Cases
Migraine headaches
My husband, who practices craniosacral therapy, received a call from his client because she was suffering from what she described as ‘stress related’ migraines. He was fully booked and because she told me they were stress related and because she was obviously suffering and had a migraine as she spoke I offered her the chance of doing EFT over the phone and briefly explained the premise of EFT. She was very doubtful it would work and I told her I wasn’t 100% sure if it would, but I had some time and I was willing to try so it was worth a go. She had nothing to lose and so agreed to try.
The cause of her distress was the fact that her mother was very ill many miles away and she was feeling upset because she couldn’t seem to get the doctors caring for her mum to investigate the symptoms. They were putting it down to possible dementia and she felt it was something more.
She admitted to me she felt very uncomfortable about talking about her feelings and this was probably the cause of the jaw tension which she felt was the cause of the migraines. I asked her to focus on the jaw pain and give me one word to describe what she felt. She said it was anger. We tapped, “Even though I feel this anger in my jaw I am ok.” Then it changed to, “Even though I feel this fear in my jaw I am ok”. And then it shifted to, “Even though I feel this guilt in my jaw I am ok”.
She was astonished as after only three rounds in just 5 minutes her jaw had relaxed and her migraine was gone. She felt it was too much to take in and was very confused by how it had happened, so I gave her the website address for emofree.com and told her to look it up if she wanted more information and then she quickly ended the call.
She phoned today to make an appointment with my husband for her knee and she said to me, “By the way, thank you, my migraine disappeared and has not come back. I would have expected it to because my mother has cancer and my life is even more stressful now. I would still like to think its coincidence but in my heart I know its not.”
Depression
Recently I received a long letter from a client who had been to see me about six times altogether, the last time being last December. This is a lady who had a long history of severe depression and many years on anti-depressants. During that time she had also tried to commit suicide. There were many aspects of her life that had been very distressing. As she had left me that time in December (3 months ago) she said she would write and let me know how she was getting on. The following is an extract from her letter and is reproduced here with her permission:
“Most of all though, I cannot believe the difference in me; I am happy. I laugh all the time. I sleep well. I have no problem socialising and just feel brilliant, like a new person. My confidence and ability to deal with things is on a new level.”
In all the years I suffered with depression and anxiety there had been many times when I felt like giving up. I was never happy taking antidepressants and decided they were not going to be part of my life. I had tried many therapies and self-help books and CDs but, although the theory behind was understandable, they never seemed to work for me.
EFT is the best tool I have in my toolbox. I can use it as and when necessary and have the knowledge that it works. We have the ability to make our lives what we want them to be; all we need is the “right tool for the job”.
If EFT were a colour, it would be bright yellow like the sun or luscious green like the rolling fields or bright blue like the cloudless sky on a beautiful summer’s day. It’s all these things and more.
