The Promise of Energy Psychology

 Energy Psychology has been called “acupressure for the emotions.” By tapping energy points on the surface of the skin while focusing the mind on specific psychological problems or goals, the brain’s electrochemistry can be shifted to quickly help:

Overcome Fear, Guilt, Shame, Jealousy, Anger, or Anxiety

Change Unwanted Habits and Behaviors

Enhance the Ability to Love, Succeed,  and Enjoy Life

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Frequently Asked Questions about Energy Psychology

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Energy Psychology provides simple methods for shifting brain patterns that lead to unwanted thoughts, feelings, and actions. Drawing from ancient healing traditions, it has been called “psychological acupuncture without the needles.” The approach combines psychological techniques with tapping on acupuncture points that send signals to the brain that change dysfunctional responses. While still controversial, recent research has been establishing it as one of the most promising clinical innovations on the horizon. Variations include EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), TFT (Thought Field Therapy), and TAT (Tapas Acupuncture Technique), among numerous other formats.{end-tooltip}

{tooltip}How Does It Work with Anxiety?{end-texte}How Does It Work with Anxiety?
Tapping on acupuncture points (along with related techniques) while an anxiety-evoking memory or thought is brought to mind sends signals to the brain that turn off the anxious response in the moment and rapidly alter the brain chemistry that maintained that response.{end-tooltip}

{tooltip}What Other Conditions Does It Help?{end-texte}What Other Conditions Does It Help?
Variations of this strategy also appear to shift, for the person’s benefit, the brain’s coding of irrational anger, jealousy, guilt, shame, unremitting grief, compulsive behaviors, phobias, PTSD, depression, addictions, and chronic pain.  International disaster relief teams have been applying it in the aftermath of warfare, ethnic cleansing, tsunamis, and earthquakes.  The method has also been shown to promote peak performance, alter self-defeating behavioral patterns, and help in attaining personal goals.{end-tooltip}

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Both licensed mental health professionals—such as psychologists, psychiatrists, and social workers—and life coaches who do not treat mental disorders, have incorporated Energy Psychology into their practices.  They also teach it to their clients for back-home support with emotional self-management and optimizing performance. Energy Psychology also provides potent self-help tools for those not in counseling.{end-tooltip}

{tooltip}What Does It Do to the Brain?{end-texte}What Does It Do to the Brain?
Energy Psychology works by stimulating energy points on the surface of the skin which, when paired with various psychological procedures, send signals to the brain that may impact stress chemicals such as cortisol and DHEA, deactivate limbic system arousal, and rapidly alter neural pathways.{end-tooltip}

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Energy Psychology is still a controversial development within the mental health field (the techniques look quite strange, are adopted from foreign cultures, and the claims of a growing number of practitioners seem almost too good to be true), but evidence is mounting that these techniques are significant, powerful tools for both self-help and clinical treatment.{end-tooltip}

Robin Kelly Endorses Energy Psychology

See an Actual Treatment Session for Height Phobia

In this dramatic sequence, you will see a woman with an intense fear of heights walk toward the edge of a 4th story balcony and be unable to come to the railing, with obvious signs of distress. After a 30-minute energy psychology treatment, with excerpts shown, she confidently walks to the edge and triumphantly leans over. The video illustrates “psychological revearsals” and “aspects” as well as a basic energy psychology protocol (a slight variation on EFT). The video also shows follow-up on a 17th-floor balcony 4 days after the treatment and then an interview 2-1/2 years later.

Watch this Moving Video of Four War Veterans Receiving Energy Psychology Treatments

In March 2008, eleven military veterans or family members, all with PTSD, participated in a pilot program where each received 10 to 15 hours of Energy Psychology treatments, over 5 days.

From the filmmaker:  

“Without question every partner, parent, child, or friend of our subjects was amazed and overjoyed to see the changes first brought home and then refined and kept alive as months went by.”

The results will amaze you.  Click here to watch the video

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David Feinstein

Energy Psychology Resources by David Feinstein, Ph. D.

Dr. Feinstein, a clinical psychologist, is an internationally recognized leader in the rapidly emerging field of Energy Psychology. His scientific papers have provided a foundation for understanding how it is possible to quickly and non-invasively alter brain chemistry for therapeutic gain. His award-winning popular books have opened the approach to many.

David’s Journey from Skepticism to
Advocacy of Energy Psychology

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These methods do not rely on insight and understanding, but on shifting internal states of bodily experience. [They] can bring about remarkably rapid changes in the way people feel and move through the world.

Bessel A. van der Kolk, M.D.
Medical Director, the Trauma Center, Boston, MA
Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University School
of Medicine

Energy Psychology is a new discipline that has been receiving attention due to its speed and effectiveness with difficult cases, [it] integrates ancient Eastern practices with Western Psychology.

Ilene Serlin, Ph.D.
(in the American Psychological Association’s
online book review journal