EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques)

EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) is a tapping technique in which you tap set points on your face and body while saying a phrase about what troubles you. You repeat the routine several times, with the practitioner guiding you. It grew out of Thought Field Therapy as a simpler method and draws on the idea of energy pathways (meridians) from Chinese medicine. There is limited evidence that tapping may ease anxiety and stress; for low mood there is no good evidence yet: see “EFT tapping: what the research says”.