Emotional Release · “Die to Be Reborn”
FasterEFT / Eutaptics
To collapse the emotional charge of a memory or problem by tapping a short set of points while recalling the issue, then deliberately ‘flipping’/re-imprinting the memory toward peace (‘the structure’ of the problem is weakened and changed).
FasterEFT in 5 lines: Bring up the problem and notice where you feel it. Tap a short sequence (between brows, side of eye, under eye, collarbone) while holding the feeling. Hold your wrist, breathe, and cue “Peace.” Question the memory — what’s left? — then deliberately change the remembered scene toward calm and safety. Re-check and repeat — remembering the relief comes from exposure, soothing, and reframing, not meridians.
What it is
FasterEFT — later rebranded eutaptics® — is a simplified, reframing-heavy descendant of EFT (which itself descends from Callahan’s TFT). Like EFT it uses tapping on a few body points while you recall a problem, but it differs in two emphases:
(1) it strips the protocol down (a short tap sequence, fewer “setup” rituals), and (2) it leans hard on NLP-style language, “flipping,” and memory re-imprinting — after collapsing the bad feeling, you deliberately change the remembered scene toward a peaceful/empowered version.
The pitch is that problems are held in place by the structure of remembered experiences, and tapping-plus-reframing weakens and rewrites that structure.
The Method
Smith teaches a compact loop (Skills to Change Institute / eutaptics® trainings). The faithful arc:
- Find the problem and notice it. Bring up the issue (emotion, memory, craving, pain) and notice where and how you feel it in the body, and rate it.
- Tap a short sequence while holding the issue. Tap a brief set of points — typically between the eyebrows, beside the eye, under the eye, and the collarbone — while keeping attention on the feeling. (Fewer points and less scripting than classic EFT.)
- Grab the wrist + “Peace.” A signature FasterEFT move: hold your wrist, take a breath, and say (or feel) “Peace” — a deliberate cue to shift state toward calm and to “let go.”
- Ask the diagnostic questions. Smith emphasises questioning the memory — e.g. “How do you know you still have the problem?”, “What does it look/feel like now?” — to check what remains and to loosen the problem’s “structure.”
- “Flip” / re-imprint the memory. Once the charge drops, you deliberately change the remembered scene — re-imagine it resolved, safe, or empowering — so the recalled experience no longer carries the old feeling. This re-imprinting toward peace is central to FasterEFT (and a key way it departs from standard EFT).
- Re-check and repeat. Return to the original feeling: is it still there? Repeat the tap-question-flip loop until recalling the issue brings calm rather than charge. (Sourcing note: the short tap set, “wrist + Peace” cue, questioning, and memory re-imprinting/“flipping” are eutaptics®/FasterEFT’s taught signatures. Descriptions are a faithful summary.)
Source & Lineage
Robert Gene Smith founded FasterEFT and runs the Skills to Change Institute; he later rebranded the system eutaptics®.
By his own account he originally studied standard EFT (Gary Craig’s method) and then developed it into “a very different system,” blending in NLP, BSFF (Be Set Free Fast), and reframing.
The lineage is therefore: TFT (Callahan, 1980) → EFT (Craig) → FasterEFT/eutaptics (Smith). It is taught largely through online courses, certifications and videos rather than peer-reviewed work, and is strongly identified with its founder. → energy-psychology lineage.
The Traditions' versions
The shared move — tap/soothe while recalling the problem, then reframe — recurs:
- EFT (Craig) — the immediate parent; same tapping logic, less re-imprinting.
- TFT (Callahan) — the grandparent; prescribed algorithms.
- NLP reframing / “swish” patterns — deliberately altering the submodalities of a remembered image; FasterEFT’s “flip” is essentially this. (NLP itself lacks strong evidence.)
- Memory reconsolidation / imagery rescripting — legitimate clinical work that updates an activated memory with new content; FasterEFT borrows the surface form without the controlled clinical framing.
- Havening (Ruden) — “activate + body input + change the response.”
Common refinements
Believing it’s a unique breakthrough technology. It’s a repackaged EFT/NLP blend; the active parts are old and ordinary.
- Self-rewriting serious traumatic memories. “Flipping” a heavy trauma alone is exactly where clinical guidance matters; uncontrolled memory alteration can confuse or destabilise.
- Guru dependency. Founder-centric modalities can foster reliance on the teacher/courses. Keep your own judgement and seek independent care when needed.
- Mistaking relief for resolution / over-claiming on physical illness. Don’t use it to replace medical or psychiatric treatment.