When the lights and cameras turn off... When the world turns its attention to a new tragedy, or to the latest celebrity breakup or tweet... When the people and organizations that rushed in to help find they have other responsibilities or that the problem is too big for them to handle... What then?

THE EFFECTS

Flashbacks, nightmares, intrusive thoughts about a traumatic event, loss of interest in activities and life in general, feeling detached from others and emotionally numb, difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, outburst of anger, difficulty concentrating and much more.

WHY IT SHOULD MATTER TO ALL OF US

Beyond the obvious humanitarian reasons for helping a fellow man, woman or child who is struggling, trauma, big or small, has a profound and often overlooked effect on our society and our world. We see cases of veterans with PTSD committing violence towards themselves or others. We see genocide survivors with a feeling of having no hope for the future, unable to take positive actions in their lives or take ahold of a hand that reaches out to them. We see what we perceive as “normal” people bursting at the seams because of previous traumatic events that keep their minds, bodies and spirits stuck. All these cases and more, over 7 million in the United States alone, tell us that there’s a component to healing, to helping someone get on their feet, to building a life and contributing to society, that we’ve been missing.



“Move on,” people say. “It’s in the past,” “I’m sure you’re fine by now, aren’t you?” “Buckle Up!” “That’s STILL affecting you?” Unlike other psychological problems, PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) gets WORSE over time. And that’s in part because our brains start to rewire themselves around carrying these negative stress signals. The latest research shows that specific parts of our brain that control memory and learning start to shrink over time for people with PTSD.

What is EFT Tapping?

A combination of Ancient Chinese Acupressure and Modern Psychology, Tapping quickly gets to the heart of the issue, working to rewire the brain, calm the amygdala, and create safety in the body to ease stress and release trauma.

Tapping (Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT) provides relief from chronic pain, emotional problems, disorders, addictions, phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder, and physical diseases. While Tapping is newly set to revolutionize the field of health and wellness, the healing concepts that it’s based upon have been in practice in Eastern medicine for over 5,000 years. Like acupuncture and acupressure, Tapping is a set of techniques which utilize the body’s energy meridian points. You can stimulate these meridian points by tapping on them with your fingertips – literally tapping into your body’s own energy and healing power.