Tapping the Healer Within

by Roger Callahan

Book Overview

In Tapping the Healer Within , Dr. Roger Callahan shows you how to harness the healing power of Thought Field Therapy on your own, to overcome phobias, anxieties, addictions, and other common psychological problems.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809298805
• ISBN13: 9780809298808
• Release Date: May 2002
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.83 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A therapy that works

I am a Medical Doctor of Ecuador and I`ve been using the method for a few months and it really works in the percentages that Dr Callahan mentions in his book. It is a self help book, I think that the reason why some of the people who mention that the method didn't work on them was that in some cases the help of a professional trained in the method is required. Most of the time you can practice in your own home, but other times you really need help, the acupressure points need to be tapped in the rigth spot, if you tapp a little far away you are not producing the effect that you need. So give a try, if it is not effective look for someone trained in the method. Fernando Camacho MD

Caution....must have an OPEN MIND to use properly

I find it terribly sad that so many have ego problems with using and understanding these techniques. They are simple, profound, and effective IF USED PROPERLY. Roger Callahan is the "godfather" of EFT, and Energy Medicine in general. Here he shares his exciting discoveries as a practical guide for self-help of a multitude of issues confronting the average human. One of the primary steps to using this effectively for yourself is to keep your mind steadily focused on the issue you are attempting to heal. Since most of us have trouble with this type of "one pointed" focus (our minds can bounce around at lightening speed!), we may have trouble getting results, and consider this a failure. It isn't!As a suggestion to the person with the blushing problem...a focus on the "feeling" that comes before the actual blushing would most likely work. However, it sounds like this person has a lot of trouble with embarassment in general....and may need to work on a multitude of aspects before getting relief. I find it fascinating that the idea of tapping on the accupoints would cause such traumatic embarrassment! I think we need to lighten up....and perhaps deal with the phobia of "feeling like a fool". This is not a proctological exam here. As the old saying goes...let's not throw the baby out with the bathwater! Sometimes the spirit of playfullness works better than taking ourselves too seriously and making unrealistic demands of a technique. As a healing practioner who now uses these techniques regularly, I would say that less than 1 in 100 do not get results.I find that "operator error" is responsible with my clients.At times they forget something...and need to be corrected. Those who aren't happy with the results would do well to find a PERSON TO GUIDE THEM to make sure you are doing the technique properly.Let's consider that exercise can do more harm than good if not done properly. Should we stop exercizing because we once injured ourselves? One interesting side effect for my clients is that the healing can be SO COMPLETE they forget they ever had the problem in the first place! Apex effect! Interesting considering that the problem dominated their thinking 95% of the time prior to treatment.I have tried these techniques on myself, and was able to heal the following issues: poor self image, insomnia, tinnitus, childhood trauma, chronic fatigue, back pain due to injury, to name a few. My advice is DON'T KNOCK IT TILL YOU"VE TRIED IT....AND KNOW YOU"RE DOING IT RIGHT!

THANK YOU GOD FOR THIS BOOK TAPPING THE HEALER FROM WITHIN

THS AMAZING BOOK HAS CURED ME OF A DANGEROUS ADDICTION TO GAMBLING IN CASINOS (IN SAN DIEGO THERE ARE ABOUT NINETEEN CASINOS HERE ALONE) THE MONEY WASTED COULD HAVE TAKEN ME TO EUROPE AND BACK AND STILL PURCHASE A CONDO IN SARDINIA!!! I AM TRULY GRATEFUL TO DR. CALLAHAN AND HIS DISCOVERY OF TAPPING THESE ENERGY POINTS - IT WORKS! I HAVE MY LIFE BACK; MY FAMILY THANKS YOU TOO. ADDITIONALLY, THIS METHOD OF TAPPING AS DESCRIBED IN THIS BOOK ALSO REMOVED THE TRAUMA OF A RAPE ASSAULT WHICH HAPPENED OVER 30 YEARS AGO!! REGULAR VISITS TO A PSYCHOTHERAPIST ONLY MADE THE TRAUMA REAL AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN WITH NO RELIEF. THIS METHOD IS TRULY A LIFESAVER; WITHIN MINUTES THE TRAUMA WAS GONE! IT DID NOT CHANGE THE PAST AS IT HAPPENED--IT'S JUST NOT PAINFUL ANY MORE.I AM A LAYPERSON AND A VERY GRATEFUL ONE AT THAT TO DR. CALLAHAN. THANK YOU SIR...YOU WERE TRULY GUIDED BY THE SUPREME BEING.

Helped me a LOT!

I have been waiting for this book for several years. I saw Roger Callahan on television years ago and used his technique VERY successfully in my life. I loaned out my information and knew I had forgotten several of the steps. Now I have something to refer back to. This book is a keeper because you don't only use it for yourself, you use it for everyone you know. Even people nervous or frightened in airports of other situations can benefit. I know it sounds strange, but it works wonders. Thank you, Dr. Callahan, for putting this down in print.

An optimistic look into the future

Written in a style much more accessible to the general reader than his previous, more professionally oriented, book "Stop the Nightmares of Trauma", Dr. Callahan gives us a concise and fascinating account of his development of TFT from its earliest beginnings to the latest findings. Also included are treatment protocols for the self-help of numerous emotional problems, with a confidently stated 75-80% success rate. Of course, this may come as a disappointment to the 20-25% on whom the treatments are initially unsuccessful but Dr. Callahan invites them to explore their options further in an excellent troubleshooting section and an invitation to contact him for further advice. An opportunity too good to miss! However, there will almost always be those for whom "no change" is unacceptable and they will no doubt dismiss Dr. Callahan's work in its entirety. Amusingly, he even explores this and other "TFT induced" phenomena in an entertaining account of what he calls the Apex Problem! Overall, a particularly optimistic look into the future of treatment for troubled emotion and highly recommended.