THE NEUROLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY


The following images were graciously provided by Joaquín Andrade, M.D.  Dr. Andrade may be contacted via www.bmsa-int.com.

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Brain Scan Changes During 4 Weeks of Treatment
for Generalized Anxiety Disorder

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(12 Sessions Combining Manual Acupoint Stimulation and Image Activation)


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1. Normal (Ideal) Profile

2. GAD Before Treatment

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3. AFTER 4 TAPPING SESSIONS

4. AFTER 8 SESSIONS

5. AFTER 12 SESSIONS




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The images are digitized EEG brain scans.

The colors represent the ratio of brain frequencies (alpha, beta, and theta waves) and sub-frequencies within given areas of the brain.


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  Blue = normal ratio of wave frequencies (according to data bases)
  Turq. = slightly dysfunctional ratio
  Pink = moderately dysfunctional ratio
 

Red = highly dysfunctional ratio of wave frequencies



Image 1 depicts a normal ratio of wave frequencies according to databases. Image 2 is a scan at the outset of treatment of a patient diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD).The profile is typical for patients diagnosed with GAD. Images 3 through 5 are taken over the course of 12 sessions during a 4-week period using the stimulation of acupoints (while anxiety-provoking imagery was activated) as the treatment. A decrease in the intensity and frequency of GAD symptoms correlated with shifts toward normal levels of wave frequency ratios in the cortex. The pattern shown in these images was typical for GAD patients in the South American study who responded positively to the stimulation of acupoints. These images were provided to Energy Psychology Interactive by Joaquín Andrade,  Link; 


DISCUSSION

As the wave frequencies shifted toward normal levels (from red to blue) in the central and front areas of the brain, the symptoms of anxiety decreased in both their intensity and their frequency. Similar sequences of images and symptom reduction were also typical of other patients with generalized anxiety disorder who received energy-based treatments.

Patients who were successfully treated with what has been the standard therapy for generalized anxiety disorder (Cognitive Behavior Therapy, combined with medication as needed), showed a similar progression in their brain scans during the pilot study in South America discussed below. But it took more sessions to achieve the improvements. And more importantly, on one-year follow-up, the brain wave ratios following the Cognitive Behavior Therapy protocol were more likely to have returned to their pre-treatment levels than they were for the patients who received the energy treatments.

An interesting tangent from this study was in the comparison between patients whose primary treatment was anti-anxiety medication and patients whose primary treatment involved stimulating energy points while holding anxiety-provoking images. Both groups enjoyed a reduction of symptoms. But the brain scans for the medication group did not show noticeable changes in the wave patterns, even though the symptoms of anxiety were reduced while the drug was being taken. This suggests that the medication was suppressing the symptoms without addressing the underlying wave frequency imbalances.

An Hypothesis

Early impressions from brain imaging studies, such as the study from which the above images are derived, support the following hypothesis:

Stimulating specific electrically inductive points on the skin while simultaneously activating an anxiety-provoking image changes the neurological connections to the amygdala and other brain structures in a manner that reduces the anxious response to that image.

This hypothesis is also supported by three empirically demonstrated principles (citations can be found in Energy Psychology Interactive):

  1. Bringing a troubling image or memory to mind makes it temporarily responsive to interventions that alter the stress-activating circuitry in the amygdala and other brain structures (neural plasticity, a la Joseph LeDoux).

  2. A study from Harvard Medical School showed that stimulating specific acupoints can send signals that deactivate areas of the brain that are involved with the experience of fear and pain.

  3. Brain wave patterns that are markers of generalized anxiety and other mental disorders have been identified, and as you have seen, at least one early study suggests that stimulating acupoints while bringing anxiety-provoking images to mind changes these brain wave patterns.

These principles work in concert so that stimulating certain electrically inductive points while an anxiety-evoking image has been activated sends signals that normalize the affected wave patterns, as illustrated in the above brain scans.

Andrades and Feinberg's full report

 

 

Before and after photos of Rouleaux--"blood cell clumping"

Note:  This article is not put forward as clear scientific research.  Rather, this remarkable finding is offered as yet another fascinating EFT anecdotal report ... this time with before and after photos.

Rouleaux is a medical term for a condition wherein the blood cells clump together forming what looks like stacks of coins.  This is an unhealthy state because the cells are not free to absorb and carry oxygen.  It is a pre-cursor to many serious diseases.

EFT practitioner Rebecca Marina went to her physician, Patricia Felici, ND for a checkup and, when Rebecca's blood was examined under a microscope (Dark Field Microscopy), it contained substantial blood clumping.  Rebecca then corrected this problem with a brief, self-administered EFT session and, when the blood sample was taken again (minutes later), the blood clumping disappeared.  This was astonishing to Dr. Felici because, normally, it takes many weeks of nutritional supplements to correct this condition.

No photos were taken of the blood cells at this time.  However, a month later Rebecca visited Dr. Felici's offices again.  This time, the camera captured the before and after result.  Those photos are shown below.  After that is Rebecca's account of what happened.

 

          

                             

           

          
 Pic #1: Rebecca's blood in the badly clumped state.  .
 Pic #2: After a few minutes with EFT. Clumping improved.  .
 Pic #3:  After a few more minutes with EFT.  Clumping completely gone. 
                       

               

 For full article CLICK HERE

 

 

Experts point to dramatic changes in brain waves as a result of EFT

http://www.3earthfriends.com/practitioners.html      By Gary Groesbeck, BCIAC fellow

Donna Bach, ND and I saw evidence that EFT works at a verifiable level in the field of EEG brain wave measurements.  We were pleased to observe Gary Craig and some of the EFT Masters working with groups of people who volunteered to be part of a project to make the benefits of the EFT process more visible and measurable.

In our experience of over 15 years of private practice in the fields of neurofeedback and biofeedback, we have been very impressed with the way EFT has been beneficial to the client.  We started using the EFT tapping while the client is being hooked up to brain wave monitoring systems.  We saw many changes for the better taking place in real time.

Biofeedback is based on the practice of brain wave monitoring, heart rate measuring, and the monitoring of other biological functions of the body for the purpose of boosting performance and assisting in the improvement of mental and physical health.  While working with Gary Craig we made some amazing observations that could assist in making EFT, and the benefits that the person is receiving, instantly visible during an actual tapping session.  Here is a brief summary of what we are seeing:

1.  Initial field studies show some very rapid and significant changes in the overall brain wave patterns that mirror the release of emotional issues during sessions, and a movement towards a more brain optimal function.

2.  There is a reduction in brain energy, which occurs more rapidly than in just a simple relaxation period, often within a single round of tapping.  When the brain works more efficiently, the amount of electrical activity being measured through the skull decreases.

3.  An increase in brain wave symmetry; that is both sides of the brain begin to work together in a more balanced manner.  People often have the mistaken assumption that they are either right brained or left brained, in truth we are both, and the two sides of the brain need to work together for optimal health and performance.

4. Finally the band of energy often associated with emotional intensity, anxiety, stress, negative worrying and a possible history of addictions, the "monkey mind" band, reduces beautifully as emotional issues are released during tapping.

Best regards to all,

Gary Groesbeck, BCIAC Fellow,  Donna Bach ND

 
 

     "In every culture and in every medical tradition before  ours, healing was  accomplished by moving energy"  Albert Szent-Gyorgyi, Nobel Laureate in Medicine

 

                                               

                                              
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