A complete round of EFT may seem simple enough, it does appear though you can make it shorter still. Many therapists are now leaving out the 9 gamut procedure, using it only when a client is getting stuck. This usually makes no difference to the treatment other than to make it quicker.

Leaving out the points on the fingers also seems to be fine. In most cases going straight to the karate chop point after doing the face and body works just as well as the full sequence, another 20 seconds saved. Some practitioners prefer to keep these points in as they believe it to make treatment more effective, and it takes so little time. My advice is experiment and see what works for you. Trust your intuition with each case.

Using the karate chop point instead of the sore point for the set-up phrase at the beginning of each round works most of the time. This is easier for group and telephone work.

When a client is experiencing the pain intensely in the present moment often the set-up and reminder phrases can be dropped. The clients attention is already focused on the problem. This is good to calm them down so you can start a full treatment. If things are really bad using just the karate chop point will help to start with.