How Thought Field Therapy Works

When we think about a specific problem — such as a fear or phobia — we generate a unique thought field, much like an electrical field forms around electrical equipment.

Dr Roger Callahan discovered that emotional problems arise from disruptions within these thought fields, which he termed perturbations. These perturbations create the emotional (and sometimes physical) symptoms recognised by conventional medicine. While many therapies simply suppress symptoms, TFT addresses the underlying perturbations directly. By removing them, the problem itself can often be eliminated.

TFT works like opening a combination lock. The treatment depends on using the correct “code”, a precise sequence of tapping on energy points — revealed through TFT diagnostic procedures. When the right sequence is applied, most people notice a rapid and often dramatic shift in how they feel.

Clients frequently report after treatment, “I can’t think about the problem anymore.” Of course, they can still recall the event, but now, when they do, the upsetting emotional response has gone.

The Discovery of TFT

TFT was born out of the case of Mary, a woman with a severe and life-limiting phobia of water. Despite 18 months of traditional psychotherapy, cognitive and behavioural therapy, and hypnosis, her fear persisted.

Her phobia was so intense that she suffered nightmares, avoided rain, and could only bathe in a few centimetres of water.

Dr Callahan, having recently studied kinesiology and the body’s meridian system, asked Mary to tap under her eye — a point linked to the stomach meridian, where she felt the fear. To their amazement, her phobia disappeared instantly and never returned.

This breakthrough led Dr Callahan to refine TFT further. He discovered that while a single point did not work for everyone, a specific sequence of points, known as algorithms, proved effective in over 80% of cases. With individual diagnostic procedures, success rates increased to over 95%.

World famous therapist Paul McKenna learns and uses the best therapies from around the world.  He LOVES TFT.  He uses a basic treatment here to help lift anxiety.

Conditions TFT Can Help

• Fears (e.g., spiders, heights,, snakes, flying, needles, public speaking, childbirth)

• Anxiety
• Low mood
• Feelings of Guilt or Shame
• Pain
• Negative Self Assumptions - Fear of being unworthy, not enough.

Scientific studies have proven its effectiveness around the globe and it's pioneers continue to work tirelessly in post disaster / war zones to bring fast and long lasting relief from trauma and stress.

A recent study in war torn Kurdistan region of Iraq found TFT to be preferred by the locals and far more effective when compared with CBT.

Trial of Thought Field Therapy to improve mental health during Covid-19 epidemic.