This therapy, relatively new to the UK, is used extensively in the United States. EFT was developed by Garry Craig, from Dr. Roger Callahan's Thought Field Therapy. It has its roots in ancient Chinese medicine, the modern sciences and applied Kinesiology.

Like acupuncture and acupressure, EFT works by impacting directly on the body's energy flow.

It can be applied to any human problem that has an emotional component. This includes virtually any kind of mental disturbance and many physical problems that are neuro-somatic. In other cases of physical illness, reducing the emotional stress and fear reduces the pain and speeds recovery.

These techniques are gentle, rapid and startlingly effective. It is not uncommon for long-standing or chronic pain to be released entirely in less than half an hour. There is also a strange phenomenon - after the pain has disappeared you may forget that it ever existed.