👆Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) | Free Course
Updated: Oct 17
Free Course by Everything IFS Academy | Therapeutic Modalities Series
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👆Welcome to Free Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Course for Everyday People
EFT, known to most of the world simply as tapping, was created in the mid-1990s by the late Gary Craig (1940–2026), a Stanford-trained engineer who simplified an elaborate clinical method into something anyone could learn, and then did something almost unheard of: he gave it away, releasing his manual as a free download for the whole world. That single act of generosity helped tapping spread to every continent, gather a growing research base, and become one of the most widely used self-help methods on earth. Its central idea is simple and bold: emotional distress can be eased, often surprisingly quickly, by combining focused attention on a problem with gentle fingertip tapping on a set of points on the body.
This course teaches pure EFT, with no other modalities blended in, written in plain, everyday language. You'll learn the complete tapping sequence, every point and what it's for, how to build a setup statement that actually names what's bothering you, and how to work through stress, cravings, anxious spirals, and old hurts one round at a time. Each module offers clear teaching and real-life examples, and ends with a simple EFT tapping practice, so your fingers learn the method right alongside your mind. It isn't clinical training for therapists and doesn't offer continuing education credits; it's EFT you can put to use in your own life.
Course outline
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The Basics
How Tapping Works
4. The Tapping Points 5. The SUDS Scale and Testing Your Results 6. The Setup Statement and Psychological Reversal 7. The Basic Recipe
Getting Better Results 8. The Importance of Being Specific 9. Aspects and Shifting Aspects 10. The Movie Technique and Tell the Story Technique 11. The Gentle Techniques 12. Chasing the Pain
Going After the Roots
Living It
Bonus
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