We have a love affair with miracles. Most of us have been brought up on a diet of miracles in our fairy stories, our religious traditions and popular culture.
Even though this article focuses on EFT these blocks apply to whatever self-help modality you are using
It probably won’t come as much of a surprise to you that being in an Intensive Care Unit can be a traumatic experience, but an article from the BBC, Intensive care ‘has lasting impact on mental health’, reports on research about just how negative an experience it can be.
You know the stress response don’t you? Someone says something, does something or even just looks at you in a particular way and your anxiety level shoots up.
I am amazed how many people think it is more important to know about the problem rather than do something about it.
We are brilliant learners. If we are lucky we can grow up to become physicists, philosophers, saints or sages.
When I have demonstrated EFT to a new client or a group of trainees and they have softened a memory or neutralised a bad feeling, they start to look around for an explanation, something to account for the way their feelings changed abruptly.
This small book is a brief, but thorough, introduction to working with addictions, self-harm and eating disorders, by Masha Bennett, a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and AAMET Practitioner and Trainer