Five Point Touch Therapy

Acupressure for the Emotional Body

Pierre-Noël Delatte

• Publisher: Healing Arts Press
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9781594774959
• eBook ISBN: 9781620551356
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Simple and fast-acting self-treatment of emotional issues with acupressure points • Illustrates how to quickly treat emotional difficulties arising from acute crises or loss and long-term issues such as depression and anxiety • Explains how to remove the emotional blocks and scars at the root of many common physical ailments, such as eczema, ulcers, and weight gain • Provides guidance on treating others, including babies and children, and daily treatment routines to combat stress and create emotional and energetic balance Does emotion rule you or do you rule your emotions? With five point touch therapy, you can quickly counter negative emotional states as they arise, leaving you better able to cope with a crisis, as well as treat long-term issues such as depression and anxiety. More than just a self-help method, this technique, also called psycho-bio-acupressure (PBA), is also effective for children and babies, particularly for sleep problems and colic. Based on Dr. Delatte's 20 years of research and decades of hands-on practice, PBA works by sequential activation of 5 acupressure points to produce an energetic circuit in the body. This circuit can provide immediate relief from acute negative emotions and, when applied regularly, prevent future emotional overreactions and treat deep-seated destructive emotional states. The book includes 22 five-point sequences for specific emotional issues, such as panic attacks or suppressed anger, and for removing the emotional blocks and scars at the root of many common physical ailments, such as eczema, asthma, and weight gain. Dr. Delatte explains how to combine the 22 sequences to treat more than 70 additional emotional and physical ailments as well as how to use this technique with homeopathy and Bach Flower Therapy for more stubborn conditions. Providing a daily routine of self-treatment to combat stress and balance your energetic centers, this book allows you to take control of your emotions as well as protect and enhance your health.

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What Is Five Point Touch Therapy or Psycho-Bio-Acupressure (PBA)?

One cannot heal a part of the body as a part separate from the whole. The body cannot be healed as if it had nothing to do with the soul, and for the body and the spirit to be healthy, one has to take care of the spirit in the first place . . . Nowadays, it is a common mistake for the doctors to separate the soul from the body.

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Five point touch therapy or psycho-bio-acupressure is a simple, practical method, which has rapid results and is easily accessible and applicable to everyone:

• It is a simple method: it consists of the simultaneous pressure of five acupuncture points, which produces a “printed circuit” on the body. Each “printed circuit” specifically corresponds to a particular negative emotion that is being targeted. These circuits are then grouped into precisely defined protocols, selected according to the issue being dealt with.
• It is a practical method: it does not require any preparation whatsoever. It is discreet as well, for it can be used anywhere without attracting unwanted curiosity.
• It is a method with rapid results: a few minutes only are necessary to recover from extreme stress and to restore the means needed to manage it.
• It is a method that is accessible to everyone: no special knowledge is called for. Reading this book with attention as well as memorizing the different acupuncture points should be enough.
• Last but not least, besides being a very special self-acupressure method, PBA is applicable to everyone: it may be used to help other people, even children and babies.

Now just what does psycho-bio-acupressure (PBA) mean?

“P” stands for psychological because the stimulation of acupuncture points directly impacts our psychological state of mind. PBA successfully deals with temporary negative emotions (such as anger) as well as with more profound pathological issues (such as depressive states, chronic anxiety, or obsessions).

“B” stands for bio, which means “life,” because controlling our psychological state means managing our vital energies, and because this action on our mind definitely resonates with our physical state. Psychosomatic diseases are alleviated in the process. Our life can be radically changed because our life force can be stimulated. Just as organic agriculture prevents the soil, water, and air from being poisoned through the abusive use of chemical pesticides, biotherapies can prevent our bodies from being slowly poisoned through abusive use of psychotropic drugs. Instead, biotherapies enhance our body’s natural healing abilities.

“A” stands for acupressure, which is the use of pressure to stimulate the ancient trigger points of acupuncture. While acupressure has been made known particularly through shiatsu, PBA uses a different and very specific technique involving the simultaneous application of five points.

The technique of five point touch therapy or PBA allows:

• The instantaneous management of temporary emotions in order to handle different types of situations ranging from common anxiety before an exam to a panic attack before boarding a plane. It can also be of a great help in the management of tragic situations such as a loss; although obviously PBA cannot magically erase the grief, it offers the possibility of coping with a crisis situation as efficiently as possible given the circumstances.
• The treatment of lasting emotional states, which are occasionally deeply anchored in the mind, and are prone to induce serious pathological conditions such as depression, obsessions, or chronic anxiety.
• The alleviation of the emotional component of many psychosomatic disorders or illnesses, such as eczema, stomach ulcers, or colitis and, as a consequence, the facilitated healing of those disorders.

Some Examples of the Use of Five Point Touch Therapy: Case Studies

Five point touch therapy is of a great help in the majority of upsetting and even traumatic situations, which can be demonstrated by a few case studies taken from my practice. Let me begin with a case of a sudden loss, precipitating a major crisis in a person who came to me for treatment.

CASE STUDY

PBA for Grief

Martha had recently lost her husband, who unexpectedly succumbed to a cerebral cardiovascular accident. Martha did her best to look strong, though she visibly had no strength and courage left; she was food- and sleep-deprived and found herself in tears the minute she was left by herself.

I selected the Distress Protocol (which will be described in detail in chapter 4); that is, through acupressure, I “printed” on her body the special circuits that take care of, in this sequence, negativity, depression, panic, excessive emotion, and the aftereffects of a trauma. I ended the session with the circuit that restores general energetic balance.

As early as the third circuit—about five minutes into the session—I observed that Martha was clearly relaxing. It did not take her long to confirm: “This is amazing; that terrible tension inside my head is gone.” At the end of circuit number four, she said: “I feel as though that weight that suffocated me since my husband’s death is fading away; now I can breathe again.” At the end of the session, she acknowledged how radically better she felt: “I can’t believe how much quieter and more relaxed I am now.”

Of course, Martha’s road to complete healing was still long, her grief was still there, and her difficulties had not gone away, but because she had recovered her energetic potential, she found herself in a position to deal more capably with her sorrow and her circumstances. I taught her the PBA circuits she needed, so that she could use them by herself whenever she felt she required them.

Temporarily disturbing emotions can be wiped away so that the skill to deal with the challenge at hand can resurface, as is shown by the following case.

CASE STUDY

Intense Fear of Driving Test

For a very long time, twenty-four-year-old Virginia had attempted to obtain her driver’s license. She seemed to be a natural during her lessons, but she could not cope with the pressure of the test itself and was unable to keep her emotions in check: her heart painfully pounded, stomach burns instantly developed, her vision suddenly blurred, and, invariably, she ended in driving through a red light. This was the usual pattern of her driving tests, which she had tried and failed thirteen-odd times, which seems unbelievable yet is true.

Virginia was desperate to have her own car because her future job required it; her situation was clear: no driver’s license, no job. A whole year had already gone by, and the more she tried, the less confident she felt. Her partner was starting to be critical of her alarming lack of self-control and determination. She had tried everything that might help, but found that she had no means to cope with her panic attacks. Neither prescribed medication (beta blockers) nor homeopathy had worked on her. She came to consult me without high hopes, but rather to please a friend who had warmly recommended me.

I concentrated on her pulse in order to feel her emotional state. I restored her energy through PBA circuits I’ll introduce later in this book. Then, I taught her how to do three specific circuits herself: the first one dealt with panic, the second encouraged and improved all forms of expression, and the third one restored her energetic balance.

Some days later, a triumphant phone call let me know that she had passed her test and that she had hardly recognized her usual self; her new state of relaxation had allowed her to respond even to a tricky situation, which would have totally destabilized her at other times.

Examples like this one are daily occurrences in my practice. The circuits benefit a very broad range of different cases: a lawyer can stimulate certain PBA circuits before pleading a case; likewise, a comedian can deal with his stage fright fifteen minutes before going on stage. Students find it possible to get rid of their exam jitters. Easily-learned five point circuits can take care of all those common emotions, which impact very negatively on our daily lives.

In addition to being of great help during emergency situations, the contribution of five point touch therapy to the resolution of chronic problems is also considerable, especially when a chronic issue threatens to become, or has already become, pathological. Let us take the example of Jack, who had been relocated (from France to New Caledonia) because of his firm’s interests.

CASE STUDY

Separation from Family

For two years, Jack had to leave his young family behind. His wife had her own job and the children needed to stay at their old school. As they say in New Caledonia, Jack was a “geographical single person,” who suffered very much from solitude. When he consulted me, he had made no new friends and liquor was becoming an easy as well as dangerous after-work habit. Jack was bored out of his wits and on his way to depression.

I applied the Depression Protocol, which really worked and helped for some weeks. Then he had a relapse, as his situation remained unchanged and the same causes produced the same effects because of his latent negative thinking, Not wanting to be on Prozac as suggested by his GP, he consulted me again. I recommended that he enroll in one of my workshops so that he could learn the different circuits that could help him avoid depression. I knew that my treatments could only bring temporary relief for a problem such as his, which was tied to a particular time span. When he came to see me again about a month after the workshop, he told me the following anecdote: “After the workshop, I felt so great that I neglected to work on myself every morning as you recommended. I just thought I felt fine. Then, a fortnight ago, my boss invited me to his place; I really did not feel like going, but I had to, so I did the circuits, especially the one against depression. I was amazed to find that I did enjoy myself that evening. Also, the next day, I still felt full of energy and retained a sense of purpose; I really felt positive and time just flew by, whereas a working day usually looks endless to me. Well, this helped me to realize that I just have to spend a little time every morning to do my circuits and that this little amount of time guarantees me a much more relaxed day.” Naturally, Jack’s situation had not changed, but he had gained the means to avoid depression and to wait serenely for the moment when he could be reunited with his little family.

PBA helps with children and even babies as well, as the following example demonstrates.

CASE STUDY

Infant Panic

Eight-month-old Kevin had not been able to sleep since he was born. The whole family was exhausted, and the couple was on the verge of separation; each night, the father and the mother had to take turns holding baby Kevin, but no sooner was the child put back into his own bed than the cries started afresh.

Different approaches to the problem had been tried, as well as the one suggested by the pediatrician (let the baby cry and wait till he stops out of exhaustion). Nothing worked and Kevin cried his little heart out; it seemed as if nothing could be done. Homeopathy did not have results, though some chemical drugs did, but then, the parents rejected the idea of putting chemicals inside Kevin’s system.

When I saw the baby for the first time, I started to inquire about the pregnancy and the delivery. Kevin’s mother had previously lost her first baby after six months of pregnancy, and this accident had made her highly sensitive to a potential repetition of this first experience: she felt extremely anxious and had to stop working early in her pregnancy precisely because of this high anxiety. The delivery itself had been a disaster: eight days after he was due, Kevin gave no indication whatsoever of wanting to be born; meanwhile, the placenta was showing signs of growing old. Labor had to be induced and contractions were difficult and painful. In the end, forceps had to be used. As Kevin’s mother said: “It appeared as if the baby was just rejecting the very idea of being born.”

Actually this case is extremely common: the baby is simply terrified. In this case, baby Kevin had felt and absorbed his mother’s deep anxiety while he was in her womb; he had also strongly perceived her terror of losing him when the date of delivery was approaching. Finally, the use of forceps most probably appeared to him as an act of aggression. No wonder then that Kevin was afraid to fall asleep.

We know that one of the major fears of our forefathers was to be attacked during their sleep and that this fear remains encoded within the most primitive part of our brain. This fear is as ancient as the beginnings of humanity. Even at this stage of our evolution, our unconscious mind considers sleeping as a potentially dangerous loss of control of our environment. According to its logic, it also considers staying awake as the best way to avoid any latent danger in time of high anxiety; this becomes a kind of reflex. Incidentally, do not we say “fall” in love, “fall” asleep, and “fall” ill? These situations reflect our major fears of losing control (of our heart, of our environment, of our body). Kevin was obviously in a state of panic and it made sense that he simply could not “fall” asleep.

I applied the five point circuits that take care of the state of panic and the aftereffects of a trauma; I also selected the ones that restore the energetic system. To be on the safe side, I also did the circuit related to colic (fear often expresses itself through colic). That night, little Kevin slept like an angel for the first time.

His parents called me the next morning and half-jokingly asked me if I was a magician. I’m not of course; the case of Kevin just required the right questions, some common sense, and application of the appropriate five point circuits to solve the problem at its source.

As these case studies make clear, PBA can prevent an aggravation of our emotional state when it is applied with vigilance and discipline as soon as the first signs of discomfort appear. At the same time, it certainly does not limit itself to temporary incidents. When used preventively, it can prevent a situation from degenerating into chaos; in that respect, we have to stay humble and bear in mind that the mind-...

Table of contents

• Cover Image
• Title Page
• Epigraph
• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: What Is Five Point Touch Therapy or Psycho-Bio-Acupressure (PBA)?
• Chapter 2: The Ten Most Commonly Used Five Point PBA Circuits
• Chapter 3: Twelve Additional Five Point PBA Circuits
• Chapter 4: Combining the Circuits: Treatment Protocols
• Chapter 5: Glossary of Conditions and Recommended Protocols
• Chapter 6: Five Golden Rules for Retaining Energy Balance
• Conclusion
• Appendix: The Evolution of Five Point Touch Therapy
• Resources
• Footnotes
• About the Author
• About Inner Traditions • Bear & Company
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