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Research on EFT

Anxiety

  • Efficacy of EFT in Reducing Public Speaking Anxiety: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Pain, Depression, and Anxiety after PTSD Symptom Remediation in Veterans
  • The Effect of Progressive Muscular Relaxation and EFT on Test Anxiety in High School Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Tapping for Success: A Pilot Study to Explore if EFT can Reduce Anxiety and Enhance Academic Performance in University Students
  • Is EFT Generalizable? Comparing Effects in Sport Science Students Versus Complementary Therapy Students
  • The Effect of a Brief EFT Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
  • Pilot Study of EFT, WHEE and CBT for Treatment of Test Anxiety in University Students
  • Psychological Symptom Change After Group Application of EFT
  • Psychological and Physiological Symptoms of Psoriasis After Group EFT (S)
  • Psychological Symptom Change in Veterans After Six Sessions of EFT: An Observational Study
  • Reducing Anxiety in Dental Patients Using EFT: A Pilot Study
  • Self-administered EFT in Individuals with Fibromyalgia: a Randomized Trial (S)
  • Can EFT be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions? Results of a Service Evaluation in Sandwell.
  • Assessment of EFT: An Alternative Treatment for Fear
  • Can Matrix Reimprinting Be Effective in the Treatment of Emotional Conditions in a Public Health Setting? Results of a U.K. Pilot Study
  • Methodological Problems in Waite & Holder (2003) Preclude Meaningful Interpretations About EFT
  • The Effectiveness of EFT for Optimal Test Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • The Effects of EFT on Long-term Psychological Symptoms
  • The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans Using EFT (S)

Athletic Performance

  • The Effect of EFT on Athletic Performance: A Randomized Controlled Blind Trial
  • The Effect of EFT on Soccer Performance: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • A Re-Examination of Church's (2009) Study into the Effects of EFT on Basketball Free-Throw Performance
  • Preliminary evidence for the treatment of type I 'yips': The efficacy of the EFT Sports Confidence and Critical Incident Intensity After a Brief Application of EFT: A Pilot Study

Depression

  • Brief Group Intervention Using EFT for Depression in College Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Pain, Depression, and Anxiety after Remediation of PTSD Symptoms in Veterans
  • Can EFT be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions? Results of a service evaluation in Sandwell
  • Depression symptoms improve after successful weight loss with EFT: A randomized controlled trial
  • The Effect of a Brief EFT Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
  • Psychological and Physiological Symptoms of Psoriasis After Group EFT (S)
  • Psychological Symptom Change After Group Application of EFT
  • Psychological Symptom Change in Veterans After Six Sessions of EFT: An Observational Study
  • Self-administered EFT in Individuals with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Trial (S)
  • The Effects of EFT on Long-term Psychological Symptoms
  • The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans Using EFT (S)

Pain & Physical Symptoms

  • TBI Symptoms Improve After PTSD Remediation With Emotional Freedom Techniques
  • Effect of EFT on Perceived Stress, Quality of Life, and Cortisol Salivary Levels in Tension-Type Headache Sufferers: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Self-administered EFT in Individuals with Fibromyalgia: A Randomized Trial
  • EFT as an Effective Adjunctive Treatment in the Neurotherapeutic Treatment of Seizure Disorders
  • The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques): A Pilot Protocol
  • Can Matrix Reimprinting Be Effective in the Treatment of Emotional Conditions in a Public Health Setting? Results of a U.K. Pilot Study
  • Neurophysiological Indicators of EFT Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Pain, Depression, and Anxiety after PTSD Symptom Remediation in Veterans
  • Psychological and Physiological Symptoms of Psoriasis After Group EFT
  • The Effect of a Brief EFT Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers

Phobias

  • Evaluation of a Meridian-Based Intervention, EFT, for Reducing Specific Phobias of Small Animals
  • EFT Reduces Intense Fears: A Partial Replication and Extension of Wells et al. (2003)
  • The Immediate Effect of a Brief Energy Psychology Intervention (EFT) on Specific Phobias: A Pilot Study

PTSD

  • A Controlled Comparison of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Two Psychological Therapies for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: EMDR vs. EFT
  • Psychological Trauma Symptom Improvement in Veterans Using EFT: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • CAM and energy psychology techniques remediate PTSD symptoms in veterans and spouses
  • Single Session Reduction of the Intensity of Traumatic Memories in Abused Adolescents: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • Efficacy of EFT Provided by Coaches vs. Licensed Therapists in Veterans with PTSD
  • Neurophysiological Indicators of EFT Treatment Of Post-Traumatic Stress
  • Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation of Clinical PTSD in Haitian Seminarians
  • The Impact of EFT and Matrix Reimprinting on the Civilian Survivors of War in Bosnia: A Pilot Study
  • Psychological Symptom Change in Veterans After Six Sessions of EFT: An Observational Study
  • Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or EFT
  • Telephone Delivery of EFT Remediates PTSD Symptoms in Veterans
  • The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans Using EFT
  • Psychological Intervention Including Emotional Freedom Techniques for an Adult with Motor Vehicle Accident Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Study
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Weight Loss & Cravings

  • A Randomized Clinical Trial of a Meridian-Based Intervention for Food Cravings with Six Month Follow-up
  • Clinical Benefits of EFT on Food Cravings at 12-Months Follow-up: A Randomized Controlled Trial
  • The Effect of a Brief EFT Self-Intervention on Anxiety, Depression, Pain and Cravings in Healthcare Workers
  • Quitting Smoking: How to Use Emotional Freedom Techniques

Clinical Reports

Clinical Reports describe the use of EFT with various groups, e.g. university students, prisoners, refugees, or abused children. They may contain quantitative data, e.g. scores on symptom assessments, or they may describe the ways in which practitioners can work with this population.

  • Application of Emotional Freedom Techniques
  • Change Is Possible: EFT with Life-Sentence and Veteran Prisoners at San
  • Quentin State Prison
  • Energy Psychology and Psychotherapy: A Study of the Use of Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy Practice
  • Clinical Story of a 6-Year-Old Boy's Eating Phobia: An Integrated Approach
  • EFT For Traumatic Brain Injury
  • Emotional Freedom Techniques: The Practicing Midwife
  • Energy Psychology Treatment for Orphan Heads of Households in Rwanda: An Observational Study
  • Energy Psychology Treatment for Posttraumatic Stress in Genocide Survivors in a Rwandan Orphanage: A Pilot Investigation
  • Integrating Energy Psychology into Treatment for Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
  • Preliminary evidence for the treatment of type I 'yips': The efficacy of the Emotional Freedom Techniques
  • Single Session EFT for Stress-Related Symptoms After Motor Vehicle Accidents
  • Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or EFT
  • Psychological Intervention Including Emotional Freedom Techniques for an Adult with Motor Vehicle Accident Related Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Case Study
  • Veterans: Finding their way home with EFT
  • Working With Military Service Members and Veterans: A Field Report of Obstacles and Opportunities