Deborah D. Miller - EFT for Cancer

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Name: Miller, Deborah D., author | Marohn, Stephanie, author.

Title: EFT for Cancer.

Identifier: ISBN 9781604152784 (ebook);
9781604152777 (pbk. book).

Subjects: LCSH: Energy Psychology. | Emotional Freedom Techniques | Self-care, Health. | Stress Management. | Emotion-focused therapy. | Cancer.

Copyright 2021 Dawson Church

This book demonstrates an impressive personal improvement tool. It is not a substitute for training in psychology or psychotherapy. The authors urge the reader to use these techniques under the supervision of a qualified therapist or physician. The authors and publisher do not assume responsibility for how the reader chooses to apply the techniques herein. The ideas, procedures, and suggestions in this book are not intended as a substitute for consultation with your professional health care provider. If you have any questions about whether or not to use EFT, consult your physician or licensed mental health practitioner. The information in this book is of a general nature only and may not be used to treat or diagnose any particular disease or any particular person. Reading this book does not constitute a professional relationship or professional advice or services. No endorsement or warranty is explicit or implied by any entity connected to this book, and there is no guarantee that you will have the same results.

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Please consult qualified health practitioners regarding your use of EFT.

Cancer no longer carries an automatic death sentence. Not so long ago, it did. With the advent of the understanding of cancer as a multifactorial condition and the possibility of influencing the prognosis by addressing contributing factors through integrative medicine and self-care, the outlook has changed. If you are reading this book, then you are interested in self-care and the effects it can have on your prognosis or the prognosis of a loved one.

Today, it is possible to heal from cancer if you practice self-care along with the medical treatments you decide are appropriate for you. In addition to implementing health-promoting changes in your lifestyle, essential steps in self-care are stress management, freeing yourself from the energetic and physical effects of old traumas, reducing limiting beliefs and negative thinking, and learning how to manage disturbing emotions and enhance positive ones.

Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), commonly called tapping, is a simple self-care method that uses tapping on acupressure points to help you accomplish all this and assist you in every aspect of your journey to health including: handling a cancer diagnosis, alleviating physical pain, navigating treatment options, reducing side effects of chemotherapy and other interventions, and coping with the changes to your self-image, energy level, relationships, work, and all the other shifts that occur in your life after you learn you have cancer.

Case histories throughout this book will show you how people have used EFT to address these and other facets of a life impacted by cancer. Tapping guides in each chapter from onward will provide you with sample tapping language.

Having a method at your fingertips to alleviate pain from cancer itself or from treatment obviously improves your quality of life. In numerous clinical studies, EFT has proven effective at reducing pain; one study showed a reduction of 57% (e.g., Bach et al., 2019). At the end of this chapter, youll have a chance to try tapping on any pain or physical discomfort you are feeling at the moment and see for yourself how EFT works. First, because a diagnosis of cancer brings up myriad disturbing emotions and feeling upset worsens physical pain, lets consider the part that emotions play in cancer.