The TAT® Pose
TAT may be considered a “cousin” of EFT. Tapas is featured in a demonstration of TAT in Cary Craig’s Becoming the Ultimate Therapist DVD series.
If you practice EFT and wonder how TAT is different, below is a brief comparison between the two modalities:
If you practice EFT and wonder how TAT is different, below is a brief comparison between the two modalities:
- In EFT one focuses on a specific aspect of an incident and does a round of tapping. A round of EFT takes less than one minute. Repeated rounds of EFT reduce the charge on that aspect and then other aspects are treated. This process knocks down “table legs” of an issue, as Gary Craig calls them, until the issue collapses.
- In TAT one can put all the aspects of a particular issue in a bundle and treat the bundle. A typical TAT session takes about 20 minutes. One does not need to know the specifics of what is contributing to the presenting issue, but can focus on something such as “everything that led up to my difficulties with success” or “everything that occurred in that accident.”
- In EFT, one attends to the feelings related to a situation and the focus of the tapping is relief of emotional distress. For example, to deal with a frustrating situation, one might tap on “all this anger.”
- In TAT, one focuses on the fact of the situation. For the same situation as above, one might TAT on “everything that contributed to all this anger happened.” This can be comforting to those who feel overwhelmed by their emotions. This pose itself provides containment, as the head is held gently in the front and back.
- The hoped-for shift in EFT is a reduction/elimination of distressing emotions, which leads to enhanced well-being.
- The hoped-for shift in TAT is one of perception, in which one no longer perceives something as a “problem,” which too leads to greater well-being.
- In both EFT and TAT, healing of issues or conditions not directly addressed in the session can occur.