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by Adriana PhD Popescu (Author)
EFT for Addiction offers a compassionate, science-informed, and practical approach to one of the most challenging issues of our time. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and a growing body of research, Dr. Adriana Popescu presents Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT, or "tapping") as a powerful tool for reducing cravings, calming triggers, addressing trauma, and supporting long-term recovery.
Addiction is not a failure of willpower--it is deeply connected to stress, emotional pain, unresolved trauma, and patterns in the nervous system. This book goes beyond traditional treatment models to address the root causes that keep people stuck in cycles of compulsive behavior. EFT for Addiction explains how tapping works with the brain and body to restore emotional regulation, reduce shame, and create lasting change.
Written in clear, accessible language, this book guides readers step by step through EFT, making it easy to begin using immediately. It includes practical exercises, tapping scripts, and real-life case examples covering substance use disorders as well as behavioral addictions such as food, gambling, sex, and technology. Special attention is given to cravings, triggers, relapse prevention, co-occurring anxiety, depression, trauma, and deeply held limiting beliefs.
Whether you are struggling with addiction yourself, supporting a loved one, or working as a mental health or addiction professional, EFT for Addiction offers hope grounded in compassion and evidence. It does not promise a quick fix, but it does provide effective, empowering tools that can be used alongside existing treatment approaches to support healing, resilience, and recovery.
This is more than a guide to tapping. It is an invitation to reclaim choice, dignity, and inner strength--and to discover a gentler, more humane path forward.
Author Biography
Adriana Popescu, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with over 25 years of experience in the mental health field. She specializes in treating addictions and trauma and has directed a number of treatment programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the founder and CEO of Firebird Healing, a trauma healing program, and the Chief Clinical Officer at Avery Lane, a holistic treatment program for women with co-occurring disorders and trauma. Adriana coauthored with TJ Woodward Conscious Being Workbook, Conscious Recovery Workbook for Addiction, Conscious Recovery Workbook for Mental Health, and Conscious Creation Workbook. Her first book, What If You're Not as F***ed Up as You Think You Are?, was released in 2022. She has a private practice in San Francisco and travels the world speaking, coaching, and facilitating transformational workshops. She also hosts a podcast called Kaleidoscope of Possibilities--Alternative Perspectives EFT for Addiction on Mental Health. With her work, Adriana loves to empower people to release their self-judgments, overcome their imagined limitations, and create a life of infinite possibilities. If you would like to find out more about her and her work, visit https: //adrianapopescu.org/ or https: //www. firebird-healing.com/.
