Emotional Freedom: Techniques for Dealing with Emotional and Physical Distress

Don't let the small size of this book fool you. It gives a detailed description of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and how to use them to gain control over emotional problems such as fear, anxiety and addiction (as well as most others). That's a pretty tall order for any book to try to fill and especially so when so many different fields of psychology and self-help can't seem to agree on how to deal with emotional problems. It seems that a therapy that works for one person does not work for another person. So, how does this book try to fill the order of a simple system that anyone can learn and apply to help with any emotional problem? It does it by pointing out that emotional problems create certain definite changes in the body that can be treated with accupressure. So, the author takes you on a tour of accupressure points and techniques that change your body's reaction to the emotional stimulus and in doing so take the power away from uncontrolled emotional reaction. The EFT techniques allow the user to treat themselves with a system that can be done quickly and privately at any time and in pretty much any situation. Working from the smaller problems, in order to gain experience and confidence, to the larger ones the techniques are detailed and include a troubleshooting section to help determine what to do when things are not progressing the way they should.Well written, organized, easy to understand and easy to implement, it is a fascinating read. Recommended for those wrestling with gaining control over emotional issues.

Dr. Garry Flint is a seasoned experimental and clinical psychologist with a behavior modification background. He is adept also at hypnosis, EMDR, thought field therapy, and emotional freedom techniques. In this book he lays out EFT in a user friendly way--for all to benefit from his vast experience. Read this one! You'll be glad that you did.Fred P. Gallo, Ph.D., is the author of "Energy Tapping," "Energy Psychology," "The Neurophysics of Human Behavior," and "Energy Diagnostic and Treatment Methods."

I am a personal growth counselor and certified traumatologist and I use Energy Therapy in my private practice. Dr. Flint's book has been a wonderful teaching tool and introduction to Energy Therapy for my clients. I would recommend "Emotional Freedom" as an adjunct to any therapy or counseling program. The simple explanations and language in this book also provide a clear and effective method for self help. Thank you Dr. Flint for making your book available to us and at a price clients can readily afford.

When I was pregnant with my son in 1981, I gained 105 pounds in the last trimester. The birth was horrendous and I had a number of traumas from which to heal.I didn't bother much about weight loss over the years, because most of the diets I knew about involved being hungry, or eating in a way that I didn't like. I was also too busy to bother. None of this stopped me from feeling the usual loss of self-esteem and self-hatred that most overweight people feel in our culture.In 1991, I had seen a psychologist who helped to heal the birth traumas to the point where I was able to start exercising regulary and feeling better about myself, but I still did not tackle the extra weight through diet.When I got a copy of "Emotional Freedom" in 1999, I decided that my weight might be an issue that the technique would help with since I knew it did not represent a serious trauma, and Dr. Flint warns about starting with serious issues in the book.As per his instructions, I sorted through the emotions attached to my weight and decided to see what would happen if I worked on my anger, which I felt might be blocking me from action. I tapped on all the areas indicated, in the order indicated, and went to sleep.The next day when I woke up, I remembered a diet which I had used years ago as a teenager to lose weight which I had gained on birth control piils. I decided to give that diet a whirl and lost 40 pounds in 5 months.I did not need to use Dr. Flint's methods to deal with anything else in this area, but was amazed at how easy it was, after not thinking about diets or weight loss for years, to move on with my life and start losing weight. My feelings about myself became far more accepting and less negative.I have since had occasion to use the techniques to deal with anxiety and grief and find them very helpful. Sometimes it seems to work directly on my feelings, and at other times it seems to remind me of solutions which have worked in the past.I am very happy to have this book, and very grateful to Dr. Flint.

I enjoyed the book, Emotional Freedom. I found it to be a very informative, practical and concise work on EFT. I might add that I purchased 2 or 3 other very good books on the same topic and this one is the one that I chose to keep and utilize. It is a very handy resource!