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EMOTIONAL
FREEDOM
TECHNIQUE
How is your
stress level?
How self-conscious are you these days?
Feeling
pretty low?
Don’t know where the dark anger is coming from?
Filled
with worry and doubt?
If these are problems for you,
PDI has a great treatment option for your
consideration.
Description
Peyronie's disease (PD) has the potential to destroy the
quality of a man’s life on a variety of levels – and the life of his
partner. An estimated 20-40% of men with PD develop erectile
dysfunction, with the exact number undetermined due the nature
of the problem and embarrassment. It is estimated that during the
course of PD significant mental and emotional distress will be
experienced by 77% of men(1);
PDI thinks this number is
actually much higher. Here are a few ways emotional stress can
arise or intensify during the many months of PD rollercoaster
changes in pain and physical deformity:
1. PD is too
often taken as a reduction of a man’s virility and
masculinity, hurting his self-esteem and confidence.
2. So much emphasis is placed on the disease process and the
penis itself – on the plaque, on the treatment, on the
curvature, on pain and sensitivity, on looking, comparing,
evaluating – that often a reawakening or increase of previous
sexual problems can occur. With heightened preoccupation with
sexual matters, PD becomes an opportunity for dormant
emotional issues and sexual memories to resurface.
3. If PD progresses to include serious erectile dysfunction,
the sexual partner may personally interpret the inability to
have intercourse as a sign of rejection based on diminished
sexual desirability, hurting the partner’s self-esteem and
confidence; the relationship suffers, leading to even more
interpersonal trouble.
Physical and
Emotional Stresses Combine
When PD hits a man, it can be like a ton of bricks undermining
his sense of self. It has the ability to aggravate or cause a
whole host of emotional issues, especially in the early phase of
penile distortion or erectile dysfunction.
A man with a pre-existing issue of low self-esteem, or
history of sexual abuse, can have difficulty responding and
adapting to a physical problem like PD. In the midst of the
developing physical problem, it can be most difficult to also
admit the existence of an emotional issue related to that
physical problem. As a result, such a man with two
simultaneous problems of a sexual nature (physical and
emotional) will often just shut down and suffer in silence.
Of course, this quiet avoidance and brooding often just
aggravate these issues. Closely related to these problems are the embarrassment and
fear of being perceived as less masculine than prior to the
onset of PD. Life with PD can be an emotional mind field. Dark
thoughts filled with anger are not unknown.
Science
With so many deep problems associated with PD, there is one
significant source of good news. There is a great technique
that lends itself especially well to many of the unique
aspects of PD; it is called Emotional Freedom Technique, or
EFT for short.
EFT is an obvious extension of Einstein's discovery in the
1920's that all matter, including the human body, is composed
of energy. This is a technique 40 years in development,
beginning with the groundbreaking work of Roger Callahan, PhD,
who spent the major part of his professional career working
with disabled American military veterans in the VA health care
system. For many years Callahan’s work was considered
controversial by the medical mainstream, but in the last decade psychiatrists and
psychologists are beginning to use it with or instead of their
more traditional methods because it can be often faster and
more effective. There are now thousands of practitioners using
EFT throughout the world, with a growing number of MDs, PhDs,
and counselors using this technique on a daily basis for a
wide variety of issues. Even though there is rapidly growing
use of this work in the professional community, EFT is not
remotely like psychiatry, psychology, psychoanalysis, or
traditional talk therapy. EFT is not like anything you have
seen, heard of, or tried before. Basically, EFT is the
physical treatment of an area of emotional distress. Rather
than talking about a problem, EFT attempts to fix the physical
reason the stress of a particular issue is there in the first place.
EFT usually works well and the
results are sometimes spectacular; it often works where
nothing else will. Even though EFT does not follow
conventional medical treatment, the results remain remarkable
even though it is not for everyone. It does not achieve 100%
results, but then again, nothing does.
We are still learning why EFT
works so well. It centers around the profound effects of the
body's subtle energy to influence the emotions.
According to the theory of Roger Callahan PhD,
"the cause of all negative emotions is a disruption in
the body's energy system." Hence, EFT uses a simple
technique of tapping with fingertips on specific acupuncture
points to stimulate the energy of the body while the client is
"tuned in" to the problem.
Until recently, Western scientists have largely ignored the subtle energies
that circulate throughout the body. With EFT,
however, the disruption of these subtle body energies has
been found to be a significant contributor, and sometimes
cause, of a wide variety of emotional upsets. Some have
described EFT as “acupuncture for the emotions”, even though
no needles are used. As a result, EFT often generates results
far beyond those of conventional methods.
Compared to psychological treatment techniques, EFT is usually
gentle and prompt; substantial relief is often achieved with
little or no emotion pain or distress. It has been the
experience of the doctors of
PDI that many patients, who have
not found any significant change after prolonged conventional
talk-therapy, achieve remarkable results with EFT. This is the
very reason so many psychiatrists, psychologists and other
therapists are beginning to use EFT in their practices.
PD
Connection
Perhaps the most important aspect of EFT has to do with its
ease of application and freedom from embarrassment that seems
to plague most men when it comes to their sexual health. Many
men feel embarrassment and unwillingness to talk about any
sexual problem. Yet, the most important aspect of EFT to the
man with PD is that it can be delivered or performed in a
slightly unconventional way, avoiding this personal discomfort
and embarrassment: EFT can be done by qualified practitioners
over the telephone, in the privacy of your own home. In this
way, the man with PD can discuss various aspects of his
personal physical and emotional problem in a private and
comfortable atmosphere while talking on the telephone.
Performing EFT over the telephone allows a sense of security
and protection that can be beneficial to the process of
treatment. Many therapists report that some men are more open
in this protected and private atmosphere, making more progress
than when working face to face. When it is appropriate that
more traditional therapy is used in a particular case, a
referral is to another practitioner for additional
counseling.
PDI has on staff a doctor who is skilled in EFT with five
years experience, and does telephone consultations. To assure
that you are comfortable and knowledgeable about EFT before
starting, we provide a FREE 20-minute initial consultation to
answer your questions.
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Here is the basic format for getting started with EFT sessions
on the telephone:
1. Contact
eft@peyronies-disease-help.com, and provide the
following:
A. Your email address, so we can send an attachment to
you explaining more about EFT.
B. Your phone number, so we can call you.
C. Time zone you are in.
D. Best time and day to call you. Working during the
day is best, but we can sometimes make
evening contact also.
2. Please review the attachment we will send, it contains
important
information that will enable you
to participate in
an EFT session.
3. You will receive a phone call as close to the time you
request as possible, barring international
time zone
differences. During this initia
NO FEE phone consultation,
you will be told how EFT
is done and how it might be of help
to you. Be prepared to spend uninterrupted time getting your
questions answered. Only one phone call will be made to answer
your questions.
4. If you decide to participate in an EFT session, it can be
conducted right then, at the end of the
introductory phone call.
5. Your credit card is billed for an actual EFT session to
which you agree. An EFT session costs
$90 per hour, billed in
15-minute blocks of time.
Call today to learn if EFT
can reduce stress in your life. It is easy, painless and
simple. EFT is an extremely important part of any PD treatment
plan.
To get some help to put a PD treatment plan together, click
Create a PD Treatment Plan.
Order EFT
Session
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1.
UrologyHealth.org; American Urological Association. Peyronie’s
disease. 12-02.
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