Can Someone Else Teach You the Emotional Freedom Technique?

You've probably heard good things about the Emotional Freedom Technique, or EFT, and you want to learn how to do it yourself. You may want to learn EFT for your own personal reasons, or to help others through EFT. Is the Emotional Freedom Technique something that you can learn on your own, or should you take a course?

Ideally, you will download the free manual that is available from the founder of EFT, Gary Craig. You should read through that manual, and learn as much as you can from it on your own. However, if you are very serious about learning EFT - and especially if you are learning EFT to help other people, you will want to take a more extensive course for the Emotional Freedom Technique.

Once you've learned EFT, if you want to help others through these methods, you can get certified to practice EFT. Note that certification is not actually required, but it is recommended. Learning EFT does not make you a doctor or a psychologist, and it is important that anyone that you work with using EFT methods understand this. Just as they must use common sense and good judgment, you must as well.

With EFT certification, you are entitled to refer to yourself as a Certified EFT Practitioner - nothing more, and nothing less, unless you already have other types of certification. It is also important to find out what your state's requirements are regarding the use of EFT in a private practice.

With that said, most Emotional Freedom Technique courses are taught online, and most are self-paced. This isn't usually a course that you will find in your college catalogue, although with continued research and popularity, it could be in college catalogues before another decade passes.

While there are courses that are instructor led, available online, it is recommended that you only use the courses that come from the founder of EFT. It is also important to realize that while you are being taught EFT materials through this course, it is not recommended that you learn EFT from other sources, as the founder feels that it convolutes EFT as a whole if all practitioners are not learning and applying the exact same principles of EFT to all clients.

So, in effect, you can learn the Emotional Freedom Technique from someone else, as long as you are learning it from the correct source. This is especially important if you plan to get certified.