Gary Craig's
EMOTIONAL FREEDOM
TECHNIQUE

Emotional healings are almost always long lasting. This is particularly true if you follow the suggestions in the EFT Course and address the emotional events as specifically as possible. If a given emotional problem does appear to "come back," however, the experienced practitioner will look for three possible reasons: (note: these are covered in more detail under the question, "When it doesn't work....????")

1. What has "come back" is simply a related issue (aspect) that wasn't addressed in the first place.

2. The original problem was addressed too globally and thus only partially neutralized.

3. The cause of the problem is due to a sensitivity to something (an energy toxin) the client ate, drank, breathed or otherwise came in contact with.

Physical healings are often impressive and long lasting as well but are more likely to re-emerge than emotional issues. Often a physical ailment (headache, backache, stomach upset, etc.) acts as a physical manifestation of an emotional issue. Experienced EFT'ers see consistent evidence of this. Thus what appears to "come back" is simply the same physical ailment reacting to a different emotional issue. This theory may be debatable, of course, and there is no standard scientific evidence for it (yet).