EFT Tapping means tapping on acupressure points while you focus on a specific feeling, memory or craving, to calm the body's stress response. Start with our complete guide, then use the videos, apps and courses below to practise.
2 guides · 13 videos · 8 podcasts · 2 experts · 6 courses · 3 directories · 6 books · 2 apps · 5 free tools
EFT Tapping, short for Emotional Freedom Techniques, is a self-help method in which you tap lightly with your fingertips on a sequence of acupressure points on the face, upper body and hand while you name what is bothering you. Most people use it for stress, anxious thoughts, cravings, poor sleep or a memory that still stings. One round takes about two minutes, so it is easy to try at your desk, before bed or ahead of a difficult conversation.
This hub gathers the best places to learn and practise EFT in one spot. Our complete guide explains the method step by step. Below it you will find a hand-picked set of free videos from the people who shaped tapping, podcasts for the commute, the apps worth installing, the books most often recommended, and the training bodies and directories to use if you want a qualified practitioner or a recognised certificate.
If you are brand new, read the guide, then watch one short how-to video, such as Gary Craig's Basic Recipe or Nick Ortner's three-minute walkthrough, and copy along. Pick one small, specific issue, rate how intense it feels from 0 to 10, tap through a few rounds and rate it again. The free tapping chart from EFT International is handy to keep nearby until the points become second nature.
Once the basics feel familiar, the guided tap-along sessions for sleep, anxiety and pain are a good next step, and the podcasts let you hear how experienced practitioners phrase their setup statements. Many people find that a daily five-minute habit works better than occasional long sessions.
If you want to go deeper, or you are dealing with trauma, long-term pain or anything that feels too big to handle alone, use the directories to find a certified practitioner. EFT International (which absorbed AAMET), EFT Universe and ACEP each run their own training and accreditation, so the courses section explains who teaches what. Practitioners work in person and online, and many offer a short free introductory call.
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Tapping is generally considered gentle and low-risk, but it is not a replacement for medical or psychological care. If an exercise brings up strong feelings, stop, breathe and come back to it later, ideally with a professional's support.
New to tapping? Our complete guide covers the tapping points, the setup statement, the Basic Recipe and how to measure your progress.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), often called tapping, is a self-help method developed by Gary Craig in the 1990s. You tap with your fingertips on acupressure points on the…
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is the tapping method developed by psychologist Dr Roger Callahan in the 1980s, and the forerunner of EFT. You tap on specific acupressure points…
EFT's founder demonstrates the original Basic Recipe: setup statement, tapping sequence and reminder phrase.
Gary Craig shows the additional finger and gamut points used in the full original routine.
A quick, clear walkthrough of the nine tapping points: ideal as your first tap-along.
Jessica Ortner explains how tapping works and leads you through a first round.
A guided tap-along for days when everything feels like too much.
A calming bedtime session for a racing mind.
How to apply tapping to physical pain and the emotions around it.
Brad Yates' gentle, popular style of tapping on anxious feelings.
A short Brad Yates routine for insomnia and bedtime worry.
Dawson Church introduces Clinical EFT and the research behind it.
Psychologist and researcher Peta Stapleton summarises what the clinical studies show.
A TEDx talk on tapping research, including work on food cravings and anxiety.
A short, neutral BBC explainer on what tapping is and why people use it.
Long-running show with tapping meditations and interviews on stress, health and wellbeing.
Practical answers to common tapping questions, plus interviews with practitioners.
Brad Yates' EFT tapping sessions in audio form, with new episodes added regularly.
Dawson Church on energy psychology, EFT research and mind-body health.
Episode: a researcher's view of the tapping evidence.
Episode: a health psychology podcast looks at tapping for weight and cravings.
Episode 507: Nick Ortner explains tapping and leads a stress-relief round.
Episode: a plain-English introduction to EFT and why it may work.
Joe Vitale went from sleeping on the floor of a public library in Dallas to becoming one of the most recognised self-help authors and Law of Attraction teachers…
Paul McKenna has sold over 10 million books worldwide and helped millions of people lose weight, overcome anxiety, sleep better, and build unshakeable confidence. He is widely regarded…
UK charity (formerly AAMET) offering Introductory, Level 1, 2 and 3 EFT training and accredited practitioner certification through its trainers.
Online Clinical EFT certification: six modules, a 4-day Professional Skills Training, mentoring on 40 case histories and a practice intensive, over about 12 months.
Professional association's catalogue of energy psychology training, including EFT skills courses and certification.
Peta Stapleton's on-demand courses, masterclasses and practitioner training.
The founder's free, structured online tutorial, from self-help basics to advanced use.
Paid self-paced tapping programmes and masterclasses on anxiety, pain, sleep and more.
Search accredited, certified EFT practitioners by location or speciality, with many UK listings and online sessions.
Directory of certified Clinical EFT practitioners worldwide.
Find energy psychology practitioners, including ACEP-certified EFT practitioners.
The best-selling introduction to tapping for stress-free living. Paperback, ISBN 9781848509337.
A step-by-step programme for using tapping with chronic pain.
Tapping for emotional eating, cravings and body image. Paperback, ISBN 9781781802915.
A 21-day tapping programme with daily challenges and meditations.
A researcher's guide to the evidence, with practical techniques. ISBN 9781788175210.
The standard Clinical EFT handbook. ISBN 9781604152753.
Hundreds of guided tapping sessions from 2 minutes up, for stress, sleep and more. Rated 4.8 from about 3.7k ratings.
A one-page how-to and points chart with photos. Print it and keep it handy.
A free 66-page introductory manual (PDF, several languages); sign-up required.
A written beginner's guide to the points, setup statement and rounds.
More than 10 free guided sessions for anxiety, sleep, cravings and money stress.
Free downloads: an adult tapping handout, a children's worksheet, an EFT research facts sheet and a guide to tapping with children.
EFT has the strongest research base of any technique on Self Help Supermarket, with over 100 published studies including more than 40 randomised controlled trials, mostly on anxiety, stress, PTSD, phobias, cravings and pain. Researchers such as Dr Peta Stapleton and Dawson Church have published widely on it, and EFT International keeps a public list of research.
Studies vary in size and quality, so treat EFT as a useful self-help and complementary tool rather than a cure. The videos and podcasts from Peta Stapleton above are a clear, balanced introduction to what the science does and does not show.
Read our complete guide, then follow one short how-to video (Gary Craig's Basic Recipe or Nick Ortner's How to Tap) and keep the free EFT International tapping chart beside you. Tap on one small, specific issue and rate it from 0 to 10 before and after.
Most everyday stress, worries and cravings can be worked on alone. For trauma, long-standing pain or anything that feels overwhelming, work with a certified practitioner; the directories in this hub list accredited people, many of whom work online.
They are separate training and accreditation bodies. EFT International (formerly AAMET) is a UK-registered charity teaching classic EFT in Levels 1 to 3. EFT Universe teaches Clinical EFT, the research-focused version developed by Dawson Church. ACEP is a professional association for energy psychology that offers EFT skills training and certification.
The Tapping Solution app is free to download with a set of free sessions and an optional subscription for the full library. Check each app's store page for current pricing.
No. EFT grew out of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) in the 1990s. TFT uses specific tapping sequences for each problem, while EFT simplified this into one sequence that covers all the points. See our Thought Field Therapy guide to compare them.
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