By Jeneen Interlandi — 2014
Psychomotor therapy is neither widely practiced nor supported by clinical studies. In fact, most licensed psychiatrists probably wouldn’t give it a second glance.
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The therapeutic tool combines elements from ancient Chinese acupressure and modern psychology, but can tapping your fingertips on your head and torso really relieve stress and anxiety?
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Tapping, based on acupuncture concepts, is very effective for anxiety relief. Learn how tapping works and get all the instructions needed to start tapping.
This practice — known as the Emotional Freedom Technique — is a proven stress, anxiety and pain reliever.
When Kayla Bishop, a speech pathologist for Washingtonville Central School District, heard that someone was coming to her school to teach a stress-reduction technique to interested staff, she signed up for the course right away.
As strange as it may look, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) tapping—putting pressure on certain points of the body while thinking about what's bothering you—can provide quick, in-the-moment stress relief.
Tapping is a type of alternative therapy used to enhance emotional health. By tapping fingers on specific points on the body, practitioners are thought to clear away negative emotions.
Fortunately, while ptsd symptoms can be long-lasting, new energy psychology treatments can be short to administer and thorough in the relief they bring.
Emotional freedom technique (EFT), which people often refer to as EFT tapping, is an alternative therapy for anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and some other conditions.
Edith Eger, an Auschwitz survivor and psychologist, predicts nurses and doctors will experience PTSD because of the pandemic.
Emotional freedom technique (EFT) is an alternative treatment for physical pain and emotional distress. It’s also referred to as tapping or psychological acupressure.