EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) / Tapping is one of the four core techniques of the Holistic Fertility® method and is used to help manage the emotional tension that may accompany the effort to conceive.
The technique combines focused attention on a specific emotion, thought or experience with gentle, rhythmic tapping with the fingertips on specific points of the body. During the process, a woman identifies what is weighing on her and works with it in a structured and active way.
Throughout the fertility journey, fear, disappointment, anger, guilt, feelings of failure, anxiety before tests or treatment, and fear that a previous negative experience will happen again can accumulate. EFT Tapping provides a practical framework for recognising and working with these emotions rather than allowing them to remain in the background of the fertility journey.
How It Is Used Within the Holistic Fertility® Method
Within the Holistic Fertility® method, EFT Tapping is personalised according to each woman's history, individual needs and the stage she has reached in her fertility journey. It is not applied through the same predetermined script for every woman. The process may focus on:
- stress and pressure surrounding the effort to conceive
- fear of failure or another disappointment
- emotions associated with previous unsuccessful IVF cycles or pregnancy loss
- anxiety before IVF, embryo transfer, tests or other significant moments in the fertility journey
- negative thoughts and beliefs that have developed around the body and fertility
- the need for greater calm, emotional stability and a sense of control
Its Role in the Fertility Journey
EFT Tapping is not used on the assumption that stress alone causes infertility. Infertility and fertility treatment can, however, be significant sources of psychological and emotional strain.
The aim of EFT Tapping is to help a woman manage this burden more effectively, recognise her emotional responses and develop a practical tool that, when appropriate, she can also use independently between sessions.
Within the Holistic Fertility® method, EFT Tapping is combined with Electroacupuncture, Reflexology and Therapeutic Imagery so that support encompasses body, mind and emotions as an interconnected whole.
We cannot control every stage of the journey. But we can change the way we carry its pressure.