EFT Tapping

EFT – Emotional Freedom Technique

Release what is holding you back and reconnect with a calmer, more balanced you.

Have you ever felt like you understand something logically, but emotionally you can’t seem to move past it?

Perhaps you are stuck in repeated patterns of behaviour, struggling with fears, anxiety, overwhelm, limiting beliefs or emotions that feel difficult to shift. Maybe you feel disconnected from yourself, lacking confidence, or carrying experiences from the past that are still affecting how you feel today.

EFT Tapping is a gentle yet powerful mind-body technique that can help you process emotional stress, calm the nervous system and create positive change by working with the thoughts, feelings and beliefs that may be influencing your life.

How does EFT Tapping work?

EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique), often known as “tapping”, combines elements of talking therapy with gentle tapping on specific acupuncture points on the face and body.

By focusing on a specific emotion, thought, memory or belief while tapping, EFT helps to calm the body’s stress response and allows you to process experiences in a different way. This can help reduce the emotional intensity attached to past events and support the creation of new, healthier patterns. The process creates a neurofeedback to the brain which will clear and dimmish old patterns of learnt behaviour and emotion. It is actually found to be an evidence-based practice for anxiety, depression, phobias and is used in the US military and the UK’s NHS.

Many people use EFT to help with anxiety, stress, fears, phobias, confidence, emotional blocks, cravings, self-beliefs and feeling stuck in life.

During a session, I will gently guide you through the process, using techniques tailored specifically to you and what you are experiencing. You remain fully in control throughout, and we work at a pace that feels comfortable and supportive.

How many EFT sessions will I need?

The number of sessions varies depending on the issue being addressed, how long it has been present, and your personal goals. Some clients experience significant shifts in just 1–3 sessions, while more complex or long-standing issues such as anxiety, trauma, low self-esteem, fertility-related stress or recurring emotional patterns may benefit from 4–8 sessions or more.

While there are many excellent self-help EFT resources available, working one-to-one with a qualified EFT practitioner often leads to deeper and longer-lasting results. An experienced practitioner can help identify underlying emotional patterns, limiting beliefs and contributing experiences that you may not recognise on your own. They can also guide you safely through emotional blocks, helping you make connections and release issues more effectively than self-practice alone.

Each session is tailored to your individual needs, and together we will review your progress and decide on the most appropriate treatment plan for you. Many clients also choose to combine EFT with acupuncture, creating a powerful mind-body approach that supports both emotional and physical wellbeing.

EFT as a stand-alone treatment or alongside acupuncture

EFT can be used on its own or integrated into your acupuncture treatment plan. By working with both the body and the mind, this combination can be deeply supportive for creating lasting change and helping you feel calmer, more empowered and more connected to yourself.

Many people describe EFT as helping them feel lighter, calmer and more able to move forward.

If you feel ready to release old patterns and create a more balanced relationship with yourself, EFT may be a powerful step in your journey.

EFT for Fertility, Pregnancy and Women’s Health

As a Chinese Medicine Fertility and Pregnancy specialist, I find EFT to be a beautiful complement to acupuncture, particularly for women who are navigating the emotional side of their fertility journey.

Trying to conceive can bring a huge range of emotions — hope, excitement, fear, pressure, disappointment and uncertainty. For some women, there may also be fears around pregnancy, miscarriage, birth or previous difficult experiences that continue to affect how they feel.

EFT can help you gently explore and release emotional patterns, fears and subconscious beliefs that may be creating stress or affecting your relationship with your body and your fertility journey.

It can be especially supportive for:

Fear and anxiety around trying to conceive

IVF and fertility treatment stress

Previous miscarriage or pregnancy loss

Fear of pregnancy or birth

Birth trauma

Feelings of pressure, frustration or disappointment

Confidence and trust in your body

When combined with acupuncture, EFT offers a truly holistic approach, supporting both the physical body and the emotional wellbeing that is such an important part of fertility, pregnancy and women’s health.

Other Areas EFT Can Help With

Anxiety, Stress & Overwhelm

Feeling constantly stressed or “stuck in fight-or-flight”

Racing thoughts and difficulty switching off

Feeling overwhelmed by daily demands

Supporting a calmer nervous system response

Confidence, Self-Worth & Limiting Beliefs

Feeling “not good enough”

Fear of failure or success

People-pleasing patterns

Self-criticism and negative self-talk

Creating new, supportive beliefs about yourself and your future

Fears, Phobias & Past Experiences

Specific fears and phobias

Fear of medical procedures, needles or birth

Processing difficult or stressful memories

Reducing the emotional intensity connected to past experiences

Emotional Eating & Habits

Cravings and emotional triggers around food

Breaking unwanted habits and patterns

Understanding the emotions behind behaviours

Life Changes & Personal Growth

Feeling lost or lacking direction

Moving through major life transitions

Releasing old patterns that no longer serve you

Creating more calm, clarity and emotional balance

Cravings and emotional triggers around food

Chronic pain and tension

Support the emotional stress

Fear and frustration that often accompany persistent pain

helps the nervous system move towards a calmer state

EFT is not about forgetting or ignoring your experiences — it is about changing the way your mind and body respond to them, so you can feel calmer, more in control and better able to move forward.