EFT Tapping

EFT Tapping eases a stressful feeling, softens a specific fear or worry, and helps you stay settled while you face it. It's a practice where you tap a short sequence of points on the face and upper body while naming what you're feeling.

EFT was developed in the 1990s by Gary Craig, building on Roger Callahan's earlier Thought Field Therapy. It pairs the meridian points of acupuncture with elements of modern exposure and cognitive work, so it sits where an older, energy-based map of the body meets contemporary psychology. The idea is that tapping these points while you hold a stressor in mind sends a calming signal to the body, easing the stress response even as you stay in contact with the feeling. It has been studied for anxiety, PTSD, and depression, with research reporting meaningful drops in symptoms and in the stress hormone cortisol. If tapping and repeating the phrases at once feels odd at first, that's normal, and it settles quickly.