I’m a stress and pain management coach/pastoral counselor and consistent user of
EFT (a version of MTT, or Meridian Tapping Technique), and honestly, I sometimes
get frustrated with the military's use of conventional and ineffective methods for
PTSD. Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder is a massive problem facing our military today,
but it’s tough to get anyone in authority to break new ground and use the most effective
treatment available.
"Conventional psychology has been looking in the wrong place
for clues to the PTSD puzzle," says Gary Craig, developer of EFT. "We have found
repeatedly that the nightmares, sweats and intrusive memories of our war veterans
occur because their war memories disrupt the proper flow of their bodies' subtle
energies."
EFT and other Meridian Tapping Techniques are new "acupuncture without
needles" techniques for helping War Veterans gain relief from their Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder (PTSD).
Meridian Tapping Techniques involve the stimulation of certain
meridian points on the body by tapping on them with the fingertips. This stimulation
has been clinically shown in thousands of cases to dramatically reduce, or completely
eliminate, the sting of trauma.
"Once these energies have been properly balanced,"
maintains Craig, "the war veteran couldn't get upset about the memory if s/he tried.
This is also true for other emotional issues including phobias, grief, rape, depression
and anger."
Even when they aren’t physically injured, veterans’ lives can be negatively
affected for decades. Traumatic memories are behind many physical and emotional health
problems including social isolation, domestic violence, divorce, alcohol and drug
abuse, and wrecked families.
All too often, conventional treatments do little to help.
Psychiatric drugs can dull or numb PTSD symptoms, but drugs have side effects and
do nothing to address the disorder's underlying cause. Conventional talk therapy
can even make the problem worse by reinforcing traumatic memories.
But EFT practitioners
worldwide routinely neutralize haunting memories - in soldiers, accident or abuse
victims, and survivors of disasters - in record time. The simple EFT process often
does its job far more quickly than other methods.
In 1994, Craig and a colleague visited a Veterans Administration hospital in California,
where they worked on-camera with six Vietnam War veterans.
"These men hadn't had a
moment's peace in 20 years," says Craig. "Their lives revolved around their terrifying
memories." But after just a few minutes of tapping, all of the men experienced profound
release.
Now, a brand new video has just been made available documenting the real-life results achieved through EFT with veterans ranging from Vietnam to Iraq.
You know, I and a lot of other counselors and therapists believe that it would be
wonderful if military chaplains, counselors, and psychologists learned Meridian Tapping
Techniques and taught it to everyone, but it's so different from what they're used
to that no one knows what to make of it.
There’s also still a bias against seeking
help in all branches of the military. It's part of military culture, and in this
case it's just unfortunate.
The first time I heard Dr. Webb talk about Emotional Freedom Techniques (E.F.T.) and what it could accomplish, I just had to ask him, if he was for real. He said he was. So I decided to let Dr. Webb work on things that were controlling my life for the last 30 years. We worked on my road rage, my nightmares from the Vietnam war, my spontaneous flare up into a rage over trivial things and my consistent back pain.
After 10 sessions I feel E.F.T. is very real. I'm able to control my road rage and
by tapping I hope to eliminate it all together. The nightmares are fewer and less
aggressive in nature. The back pain only comes if I work too hard and for a long
period of time.
I would recommend E.F.T. to anyone who wants to get a better control on their life.
Tony DeNoi
Vietnam Veteran
Farrell, PA
