Jan Fable: Thought Field Therapy Explained

Thought Field Therapy ™

A Body-Based Energetic Approach to Problems

I'm Jan Fable and I've been a psychotherapist for more than 25 years. I'd like to introduce you to a revolutionary treatment for anxiety, panic and heavy emotional states. Please read on.....

What Is Thought Field Therapy™?
How Was TFT Discovered?
How Does TFT Work?
What Kind of Problems Are Helped By TFT?
What Happens During a Treatment?
What is the Success Rate for TFT?
Do the Effects of TFT Last?

What Is Thought Field Therapy ™?
Thought Field Therapy, and its related techniques, use the same energy meridians as are used in the medical treatments of acupuncture and acupressure. These energy meridians are used to treat (without needles) and relieve emotional and psychological distress, sometimes in a matter of minutes.

This may sound incredible, but there is rapid relief with at least 80 to 90% of the people who experience TFT.

I have been utilizing energy work, breath, bodywork, Reiki, and healing sound, for many years. I learned in my earliest training in Bioenergetic Analysis that talk therapy alone can take a very long time and be frustrating to many clients, so I have used energy work to help my clients become grounded, to better experience themselves in the moment, and to help them to achieve the surrender necessary for growth and change. I believe in the power of energy and bodywork.

I was unprepared, however, for the power of Thought Field Therapy. These techniques can actually relieve, even remove, emotional distresses such as shame, guilt, anxiety, panic, anger, and stress. They can reduce and relieve behaviors like compulsive overeating and the addictive use of alcohol or nicotine. The client can stop trying to figure out the why of the distress because the distress is gone. Attention can be fully on growth and change without the "static" caused by excessive and heavy emotional states.

How Was TFT Discovered?
Dr. Roger Callahan, a clinical psychologist, developed TFT more than 18 years ago. He was a well-established psychologist specializing in, among other things, the treatment of phobias. At the time he was treating a woman named Mary for her severe fear of water. This fear was so debilitating that Mary was flooded with fear and panic whenever she was confronted with any type of water. She had severe fearful reactions to puddles, baths, showers, even rain. Dr. Callahan treated her at his home, where he had a swimming pool, in the hope of acclimatizing her to water gradually, using the usual Cognitive Behavioral and Desensitization Techniques. It was very slow and very painful work for Mary.

Dr. Callahan became dissatisfied with the poor results traditional therapy was yielding and searched for a faster, more painless, more effective way for Mary and his other phobic clients to be relieved of their symptoms. Among the theories he explored were Acupuncture and Acupressure which are part of Oriental medicine.

One day Mary mentioned that when she looked at the water, she felt sick to her stomach. Dr. Callahan knew that a major acupuncture point for the stomach meridian is under the eye. On a hunch, he asked Mary to tap firmly under both her eyes. To the total amazement of both Mary and Dr. Callahan, Mary's fear of the water rapidly disappeared. In minutes, Mary's fear of the water was totally gone and has not returned to this day.

Mary's experience was just the beginning. Dr. Callahan was fascinated. He devoted himself to the work of discovering why and how this cure had happened and how to make it happen again and again with other clients. He has been developing these revolutionary techniques throughout the last two decades and has developed a complex and very effective system for rapidly diagnosing and treating many forms of emotional distress, and sometimes their accompanying physical symptoms as well. Now these techniques are available to all.

How Does TFT Work?
This kind of therapy treats a wide range of psychological problems by addressing the bioenergy system directly using the same energy meridians as acupuncture and acupressure. The therapist or client taps on a specific sequence of meridian points while focusing on a specific issue, such as anxiety, panic, anger, fear, flash-back, etc.

By directly addressing the energy fields created by thought patterns by tapping on the meridians, the client is able to bring an end to long-standing and overwhelmingly afflictive responses to these thought fields. Treatment does not involve prolonged re-living of a problem. Suffering can often be relieved in a matter of minutes.

The nature of this treatment is wonderfully self-empowering. I can easily teach a client the tapping sequences so treatment can continue away from the office. At times the TFT may be used for very short-term therapy to treat a specific panic or stress and at other times it becomes a tool in the on-going therapy process.

There is nothing adverse or contra-indicated in treating a person with Thought Field Therapy. It will only help. It cannot hurt.

What Kind of Problems Are Helped By TFT?

TFT can dissolve the lingering effects of past trauma such as from abuse, rape and other violent crimes, accidents, and negative personal events both large and small.

TFT significantly accelerates recovery from emotional issues such as depression, anxiety and panic disorders, phobias, grief and loss, the pain of heartache over the end of a love, jealousy, anger, obsessions, and compulsive behaviors, to name a few.

TFT can remove blocks to success and personal performance in public speakers, actors, singers, teachers, salespeople, or anyone wishing to enhance their level of success or accomplishment.

TFT can dramatically reduce destructive patterns in personal relationships.

TFT can reduce emotional issues that interfere with satisfaction and productivity on the job.

TFT can reduce emotional issues that interfere with satisfaction in sex.

TFT can help people in recovery (from addiction to food, alcohol and other drugs, nicotine, debting, and sexual acting out) successfully manage addictive cravings and the ups and downs of life without the addictive substance or behavior.

TFT can help rid you of unwanted habits that, until now, you have been unable to change.

TFT can help you:

improve your self-esteem
deal with difficult people
handle the stress of financial issues
overcome procrastination
become more assertive
overcome fear or avoidance of conflict
let go of anxiety and worry
have the courage to pursue your dreams
improve negative or volatile relationships
change old patterns in relationships
overcome fear of the dentist, MRI, or other medical procedures
deal with chronic pain or illness
overcome test or interview anxiety
be a better parent by controlling anger at your child or children

What Happens During a Treatment?

During an actual treatment I will ask you to focus on the distressing thought, feeling or behavior and establish the level of your discomfort. I will then show you how to tap on precisely the correct points on the upper body (head, neck and upper chest only) in precisely the correct sequence that will introduce vibrational energy into specific meridians. In most cases, you will actually feel your distress level reduce, and perhaps even dissolve, right then and there. There are no needles. You do not have to lie down. There is no need for repeated emotional catharsis, and no medications required. As odd as this may sound. It's true.

What is the Success Rate for TFT?

Dr. Callahan has observed in his work with thousands of people, that TFT is effective 80 to 90% of the time. No techniques works with 100% of the people all of the time, but TFT has a truly excellent success rate.

How Long Will Treatments Take?

For simple phobias, like snakes, heights, needles, the dentist, public speaking, etc., the treatment can take from 1 to 5 sessions. For more complex situations, these techniques can be integrated into the therapeutic process. With these techniques, therapy takes less time and is more effective than ever before.

Do the Effects of TFT Last?
TFT lasts. Dealing with one problem may uncover others, and some problems are just more complex in nature, but once the problem has been successfully treated, the effects appear to be permanent.

Jan Luckingham Fable has worked as a psychotherapist for more than 20 years. She has a master's degree in counseling and is a Connecticut licensed substance abuse counselor. Her primary training is in Bioenergetic Analysis. She also has extensive training in the treatment of dissociative disorders and trauma survivors and in using of altered states of consciousness in healing. She has completed Level I and Level II training in Thought Field Therapy. Individual and couple counseling; coaching, support therapy for people who are in twelve step recovery programs, and intervention services are available. In addition to the dialogue of traditional psychotherapy, Jan uses tools such as body and breath work,Thought Field Therapy, Reiki, imagery, visualization, meditation, art and movement in her work. More about Jan Fable's training and experience.