Putting health back
into your own hands.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) is a self-help healing method that pairs gentle tapping on the body's meridian points with spoken affirmation — easing pain, anxiety and emotional distress, often within a single session.
Founder & Head
Isaac Lim
Isaac Lim founded the Energy Psychology Centre of Malaysia, home to the Malaysia EFT Chapter — the country's primary vehicle for raising awareness of EFT and producing trained EFT practitioners. The Chapter's aim is to promote EFT as both a preventative and therapeutic tool, and to build understanding of the importance of processing stress and emotional health among professionals and lay people alike.
He is the first Malaysian certified as a GoE Trainer for Energy EFT, Modern Stress Management & Energy in Motion, and conducts EFT Level 1–3 workshops himself.
- Registered complementary therapist, Malaysian Ministry of Human Resources
- Member, Association Hypnotherapy Persatuan Malaysia
- Associate member, Malaysian Psychology Association
- Member, Malaysian Qigong Therapist Association
- Certified Energy EFT Master & EMO Master
- Certified, American Board of NLP Practitioners
- EFT–ADV under EFT Master Patricia Carrington (US)
- EFT Level 3 under EFT Master Peter Graham (Australia)
- Certificate in Effective Counselling in Clinical Practice
- Trained with Dr. Maggie Phillips (US) — Somatic & Energy Therapy, Healing Pain and Trauma
- Hypnotherapy training under Dr. George Bien; registered with IACT
- Certified WMQ Medical Qigong practitioner & wellness instructor
- Certificate in Basic Energy Medicine, Akamai University Hawaii (Dr. James Oschman)
A tool simple enough for a child, precise enough for a therapist.
EFT has its roots in acupuncture. Instead of needles, it uses fingertip tapping on meridian points while voicing positive affirmations — calming the body's energy system and the emotion tied to it at the same time.
EFT is helpful for a wide range of psychological, physical and emotional issues. It involves no medication, can be applied to everyday stress as well as major trauma, and results are often felt immediately. The basic technique is simple enough that children and adults alike can use it for better quality of life and health.
Gary Craig, who formalized the modern technique, summarized its founding principle plainly: the cause of negative emotion is a disruption in the body's energy system. Calm the meridian, and the emotional distress tied to it tends to release with it.
EFT is best used alongside conventional medicine, not as a replacement for it — but as a complement that often clears the emotional weight a physical issue carries.
"EFT is a simple, powerful process that can profoundly influence gene activity, health and behavior."
Bruce Lipton, PhD — author, The Biology of Belief"EFT is at the forefront of the new healing movement."
Candace Pert, PhD — author, Molecules of Emotion"EFT is destined to be a top healing tool for the 21st century."
Cheryl Richardson — author, The Unmistakable Touch of Grace"By removing emotional trauma, EFT helps heal physical symptoms too."
Norm Shealy, MD — author, Soul MedicineTapping away a headache, step by step
Anyone can learn the basic sequence in minutes. Here's the same protocol practitioners use for everyday discomfort — adapted from the original tapping-away-a-headache walkthrough.
Name it
Locate the discomfort precisely — "this throbbing pain in my left temple" — rather than a vague description.
Take a baseline
Rate the intensity from 1–10, with 10 being the most severe, before you begin tapping.
Set up the round
Tap the karate-chop point and repeat three times: "Even though I have this pain, I accept this and myself."
Tap the sequence
Move through the EFT tapping points, repeating the reminder phrase at each one.
Reassess
Rate the discomfort again. Note any change in intensity, tone, or location.
Repeat and refine
Adjust the reminder phrase to match what's left, and repeat the round until the discomfort clears.
Researched across ten countries, published in 20+ journals
The American Psychological Association has recognized EFT as an efficacious or probably-efficacious treatment for phobias, anxiety, depression and PTSD.
Two ways to begin
Isaac sees clients in his Petaling Jaya office throughout the week, including weekends — and offers the same depth of session remotely, wherever you are.
Petaling Jaya office
Clients range from young children to the elderly, CEOs to students, long-time locals to new immigrants. Sessions are conducted in English.
- Available throughout the week, including weekends
- Suitable for anxiety, stress, ongoing health issues and more
- Contact for current hourly rates
Remote sessions, anywhere
Distance isn't a barrier to results — only time zones. Sessions run over video call with the same outcomes as in-office work.
- No travel time or cost
- Same remote-diagnosis approach used in-office
- A quick, pro-active method — not traditional talk therapy
Told by the practitioners who were there
Anecdotal accounts from EFT practitioners across Malaysia — shared to show the range of issues EFT has been used to address.
A man in his forties, struggling with sleep and tension after his father's sudden death, found calm and relief within two tapping sessions — and the physical tightness in his head resolved alongside the grief.
A failing student's exam anxiety masked deeper anger toward an absent father. Tapping through both the surface fear and the buried anger restored his confidence — he went on to pass and graduate.
A woman who had hidden her childhood cleft lip from her own family for years released the shame in a handful of tapping rounds, and was later able to share her story openly and without distress.
Workshops for every level
Learn to manage your own health and emotions, or train to support others — guided by an EFT Master.
EFT Level 1 Workshop
Learn the core tapping sequence, how to set up a round, and how to apply it to everyday stress, pain and minor emotional issues. No prior experience needed.
EFT Level 2 Workshop
Go deeper into reframing, working with layered or deep-seated issues, and applying EFT with the precision needed to support others, not just yourself.
Begin your healing, in office or online.
Reach out to Isaac Lim to ask about availability, current rates, or to register interest for the next EFT workshop.
The information on this page is for educational purposes only and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent disease. As in all health matters, please consult a qualified professional, and never stop prescribed medication without your doctor's advice.