Emotional Freedom Tapping (EFT)

A gentle, evidence-informed mind-body method grounded in ancient wisdom and modern psychology.

Life can store stress in the body — in our breath, our chest, our thoughts, and our nervous system. Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), often called tapping, is a therapeutic method that blends gentle acupressure with guided emotional processing to help the body and mind release stress, trauma, and deeply held emotional patterns.

EFT supports relief from anxiety, trauma symptoms, emotional overwhelm, limiting beliefs, and physical tension. Clients often experience calm quickly as the nervous system shifts from a fight-or-flight state into a grounded, regulated one.

Unlike traditional talk therapy alone, EFT works directly with the body and mind together — helping you regulate emotions, shift old patterns, and create space for clarity and ease.

Ancient Roots, Modern Practice

EFT combines psychology with acupressure points rooted in ancient Chinese medicine, some dating back 2,000–5,000 years in meridian therapy traditions.

These meridian points are also the basis of acupuncture — but EFT uses touch or tapping only, no needles, making it gentle and accessible.

Modern forms of tapping developed from the work of Dr. Roger Callahan and later Gary Craig, who designed EFT as a simplified, research-informed emotional healing method.

Today, tapping is taught in medical, counselling, and trauma-treatment settings around the world and is supported by peer-reviewed research across anxiety, PTSD, trauma, and stress reduction.

Why work with a Certified Counsellor for EFT?

While tapping videos online can provide a calm moment, healing deeper emotional patterns requires safety, guidance, and clinical insight.

Working with a Certified Canadian Counsellor trained in trauma and nervous-system regulation ensures:

• Safe pacing when working with trauma and stored emotion
• Evidence-based emotional processing alongside tapping
• Protection from retraumatization
• Professional assessment and integration with other therapies
• Support from someone trained in psychology, neurobiology, and emotional safety

EFT is powerful — and when guided by a mental-health professional, it becomes a deeper tool for trauma recovery, pain relief, anxiety reduction, and emotional resilience.

How EFT Sessions Work Here

In a session, you will:

• Identify an emotional pattern or sensation
• Notice how it shows up in your body
• Tap gently on specific points while naming the feeling
• Allow the nervous system to release tension, stress, or fear
• Explore insights as they arise
• Integrate emotional shifts with grounding, breath, and somatic methods

Many clients notice shifts within a single session, with deeper transformation over time.

EFT Tapping Points & What They Help Release

These emotional themes come from meridian-based traditions and modern EFT energy psychology approaches

Each tapping point activates a traditional meridian associated with specific emotional states.

As we tap and name what we feel, stress responses soften — and the body remembers how to come back to calm and balance.

Simple Emotional Key

Some themes clients resonate with:

• Guilt — Under Lip / Heart Hold
• Shame — Under Lip / Under Nose
• Fear / Anxiety — Under Eye / Eyebrow / Under Arm
• Anger / Resentment — Side of Eye
• Not Good Enough / Self-Doubt — Under Lip, Collarbone
• Feeling Out of Control — Under Nose
• Sadness / Grief — Heart Hold, Gamut Point
• Feeling Stuck / Resistance — Side of Hand

You don’t need to “push through.” You just need space to soften.

If you’re curious about EFT (Emotional Freedom Tapping) or want to understand how your body, emotions, and nervous system can heal together, I’d love to guide you. This is a great alternative for those that cannot meditate well, like people with ADHD.