Ah life! (As my friend Tim always used to say when things got a bit overwhelming... yet were still inexplicably wonderful.) As I prepare to take a whirlwind tour of Brittan and Ireland, it seems like there is so much to do to get ready and so much to learn about where I'm going! Never the less, I have been trying out my new emotional healing modality with several clients over the past few weeks and the results have been fascinating.
What I now call CTP (Choice Transmutation Process) has been very effective for some people, even more so than EFT, but with others, the EFT process was needed to clear residual feelings. I found that they actually work very well in tandem - actually better than either of them work alone.
By using CTP to help clients really get in touch with their issue and the way it looks, sounds, smells, tastes, and feels, and perhaps most importantly CHOOSING to feel the feeling, the stage is set for using EFT most effectively. After applying CTP for all aspects of an issue that we can uncover (which was sometimes enough to clear the issue in itself) I would apply EFT to remove any lingering energetic disturbance related to the issue.
As with EFT alone, this process works best when the client comes with one particular issue to work on. I had several clients with multiple physical and emotional issues, which made it harder for them to see rapid improvement (since they would immediately start focusing on another problem each time one issue was resolved). Not surprisingly, the people who responded most quickly were also involved in some type of alternative health care modality. They were immediately able to get into the process and identify some of their underlying issues.
Here is a very clear example of a client with a single issue that was quickly resolved (in about an hour): I'll call her Jane - a lovely young woman with a fear of getting sick, but otherwise healthy and balanced.
Jane's complaint was that it really made her anxious whenever people at work started talking about illness or "what's going around." She could trace it back to an early childhood experience of getting sick and being afraid she was going to die. When I asked her what it looked like, she said it looked and sounded like a Tasmanian Devil cartoon character whirling out of control, felt heavy, but had no smell or taste.
I had her ask the character if it had a message for her and why it was there. It said it wanted to devour her and that the heavy feeling was necessary to keep her grounded and healthy. I asked if she could choose to let it be there and appreciate that it was trying to keep her healthy. She agreed, but wished it didn't feel so out of control.
I asked her to tell the character what she wanted it to do and see if it would agree. She told it that she appreciated its help, but that anxiety was actually counter productive, and she would prefer that it take the form of a powerful woman warrior with a sword who kept away the anxious thoughts. The character agreed and transformed into her chosen image.
At this point Jane felt much better, but still had a residual feeling of anxiety about getting sick when she thought of people at work talking about it. We could have gone further with CTP, but it seemed that EFT might speed up the process at this point because it now seemed to be a purely energetic issue. We did a couple rounds of EFT on "Even though I still have some anxiety about getting sick, I deeply and completely love and accept myself," and she reported that the anxiety had vanished.
Other clients had similar results, though most had more issues than we could address in an hour session. Sometimes, simply getting deeply in touch with their feelings brought the deepest relief.
