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Science and Research: 2012

Thought Field Therapy (TFT) as a Treatment For Anxiety Symptoms: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Filed Under: 2012, Anxiety, Dammen T, EFT-Related Modalities, Hoffart, A, Irgens A, Nysaeter T E, Randomized Controlled Trials, TFT (Thought Field Therapy)

To investigate whether thought field therapy (TFT) has an impact on anxiety symptoms in patients with a variety of anxiety disorders… Forty-five patients were randomized to either TFT (n = 23) or a waiting list (n = 22) condition. The wait-list group was reassessed and compared with the TFT group two and a half months after the initial evaluation. After the reassessment, the wait-list patients received treatment with TFT. All 45 patients were followed up one to two weeks after TFT treatment, as well as at three and 12 months after treatment…

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Clinical Benefits of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Food Cravings at 12-Months Follow-Up: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Filed Under: 2012, Food Cravings, Porter, B, Randomized Controlled Trials, Sheldon, T, Stapleton, P

This randomized, single-blind, crossover trial tested whether participants who used Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) maintained reduced food cravings after 12-months and updates previously reported 6-month findings.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques for Dyslexia: A Case Study

Filed Under: 2012, Case Studies, Learning Disorders, McCallion, F

Dyslexia is a developmental condition, often inherited, that interferes with the acquisition and processing of written language. Sequencing issues, disorientation, and emotional issues can all be successfully treated separately.

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Acupoint Stimulation in Treating Psychological Disorders: Evidence of Efficacy

Filed Under: 2012, Clinical Applications, Feinstein, D, Research Reviews

Energy psychology is a clinical and self-help modality that combines verbal and physical procedures for effecting therapeutic change. While utilizing established clinical methods such as exposure and cognitive restructuring, the approach also incorporates concepts and techniques from non-Western healing systems.

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Addressing Emotional Blocks to Healing in an Energy Medicine Practice: Ethical and Clinical Guidelines

Filed Under: 2012, Feinstein, D, Guidance Papers, Moore, D, Teplitz, D

This article addresses these issues, offering ethical and clinical guidelines for responsibly integrating tools from energy psychology into an energy medicine practice. The discussion focuses on when introducing these protocols may be appropriate, considerations for formulating such interventions, and guidelines on when a referral to a licensed mental health professional is required.

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Thought Field Therapy for Blood-Injection-Injury Phobia: A Pilot Study

Filed Under: 2012, Darby, D, Hartung, J, Phobias, Pilot Studies

Blood-injection-injury phobia, or needle phobia, may affect 10% of a population, at times leading to life-threatening impairment when people avoid needle-mediated prevention or treatment… Significant improvement in symptoms was noted from pre- to post-test and on 1-month follow-up.

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Telephone Delivery of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Remediates PTSD Symptoms in Veterans

Filed Under: 2012, Hartung, J, PTSD & Trauma, Quality of Life, Research Reviews, Stein, P

Telephone-mediated psychotherapy is a resource for persons who have difficulty accessing office visits because of geography, economic restrictions, or fear of stigma… Results suggest that although less efficacious than in-person office visits, EFT delivered via telephone is effective in remediating PTSD and comorbid symptoms in about two thirds of cases.

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Brief Trauma Symptom Intervention with Rwandan Genocide Survivors Using TFT (Thought Field Therapy)

Filed Under: 2012, Connolly, S M, PTSD & Trauma, Quality of Life, Sakai, C, TFT (Thought Field Therapy)

This randomized waitlist control study examined the efficacy of Thought Field Therapy (TFT) in reducing Posttraumatic Stress Disorder symptoms in survivors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda… Reduced trauma symptoms for the group receiving TFT were found for all scales. Reductions in trauma symptoms were sustained at a 2-year follow-up assessment. Limitations, clinical implications, and future research are discussed.

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Telephone Delivery of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Remediates PTSD Symptoms in Veterans

Filed Under: 2012, Hartung, J, Pilot Studies, PTSD & Trauma, Stein, P, Telephone and Distant Therapy

Telephone-mediated psychotherapy is a resource for persons who have difficulty accessing office visits because of geography, economic restrictions, or fear of stigma.

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Post-Earthquake Rehabilitation of Clinical PTSD in Haitian Seminarians

Filed Under: 2012, Church, D, Gurret, J M, Palmer-Hoffman, J, Pilot Studies, PTSD & Trauma

Seventy-seven male Haitian seminarians following the 2010 earthquake were assessed for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) using the PTSD Checklist (PCL)… Following the EFT training, 0% of participants scored in the clinical range on the PCL…

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The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) on Soccer Performance

Filed Under: 2012, Athletic Performance, Llewellyn-Edwards, M, Llewellyn-Edwards, T, Randomized Controlled Trials

This study involved the use of a short session of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) with two English ladies soccer teams. It is a randomized controlled trial with a supporting uncontrolled trial. It was designed to verify the results of an earlier similar American trial involving basketball players. The results show a significant improvement in goal scoring ability from a dead ball situation following a short EFT session. These results support those of the earlier trial.

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The Effect of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) on Stress Biochemistry: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Filed Under: 2012, Brooks, A J, Church, D, Randomized Controlled Trials, Stress, Yount, G

These results suggest that salivary cortisol tests may be useful not only for assessing stress physiology, but also as an objective indicator of the impact of mental health treatments in reducing psychological symptoms. In the current study, EFT was shown to significantly improve both cortisol-related stress levels and self-reported psychological symptoms after a single treatment session.

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Preliminary Evidence for The Treatment of Type I ‘Yips’

Filed Under: 2012, Athletic Performance, Bawden, M, Francis, L, Maynard, I, Rotheram, M., Science Papers, Thomas, O

EFT was applied to a single figure handicap golfer in an attempt to overcome the performance decrements the player had suffered. The participant underwent four 2-hr sessions of EFT. The EFT involved the stimulation of various acupuncture points on the body. The appropriate acupuncture points were tapped while the participant was tuned into the perceived psychological causes (significant life event) associated with his ‘yips’ experience.

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