EFT Heals Childhood Abuse

Childhood abuse manifests in a number of ways, and can be categorized into three areas: physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional (psychological) abuse.

Childhood Sexual Abuse

Among many other things, adults who abuse children sexually often project adult characteristics onto children, that is, they overlay the actual children with a fantasy that children are flirting with them just as an adult would, for instance. These abusive adults also create an imagination in their minds that children need to be "taught" about sex through being abused. This all creates, in their minds, justification for sexual abuse.

Childhood Physical Abuse

Just as with sexual abuse, adults who physically abuse children also come up with any number of "reasons" to justify their actions. For instance, they may believe that children are intrinsically bad and need to be punished to learn to be good. They may have had painful or deprived childhoods themselves and become jealous and angry when their children receive normal and appropriate care-and they may take their jealousy out on their children.

Childhood Emotional Abuse

Again, in the minds of adults who emotionally abuse children, there are many justifications and many ways that abuse manifests. For example, constant teasing, putting children down, criticizing them for not being able to do what no child could do, shaming them, telling them that what they're perceiving is not true or not real when it actually is.

Long-term Harm

Any of these kinds of childhood abuse usually has long-term effects and the emotional pain from abuse lasts far into adulthood, affecting how people view themselves and how they interact in relationships, and creating obstacles in their ability to succeed in the world of work.

EFT Helps Heal the Effects of Childhood Abuse

As a psychotherapist and EFT practitioner, I've seen again and again how, when we get to the core issues around people's self-esteem problems, relationship problems and employment problems, childhood issues are at the root. For example, one man who could not commit in relationships was given the message as a child that his needs were too much. As a baby, he was left alone in his crib for hours even though he cried. He learned to withdraw into himself and not to trust those closest to him. A woman who was molested as a child and whose family told her it was "no big deal" and that her emotional pain was silly learned to doubt what she knew and to believe that she was confused when she actually wasn't confused. These examples go on and on.

What's really great is that I've also seen many people get relief from the emotional trauma caused by childhood abuse. EFT Tapping has been very effective in transforming a life of pain into relief and ease with themselves, with their partners and in their work environment.

Zoe Zimmermann, MA, LPC is a Certified EFT Practitioner and long-time licensed psychotherapist. She uses EFT Tapping as her modality for fast breakthroughs with core issues and specializes in clients who suffer with PTSD from accidents, surgeries, abuse, dysfunctional family dynamics, other traumas and physical pain.

EFT is an exceptionally effective energy psychology and alternative therapy, where EFT Tapping on acupuncture meridian pressure points is used to take emotional charge out of traumatic and painful memories and experiences, often alleviating pain.

Zoe conducts in-person, phone or Skype sessions. Schedule a session now by calling 303-444-1195 or visit Zoe Zimmermann's website.

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Recovery From Traumatic Relationship and Drug Abuse - Melinda, Second Session

When Melinda arrived for her second session, she was clearly calmer and more confident than before. I asked her what she wanted to work on, and she said she wanted to go to the shop alone without fear that her abusive ex-boyfriend would be there.

We started with Emotional Freedom Techniques tapping in general about this fear. Then I asked her if this was a real fear. It transpired that it was, although her ex had not physically harmed her since she had left him. I asked her then about the worst time he had beaten her. She said it was the last time, when she had a swollen face for weeks, needed to go to hospital and managed to finally end the relationship. I asked to to imagine watching the event on TV, and to tell me what she was seeing on TV at that moment.

She replied "My face". The TV face brought an intensity of 9 out of 10. We tapped Setups like "Even though I have this feeling about my face, I deeply accept myself" and Reminders like "What he did to my face", "It was horrible to go through this", and "It was really scary." We finally brought the whole event to a zero, even when Melinda tried her best to vividly imagine it. We then worked on going to the shop, which we reduced from a then 3 to a 1. I did not think we could go down further, as this was partly a real fear, so I used her session time moving on to other challenges.

Next came fear of the dentist and needles. Melinda was due to go to the dentist. She had to get some dental work completed before she could start a job, because of what looks like drug-related damage to her teeth. The work was needed so that her speech would become clearer. We brought these fears down from a 10 all the way down to 0. Melinda and I were both smiling by then.

Next, I used kinesiology-based muscle-testing to investigate physical sources of the insomnia. Melinda has had insomnia since coming off drugs. She had been using buttons and dagga (Cape Town slang for mandrax and marijuana) till nearly 2 months before. The muscle-test showed a challenge with neurotransmitters (important brain chemicals) on the left and in the middle of her brain. We treated those with a 635 nm cold laser until they muscle-tested in the clear for now. Muscle-testing also revealed a Vitamin B challenge, so I suggested that Melinda ask about possible supplementation. Melinda reported feeling very calm after the laser neurotransmitter treatment and looked very relaxed. We also had fun. For example, we were giggling when the test showed that her name was not Mickey Mouse. After all, just because this is a serious treatment does not mean we cannot have fun!

We finished with EFT homework for neurotransmitter balance and for insomnia. I said that I was not sure if it would do the trick with insomnia, but if nothing else, it can bring calm and balance. We certainly have achieved a remarkable amount in this session, and I look forward to our next.

? Suzanne Zacharia 2011. My name is Suzanne Zacharia and I am committed to spreading the word about health options. I believe that the more and better options one has, the more choice there is. And of course, you are advised to consult with your medical practitioner before embarking on any course of alternative, complementary, or beauty therapy. Want to use this article? You can, as long as you credit me with it and invite your readers to get my FREE "EFT How-to for You" and regular free EFT Tapping script samples in my newsletter at http://www.eft-scripts.com/ - New to EFT? No worries, just get your own copy of "EFT How-to for You" and start EFTing with ease very soon!

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