Mary's Hydrophobia

Mary was the first patient of Dr. Callahan's to be treated with TFT in its earliest form.  She suffered from an intense fear of water, so intense that even after 18 months of conventional therapy with Dr. Callahan she would only grudgingly approach the edge of a swimming pool - but not look at the water.  Her treatment included rational-emotive psychotherapy, client-centred therapy, cognitive and behavioural therapy, systematic desensitisation, biofeedback, hypnosis and relaxation training, none of which conquered her fear. 

Despite the intensive efforts made, Mary still suffered from nightmares about "water getting her", could not leave her house if it was raining, and could only tolerate a few centimetres of water with which to bathe.  A 30 year old, Mary had suffered from this phobia for as long as her parents could remember, with no known trauma being identified as the cause.

At the time Dr. Callahan was learning Applied Kinesiology and, applying its diagnostic procedures to Mary, discovered that her stomach energy meridian was somehow affected.  This meridian, according to ancient body maps used in acupuncture, begins below the eye, rises over the head and travels down the body to where it ends on the second toe.  Dr. Callahan, expecting nothing and desperate to try anything to help his patient, told Mary to think about her fear while he tapped under her eye. 

Suddenly, Mary said, "It's gone!  My fear of water, it's gone!   I don't have those awful feelings in my stomach any more!" 

Totally unprepared for what happened next, Dr. Callahan suggested to Mary that they try approaching the shallow end of a swimming pool near the office. Without hesitation, Mary did just that, hurrying to the side of the pool and splashing her face with the water.  Fearing the consequences, Dr. Callahan then watched Mary rush to the deep end of the pool.  Shouting "Mary, be careful!" he was rapidly reassured by Mary who said "Don't worry, I know I can't swim!"  It was clear that the treatment, whatever it had done, did not cause sudden stupidity! 

Twenty years later, Mary remains completely free of her phobia.

In the later stages of her conventional treatment, getting Mary to sit by the side of the pool was certainly a behavioural improvement!  However, she was still not free of her feelings of fear and she remained miserable.  All Mary needed to cure her fear in an instant was to have just one energy meridian point under her eye tapped with the fingers.  Later, Dr. Callahan discovered that most people need more of these meridian points treated.  Nevertheless, this single treatment worked with about 20% of his patients. 

His curiosity stimulated he went on to refine his discovery, revealing the coded nature of the body's emotional control and healing systems and the role-played by environmental toxins in the recurrence of symptoms.  The success rate rapidly rose from 20% to an incredible 80%.

Dr. Callahan's subsequent invention of TFT Diagnosis and Voice Technology is now pushing that incredible figure ever nearer to the ultimate, and now has a staggering 98% success rate.