What Is Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)?
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), often called tapping, is a mind-body technique sometimes described as acupuncture without needles.
Instead of needles, you gently tap on specific acupressure points on the hands, face, head, and upper body while focusing on a specific emotion, memory, or trigger.
This process helps restore balance in the body’s energy system and shift how the brain responds to stress.
Key Benefits of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)
Calms the nervous system
Releases emotional tension
Reduces stress triggers
Aids in emotional healing
How EFT Works
Modern science shows that everything in the body is made of energy. When emotional stress disrupts the body’s energy flow, it can show up as anxiety, cravings, stress, or physical discomfort.
Tapping on specific acupoints sends signals to the brain that help calm the nervous system and change your emotional response to a trigger.
Instead of reacting automatically, you regain the ability to respond with calm awareness and choice. Over time, this process can help release emotional tension, reduce stress patterns, and support both emotional and physical healing.
Click this button for a step-by-step guide to the EFT Tapping protocol
How EFT Helps With Weight Loss
Reduces Emotional Eating
Many people eat in response to stress, boredom, or overwhelm. EFT helps calm emotional triggers so you can pause and choose differently.
Reduces Food Cravings
EFT helps release emotional attachments to certain foods and break stress-based reward patterns.
Lowers Stress & Cortisol
Chronic stress increases cortisol, which is linked to cravings and fat storage. Tapping helps shift your body out of fight-or-flight mode.
Clears Subconscious Blocks
Beliefs like “I always fail at dieting” can sabotage progress. EFT helps neutralize these limiting beliefs.
Improves Body Image
EFT promotes self-compassion and helps reduce shame and self-criticism.
Supports Lasting Change
When emotional triggers are resolved, healthy habits become easier to maintain.
A Personal Note From Terry
My own experience with EFT has been transformative.
It has helped me change how I respond to anxiety, anger, guilt, and fear. It has improved my relationship with food and my body, healed old emotional wounds, and allowed me to live more fully in the present moment.
EFT continues to transform my life - and it can do the same for you.
Real Change Starts Beneath the Surface
Download the Conquer Cravings Toolkit
Many weight-loss approaches focus only on discipline or restriction.
EFT works differently.
By addressing the emotional roots of cravings, stress, and self-sabotage, it helps create lasting shifts in behavior and mindset.
Want to learn how EFT works and how to start using it yourself? Download the Conquer Cravings Toolkit—a free EFT guidebook that introduces this powerful healing method and includes simple tapping exercises to help you break the cycle of emotional eating and create lasting change.
Disclaimer
As a wellness coach, personal trainer, tapping practitioner and hypnotherapist, Terry Currier does not diagnose, treat, prevent or cure any disease or condition. Her services are not intended to substitute for the advice, treatment and/or diagnosis of a qualified licensed medical or health professional. You take full responsibility for your personal health and safety. Compliance with all previous medical treatment, therapies, and prescriptions is expected.
Terry is a gem. I was referred by a friend who had a great experience with
her doing EFT for past trauma. Terry is kind, compassionate and very
good at holding space for people. We have been working on my terror of
driving in the snow and I can report I was excited to go out in the snow
and ice last when we had a storm and feel that the EFT sessions around
that fear really helped. Highly recommend.
Rebecca P. | Boston, MA