Emotional Freedom Technique for Animals and Their Humans

Foreword by Ellie Laks

Introduction

PART ONE – Fundamentals

What Is EFT and Why Do Our Animals Need It?
The Practice in a Nutshell
The Heart of the Matter: Emotional Well-Being
My Shift to Tapping with Animals An Overview of Energy Healing
Key to Energy Healing for Animals: Relaxation
The Two Nervous Systems in Our Homes
Why EFT versus Other Energy Healing Techniques?

The Animal Worldview versus the Human Worldview
I’m a Good Cat
And Sometimes It’s Just Fun to Bark
We Take Everything So Personally
Getting to Neutral
Blue Ribbon Emotions
Secondary Gain
Familiarity
Blocks, Resistance, and Battles
Beliefs, Vows, and Loyalties
Is This a Good Match Emotionally?

The Script
Beginning, Middle, and End
What Are Transitions?
A Release
Signs
Transitional Phrases
Don’t Back Away from the Big Feelings
The Investigation for the Human
The Investigation for the Animal

Let’s Tap
The Setup Statement
Tapping Sequences
What the Specific Points Are Used For
Alternatives to “Regular” Tapping
The Value of Touch
Signs an Animal Is Releasing: A Review
Putting It All Together

PART TWO – Solutions

Emotions
The Nature of Emotions
A Lasting Change
Entangled Feelings and Emotions
Panic
Trauma
Fear
Timid
Anxiety
Grief
Rage
Tapping on Emotions
Let’s Tap

Behavior
Aggression aka Reactivity
Cats have Reactivity/Aggression, Too!
Horses Can Be Reactive/Aggressive
Domestic Birds
Breaking It Down
Aggression with Humans
Peeing/Marking and More
Let’s Break It Down
Other Unwanted Behaviors
Separation Anxiety
Performance Blocks

Relationships and Dynamics
Animal and Human Relationship Blocks
Breaking Down Human to Animal Relationships
Animal to Animal Relationship
Breaking Down Animal to Animal Relationships

Wellness
Pain
Lameness
My Brief Year Having a Healing Center
Four Healing Stories
Breaking It Down Emotionally

End of Life
Fear of Letting Go
Grief for Humans and Animals
Grief among the Animals
Breaking It Down

Gaining Experience in Real-World Practice
How to Tell If the Work Is Complete
Behavioral Backslides
How to Handle a Sudden Healing Crisis
When to Repeat Treatments and How to Tweak the Script

Conclusion

Appendix
Tapping Template and Sample Scripts

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Joan Ranquet is an animal communicator, energy healer, TEDx speaker, author, and founder of Communication with All Life University, a certification program for animal communication and energy healing. She lives with her 3 horses, 3 dogs, and 4 cats in Santa Clarita, California.

“Joan’s intuitive ability to feel into the emotional life of animals is profound and a reflection of her beautiful heart. In this book, she teaches us how to employ EFT or ‘tapping’ to heal their wounds and traumas and to better understand them. The journey of this book is not only practical, well organized, and thorough, it’s deeply moving.” Jane Lynch, actress and animal advocate

“The best on the subject! If you truly want to support your animal companion toward wellness and create a harmonious household, Joan’s book is imperative. You’ll learn how to do everything from breaking up negative patterns to releasing the emotions and trauma causing challenging behavior. Everything you need to know about EFT—and becoming the guardian your animal needs you to be—is in these educational, informative, and relatable pages.” CYNDI DALE, author of Energy Healing for Trauma, Stress & Chronic Illness and The Subtle Body

“Emotional Freedom Technique for Animals and Their Humans is something every loving animal guardian should include in their library of essential books—it’s phenomenal, earth-shattering, brilliant, and groundbreaking. Get the book, read it, and put it into action. You deserve it. Your animal friends want it, and the world can rise if humans gain such knowledge!” Dr. RICHARD E. PALMQUIST, DVM, integrative veterinarian and past president of the American Holistic Veterinary Medical Association

“Joan Ranquet gives the science behind the problems our animals experience while clearly giving solutions. Her clear charts and diagrams show the specific points to be tapped on different species, with descriptions of the physical and emotional indications for each point. Energy fields reach far beyond our physical bodies and affect everyone around us. Your distress about your pet’s constant barking or nighttime feline howling magnifies their imbalance and can make things worse. When you soothe both yourself and your animal, miracles can happen.” CHRISTINA CHAMBREAU, DVM, CVH, certified veterinary homeopath, speaker, and author of Healthy Animal’s Journal

“Joan explains the anatomy, physiology, and the reasons why EFT works. The nerd in me loves all the details and explanations. The busy working veterinarian in me loves the simplicity. Every animal lover, worker, and dreamer should own this book.” JILL TODD, DVM, certified veterinary acupuncturist, certified veterinary chiropractor, and animal communicator

“Joan Ranquet’s work with animals and humans brings deep compassion and self-healing to a higher level for all life. At first glance, this book is for animal companions. Glance again and find the healing tools for all humans—and all beings. Another great book by Joan!” MARGARET ANN LEMBO, aromatherapist, speaker, and author of Animal Totems and the Gemstone Kingdom

“In Emotional Freedom Technique for Animals and Their Humans, Joan Ranquet provides a clear path to bringing the power of EFT to our animal friends. The book takes us on a journey through the development of EFT using shared stories, clear instructions, and fun exercises. As in life, Joan imbues her writing with compassion, humility, and wisdom. Each chapter brings us closer to understanding how our animals arrive at psychological disharmony in their lives and how we can be empowered to release the patterns holding them back from vibrant health. Anyone can learn and use this simple yet powerful technique to help their pets thrive.” LOLA MICHELIN, LAMP, SAMP, founder and director of the Northwest School of Animal Massage

ANIMALS/HOLISTIC HEALTH

“Joan’s intuitive ability to feel into the emotional life of animals is profound and a reflection of her beautiful heart. In this book, she teaches us how to employ EFT or ‘tapping’ to heal their wounds and traumas and to better understand them. The journey of this book is not only practical, well organized, and thorough, it’s deeply moving.”
—JANE LYNCH, actress and animal advocate

Who has not experienced a dog who just won’t stop barking or a cat that seems to strike out without apparent reason? Relief might be at hand with the simple yet effective point-tapping practices of the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) that provide an excellent hands-on tool for treating behavioral, emotional, and health challenges in animals.

In this practical guide, expert animal communicator and healer Joan Ranquet shows how to apply this energetic bodywork method on animals such as dogs, cats, or horses. As you tap on certain acupressure points with a specific intention in mind, the animal will experience energetic release on the levels of mind, body, emotions, and spirit. For easy access, you will find maps clearly illustrating the specific EFT acupressure points on dogs, cats, and horses; in addition, Joan provides sample point sequences and intention scripts geared to specific ailments, conditions, and behavioral challenges as well as end-of-life care. Targeted to work with and relieve difficult emotions, the points used in EFT sequences each have a feel-good aspect to them, either a calming or releasing effect, and the scripts work to help break up old behavioral or emotional patterning.

Presenting a way to cut straight to the energetic source of the problems the animal experiences and provide relief even if you don’t know the cause of their pain, this guide will help you not only become closer to your animal companions but also improve their well-being as well as your own.

JOAN RANQUET is an animal communicator, energy healer, TEDx speaker, author, and founder of Communication with All Life University, a certification program for animal communication and energy healing. She lives with her 3 horses, 3 dogs, and 4 cats in Santa Clarita, California.