What is Thought Field Therapy (TFT)

We've tried to give some indication of what NLP and TFT can do for you throughout this site. If you're interested in finding out more we've included some additional information and resources for you at the bottom of this page. But you really don't need to know more about the techniques we employ. They work so fast that you don't need to worry that you might be 'throwing money at some US style fad'. We'll fix you quickly and send you on your merry way. And then you'll refer your friends to us. Thank you for that. Is it too soon to thank you for that?

You may have previously come across NLP & TFT by watching Paul McKenna on 'I can change your life' or GMTV - where Paul demonstrated over and over again how quickly he could make fast and fundamental change in person after person.

Yvette and her associates all trained under both Paul and the creator of NLP, Dr Richard Bandler. If you're interested in Paul's life-changing training and seminar work, check out his web site at www.paulmckenna.com. We highly recommend Paul's work as an elegant hypnotist and NLP Master Trainer. Additional training information is available at Meta Training.

Thought Field Therapy (TFT)

For many thousands of years the Chinese have been manipulating specific points on the body to affect mental states (including pain). Acupuncture is a case in point. TFT was developed by Dr Roger Callahan in the 1960's in response to frustrations in treating clients with the methods available at the time. Aware of some successes in acupuncture and similar pressure-point work fundamental to eastern 'New Age' healing, Dr Callahan decided to see if there was anything he could use.

The Chinese explanation is one of changing the body's natural (mental) energy flows. Dr Callahan found that by asking a patient to focus on the problem at hand, thereby aligning the 'thought field', (a field that surrounds the body and when focusing on a problem we are connecting a negative thought field or perturbation), tapping on the meridian points in the correct order could effect a fast and effective reduction in symptoms. Fear, anger, anxiety, guilt and cravings are just some of the typical symptoms addressed with TFT techniques.

A western perspective on the work might be that by pressing or tapping these points, the peripheral nervous system sends signals or waves of signals to the central nervous system (the Brain) which disrupt the old learned sequence of neuronal activity that encoded the unwanted brain activity. Another explanation might be that the constant tapping induces habituation. Habituation refers to the fact that the conscious mind will begin to ignore or filter-out stimulus from the affective part of the nervous system when it is presented over and over (for example, we habituate to the noise of traffic, fans, etc. and just stop noticing them). If habituating to the tapping occurs at the same time you focus on the problem, is could explain why the symptoms diminish or disappear.

Your choice of explanation is irrelevant to the application of the treatment. It makes no difference if you believe in it or not. Just try it and see. Tapping the meridian points is a quick and effective and painless and the client can undertake the tapping themselves. An 80% success rate is to be expected with this work. A higher rate can be achieved with additional techniques and toxin reduction.

As in NLP it isn't necessary for the practitioner to know all of the details of an underlying problem especially a trauma this means there is no need to relive painful experiences over and over again. One treatment should result in a absence of the symptoms however, these symptoms can return and this is usually because the client has been exposed to a toxin. Through eliminating the toxins before retreatment the client shouldn't experience a further recurrence.


For further details try the Association for Thought Field Therapy (ATFT), or Progress Therapy at www.kevinlaye.co.uk.