Tapping
Mental Field Therapy (MFT)
Technique and Applications
Mental Field Therapy (MFT) is based on the recognition that many states of emotional or
physical distress, such as depression or chronic pain, are often conditioned responses. MFT is
the simple and effective treatment that can be used in physical, emotional and psychological
conditions to help neutralize and stabilize your current state of mind, a past trauma, or a future
event. MFT breaks the mental pattern or connection between the original traumatic event and
the habitual or conditioned stress state that is currently being activated. The pioneer of this work
is Roger Callahan PhD.
Applications:
Medication uptake enhancement
This includes foods, vitamins and minerals. Tapping each point 10 times each, immediately after
taking a medication, vitamin or herb will assure that the medication and/or nutrient is welcomed
into the body, metabolized properly, and protected against allergic reaction. The medication will
therefore become better tolerated and more effective.
Allergy desensitization
1) Tap and hum 33 seconds per point and then rest 20 minutes.
2) While being exposed to the allergen, tap each MFT point 10 times, then avoid it for the
next 24 hours.
Resolving Energy Blockages
Holding an organ, tooth, or other bodily area while tapping the points will re-establish the normal
energy flow through the areas. This helps you gain the ability for introspection on related
experiences.
Deepening the healing state
The healing state will be deepened after a healing intervention such as acupuncture, neural
therapy, taking a homeopathic remedy, etc. Tapping all the MFT points after each healing
intervention will increase the effectiveness of the therapy.
Emergencies
During a crisis tap all points while someone else organizes the emergency measures. MFT can
help abort an otherwise fatal allergic reaction.
Pain
Especially facial and tooth pain. Tap area and adjacent MFT points until pain shifts and eases.
Follow the pain until it concentrates into one point. Hold this point and tap entire MFT sequence.
Emotional stress Insomnia
Sudden bad news Relationship problems
Obsessive thinking Emotional coldness, excessive criticism
Feeling stuck Finding oneself projecting on others
Sexual problems (premature ejaculation, Stuck work relationships and situations
difficulty with orgasm) Stuck health problems
MFT tapping technique
1. Tap the MFT points 9 times each unless otherwise specified.
2. Focus and truly experience the problem or current emotion: Fatigue, anxiety,
fear, stress, anger, helplessness, etc.
3. Focus on the correct tapping sequence and hand placements.
4. While you tap, verbalize:
Even though I feel _______, I deeply and completely accept myself”
5. After a few rounds, you may substitute verbalization with humming.
6. Do tapping 4 times a day for 6 weeks.
1) CROWN, Saggital Suture: Stimulates all organ systems.
Elbows out. Hold one hand in front of the other on top of head.
Use all 10 fingertips while tapping. Spread fingers to cover more distance.
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2) EYEBROW: Bladder, all organs. 2
Elbows down. Little fingers at inside of eyebrow.
Thumbs outside of eyebrow ridge. Equally distribute fingers.
3) TEMPLE: Gallbladder. Temple bone area. 3
Elbows out. Tap on bone. Tap at 40° angle of self.
4) NUCHAL LINE: Occipital area.
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Stimulates information flow between brain stem and body, from neck
from neck down. Tap 18 times.
Elbows out. Use sides of hands instead of fingers.
Tap at bone/soft tissue junction, do upper line most often. 5
5) STOMACH LINE: Stomach, small intestine.
Elbows out. Find the bony ridge under the lower eye.
Fingers vertical, past lips. Thumb trails behind.
6) UPPER JAW LINE: Dental acupuncture points. 6
Elbows down. Use both hands. Pinky fingers meet in middle.
Horizontal line above the teeth.
7) LOWER JAW LINE: Lower jaw dental points. 7
Elbows down. Use both hands. Tap on teeth below lips.
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8) SPLEEN 21: Large intestine.
Elbows out, monkey tap strongly with the index fingers.
Tap one hand width below the axilla in the mid-axillary line.
9) THYMUS: Adrenal Meridian 9
Elbows out. Tap hollow underneath the clavicle adjacent to the sternum.
Use all fingers. Fingers in straight vertical line, thumbs slightly to sides.
Or, fingers form a V line joining at the thymus.
Suggested Positive Beliefs
I deeply and completely accept myself
I choose to feel valuable, joyful, and complete
I am lovable
God loves me
I am valuable
I am free
I am good
I am ok as I am
I am able to love
I trust my intelligence
I am ready to be well
I am ready to be completely well
I am willing to be well
I am willing to be completely well
My body is able to be completely well again
My heart, brain, liver, breast, etc…is able to heal and be well again
I am able to be well again
I am ready, willing, and able to be well now
I have the right to be free, to be joyful, to be healthy, to work, to love and be loved, to
live in peace, to choose my own medical care, to have beauty in my life, to make a
contribution, etc
I am perfect as I am
My brain remembers how it feels to be completely well
My brain is now ready, willing, and able to activate all those functions that lead me to
perfect and permanent health
20 Minute Writing Technique
This technique is useful for moving traumatic events to a different part of
the brain so that the connection between the event and a habitual response
to similar words, events, colors, etc. is broken.
Write each day for 20 minutes at a time.
1. Make a list of all traumas you can remember as far back as you
can go. You can add to the list as new events come up into your
conscious mind.
2. Number each incident 1 to 10, 10 being extremely traumatic and
1 being of lesser magnitude.
3. Start with the 10’s. Choose one to write on that day.
4. Have paper, pen, and timer ready. Set timer for 20 minutes.
5. Begin writing about the event; write anything that comes up even
if it doesn’t make sense. Keep writing.
6. Do not lift your pen from the paper. If you run out of things to
write about, repeat a sentence or word until something comes
up.
7. If an overwhelming emotion comes up during the process stop
the timer and use the MFT tapping technique to tap it out. Then
start the timer again and keep writing.
8. Stop at the end of 20 minutes.
9. It’s best to burn or dispose of the writing unless you plan to write
a book or use the information gathered for some other work.
10. End with a positive outcome. What you have learned, what
might not have come to be, etc.
