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THOUGHT FIELD THERAPY
What is Thought Field Therapy?
 Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a new technique for the rapid elimination of all types of emotional distress. It works rather like acupuncture by stimulating the body’s energy meridians. No needles are used — instead the client finger taps on various parts of the body. The results are amazing as emotional problems frequently disappear in minutes.
How was TFT discovered?
TFT was invented and developed by Dr Roger Callahan, one of America’s most distinguished and experienced clinical psychologists. After using conventional therapies like behaviour therapy for thirty years Callahan was dissatisfied with their poor results and became interested in an alternative therapy called Applied Kinesiology, which involves the body’s energy meridians.
In 1980 Callahan was treating a patient called Mary who had a phobia of water. After eighteen months of treatment with various therapies, including hypnosis and behaviour therapy, Mary was little better. Then one day Callahan took a shot in the dark.
 He knew Mary described her fear as being felt in the stomach and he knew that the stomach meridian passed beneath both eyes. As Mary thought of her fear he tapped beneath one of Mary’s eyes. Instantly Mary’s phobia vanished and has stayed away to this day, more than twenty years later.
Callahan repeated this technique with other phobia sufferers and found it only worked with a small minority of patients. However he knew he was onto something and years of research, experimentation and development followed resulting in what we now know as Thought Field Therapy.
Eventually Callahan discovered that most emotional problems — including anxiety, depression, phobias, traumas and obsessive compulsive disorder — could be cured by tapping on the correct parts of the body in the right sequence.
He discovered menus of tapping sequences (called algorithms) which had an 80% success rate in treating various emotional problems. Dr Callahan had in fact tapped into nature’s own healing system—a series of ‘healing codes’. Later still Callahan invented the Voice Technology™ form of TFT which has a success rate of 97%.
How Does TFT Work?
There are a number of theories as to how TFT works. A popular theory is that the tapping process scrambles the negative thought processes by activating different parts of the brain at the point you are thinking about the problem. Some believe it is purely distraction; however this doesn’t explain how one tapping sequence can work whereas another doesn’t.
However there is an alternative theory that challenges the view of conventional medicine which assumes the mind and brain are the same thing and that emotional problems like anxiety and depression are caused by structural or chemical abnormalities in the brain which can only be corrected with drugs. Dr Callahan challenges this view that the mind and brain are separate.
He theorises that the mind is contained in a sort of field which surrounds the physical body in the same way that an electric field envelops a live conductor. According to this theory, when we think of a problem we tune into a part of this field, called a ‘thought field’. It is rather like tuning a radio into a radio station.
Furthermore Dr Callahan believes unpleasant emotions are caused by negative information patterns in thought fields which he terms ‘perturbations’. By tapping on the correct meridian points in the right order these perturbations are subsumed and the negative emotion disappears. In effect, with TFT we are picking the lock which controls negative emotions — we are entering a PIN code which turns off these problems.
What can TFT be used for?
TFT can be used to treat almost anything which might otherwise be treated with hypnosis — anxiety, depression, phobias, addictions, pain, psychological trauma, grief, insomnia, jealousy, panic attacks and many other problems.
TFT is also very effective in dealing with performance issues of all kinds: sport, business or personal.
Success Rates
TFT algorithms are successful with 80% of clients. By using TFT diagnostic techniques the success rate increases to 95%. The highest success rate is achieved using Voice Technology™ which is successful with 97–98% of clients. John is trained as an Advanced TFT Practitioner, so is able to treat with Voice Technology™.
How does Voice Technology™ work?
Voice Technology™ was first discovered by Dr Roger Callahan in the mid-eighties. It is an objective proprietary method in which the voice is used as the basis for TFT diagnosis. Thus the perturbations — and the exact tapping sequence required to eliminate the problem — can be readily elicited. This enables the diagnosis and treatment to be done by telephone. Therefore this state-of-the-art, precise solution to emotional problems can be available without the need to travel at your convenience wherever you are in the world.
Individual Energy Toxins
Dr Callahan discovered that toxins play a role in many psychological and physical problems. However, the toxins of TFT are not the same as the toxins of conventional medicine. In TFT a toxin is a normally harmless substance which has an adverse effect on the body’s energy system. These include certain foods like wheat, milk, corn, eggs, sugar and coffee and inhaled substances like perfume and aftershave.
However, toxin sensitivity is an individual thing. What is toxic for one individual may be no problem for another — ‘One man’s meat is another’s poison’.
Toxins have three effects in TFT: they can make a problem return after a successful treatment; they can prevent TFT or indeed any other form of therapy from working; and in some cases it is likely the toxin caused the problem. For example, many cases of insomnia are caused by toxins and panic attacks are often triggered by them.
TFT Voice Technology™ can be used to identify toxin sensitivities in a matter of seconds. As part of your treatment you may be advised to make dietary changes to get the maximum benefit from your therapy.
John highlights the importance of identifying any individual energy toxins in his book ‘Unleash the Slim Within’, a session of TFT Voice Technology™ is included as part of the ‘Unleash the Slim Within’ programme.
What Dr Roger Callahan says about John Plester and his book ‘Unleash the Slim Within’
 ‘This book ‘Unleash the Slim Within’ by John Plester is both innovative in style and content. John blends humour and straight talking common sense with the latest psychological approaches in such a way as to create a powerful resource for losing weight.
John particularly highlights the importance of identifying individual energy toxins as a starting point to pursuing his programme. Throughout my years of developing TFT (Thought Field Therapy), I have found this to be crucial in both overcoming emotional problems and losing weight permanently.
John uniquely goes a step further in his programme by providing an integrated support package, which is available worldwide, using my most accurate discovery of Voice Technology™ to identify individual energy toxins and help people overcome the inevitable emotional baggage that is often in the background of any weight problem.
Furthermore, John has integrated one of the key solutions to psychological reversal in most of the exercises and techniques. This is a reversed electrical polarity in the body that blocks natural healing and psychological treatment. I believe the existence of psychological reversal is probably my most important scientific discovery. It is no coincidence that individual energy toxins are one of the major causes of psychological reversal.
I highly recommend that you follow this book and programme as it is intended, as I have no doubt it will be an invaluable resource in your quest to unleash the slim within!’
Fees
Many phobias can be cured in a single session which can be as brief as a few minutes long. More complex problems like panic attacks and agoraphobia may require several sessions.
Telephone treatment appointments using Voice Technology are available as 30 minutes sessions. Voice Technology is faster than any other therapy and a 30 minute session may achieve the same result as many hours of conventional treatment.
The fee for a one to one diagnostic TFT session (one hour) is £75
The fee for a TFT Voice Technology™ 30 minute session is £95
The fee TFT Voice Technology™ Package (3 x 30 min sessions) is £250
Payment can be accepted by credit or debit card or via online secure RBS Worldpay®.
How to book a session
For one to one TFT therapy at John’s clinic in Norwich call: 01603 626477
For Voice Technology by telephone worldwide, book your session at www.johnplester.com
You will be prompted for your contact information and an appointment will be arranged via e mail, you will then be e mailed support information and given contact details for you to call at your allocated appointment time.
TFT Training
John runs a number of TFT seminars at various venues throughout the year:
TFT Practitioner Training – This is the fully certified ATFT and BTFTA recognised Algorithm level training course for those wanting to learn the skills for personal or professional use.
Advanced TFT Seminars – These seminars are designed specifically for therapists to support their skill development. Details can be found at: www.johnplester.com.
‘Unleash the Slim Within’ Seminar – TFT features as one of the key skills taught as part of the programme.
‘Unleash the Confidence Within’ Seminar – TFT features as one of the key skills taught as part of this programme.
For more information about TFT visit: www.thoughtfieldtherapy.co.uk/faqs.html
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