Interview with AnaMaria
How did you come to learn and practice EFT?
I came to have a great passion for alternative medicine after being cured of kidney infection when I was 18. I later studied a medicine called Classical Homeopathy and opened a private practice.
Personally, I had struggled on and off with insomnia for years, as well as the grief and sadness surrounding an early death of my birth father when I was 12, that I began to feel resigned to. I had tried many treatments everything ranging from affirmations, conventional medicine, different alternative medicine and counseling. But nothing cured the issues and problems.
I thought I might need to see a therapist and looked for one that practiced energy psychology (rather than just talk therapy). When I finally made the phone call to a therapist, her kind voice gently asked, “Have you heard of EFT?” I had heard about it in fact, but did not have a direct experience with it.
The results staggered me. The insomnia, stuck grief and other issues lifted. Some were quick, some took a few treatments. With EFT I could give myself a treatment and I wasn’t ‘handcuffed’ to a professional, I loved that! Skeptical and not wanting to jump into another form of medicine, for over 3 years I studied everything I could find about EFT and used myself as a guinea pig, and later told others about it. I ‘tapped’ (EFT-speak for a giving oneself a treatment) for everything from procrastination issues, fear, past traumas, relationship issues and performance related issues. I was hooked and still am.
Why do you just use EFT when you have been exposed and trained in other modalities?
I exclusively use EFT with my clients as it is the most effective, elegant and empowering technique I have ever come across. My clients love it too.
EFT has the very elements that both I and my patients felt were missing in many other treatments and modalities of healing. I feel EFT is superior to any modality I have come across because it is:
1. Convenient and portable: EFT can be done anywhere.
2. Easy to learn and use: takes minutes to learn. In fact, EFT is being taught to young children.
3. Effective: Results are steady and when done properly, permanent.
4. Inexpensive: no costly machines or expensive pills.
5. Self-empowering: You can do this technique on yourself and don’t have to be ‘handcuffed’ to a professional to do it for you.
6. Versatile: able to handle more simple issues and well as complex. You can use EFT on every area of your life that you seek improvement in: health and food issues, relationships, business, with your children, performance issues, etc.
7. Fun! We can use EFT in a playfulness and humorous way (if we chose) while removing the resistance, and it is just as effective and sometimes more!
What exactly is Emotional Freedom Technique?
EFT is a form of "psychological acupressure" - except that we don't use needles. Instead, you stimulate well established energy meridian points on your body (face, torso and hands) by tapping on them with your fingertips.
How does EFT work?
Studies has shown that when we stimulate these acupoints EFT raises the serotonin in the brain. Serotonin does 2 things: it soothes us and it also erases fear reactions from a part of the brain that is involved with processing fear.
As we tap on a variety of acupressure points, the serotonin in the brain rises. Serotonin is a brain chemical, a neurotransmitter that calms us. The part of the brain that creates alarm when it perceives threat is then flooded with serotonin. This fear loop is disconnected, and we feel more at peace, grounded and are able to think objectively instead of reacting. As panic recedes, the thinking part of the brain is able to evaluate the problem from a new point of view and make new decisions. This can happen in a matter of minutes. Because many illnesses, physical challenges and habits are emotionally based these conditions clear up.
Who are your clients?
I love working with ‘achievers with heart.’ People that really want to have an extraordinary life, they just might not know how to achieve it. Or folks that have had great success maybe in one area, but feel stuck in another.
Some of my clients are:
* Business Owners
* Professionals
* Trainers or Coaches
* Performers
* Any one who wants an extraordinary life!
Who is NOT suited to work directly with you?
Anyone who is not open to discover the underlying issues and challenges that are holding them back. Don’t worry, we won’t be beating pillows or re-hashing your childhood over and over, however EFT does require us to be explore and verbalize our feelings. The good news is this takes a fraction of the time spent in traditional therapy. And it cures the problem at the root cause.
Do you have any specialties?
Yes, I enjoy working with these conditions and issues:
* Food craving and compulsive eating
* Attracting your ideal mate
* Procrastination
* Health
* An unwanted habit
* Phobia
* Feeling stuck in a certain area of your business
* A past memory/trauma that still haunts you
* Performance: speaking, reaching higher goals, teaching others
* Unresolved grief
What about those people who have said they tried EFT and it doesn’t work?
If you have been exclusively treating yourself with EFT I want to share that it is very hard to be patient and doctor at the same time. We are not objective to hear and see the root of the problem. Secondly, if you were treated by an EFT practitioner my questions would be:
Do they use EFT as the sole modality to treat clients? Or at the very least have had extensive practice on using just EFT for treatment?
Also did your practitioner take SUDS ratings to monitor your progress?
Is the Practitioner 'lazer like' in getting to the core and doing EFT on it (not just talking.)
In all honesty, EFT has a very high success rate: when it appears not to be working it is often the person doing the EFT is not trained thoroughly, the person is trying to treat themselves or they are not persistent enough and give up to soon.
Does EFT really work and last?
Yes, when properly done the results are permanent.
How quickly can I expect to get results?
This depends. While often clients will feel significantly better and see improvement from their first treatment, in the case of long standing or chronic issues or challenges it can take several treatments to completely eradicate the cause. Remember with EFT we are looking to completely eliminate the root cause of your habit, condition or issue: not just make you feel comfortable or feel a bit better about yourself. This is where EFT is quite different from other modalities. So in my opinion, having a few treatments is highly worth it so you can be completely free of your problem.
Why are you called 'AGENT EFT'?
I love this question! I have always loved mysteries since I was a little girl. In fact, I still do. (One of my favorite past times is listening to Agatha Christie’s books on tape while eating Thai food out of the take out box and guessing 'who done it!')
I’ve always had natural 'detective' skills which have been fined tuned in my private practices. I am told by my past patients and current clients that I have the uncanny ability to find the cause of their issue or problem. And then of course with EFT, remove this cause or root. So together with my deductive skills and secret weapon, I am dubbed, “Agent EFT.”
A random question: besides EFT, what else do you enjoy doing?
I am quite social and love cooking, wine tasting and entertaining at home. I enjoy road cycling and swing dancing. Sometimes I feel I'm a throw back to the 50’s! I love Gershwin tunes, listening to old standards and love Turner Classic Movies. Living in Santa Barbara I am able to go in the ocean and also take hikes. Blogging. Spain is my second home. I love different cultures and have done a fair amount of travel. I’m also a big foodie... everything from an occasional greasy hamburger to my favorite Thai dish called Pad See Yew. Meditation and great conversations over cups of black tea with milk and sugar are also favorite past times. I am also love sewing clothes. Oh yes, and laughing.
AnaMaria based on everything I’ve read and heard about you, I would like to work with you. What are my options for getting started?
Currently I offer three ways to work with me:
1. One on one Empower U! EFT sessions. Please email or call for an appointment: AgentEFT@gmail.com or 805-275-2373
2. My information products to learn EFT home. For details click here: PRODUCTS
3. Tele-classes. Click here: TELECLASSES
If you have questions please email or call me.
agenteft@gmail.com
805-275-2373