иконописA few weeks ago, I wrote an article about a 58 year old woman came to me with a completely debilitating fear of spiders.  When she saw a spider she would jump up and down, waving her arms in the air and shouting: “Mommy!  Mommy! Mommy!”  It was a childish, out-of-control reaction.  She knew it was irrational behavior and felt embarrassed and humiliated every time she did it.

After asking several questions, we realized that her fear and resentment of her mother was the cause of her phobia about spiders.  Using Emotional Freedom Technique, also called EFT or Tapping, within ten minutes that phobia was gone!

Because I’m not particularly fond of spiders myself, I wasn’t prepared to go find a large spider to test her but I did use my laptop and found a video, showing a variety of spiders: crawling, jumping, spinning, etc.  My client was able to look at the pictures with a smile on her face and no negative response at all.  She stated that before the session she would not have been able to stay in the same room as the video.

You always wonder when you have a “one-hit wonder” success like this if the problem is really resolved.  A few days ago, I received this email from my client.  She gave me permission to use her name.

               ”I wanted to prove to myself that I could just go ahead and look at the “Funny spider” video.   I did…no reaction!   And normally why would I even entertain the thought to begin with, but I did.   Thank you for helping me.     As always with hugs,   Colleen

So, for those of you who do have a fear or phobia that is interfering with your life, there is hope.    No matter what it is: a  fear of flying,  fear of heights,  fear of snakes, fear of elevators, fear of the dark, fear of public speaking, fear of being in crowds, fear of doctors, fear of dentists, fear of needles,  fear of dogs , etc. etc.   It doesn’t matter what the fear or phobia is.  It can be easily eliminated using the powerful tool of Emotional Freedom Technique.