Callahan’s “Thought Field Therapy”

Salon.com Books | What Kevin Trudeau doesn’t want you to know:
‘We’re going to be sharing Dr. Callahan’s revolutionary breakthrough that he discovered while studying quantum physics,’ the addiction infomercial went, before claiming that the system cured compulsive eating, as well as alcohol, cocaine and heroin addiction, and led to weight loss without dieting or exercise. ‘This technique will take 60 seconds to apply and works virtually 100 percent of the time,’ the FTC noted as another claim. It said that the ‘videotape sold in the infomercial showed Dr. Callahan demonstrating his technique — a series of gestures, including tapping the face, chest and hand; rolling the eyes; and humming, which, if mimicked, were the supposed addiction cure.’ The claims were false, according to the FTC.

This salon.com article is about informercial huckster Kevin Trudeau, but darned if I don’t already know about Dr. Callahan’s “Addiction Breaking System.” It’s also known as “Thought Field Therapy.” An ex-Scientologist social worker I “knew” online was involved with it — to the scorn and general derision of many of us in the same discussion group. People who want to provide this “therapy” can sign up for Callahan’s insanely expensive courses and learn how to diagnose and treat people over the telephone. Such a deal. It’s nice when curing the world’s ills doesn’t take you away from your pedicure.

If you enjoy this sort of thing as much as I do, you’ll want to go here:

Debunking Thought Field Therapy.

The social worker I mentioned earlier did eventually come to her senses and now realizes Thought Field Therapy is bogus. It takes a big person to admit they’ve been wrong about something they really believed in. Here’s her site:

Monica Pignotti, MSW.