About Gillian
Gillian Wightman
AAMET Level 3 Advanced EFT Practitioner, AAMET EFT Trainer, Advanced Diploma Meridian Psychotherapy, EFT ADV, Advanced Diploma Nutrition, Diploma Stress Management, Diploma Psychotherapy and Counselling, Touch for Health Instructor, Craniosacral Therapy CST1, CST11, SER1
"It has been a pleasure to work with Gill Wightman. She combines a big, kind heart with a quick, sharp mind and an easy sense of fun that brings a gentle humour to even the deepest and darkest issues'
Unless we are some kind of superman or woman most of us have some anger, sadness, grief, resentment, fear, and unresolved emotions and unwanted behaviours to deal with. Most of us also think we have no choice but to deal with these feelings and get on in the best way we can.
What if you had the ability to calm and balance strong emotions? What if irrational fears could subside, traumatic memories could fade and unhelpful anger could dissolve? What if we could control our cravings and make healthy choices with ease?
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) and related Energy Psychology techniques are mind-body balancing therapies that uses words and acupressure tapping to balance and clear emotional disturbance quickly and for good.
For me EFT has been the way forward, both as a self help tool and as therapy to release myself from the negativity of past experiences that were holding me back from the life I wanted to live.
As an EFT therapist and Energy Psychologist my role is to gently help you explore what's holding you back from a healthy, pain free and productive life. My skills as a therapist gained from working with people over the years, the extensive training I have done, and from my personal route to physical and emotional health mean that I can help create a safe, neutral, non-judgemental environment where together we can find out what the roots are for limiting self beliefs, addictions, chronic pain, fatigue, poor self image and lack of confidence. It is always my aim to do this as quickly, safely and gently as possible.
There is no need to go into painful memories and retelling of events, in fact I discourage that. Often I don't even know what the issue is and don't need to know for the treatment to be effective.
What I love most about this work and is that it is truly client based. My beliefs and opinions are not relevant nor should they be. Your feelings and thoughts are what we use, in whatever way you need to express yourself, even when you have no idea how to do that. It also is important to me that I know you are leaving with a first class tool that will empower you for the rest of your life.
Whilst EFT and Energy Psychology can help in just about every area, I am especially drawn to helping people recover from Trauma & Abuse, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Self Image and Esteem Problems, Unresolved Grief, Anxiety and Addicitions. In some of these areas I have had personal experience, so I am in a position to not only understand, but also reassure you that you really can have freedom on these issues. If you want to work with someone who doesn't just know how to do it but has done it, then give me a ring.
To be honest, when I first heard about EFT I was sceptical. My first attempts at trying it alone were disappointing. However once I had an experience of it for a severe case of trigeminal neuralgia which was quickly eased, I was hooked. We know it works, we have some idea how it might work, many theories abound, modern science hasn't quite caught up with it, all I know is that after using it 1000's of times, it really does, even when people don't think it can. I don't ask you to believe anything but I would encourage you to give it a go.
I offer a free 20 min chat to discuss how EFT and Energy Psychology can help you with your problems and to give you an idea of how you feel about working with me and give you an 'experience' of EFT so you can feel it for yourself. What have you got to lose?
You can read examples of my work on the EFT Articles page in this site and also read comments from some of my clients in the Testimonials page which will help you get a feel for my style.
EFT is very effective over the telephone and I have clients in 4 different countries so distance is no object!
I am a contributing author to EFT & Abuse, written and compiled by Angela Treat-Lyon. Please contact me to request your free copy of this e-book.
A little more about me
In 1996 I began my road to recovery from acute fibromyalgia, an eating disorder and severe depression and was on unacceptably heavy medication with no hope being held out for recovery from this painful condition. I started searching for other options and this search led me to train as a complementary therapist, initially in the field of nutrition but I also received therapies that were focused on the emotional roots of my illness. I knew in my own practice I was missing something important. When I went on to suffer a series of traumatic events and bereavements and my fibromyalgia and anxiety disorder returned with a vengeance I realised that, at these times, diet and exercise were the last things on my mind - the emotional drivers were too strong. This helped me to develop a greater understanding of the effects of stress and it was during this time I discovered Emotional Freedom Techniques and my life changed and the way I wanted to work changed.
As a result of the work I have done on my own life experiences with EFT personally and with the help of some wonderful EFT therapists, I now enjoy a standard of emotional and physical health I never thought possible, including full and complete remission from fibromyalgia. At 29 I was heading towards a wheelchair and a lifetime of medication, at 40 I am windsurfing and skiing black runs and feel better than I did at 20! I am making my dreams come true both personally and professionally and I am passionate about the power of EFT to transform lives as I have witnessed in practice and in my own life.