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Negative Affect Erasing Method (NAEM) - An excerpt from EnergyPsychology: Explorations at the Interface of Energy, ognition,!ehavior and "ealth

Around 1995, I developed the Negative Affect Erasing Method (NAEM), which has been

effective in the treatent of a variet! of ps!chological probles" #his ethod has been used toeffectivel! treated traua, phobias, an$iet!, depression, and a nuber of other affect%basedconditions" NAEM appears deceptivel! siple, although e$pert utili&ation of the ethod re'uirespractice and e$tensive clinical e$perience" It entails an! of the sae features that arecoon to other energ! therapies" #hat is, various levels of ps!chological reversal, correctionsfor switching, brain%balancing treatents, and other stress%reduction procedures are includedwhen necessar!"

#he four NAEM treatent points are as follows

#E * #hird E!e +oint, between the e!ebrows" #his is the - ./"5 point on the

overning -essel"

0N * 0nder Nose" #his point is also on the overning -essel at - ."

02 * 0nder 3otto 2ip" #his point is on the 4entral -essel at 4- ./"

4 * 4hest" #his point is also on the 4entral -essel in the vicinit! of 4- .6,which is also above the th!us gland"

#he essential NAEM protocol follows" owever, this protocol is offered for educationalpurposes onl! and is not intended to serve as a stand%alone treatent that can be effectivel!

done on a self%help basis" enerall! the assistance of a well%trained practitioner is needed inorder to obtain ade'uate therapeutic results"

1" #he client focuses on issue for which treatent is desired, such as a traua, phobia, feelingdepressed, etc" A specific issue with the specific negative eotion is the target of treatent"

." 7btain a 8ubective 0nits of :istress (80:) rating, 1 to 16, with 1 representing an absence ofnegative affect and 16 indicating the highest level feasible to the individual"

;" #he client taps repeatedl! with two fingers of either hand between the e!ebrows at the #Epoint, continuing to onitor the level of distress" Interittentl! the therapist re'uests a 80:rating" (In soe cases, especiall! with severe traua, it is preferable to not have the clientcontinue to thin< about the distressing issue while tapping at the treatent points" =ather, after

an initial rating has been obtained, the entire se'uence of treatent points is copleted prior toreassessing the 80:")

/" >hen the 80: level decreases b! two or ore points, the client taps about ? ties under thenose, the 0N point"

5" Ne$t the client taps about ? ties under the botto lip, the 02 point"

" Ne$t the client taps 15%.6 ties at the 4 point on the chest at a fre'uenc! of appro$iatel!one tap per second"

?" After this phase of the treatent has been copleted, another 80: rating is obtained"

@" If the 80: rating is significantl! decreased, but not down to 1, the procedure can berepeated or the 9 aut treatents can be provided prior to repeating the procedure"

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9" >hen the 80: is within the 1%; range, the loor to 4eiling E!e =oll (E=) can be used toreduce 80: further or to solidif! results" In this case the se'uence notation is as follows #E%%B0N%%B02%%B4%%BE="

16" 8oeties a client does not respond to the #E%%B0N%%B02%%B4 se'uence" In such

instances a variation of se'uence has been found effective" #he ne$t ost coon se'uenceappears to be 0N%%B02%%B#E%%B4" In this instance, the 0N and 02 points are each tappedabout 5%16 ties before steadil! tapping at the #E point and ta