Resonance EFT is Pearl Lopian’s method of Surrogate Tapping, used on behalf of someone you love.
Your teenager has been through something traumatic and won’t go to therapy.
Your son was in a car accident and is now terrified of getting back into a car.
Your daughter experienced abuse and is still affected by what happened.
Your 9 year old is increasingly unhappy and you don’t know why.
Your 48 year old husband is stressed and anxious.
Your baby is unsettled and difficult to calm.
You want to help.
They don’t need to attend sessions.
They don’t need to tap.
They don’t need to know.
They can be anywhere in the world.
They don’t need to do a thing.
When someone you love is struggling, they may not be able or willing to ask for help.
Trauma. Fear. Anxiety. Panic. Stress. Distressing habits. Emotional difficulties. Sleep difficulties. Physical pain, and so much more.
Resonance EFT can be used for someone of any age.
I’m Pearl Lopian, a Counsellor and EFT Master Trainer.
I’ve been working with EFT for more than 16 years, with clients around the world.
For many years, I used Surrogate Tapping in my clinical practice.
Parents, partners and family members came to me because someone they loved was struggling.
I kept refining the way I worked, paying attention to what worked and developing the process.
Through thousands of sessions, that work became Resonance EFT.
I have developed Surrogate Tapping into a structured method that can be taught to Practitioners and used by people who want to help someone they love.
Work privately with me using Resonance EFT on behalf of someone you love.
Come to a guided group session and experience Resonance EFT on behalf of someone you love.
Already an EFT Practitioner? Learn my Resonance EFT method and bring this unique approach into your own practice.
Sessions are held online over Zoom, and in person by arrangement.
Pearl didn’t just help my son; she brought healing to our entire family.
My sweet, sensitive, and talented son was diagnosed with PTSD following a trauma at age twelve. Over the next five years, our lives were turned upside down—he struggled in every area, grew angry and distant, stopped communicating with his father and siblings, dropped out of school, and stepped away from being religious.
After years of unsuccessful therapy and mentoring, a friend recommended Pearl’s Resonance Tapping.
A mother
On behalf of her son
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques), also known as Tapping, is a powerful therapeutic method used to address a wide range of emotional and physical issues, from everyday stress and anxiety to trauma, PTSD, physical issues and pain. It involves tapping on specific acupuncture points on the face and upper body while focusing on the issue being addressed. EFT can help people process traumatic and distressing memories, change emotional responses, shift deeply held beliefs and alleviate physical symptoms, often bringing about significant change in a remarkably short time.
You bring the person you love to mind and connect with what they are experiencing. Guided by a Resonance EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Practitioner, you then tap on acupressure points on yourself while focusing on what they are struggling with. Tapping on those points has a measurable effect on the body’s stress response.
No. You do not need to tell them and you do not need their agreement. You do not even need to be in contact with them. Many people come to Pearl precisely because the person they love will not talk about what happened, or does not want help. If the question sits uneasily with you, bring it to your first session and Pearl will talk it through with you.
No. They are not present, they do not participate, and they do not need to do anything at all. You do the tapping on their behalf.
It is not necessary to believe in it. Belief is not what makes this work, so doubt is not a barrier. Come as you are.
Resonance EFT is Pearl’s method of Surrogate Tapping, which is sometimes called proxy tapping. It uses Emotional Freedom Techniques, better known as EFT tapping, which you carry out yourself on another person’s behalf.
Trauma, fear, anxiety, panic, stress, distressing habits, emotional difficulties, sleep difficulties, physical pain, and so much more. It can be used on behalf of someone of any age, from a baby through to an adult.
Yes. Distance makes no difference to the work. The person you are holding in mind can be in another country, in another time zone, or simply in the next room.
That depends on the person and on what is being addressed. Some people notice shifts quite quickly. Goals are set at a pace that feels achievable rather than overwhelming.
No. Resonance EFT is intended to sit alongside the care someone is already receiving, not to replace it. It is not a substitute for medical advice and it is not a reason to delay or stop treatment. If you are worried about someone’s health, please speak to a doctor.
Yes. You can experience the method in a guided group session, or if you are already an EFT Practitioner you can train in Resonance EFT and bring this approach into your own practice. Both options are set out above.
Published research on how healing can reach across a distance, how tapping works, and what the clinical trials show.
David Feinstein, Energy Psychology Journal, 2013
A review article written specifically about Surrogate Tapping. Feinstein gathered a hundred accounts of tapping done at a distance and looks honestly at what they do and do not show.
Read the paperRadin, Schlitz and Baur, Global Advances in Health and Medicine, 2015
A careful look at the research on healing intention sent across a distance. It sits outside EFT, and it is a good place to start if you are wondering how any of this could work.
Read the overviewDavid Feinstein, Frontiers in Psychology, 2025
What actually happens in the body when you tap. Drawn from more than two hundred clinical trials, covering the drop in cortisol and the way distressing memories settle.
Read the paperStapleton and colleagues, Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
A review pulling together the randomised trials of EFT tapping for PTSD, comparing it against established treatments like EMDR and cognitive behavioural therapy.
Read the reviewTapping has been studied in randomised trials. Surrogate Tapping is documented in David Feinstein’s 2013 review, which gathered a hundred accounts of it having an effect.
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