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tapping

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A therapy method of gently touching body points while thinking about feelings to reduce anxiety

noun
/ˈtæpɪŋ/

Specialized

: tapping

In current clinical practice, the assessment of bradykinesia includes the execution of rapid, repetitive, alternating movements of the hand and heel tapping while the clinician observes the slowness and amplitude of the movements.
tapping mode
finger tapping

And it came about because I got interested in psychosensory therapies, the, you know, the tapping technique, TFT.

Examples

A demonstration of tapping technique.

Fiction book (2001)
You should really try the tapping.

Maggie's Plan (2016)
It's a tapping exercise.

Argylle (2024)
Oh, and since I started the Margaret Lynch tapping into Miracles, business has been booming!

Blog text (18)
Scarlet's head was awhirl, and the music—loud, rhythmic—was setting her dancer's toes to tapping.

Fiction book (1991)
During the session, she used tapping on specific points to help reduce her anxiety.
Many people have found that tapping on meridian points can be useful for emotional healing.
As part of her therapy, she practices tapping to manage her stress and emotional challenges.

Compounds

table tapping

Archaic

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A way people try to talk to the dead by knocking on a table during a meeting

Surface Forms

tapping singular

tappings plural

Morphology

tapping = tap (semi-transparent) = tap + ing

The therapy name is derived from the physical action of tapping, but it refers to a specific, technical therapeutic protocol that may not be obvious to all learners.

Etymology

Tapping comes from the action word tap, which means 'to touch lightly', and people use that word for a therapy called EFT, short for Emotional Freedom Techniques, where someone taps points on the body. So tapping in this therapy means gently touching specific points to help reduce stress.