The names of people and Agencies in this study have been changed to protect their identities.

Case Study #1008  - Example of the ‘APEX’ problem

John Doe was referred to me by an Homeopathic Clinician in May 2001.  The family members of John were desperate for some changes in his condition and were willing at this stage to try anything, no matter how alternative.  They even went against their strict Christian beliefs in seeking help from an NLP/EFT practitioner.

When I met John we was a broken human being, on a variety of drugs prescribed to him by his psychiatrist.  John was suffering from panic-attacks and psychotic episodes.  He was unable to sit still for more than 30 seconds and paced around the room like a caged animal, wringing his hands and wailing.  John was extremely depressed and having suicidal thoughts.  At this stage he had been unable to work for the past couple of months. 

John had suffered from several psychotic episodes in his life.  Digging into his background I discovered that the episodes occurred after being severely whacked on the head as a result of some sport like rugby or surf-boarding.  I also noticed that he has quite a prominent ridge up the central suture of his skull, which he told me was a result of the first head injury he received from a blow to the head during a rugby match.  The parietal bones were obviously displaced and bone regrowth at the suture had caused the ridge.

John is a marketing executive with a medium-sized manufacturing firm and his work took him around the world.  He loved his high-powered job and exciting lifestyle.  Since the onset of this episode, John was unable to work and had to take prolonged leave.

I set up a plan to meet with John twice daily for 5 days and do the EFT tapping with him because at this stage he was unable to tap by himself.  We tapped extensively on everything and anything.  John thought it was really weird but went along for lack of any alternative.  He did feel a drop in anxiety levels after we tapped but remained fairly skeptical about EFT.

I met him again 2 months later for another 2 sessions when we continued to tap on all aspects of his illness.  He was much improved by this time and was already starting to discontinue most of his medications bar one.

By July 2001 John was back at work part-time and by the end of 2001 he was back into the swing of work again with some different approaches to how involved he would be by listening to his body and being more aware of his internal mental patterns.  Also he was finally off Lithium. 

The interesting point is that John does not credit EFT with the healing process.  He thinks it is because he discontinued his medications completely and just got better.  He did say that he healed because I stick by him and offered him hope where he found none and it was my attitude towards him and his condition rather than the tapping that helped him get better.  Well, I certainly agree with him, however without EFT no amount of compassion and tenaciousness could he have made such a speedy and full recovery.