Barb Dyment, Accredited Certified EFT Practitioner

04/04/2025

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01/10/2025

To read more about the research and science behind EFT (incl these studies), visit https://www.evidencebasedeft.com/research

09/11/2024

Super excited for a four day conference (3 days of talks from people I have been following for years and one full day of sessions) in Toronto this weekend! I've met one of the speakers a couple of times already and am really looking forward to the connecting with the rest.
Always excited to learn more for myself and new tools to benefit my clients.✈️

06/29/2024

So calm last night at this little fishing village.

06/23/2024

09/23/2023

Transform student stress into achievement!

Check out my offer available until end of day October 17, 2023! Please share if you know a student who is struggling.

I work over Zoom or in person locally.

Testimonial
My high school student struggles with Math. We are in grade 10 academic and it’s been a challenge. As a mom who has homeschooled her kids through elementary, I can help but not to the extent this student needed. I wondered if a lot of it was limited belief and emotional so I saw Barb was offering tapping sessions to students who were struggling. My student agreed to try it. It felt weird to them but finished off the session. Exam time came and they were surprised how well they did. We’re no 80’s student but this seemed to have built up a confidence that wasn’t there before the session. As a parent, I’m grateful we did this. A happy Momma

BarbDymentEFT.com has a special!Emotional Freedom Techniques for Student Success: Transform Stress into Achievement Now through October 17, 2023 (my university-aged son’s birthday) I am offering a package for high school, postsecondary and adult students, helping navigate any uncomfortable feeling...

08/25/2023

Bullying fear - Just one of the ways EFT can help with students!

Reach out to me if you would like to learn more.

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Tapping for Bullying

Bullying is an awful thing to happen to anyone, and the effects can last for a very long time. What makes someone bully another person could be due to anything. But what is important is that you can use tapping for any feelings you may have.

Angela Amias, EFT practitioner shares

In one case we know, an EFT practitioner spent about 15 minutes working on a boy’s anxiety about the possibility he might be bullied again. They started tapping and as the intensity of this fear dropped to 0, he yawned and said, “No offense, but I’m kind of bored. Are we almost done?” Following up with his parents a few months later, they learned that he rarely mentions the bullying anymore and when he does, it is without any emotional intensity.

Have you tried?

08/17/2023

When I say I tap for anything and everything, I truly mean it. I love this short story regarding Alzheimers!

If you'd like to know more, reach out to me!

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Debra shared this story, which I included in my new book.

Here’s an EFT [tapping] success I’ve recently had with my 82-year-old mother who has Alzheimer’s. She’s been declining over a period of five years [at the time of writing]. She recognises close family members but not friends. She can carry on a conversation as long as you keep it current. She’s particularly deficient in her short-term memory. (After five minutes, she’s forgotten what’s she’s done or said.)
She lives with my sister and her husband. Whenever they go on a trip, she stays with me. She can never remember where they are when they go. So it’s common for her to ask (very often) where they are.

A week ago, my sister and her husband went to Texas to visit their daughter. As expected, Mom started asking me where they were five minutes after settling in at my house. She continued to ask me where they were every few hours. Each time, I would tell her that "They flew to Texas to visit their daughter and their baby." After the fifth day (and after answering that question approximately 25 times), my frustration level was reaching a pinnacle. It’s usually in times of frustration and desperation that I think of EFT [tapping]. It occurred to me that if I tapped on her while I told her where they were, she might actually be able to remember it. (If only I had done this the first time she asked me.)

I had her repeat the phrase "they flew to Texas to visit their daughter and their baby" while I tapped on her. She was able to follow my lead on the 9 gamut [the original version of tapping had some eye movements in it] and really got into singing "Happy Birthday." I finished up with the sequence and waited 10 minutes before I popped the big question. You can imagine how excited I was when, after reflecting for a few seconds, she told me: "they flew to Texas to visit their daughter and their baby."

An hour later when my 16-year-old son came home from school, I couldn’t wait for him to ask her the question and see his surprise. Sure enough, she delivered perfectly. Every couple of hours, I tested her. She would always think for a few seconds and then come out with it. It’s been four days and she’s still remembering. (I’ve asked her approximately 20 times in those four days.) Sometimes she has to think about it, but (so far) she’s been able to remember.

I’m speculating now that if I had tapped on her once or twice a day since that first day, she probably wouldn’t even hesitate when I asked her. I’m now planning on experimenting more with her.

🧠🥰🧠💗

Just amazing what is possible. Have you had any experiences like this with someone you love?

My new book is called Memory Improvement through EFT Tapping 📔

08/10/2023

Once again, the research shows how Clinical EFT benefits, this time the test group with PTSD.

This is the conclusion, but read the entire post below for the exciting details and reach out to me if you are interested in a free consultation with me to see if Clinical EFT might benefit you or someone you know. I am Certified and Accredited in Clinical EFT.

"Conclusion:. Numerous randomized controlled trials and outcome studies, as well as a meta-analysis, have demonstrated Clinical EFT to be an effective evidence-based treatment for PTSD. "

IntroductionClinical Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a psychophysiological intervention that includes cognitive and somatic elements, utilizing techniques from both Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Prolonged Exposure therapy (PE). Because only a single meta-analysis existed examining EFT...

08/06/2023

One of the first infographics I shared about EFT. It's a great reminder about the different ways EFT can benefit!

Please reach out if you have any questions or would like to know if Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques might benefit you! I provide free 30-minute consultations to see if we would be a good fit to work together.

One of the most important EFT papers I have written to date summarised the biochemistry outcomes after Tapping. 🎉

We sought to elucidate EFTs mechanisms of action across the central nervous system (CNS) by measuring heart rate variability (HRV) and heart coherence (HC); the circulatory system using resting heart rate (RHR) and blood pressure (BP); the endocrine system using cortisol, and the immune system using salivary immunoglobulin A (SigA).

The second aim was to measure psychological symptoms.

Participants (N = 203) were enrolled in a 4-day training workshop held in different locations. At one workshop (n = 31), participants also received comprehensive physiological testing. Posttest, significant declines were found in anxiety (−40%), depression (−35%), posttraumatic stress disorder (−32%), pain (−57%), and cravings (−74%), all P < .000. Happiness increased (+31%, P = .000) as did SigA (+113%, P = .017). Significant improvements were found in RHR (−8%, P = .001), cortisol (−37%, P < .000), systolic BP (−6%, P = .001), and diastolic BP (−8%, P < .000). Positive trends were observed for HRV and HC and gains were maintained on follow-up, indicating EFT results in positive health effects as well as increased mental well-being.

I also like to make them into infographics - these are free to share so share away! 🎊
Paper is open access too 💗

Ref - Bach, D., Groesbeck, G., Stapleton, P., Sims, R., Blickheuser, K., & Church, D. (2019). Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health. Journal of evidence-based integrative medicine, 24, 2515690X18823691. https://doi.org/10.1177/2515690X18823691

07/12/2023

I share this story because so many clients I work with lock their pain and grief away to keep those around them comfortable! I've done it myself. The pain will increase and continue to show up in other forms until you address it, validate it, honour it, and finally let it go.
Releasing grief or pain or discomfort is sooooo much more beneficial to you and your physical AND mental health. Please read the story to the end.

Can you relate to this story? Reach out if you'd like to know more about how I may be of service to you.

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"Mr. Roedel, how would you rate your pain on a scale of 1-10?” the nurse asked me yesterday as I flopped and floundered on the E.R. exam table I was sitting on.

“17,819!” I yelped as the kidney stone inside of me performed a triple summersault on the unforgiving mat that is my urinary track.

The nurse looked up from her electronic tablet she was mashing out notes on to give me a quick glance of silent disapproval. She turned her finger into a ruler and pointed at the chart on the wall that showed a slew of faces in various states of discomfort.

“Let’s stick to the 0-10 scale, please,” she said in a tone that reminded me of how my elementary school teachers used to speak to me.

“Please give me a serious answer,” the nurse said after I remained silent. It was the second time in a row she used “please” while speaking to me. This was not a good sign.

I put on my glasses and looked at the pain chart more closely. I wanted to be a compliant patient - so, I decided to take a bit more time to reflect on my pain value.

0-1: No Pain. The face was smiling like it had just drunk a pina colada poolside. The free and easy smile on this face was a little smug for my taste. This face seemed to suffer from a bit of toxic positivity.

2-3: Mild pain. The face was very similar to the first “no pain face” - except the smile was a bit crooked. Everything was going pretty well for this face, except for a little annoying pang of human discomfort that it couldn’t seem to shake. I could immediately identify with this face. This is my baseline state of living. No matter how great things can go for me - there is always one fly in the ointment. They should just call this “Mild Pain” face the “Mid-Life” face.

4-5: Moderate Pain. Now this face was going starting to go through it. This isn’t an inconvenient pain that someone could excuse away. The expression on this little character is an example of when the mask we try to hide under starts to melt away. This reminded me of the face I make every time I eat a piece of black licorice.

6-7: Severe Pain. This face can’t even hide it anymore. The pain is starting to overtake them. What started as a rainstorm has turned into a flood. There is no room for being polite when it comes to this type of pain.

8-9: Intense Pain. I am not sure what the difference would be between “Severe Pain” and “Intense Pain” except to say that this face looks like it is mired in hopelessness. I suppose that is the worst type of suffering. The kind that doesn’t feel like it will ever end. This is the type of pain where bladder control functions become “optional”

10: The Worst Pain Ever. This must be the rock bottom of all suffering. I think I felt this kind of pain that leads our brains to shut down and send us into shock because it can’t keep up with the production of agony.

I kept studying the pain chart. It felt like a test. I didn’t want to get this answer wrong. If I gave too low of a number they may not believe me that the kidney stone inside of me was the antichrist. I was worried that if I gave too high of a number (which I already had done) would make her think I auditioning for a part in a melodrama.

I had a brief breeze of courage that washed over me that encouraged me to try and impress this nurse with my pain tolerance.

“Um…”

“Just pick a number,” my nurse said while starting to grip her e-tablet like a stress plush.

“My pain level keeps changing, I answered honestly.

“What is it right now?”

“I would say that my pain is at a 5.5 with a couple of hints of 6.7,” I offered.

“So should we average it out at 6?” she asked.

“6.2” I replied. We were suddenly negotiating.

“Fine, 6.2,” she sighed as she considered changing her vocation.

After another prolonged awkward exchange of the two of us talking about any possible allergies that I might have, she left the room to likely inform the doctor I was about to see how terrible of a patient I was.

I was alone in the room with my growling kidney stone and the stupid pain chart that I was now obsessed with.

I started to chart each wave of pain as it arrived on the tender shores of my central nervous system. I compared my face to the corresponding cartoon face on the chart.

“6….5….7…7….5…ugh 7.5,” I whispered under my jagged breath. I felt terrible. Like a badger was performing an improvized surgery on my insides.

A different nurse came back a few moments later to let me know that the doctor would be in soon. This nurse wore a much more compassionate expression in her eyes than my previous one.

“I would like to change my pain number,” I requested as I rocked back and forth. “I think I was trying to be brave earlier.”

“Sure, honey, what is it now?”

“7.5,” I lamented while trying to hold back my tears.

“Thank you for being honest,” she smiled. “Locking your pain inside of you will make your body a prison.”

Her words hit me like the softest of velvet hammers.

The nurse updated my chart and walked out of the room. I sat under the pain chart and wrote the following quick poem with my trembling little hands:

“locking your grief away
just to make the people
around you
feel more comfortable

will numb your heart”

Sometimes poems come to me at the strangest times.

A day and one passed-kidney stone later, I am still reflecting on the idea of how we often hide our pain from each other.

“How are you doing?” people often ask us.

“Fine,” we often lie.

We don’t want to burden others with our suffering - so we bury it deep inside the graveyard of our hearts.

Maybe we should be asking each other what our pain number is. Because we are all dealing usually with some sort of suffering - and maybe it’s not actually anything we can put words to. But we can give it a number.

“What’s your pain level today?” people could ask us.

“5,” we might say in reply trying to hold up our smiles like those little cartoon faces.

Then we hug. Because we all know what a “5” feels like.”

Oh, my love,

what is your pain number today?