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Thought Field Therapy, or TFT, is a psychological treatment developed by the American psychologist, Roger Callahan. By tapping with the fingers at meridian points on the upper torso and hands it is said that it can heal a variety of mental and physical ailments.
Theory and treatment
Callahan gave his treatment the name "Thought Field Therapy" because he theorised that when we think about an experience or a thought associated with an emotional problem, we tune into or imagine a framework or space in which we make sense of the emotion or feeling. It may not be a logical or valid framework, but it is how we make sense of our thoughts and emotions. Callahan refers to "Perturbations" which described as precisely encoded information contained in the thought field, which become activated whenever a person thinks about a problem. Callahan maintains that these perturbations are the root cause of negative emotions and that each perturbation corresponds to a meridian point on the body. In order to eliminate the emotional upset, Callahan says that a precise sequence of meridian points must be tapped on. He theorises that tapping unblocks or balances the flow of Qi.
Callahan states that the process can relieve a wide variety of problems including psychological trauma, phobias, anxiety, panic, obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictive urges and depression, by treating the blockage in the energy flow created by a disturbing thought pattern. In 1985, in his first book on TFT, he said that specific phobias could be cured in as little as five minutes.
Other, more dramatic claims have been made. In a 2006 radio interview Callahan said that "TFT can successfully treat physical illnesses such as Malaria in as little as 15 minutes". In an article on his website, Callahan has also stated that TFT can successfully prevent heart problems that may lead to sudden death, and that TFT has successfully stopped atrial fibrillation.
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