The Tapping Cure: A Revolutionary System for Rapid Relief from Phobias, Anxiety, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and More »

Roberta Temes, PhD., is a seasoned psychotherapist, hypnotist, and faculty member at the prestigious Downstate Medical School. She is the author of many books on psychological well-being, including the best-selling The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis, which is now in its second edition. From 1985-2000, Dr. Temes wrote the popular monthly "Ask Dr. Roberta" column for True Story magazine, and she has been interviewed about her work in Redbook, Allure, Brides, and other magazines. She regularly counsels guests at the Rancho La Puerta Health Spa and the Boca Raton Country Club, and teaches classes at The Learning Annex in New York City and Washington DC. She lives in Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn.

The Tapping Cure is an astoundingly easy and somewhat mystifying process that offers great results in the treatment of a variety of psychological problems. It takes only a few minutes, requires no medication and no talk therapy, and can completely erase a full range of negative emotions—from phobia, to trauma, to performance anxiety—in just a single session.

In The Tapping Cure Dr. Temes, a seasoned psychotherapist, teaches readers how to tap themselves to eradicate their own symptoms. It is the first book of its kind to give precise instructions on where the tapping should occur—e.g., on the collarbone, under the eye, on the pinky—without resorting to mystical explanations, unscientific paradigms, and complicated pseudo-psychoanalytic rationalizations.

The Tapping Cure is sure to help a great many people—psychological sufferers, the worried-well, and therapists with increasing numbers of patients requesting the treatment, which is fast becoming known in mainstream circles just like other once fringe therapies before it.

Library Journal

Psychotherapist and hypnotist Temes (The Complete Idiot's Guide to Hypnosis) teaches readers how to eliminate the symptoms of ailments ranging from addiction to post-traumatic stress via "tapping." She offers an introduction to this self-administered technique, traces its history, pinpoints 14 tapping spots (e.g., collarbone, temples), and discusses how corresponding phraseology can be integrated. Stories of patients she claims have experienced its benefits are intermingled throughout. Temes admits that tapping has not been rigorously tested in accepted empirical studies and that there are no solid research data to account for why it seems to work; she also wisely states that it is not a replacement for medical treatment. Instead, she says, tapping may best be used to supplement standard medical protocols when guided by professionals further trained in the technique. Although Temes's book provides a broader frame of reference to and includes more of the medical skepticism surrounding this technique than Fred Gallo and Harry Vincenzi's Energy Tapping, this book is cautiously recommended for only a sound, established psychiatry and general medicine collection in larger public libraries.-Dale Farris, Groves, TX Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

Acknowledgments     xv
Introduction     1
What Is the Tapping Cure?     5
The Tapping Spots     19
Talking and Tapping     35
Fears and Phobias     53
Tapping at Work and at Play     71
Annoyance, Anger, Guilt, and Other Everyday Emotions     91
Trauma and PTSD     109
Fine-Tuning Your Results     123
Tapping for Children and Babies     139
The Controversies Surrounding Tapping     159
Who's Who in the Tapping World     179
Appendices
Tapping Spots for the Tapping Cure     189
Sentence Endings for the Tapping Cure     191
Quick-Fix Chart     193
Index     195