Healing Emotional Trauma
I work with a group of extremely traumatized people: parents whose children have been taken – often unjustly – by child protective services. Some will eventually get their children back but the entire family will still be trauma victims in need of emotional healing. Others will never get their children back, and will carry the scars of extreme loss for the rest of their lives. There’s no trauma worse than the loss of a child, and when that loss is inflicted by a government agency that claims a parent is unfit, the emotional trauma is increased with shame, stigma, extreme grief, a sense of frustrated helplessness, fear for the well being of the child, and perennial anger.
Parents, grandparents, and others in similar traumatic situations need healing from emotional trauma – otherwise they will deteriorate from unresolved stresses. Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) causes exhaustion, impatience, aggravation, agitation, lack of ability to focus, and emotional outbursts. If left unresolved the grief of extreme trauma can lead to further stress on the body including increased risk of heart attack and stroke. Whatever injury harms our mental or emotional bodies will probably have an effect on our physical bodies as well.
These traumas must be dealt with, and EFT is one way to do it. EFT stands for Emotional Freedom Techniques. By resolving energy blockages in the meridian system we can clear past traumas and promote emotional stability. As we heal our emotional body, the mental and physical bodies respond as well.
Thanks Linda for a great post on using EFT for trauma and PTSD. It is so true to lose a child is so devestating. I know because my husband and I lost our son during birth. I really don’t know where I’d be right now without EFT to help me move through the grief and trauma without getting stuck. It also helps me to be in a better place to be able to honour our son and all that he means to us. So thanks again for highlighting to others the importance of using a good tool like EFT for addressing their trauma.
Comment by Julie Horsfall — February 19, 2009 @ 5:02 am
Thanks for coming by, Julie! I enjoyed my visit to your blog.
Comment by Linda Martin — February 20, 2009 @ 9:51 am
I have been looking for some posts on EFT and fortunately I landed here. I am more than happy to have this blog and I am going to subscribe. Thanks for sharing all those links which are rare to find.
Comment by Harishta | Los Angeles Criminal Attorney — March 15, 2009 @ 1:21 pm
Thanks, Harishta.. If you’re an attorney, I’ll bet EFT helps a lot with the stress in that job.
Comment by Linda Martin — March 22, 2009 @ 11:24 am
My brother used to be a chain smoker and it was very bothering. EFT helped a lot in making him a better man. Turns out, he’s only smoking because of stress and the pressure his job is giving him. We own a free Tapping eBook but Mike didn’t stop from there. He scoured videos on-line but ended buying a video instead.
All in all, EFT plays a different and huge role to those who get to meet that technique. Very effective.
Comment by Dan Bass — April 13, 2011 @ 2:22 am