EFT Program
Terri has trained as an EFT Practitioner and provides training workshops for clients and professionals who wish to learn the practice of EFT to benefit themselves and others. Terri co-facilitates EFT workshops with her colleagues Dr Peta Stapleton and Brett Porter.
What is EFT? EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques and is commonly referred to as “Tapping”. The developers of EFT see it as being similar to acupuncture without the use of needles.
To us, EFT is a technique of awareness and insight without judgement. EFT helps you to privately and safely discover the personal truths about your discomforts or about the changes you want in your life. As if it were aligning all the aspects of the mind and physical body, EFT forges a singular awareness and a powerful purpose to get the personal differences people want. EFT can be used on Every Feeling Thing; emotional or physical, specific or general, past present or future.
Further Reading: About EFT | EFT Basic Recipe | EFT Tapping Points
For information about the next EFT workshop dates and locations please contact Terri via the Contact page.
EFT and Food Cravings Research
In 2008 Terri and Dr Peta Stapleton conducted a research study in conjunction with, Griffith University School of Medicine Logan Campus in Queensland Australia. The research was based on a grant received from the Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (USA). It was conducted to investigate whether food cravings play a role in the field of weight loss and if willpower over food cravings is important in weight loss. A Randomised Clinical Trial investigating the effectiveness of The Emotional Freedom Technique versus a waitlist was conducted for food cravings. Participants attended a 4 week group based program run by EFT practitioner Mr Brett Porter. The Program taught participants how to use EFT and how to apply it to their food cravings.
Summary of the results as follows:
A Randomised Clinical Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings: Six Month Follow-up of Treatment versus Waitlist
A study conducted at Griffith University in Australia by a team led by Psychologists Peta Stapleton, PhD and Terri Sheldon, examined the effectiveness of EFT for food cravings. The active treatment group received EFT and consisted of 96 overweight or obese adults and were compared to a matched waitlist of 47 adults (group that received no treatment for the same period of time as the treatment offered). The treatment group received two hours of EFT for four weeks. Food craving, perceived power of food, restraint capabilities and psychological symptoms as well as weight measurements were assessed pre-, post- and 6-months after the treatment program.
At post-test, ANOVAs revealed the EFT treatment resulted in significant decreases in all scales except restraint (p<0.05). Restraint capabilities had a delayed effect, however, with mean differences reaching significance after 6-months. The significant effects were also maintained at 6-months for all other scales. There was no difference in weight or body mass index across all time points, but may with longer treatment programs. These findings are consistent with the hypothesis that EFT can have an immediate effect on reducing food cravings and can result in maintaining reduced cravings over time. The addition of EFT as a psychological intervention to a weight loss/dietary program may result in assisting people to achieve and maintain reduced food cravings.
To see some of the media reports please click on links below:
http://blogs.smh.com.au/lifestyle/chewonthis/archives/2009/07/first_aid_for_food_cravings.html
http://au.todaytonight.yahoo.com/article/5035228/lifestyle/weight-loss-t
Further Reading: Sunday Times Story | Australian Healthy Food Guide Story | Western Australian Story