Roxie Robertson
What is Emotional Freedom Coaching?
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While there is science and research behind it, the best way to understand Emotional Freedom Coaching is to experience it.
Guided, individual sessions are conducted online through video chat. During a session, we coach through a specific issue or feeling you're struggling with, while you tap on acupressure points.
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Emotional Freedom Coaching uses the science of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), combined with professional coaching.
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EFT is a combination of psychology, neuro-linguistic programming, Chinese medicine and acupressure. It releases stress hormones (cortisol) so that you can physically heal from emotional wounds and stressors.
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EFT Tapping Points
Disclaimer: I am a certified professional coach and not a mental health practitioner. If you feel you are a danger to yourself or others, please call 911 or contact a mental health professional immediately.
Why is Emotional Freedom Coaching effective?
When we face difficult situations, stress chemicals (cortisol) is released into our body.
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Cortisol is the "fight or flight" chemical, and in caveman days it helped us survive by telling our body to attack a lone hyena or run and hide from saber tooth tiger.
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In modern times your body produces too much cortisol in stressful situations. High cortisol levels cause you to feel anxious or angry most the time (fight), or fearful and stuck (flight).
The bottom line is that stress is stored in the body. And that's why it's so hard to think your way out of feeling anxious or stuck.
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It's amazing that when anxiety, stress, and fear (cortisol) is released, often the answers we've been looking for just appear. Then, we simply coach through an action plan to create a life you love.
This combination is what makes Emotional Freedom Coaching stick.
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My clients (and subjects in over 200 studies) report significantly reduced stress and greater clarity after just one session.
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Examples of EFT Research
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A recent study found that EFT Tapping lowered cortisol significantly more than traditional talk therapy or resting (published in 2020 by the American Psychological Association).
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In a study that focused on high school students with high-levels of test anxiety, those students who received EFT treatment saw statistically significant reduction in test-taking anxiety (published in 2009 in the Energy Psychology Journal).
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A study conducted with combat veterans with PTSD showed a 90% decrease in PTSD Symptoms after only 6 weeks of EFT Treatment. Furthermore, the positive effects remained at 3 and 6 month reviews (published 2013 in the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease).
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In one study health care workers saw a significant reduction in psychological distress, pain, and cravings in only 4-hours of EFT Tapping (presented in 2008 at the Tenth Annual Energy Psychology Conference, Toronto).
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One study showed EFT's effectiveness in reducing food cravings. After EFT treatment, brain scans of obese clients showed that the areas that activate cravings and hunger no longer did (published 2017 on Bond University's website).
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In a study that measured the impact of EFT on anxiety disorder showed that 90% of the EFT participants showed significant improvement, and 75% were judged symptom free. These positive effects were still seen a year after treatment ended (published 2004 in Energy Psychology Interactive).
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EFT in the treatment of depression showed that the average depression symptom reduction across all studies was 41% (published in the book The Science Behind EFT Tapping).