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Science and Research: Research Reviews

A Research Review offers a comprehensive overview of the current state of understanding on a topic. A review article surveys and summarizes previously published studies, rather than reporting new facts or analysis. It creates an understanding of the topic for the reader by discussing the findings presented in recent research papers.

Energy Psychology: Efficacy, Speed, Mechanisms

Filed Under: 2018, EFT Mechanisms, EFT-Related Modalities, Feinstein, D, Research Reviews

Energy psychology: Efficacy, speed, mechanisms February 21, 2019 Citation: Feinstein, D, Energy psychology: Efficacy, speed, mechanisms, EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing, Elsevier, Nov. 15, 2018 This paper has been published as Open Access and can be retrieved and freely downloaded by Clicking Here This systematic review covers a range of Energy Psychologies but […]

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Potential of Emotional Freedom Techniques to Improve Mood and Quality of Life in Older Adults

Filed Under: 2019, Harbottle, L, Nursing, Pain and Physical Conditions, Quality of Life, Research Reviews

It is encouraging to see publication of this article in a nursing journal as well as to see evidence of exploration of the use of EFT in an important demographic of older adults for which there is limited study.

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Emotional freedom techniques: Stress and anxiety management for students and staff in school settings

Filed Under: 2020, Academic Performance, Anxiety, Athletic Performance, Clinical Applications, Education, Gaesser, A H, Guidance Papers, Research Reviews, Stress, Training of EFT

Review of EFT research finds it effective for stress and anxiety management for students and school personnel. Suggests that there are links between EFT and CBT citing allied techniques eg “EFT uses cognitive behaviour therapy techniques, such as awareness building, imaginal exposure, reframing of interpretation, and systematic desensitization, while teaching the individual to self-stimulate protocol-identified acupoints”.

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The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for Improving The Physical, Mental, and Emotional Health of People with Chronic Diseases and/or Mental Health Conditions: A Systematic Review Protocol

Filed Under: 2014, Kalla, M, Khalil, H, Pain and Physical Conditions, Phobias, PTSD & Trauma, Quality of Life, Research Reviews, Serious Disease, Stress

Specifically, this systematic review will examine the available Level 1 scientific literature in order to examine the effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques, as a tool to assist with improving people’s health. These will include: 1. Specific changes occurring in the physical body, as a result of administering EFT to a subject; for example, changes in cortisol levels, reduced clumping in blood cells, or a reduction in somatization. 2. Emotional and mental health benefits reported immediately and at a later follow-up time by subjects…

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It Helps Me to Love My Work: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis of the Senior Therapist Experience of Using Energy Psychology In Psychotherapy for Trauma

Filed Under: 2015, EFT Research Perspectives, Quality of Life, Research Reviews, Serious Disease, Stress, Unpublished Research, White, I C

Energy psychology is a novel and controversial family of mind/body approaches used in the treatment of a variety of psychological disorders including post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression. The approaches are based on combining concepts from traditional Chinese medicine with simple cognitive interventions. Initial empirical investigation supports claims of efficacy. The aim of this study is to expand and enrich existing research about the use of energy psychology in psychotherapy for trauma, through analysing the accounts of three experienced psychotherapists….

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Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans

Filed Under: 2015, Alipour, A, Arefnasab, Z, Babamahmoodi, A, Babamahmoodie, F, Darabi, H, Ghanei, M, Noorbala, A, PTSD & Trauma, Research Reviews, Science Papers, Veterans

Editor’s Note: The link to this research is not currently functional (23rd, May 2018). Please write research@eftinternational.org with any updated information.

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The Lived Experience of Chronic Pain and the Impact of Brief Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Group Therapy on Coping

Filed Under: 2016, Chatwin, H, Guidance Papers, McSwan, J, Research Reviews, Sheppard, L, Stapleton, P

Chronic pain is associated with a range of physical, psychological, and social risk factors, and successful treatment aims to reduce pain and improve function and quality of life for patients. In order to explore the impact, challenges, and current experience of chronic pain sufferers, an anonymous online open-ended qualitative survey was developed and analyzed for manifest and latent content. This then informed a brief four-hour therapy session using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), a brief cognitive intervention with a somatic component. The qualitative study highlighted issues sufferers had with employment, interpersonal relationships, and emotions.

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State-Of-The-Art Prevention and Treatment of PTSD: Pharmacotherapy, Psychotherapy, and Non-Pharmacological Somatic Therapies

Filed Under: 2016, Nemeroff, C B, Research Reviews, Westfall, N C

Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a distressing and disabling disease of great public health significance that is often associated with substantial psychiatric and medical comorbidity. It commonly goes unreported and untreated and many cases become chronic in course. Unfortunately, only a minority of patients with chronic PTSD achieves remission. Indeed, it is unusual for patients with PTSD to achieve complete symptom remission after receiving monotherapy with medications or psychotherapy. However, great advances in the prevention and treatment of PTSD have been made in the last quarter century since it was first recognized as a distinct diagnostic entity in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, third edition.

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Efficacy of 15 Emerging Interventions for the Treatment of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: A Systematic Review

Filed Under: 2016, Dell, L, DiBattista, A, Forbes, D, Metcalf, O, O'Donnell, M, Phelps, A, Ralph, N, Research Reviews, Varker, T

Although there is an abundance of novel interventions for the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), often their efficacy remains unknown. This systematic review assessed the evidence for 15 new or novel interventions for the treatment of PTSD. Studies that investigated changes to PTSD symptoms following the delivery of any 1 of the 15 interventions of interest were identified through systematic literature searches… Further well‐designed controlled trials of emerging interventions for PTSD are required.

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Mindful Energy Psychology: History, Theory, Research, and Practice. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment

Filed Under: 2016, Gallo, F, Research Reviews

The dialectic between acceptance and the desire for change reflects a core paradox within psychology. Two clinical methodologies that at first glance appear to be diametrically opposed have been incorporated into an approach that harnesses a reciprocal synergy, seamlessly integrating a focus on acceptance with a focus on change. Mindfulness practices, which involve purposeful, nonjudgmental awareness and acceptance of the present moment, have been shown to promote general well-being as well as to alleviate many psychological and stress-related symptoms.

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Supporting Chronic Disease Healthcare Through Remote Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) Treatment and Self-care: An Evaluation Using the WHO Determinants of Health

Filed Under: 2017, Kalla, M, Research Reviews

Sixteen participants, including eight EFT practitioners and eight chronic disease patients, described their experiences of EFT in semi-structured interviews. Data was analyzed using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) methodology.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques: Finally, a Unifying Theory for The Practice of Holistic Nursing, or Too Good to Be True?

Filed Under: 2016, Academic Performance, Anxiety, Nursing, Phobias, PTSD & Trauma, Rancour, P, Research Reviews, Serious Disease

Easily taught as a self-help aid that patients can administer to themselves, EFT becomes an efficacious tool in the hands of nurses who are seeking whole person approaches for the healing of a wide variety of psychological and physical conditions. A conceptual framework, mechanisms of action, evidence of safety, literature review, and case studies are also included.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques to Treat Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Review of the Evidence, Survey of Practitioners, and Proposed Clinical Guidelines

Filed Under: 2017, Boath, E H, Church, D, Clond, M, Feinstein, D, PTSD & Trauma, Research Reviews, Stern, S

Most practitioners (63%) reported that even complex PTSD can be remediated in 10 or fewer EFT sessions. Some 65% of practitioners found that more than 60% of PTSD clients are fully rehabilitated, and 89% stated that less than 10% of clients make little or no progress. Practitioners combined EFT with a wide variety of other approaches, especially cognitive therapy. Practitioner responses, evidence from the literature, and the results of a meta-analysis were aggregated into a proposed clinical guideline.

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Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for Anxiety: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Filed Under: 2016, Anxiety, Clond, M, Meta-Analyses, Research Reviews

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) combines elements of exposure and cognitive therapies with acupressure for the treatment of psychological distress. Randomized controlled trials retrieved by literature search were assessed for quality using the criteria developed by the American Psychological Association’s Division 12 Task Force on Empirically Validated Treatments. As of December 2015, 14 studies (n = 658) met inclusion criteria.

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Emotional Freedom Technique: An Alternative Therapy in Destressing

Filed Under: 2015, Banerjee, P, Luqman, N, Puri, A, Research Reviews, Stress

In the present-day competitive world, life is full of stress, especially for students who are on the threshold of a career. It has been accepted that emotional disharmony is one of the important factors in physical symptoms and disease. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is being widely used as an alternate healing method for freedom from stress/disease and has also shown astounding results in alleviating chronic illness.

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