Testimonials
A few years ago I was subject to a sexual attack, which led to me being raped. This had significant effects on my attitude towards life and myself. I felt that I was to blame for the situation that happened, and could barely think about what happened, which always led me to blocking my emotions and it always hanging in my subconcious. Primarily, it effected the way that I felt about myself. I could not, and did not feel that I should love myself. My confidence in my sexuality and my appearance was shattered. I felt that I was truely worthless and that I would never be with anyone or trust anyone again. After the EFT session I now feel that I am able to think about the situation that happened without shrinking inside or feeling disgusted with myself. I now realise how I blocked these feelings and emotions, and I am now able to work on starting to love and respect myself again. The techniques that I was shown are easy to use and helpful in tackling these breaks in our energy circuits. I would recommend EFT to anyone, as it helps illustrate what exactly are the factors from the situation that cause the pain, and therefore, use the technique directly on that to illiminate it. The way I feel EFT works, is that it directly heals the scars that have been caused in our personal energy systems, which then produce immediate positve effects. The added bonus to this is that it can be used on anything. Thank you for EFT!!'
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Before I had my one and only EFT session with Karen Degen I was on the brink of clinical depression.
I had found out in March this year that my townhouse in New Brighton was a "leaky home" and all the horror that goes with that. I already have a large mortgage and have been told all the windows and doors of the house and the cladding have to be removed and replaced at a cost of probably around $100,000.
My situation is that I am a woman on her own working in a parttime job while I bring up my 12 year old boy. So, as you can imagine, my income isn't great. When I was first told about the leaky home my body reacted by rocking back and forth for quite some time in what is recognised as a sign of trauma. I remember sitting at my dining table alone in the evening just rocking and rocking. That's how traumatised I was. When I went to my doctor and asked for help with my lack of sleep around this time he sent me to a councillor who told me I was on the edge of being clinically depressed. So you can see the state I was in. Two lovely friends who had been attending sessions on EFT told me how simple and easy and successful EFT was so I went along to a session Karen was giving and after listening to her speak thought it was worth a try. I then made an appointment to see Karen and spent one and a half hours with her feeling teary and upset at the beginning of the session; I learnt how to do tapping and say the right words and by the end of the session I felt stress free. It was so remarkable that I actually told Karen I still felt I was stressed on a scale of four out of ten as I couldn't actually believe that after everything I had gone through in the past five months that I could feel nothing when I thought about my leaky home. But, while driving home I could not stop myself from grinning and feeling a wonderful lightness and stress free feeling! I immediately emailed Karen when I got home and changed my ration to zero out of 10. Over the past weeks I have purposefully thought of my leaky home to try to remember what the stress felt like, and I just can't, it's gone. I still have a leaky home, that's the reality, but it doesn't bother me any more. I can't wait to go back to Karen to work on other aspects of my life.
Jeanie Murtagh
I was a Gambler. I played the Pokies for over 10 years. I was very lucky to start off with, won a lot of money and before I new it I was hooked. Not having anyone else to answer to, I just kept on going and eventually lost my own home. Over this period I saw at least 3 different Specialist Gambling Counsellors, as I rang the 0800 gambling line for help. After each period of counselling, going back through my childhood, and things that happened to me in adulthood, or learning about the chemical changes in the brain as I play the machines, I continued to gamble. I may have stayed away for 3 weeks at the most, then back to it. I would go when happy or sad. The Counsellors suggestions were to do something I really love doing at the times when I would normally gamble, but I was doing these things, and gambling as well. I always came away from the sessions wanting something more in the way of help and knew there should be something more for me, but what? I needed something to make me stop! I had friends who gambled as well who encouraged me to come along with them. I did not want to share my problem with my friends or family as I was too embarrassed. So where to go from there?
Lucky for me I moved away from my home town to Christchurch and through a friend here, I went along to hear Karen give a talk on EFT. I had heard about EFT before but couldn’t fine any information on websites I looked at, where EFT had helped with gambling addictions, so wasn’t sure it could give me the help I was looking for.
I enjoyed Karens’s talk and went along to some more meetings on EFT before I made up my mind I wanted a session with Karen, to see if she could help me. I was very embarrassed and it was a huge thing for me to open myself up again. I am an intelligent and sensible person, and to have done what I had done to myself, quite shocked me.
Well I had one and a half hours with Karen and went from a 10 (being so wanting to go gambling) down to a 1 in that time. I did my tapping homework to work on the last little bit. I was on cloud nine for weeks, I have not played the pokies nor do I want to, since the day I saw Karen on June 25 09. So do not hesitate to use EFT to help with ANY problem you may have, I use it all the time for whatever I need to, and it works, without a doubt. I am so grateful I found Karen! She is exceptionally good at what she does, she has a gift to get right onto the problem area to fix whatever is troubling you.
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When I first started to see Karen 3 months ago I was a wreck, both mentally and physically. I was at the lowest point of my life, it couldn’t get any worse. My body was giving up on me. I was suffering from a whole range of illnesses which included chronic reflux, chronic fatigue, fibromyalgia, candida, food intolerances (coeliac) not to mention the depression, despair, irritability & agitation which accompanied all of these. My coping mechanisms were shot. I had tried everything to cure myself which had cost a fortune over the past 6 years; doctors, neurologists, gastroenterologists, nutritionists, dieticians, naturopaths, homeopathists, spiritual healers. All sorts of medical explanations (Bacterial infections, parasites, environmental toxins, genetics & overuse of anti-biotics) & medication was offered, none of which I took as I firmly believed that these would only treat the symptoms and not the cause.
In all the years of my illnesses, not one doctor or naturopath suggested that my emotions could be the cause. It got to the stage where everything I ate was triggering a reaction in my body (Chronic reflux predominantly, headaches, nausea, pain, acne, pms, IBS, cysticis) so I began an elimination/cleansing diet, hoping I could find out which foods were causing my intolerances and reactions. Some of my symptoms subsided but only temporarily. At 44kg and down to a diet of salad once daily, completely despaired, I joined a support group which is where I first heard about Emotional Freedom Therapy. Having absolutely nothing to lose, I gave it a sceptical go.
Within 2 months, all of my symptoms had cleared, everything, which I still find absolutely incredible! It was only then that I realised through EFT, that it was my emotions all along that had been making me sick. This came as quite a shock but the results spoke for themselves, I couldn’t challenge it. Through intensive therapy, Karen and myself quickly saw that my life was full of chronic stress, anxiety, worry, guilt & fear.
Twice a week, we worked on different emotions and the results were often instantaneous! Within 2 weeks, the chronic reflux which had been preventing me from eating, had cleared completely. I was soon gaining weight, and fast! Through EFT, I stopped fearing food, the energy in my body balanced itself and I had mental clarity for the first time in my life. It was strange, I felt happy, at peace with myself, calm and relaxed.
Now I am back to full health and am free from negative destructive emotions which means I can concentrate on a very bright future. I am so grateful and blessed that EFT found its way into my life, it truly has given me a second chance at life.
Tracy Walsh
I have had two EFT sessions with Karen, the first was in person, at the end of a trip I did to New Zealand and the second was over Skype from Melbourne, Australia.
Both EFT sessions were very successful in releasing old/negative emotions I had been holding on to around certain events/people. I came away from both EFT sessions feeling either on top of the world or relaxed with a sense of freedom.
I was really delighted and surprised with how quickly Karen could get to the heart of the matter through various questioning and then clear out these deep emotions around the issue using EFT which I found to be a very simple yet very effective and powerful technique.
The first EFT session I was able to release strong resentment and anger I had towards an ex work colleague that I had been holding onto for some time. I was surprised with how quickly I could release this. I then moved onto emotions I had been holding onto from a past relationship that was having an impact on the potential of any current relationships.
The second EFT session (via Skype) was just as effective as being in person with Karen. In this session I was able to clear up some old emotions I was holding onto around my Mother that were having an impact in my work situation.
In both EFT sessions I was given a set of tools from Karen that I could use at home, as well receiving a follow up email containing the summary of the session.
I am very grateful to Karen and would highly recommend Karen and EFT as a tool in clearing out negative emotions which assist in living a life more in the flow.
Philippa Smith
Melbourne, Australia
I came to Karen to receive EFT on my anxiety around speaking to new people in business. As a coach, I need to be fully confident and this was a weak area for me. Although feeling a bit sceptical about the effectiveness of EFT, I can honestly say that after just one EFT treatment my anxiety and intense fear was minimised by 80%. The other 20% disappeared after a few days. I have not felt any anxiety or fear around speaking to new people since. I fully recommend EFT as a fantastic technique for eradicating anxiety in any situation quickly and effectively.
Lisa Frankland
I’ve been seeing Karen for the past few months, initially to help clear some emotional blocks in relationships. I’ve found EFT to be incredibly helpful in clearing out excess emotions which for me resulted in an amazing feeling of freedom and clarity around relationships that were previously quite painful and areas where I had felt blocked. I also found Karen fantastic to work with in that she allowed me to look at and work on areas that I was ready to address without any pressure or judgment which always made me feel very safe.
EFT is such a simple but hugely effective tool to use. I really don’t think I could have handled the pain of my recent relationship break-up and the ability to move in a new direction with my life if I hadn’t used EFT on myself and in counseling sessions with Karen. It has been an absolute godsend and I would strongly recommend EFT and certainly Karen’s services as an EFT practitioner and counsellor.
Anon.
