression...or guilt or...or...or...

 Like we said above, we think EFT will dramatically change your world.  There is no long, drawn out, "tell me your life story" feature to EFT.  There are no pills.  There is no painfully reliving past traumatic events.  It doesn't take months or years.  It takes a fraction of the usual time and is often done in minutes.  People simply get beyond their emotional luggage, usually permanently, and go about their lives more effectively.  EFT is based on the discovery that imbalances in the body's energy system have profound effects on one's personal psychology. Correcting these imbalances, which is done by tapping on certain body locations, often leads to rapid remedies. By rapid, we mean,

most of the problems vanish in minutes!!!  This is demonstrated repeatedly in the case histories and live sessions that are included with the course materials.  A few problems take longer - maybe two or three sessions. The most difficult ones tend to require anywhere from a few days to several weeks.  Fortunately, these are in the minority.  

Simplicity

This workshop does not purport to teach you every intricacy regarding these discoveries. That would take hundreds of pages and require you to delve into such highly technical areas as quantum physics and morphogenetic fields. We cut through all of that here and provide a simple, highly workable version for the everyday citizen.  Taking this course is like learning to drive a car.  You don't have to know all the physics, chemistry, engineering and mathematics of an automobile in order to learn how to drive it. But you do need to know about the gas pedal, the brake, the steering wheel and the gear shift lever. With those basics you can drive on most roads with ease.  Our purpose here is to reduce a very complex subject to a few simple, easy to understand procedures (gas pedal, brake, etc.). The shorter, and more concise we can make them, the easier they will be to learn and use.  And an easy to use, powerful procedure for enhancing your personal performance is what you came for. 

We, Tom Masbaum and Linda Nyberg, are not doctors, counselors, therapists, psychiatrists, psychologists or licensed health professionals of any sort, and we offer EFT as EFT Practitioners,  life coaches and personal growth coaches and as someone reaching out to help humanity. Tom has over 40 years of moderating support groups, discussion groups and prayer groups.  He has been a Hospice Volunteer for over 10 years.

Those who want to research more about the use of EFT for a specific emotional problem may go to our web site, www.EFT-Tom.com.

Just for the record, we first learned about EFT on the internet.   

You may also want to talk directly to Tom or Linda, the Chicago area EFT Practitioners, about the many clients who have had both emotional AND PHYSICAL symptoms (body aches) lessen or completely disappear. 

Thank you.