What Is EFT Tapping?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), often referred to as “tapping,” is a therapeutic somatic practice that blends gentle acupressure with mindful affirmations. It’s like acupuncture—without the needles—and instead of diving into your thoughts alone, you’re also dialoguing with your body’s truth.

By rhythmically tapping on specific energy meridian points on the face and upper body while speaking aloud, you signal to the nervous system that it’s safe to soften, release, and rewire the emotional pattern.

Think of EFT as an emotional circuit reset—offering the body permission to let go of old beliefs, unresolved grief, anxiety, fear, or shame… all without bypassing the truth of your lived experience.

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WHY EFT FITS WITH SOMATIC WORK

• Body-Based Emotional Processing: Tapping stimulates acupressure points while voicing emotions—helping shift stuck energy while anchoring safety in the body.

• Integrates Parts Work (IFS): You can tap while dialoguing with parts—validating their voice while soothing the somatic charge.

• Trauma-Informed & Client-Led: It gives clients something they can do, helping them regain agency and rewire safety gently.

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What Does It Actually Do?

EFT is clinically shown to:

• Reduce cortisol (the body’s primary stress hormone)

• Calm the amygdala (your fear + alarm center)

• Improve vagal tone and parasympathetic activation

• Unblock stuck energy in the body’s emotional pathways

• Rewire negative thought loops, trauma patterns, and limiting beliefs

• Gently process unspoken emotional residue stored in the body

The result? You feel lighter. Clearer. Safer in your skin.
And over time, you begin to respond instead of react.

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Why Is It So Effective for Trauma + Emotional Healing?

The body remembers what the mind forgets.
EFT bridges the mind and body by acknowledging emotions while involving the physical system—making it especially effective for:

• Trauma survivors with stored emotional pain

• Those who feel stuck in shame, fear, or grief

• Inner child and IFS parts work

• Nervous system dysregulation and anxiety

• Perfectionism, people-pleasing, and chronic burnout

• Survivors of emotional neglect or suppression

• Anyone healing from “I’m not enough” patterns

EFT gives voice to the unspoken. It’s a way to let your body say:
“I’m ready to release this now.”