Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Scope and Practice Areas

Year 2018, Volume: 2 Issue: 3, 11 - 25, 01.06.2018

Pınar Irmak Vural , Ergül Aslan

https://doi.org/10.31461/ybpd.383026

Abstract

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a kind of practice of energy
psychotherapy consisting of cognitive and somatic components that are used to
improve personal negative emotions and related emotional and physical
disorders. Stress hormones are secreted in the brain when a person is stressed,
the amygdala and other responsive cerebral segments are activated. If the
stress can not be effectively coped with, the physical and psychological
consequences that will become chronic in course of time. There are essential
steps to follow in EFT; firstly person create a setup sentence for sending a
message to the emotional body (subconscious) and then twelve meridians of
energy end point (acupressure points) is tapped on. There are different
protocols for application purposes. EFT can be performed in psychological and
physical areas, which are very common in children and adults, and there is not
reported of any adverse effects in randomized controlled trials. In this
review, PubMed, Google's Academic and related literature sources were examined
and it was determined that the EFT had research results in a variety of
subjects. Emotions can be recognized, accepted and transformed with the EFT
application. 

Keywords

EFT, Emotional Freedom Technique, Energy Psychology

Duygusal Özgürleşme Tekniği (EFT) Kapsamı ve Uygulama Alanları

Abstract

Duygusal Özgürleşme Tekniği (EFT), kişisel negatif duyguların ve
buna bağlı oluşan duygusal ve fiziksel rahatsızlıkların iyileştirilmesinde
kullanılan, kognitif ve somatik komponentlerden oluşan, enerji psikoterapi
türevi bir uygulamadır. Kişide oluşan stres yanıtına karşılık stres hormonları
salgılanır ve devamında amigdala ve diğer strese yanıt oluşturan serebral
bölümler aktive olur. Bu döngüye müdahale edilmez ise kişide meydana gelen
fiziksel ve psikolojik sonuçlar zamanla kronikleşmeye başlar. EFT uygulamasında
izlenmesi gereken temel basamaklar mevcuttur; telkin cümleleriyle duygu
bedenine (bilinçaltına) mesaj vererek on iki enerji meridyen uç noktasına
(akupresür noktaları) tıklamalar yapılır. Uygulama amaçlarına yönelik farklı
protokoller bulunmaktır. Çocuk ve erişkinlerde oldukça yaygın psikolojik ve
fiziksel alanlarda EFT uygulaması yapılabilmekte ve yapılmış randomize
kontrollü araştırmalarda herhangi bir yan etkisi olduğundan bahsedilmemektedir.
Bu derlemede Pubmed, Google akademik ve ilgili literatür kaynakları taranarak
incelendiğinde çok çeşitli konularda EFT’nin araştırma sonuçları olduğu
belirlenmiştir. EFT uygulaması ile duyguların nasıl hissedildiği ve ifade
edildiği fark edilebilmekte, kabul edilebilmekte ve dönüştürülebilmektedir.

Keywords

EFT, Duygusal Özgürleşme Tekniği, enerji psikoloji

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