“Tami” (not her real name) had already worked on several emotional issues before coming for stop smoking treatment. This really is best, because she was able to completely collapse her cravings for cigarettes in the here and now, all in one session. The success of a stop smoking treatment depends on the underlying factors that lead to a desire to smoke. The more factors there are, the longer it takes. By the same token, the less factors there are, the faster the road to success. In EFT, which is short for Emotional Freedom Techniques, these factors are called “aspects”. An aspect is a specific part of a problem. EFT releases all aspects, one by one, until they are gone. Then the smoker no longer wants to smoke and sees themselves as a calm and satisfied non-smoker. EFT utilises a mixture of releasing wording mixed with special easy-to-apply acupressure. With EFT, we use the principle that the desire to smoke is caused by the need to medicate away an underlying anxiety, and that by releasing this anxiety, there will no longer…
