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Claude Improves His Fishing With EFT

By EFT Master, Patricia Carrington

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�Gary Craig's Introduction:

To some, this will be a trip into the ether.� To others, it will provide evidence, and a possible EFT link, to the far reaching effects of our inner attitudes on our outer circumstances.

Almost everyone recognizes that we radiate our inner thoughts through such things as our posture, gestures, voice intonations and choice of words.� People pick up on this, of course, and tend to respond to us in a manner commensurate with what we are "putting out."� Thus if we are internally angry, people will tend to be angry back.� If we are internally peaceful, people will tend to give us peaceful feedback.

Nothing new here.

But what about the effects of our internal state on the "non-people" elements of our outer world?� Do our internal thoughts affect those as well?� There have been many scientific experiments proving the effects of our intention on both living and inanimate objects.� It is for real.� Dr. William Tiller gave us a fascinating trip into this world as part of his presentation on our �videos.

Along these lines Dr. Patricia Carrington provides us with the story of "Claude" whose ability to catch fish rose dramatically after using EFT to improve his inner states of confidence, embarrassment and jealousy.

We can dismiss this account, of course, as being too "woo-woo"...OR...we can use it as evidence of exciting potentials within us.� Which you choose, of course, depends on your inner thoughts (smile).

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Speaking of using EFT ?for everything? (Gary Craig?s oft-repeated advice), I would like to report an unusual effect of this technique which was reported to me by Hank Krol, a counselor at Stairways Behavioral Health, an outpatient mental health clinic in Erie, Pennsylvania which deals with severely disturbed patients.

Hank has developed a most interesting method of dealing with major depression using EFT. It involves breaking up the (much too) general category of ?Depression? into 15 component depressive symptoms, having the patient check those which apply to him or her, and then applying EFT to each one in turn, usually over a number of sessions. I have written up this method for therapists and others interested in the treatment of depression in my current EFT News & Innovations Newsletter, but I will report here a rather puzzling effect of EFT experienced by one of the depressed patients whom Hank Krol has been treating.

?Claude? (not his real name) sought help at the clinic following a prolonged hospitalization for major depression. When commencing to treat him, Hank followed Gary?s recommendation to demonstrate the efficacy of EFT right at the start when attempting to win newcomers over to the technique. He began by using EFT with Claude on relatively minor issues completely unrelated to his depression.

The first application was for a shoulder and lower back pain for which the tapping brought immediate relief. Claude?s pain (on a 0-10 scale) came down from an initial ?7 or 8? to a ?1? by the end of the session, and Claude conceded that EFT was effective.

When he returned for the next therapy session a week later he had used EFT several times in the interim and this way he had managed to keep his shoulder and neck pain minimal. He then asked Hank, quite out of the blue, if he thought EFT would ?help me with my fishing?.

Claude is semi-retired and one of his favorite pastimes is going down to the local creek where a number of experienced fishermen assemble daily. His girlfriend introduced him to fishing following his discharge from the hospital and he took to it right away. Being somewhat of a perfectionist, he bought all the right equipment (the very best) and carefully observed the other fishermen, making sure to use exactly the same bait that they did, to fish in the same area, and so forth. While on the one hand he looked forward to his new hobby, it had so far been extremely frustrating for him.

There were usually at least ten other fisherman lined up on the bank and, according to Claude, almost all of them would manage to catch large numbers of BIG Steelhead Trout (Erie is the top city in the world for this variety of fish) each time they fished. By contrast, although the creek is known for its exceptional trout, Claude would consistently leave at the end of the day with only a couple of ?small fish?, if any, in his pail.

This was particularly frustrating because to his knowledge he was doing nothing differently from the other fishermen, but rather following their procedures ?to the letter?. He recalls that he fished with minimal luck on at least 15 to 20 different occasions and did not experience a single successful day during that time.

Claude was persistent however and he kept on fishing. In fact, he was wearing his fishing boots at this session and preparing to return to the creek right after his appointment.

Hank responded to Claude?s question about using EFT for fishing, by saying, ?Let?s try it.?� It is important to note, however, that Hank did not have Claude address his fishing problem as ?the problem?? that is, he did not suggest that he tap on, ?Even though I?m a failure at fishing?? or similar statement. Instead he questioned him about his EMOTIONAL REACTIONS to the failure and asked Claude to tap only on his feelings.

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