Testimonials

"* PICTURE THE FOLLOWING -

Its early morning I'm running behind schedule and dash out of the house running as fast as I can to catch my train to work. I just make it and am instantly hit with an asthma attack. I quickly open my bag to grab my Ventolin inhaler to find that I have left it at home - I am in big, big trouble, which makes me panic more. From this point I end up in an emergency ward with much distress while the medical staff help me.

* PICTURE THE SAME STORY AFTER LEARNING TFT -

I am at the point where I realise I am in big, big trouble not having my Ventolin inhaler and I am panicked which makes me think I have only one option to try this tapping procedure that I had just learnt. I looked away from the other people and tried to be discreet knowing this was my only chance at being OK. I was in a real panic. To my surprise and absolute delight I totally calmed down and my breathing was restored. I couldn't believe it!

Since this story which only happened last month I have gone from strength to strength. Previously the hospital was my only story. I am now currently on no preventative medication or Ventolin what-so-ever for my asthma and have just had a touch of the flu in which the norm for me would be to be attached to my nebuliser with the mask and a case of bronchitis to which I would need antibiotics. This is the first time since I was seventeen that this has not happened - I am now thirty-six. I kept waiting on the asthma to appear but I am totally free. This is only one way I have been positively affected by TFT.

Having lost both my parents to cancer early in my life along with other unfortunate events my mind has been left scarred and my memory has caused so much trouble as I try to suppress the painful memories. Up until now I have spent so much money trying to find help through therapies, books, courses, etc. Nothing helped. My mind has been a prison with no way out. It has been the situation of making the best of life with what I've got. Now I feel free and am free to think again. As a performer I can feel confident on stage to not forget my lines. I have my life back. I am at peace. What a blessing."

Geraldine Finn

"Prior to June of 2003, I had not heard of Thought Field Therapy.

I chanced upon an article about Eugene's life in a magazine and read about a modality that had been around for 20 years. Intrigued with the claims of TFT, I was surprised that I had not stumbled upon it until now as I seems as though I have been searching most of my life for tools outside the mainstream approaches, for emotional and physical healing.

My husband and I were planning a holiday in Queensland so we organized our trip around the dates to coincide with a TFT workshop in Brisbane. We travel regularly to Australia as we have a son living in Noosa and many friends in Queensland.

I have worked as a counselor/therapist for ten years and was hoping that here was something that could be used as an adjunct to therapy. I also hoped that I could use it for myself and my family and friends.

I read the book "Tapping the Healer Within" by Dr Callahan, which was sent to me by Eugene as prerequisite for the workshop. The connection between anxiety and the myriad emotional and physical problems that are part of so many people's lives today resonated with me. I believe implicitly in the mind/body connection.

I immediately worked with my 34 year old son after learning TFT. He has been a severe, chronic asthmatic since he was six weeks old. His sporting, educational and social aspirations have been negatively affected by his illness for most of his life. Antibiotics and steroid drugs have damaged his immune system and I was alarmed recently, at his over-use of inhalers to manage his health.

I asked him to try to recall a time, as far back as possible when he first felt panic and he quickly remembered a time in the hospital when he was being zipped up in an oxygen tent and I was leaving. "Don't go mummy" is what he remembered thinking. He would have been three or four years old at that time.

One month later, he phoned to tell me that he had not used his inhalers once since the tapping. Before this he was sucking on his Ventolin inhaler 10 to 20 times a day. He had not even been wheezy. Now, ten months since that one treatment, his asthma is gone. If he gets a cold or flu he gets over it like anyone else without it turning into asthma or a lung infection as would have been the case previously. He had been reliant on steroid inhalers for 30 years.

Anyone who has had an asthmatic child will know how amazing this is. For our family, it is like a miracle. If this were the only good thing to come out of my learning TFT, it would be enough. However, there are numerous examples in my life of the power of this healing modality.

From childhood, I have been anxious. My father (bless him) was a very angry man and the atmosphere in our home was almost always tense. I had a knot in my stomach much of the time. This anger did not generate a lot that was good. My self-confidence and feelings of worthiness were abysmal and I had a lot of health problems. Worrying about how I was perceived by the world, worrying about how I looked and how I performed and later on, worrying about my children. I was afraid of flying and not very comfortable in or on the water. I hated heights, enclosed spaces and situations and were out of my control. I also had a spider phobia. I was certainly not a relaxed person but people thought that I was because that is the way I wanted to appear.

I did not let my fear of flying stop me from going on planes but it was always an ordeal. I tended to confront challenges head on and push myself through them but always with a sense of dread, a sense of impending disaster.

TFT is not the only thing that has helped me deal with the challenges in my life but it is certainly the most profound. There were times when my body was rigid with anxiety and as a result of that I have had a lot of pain. Using algorithms for stress or anxiety or fear, I am able now to manage most situations in my life that would previously have caused a lot of stress and unhappiness.

My spider phobia is gone. This is fortunate, as one year ago we moved to live in the country and I was confronted daily with dozens of them and was even bitten twice by white tail spiders in the first month. New Zealand spiders are largely harmless apart from a couple of species. After the tapping session for phobias, I wasn't sure whether or not it had been successful but over the next few months I became aware that my attitude was quite blasé when venturing into a spider stronghold. I wear gloves when I am gardening because I don't want to be bitten again but the irrational fear is gone. The interesting thing for me is that now I rarely even see a spider.

The benefits of TFT to myself, members of my family and friends are huge and we will continue to use it whenever it is needed. I have retired from my work but am considering setting up a clinic where I use only TFT with clients. The reasons that I see this modality being so important for the world are that it is relatively simple, it offers people a tool that they can use for themselves without prolonged and expensive therapy, and most importantly, IT WORKS!"

Jody Wilson