When a client asks me these questions, I often follow by saying, “How long is a piece of string?” Giving you any guarantees for the work that I do would be unethical on my part. The reason I cannot tell you how many sessions you will need to stop drinking (or moderating) successfully is that I don’t know you, your history, how ingrained your habit is and what it is connected to. What I can tell you is that I have had clients who have successfully stopped drinking within six sessions and sometimes less. And I have had others who have needed more. Most clients I work with experience remarkable shifts during the first couple of sessions. EFT has been proven to be faster and more effective than talking therapy., Still, it’s not a magic wand, and if you have experienced severe and repeated trauma during your life, a longer and slower process will be needed.