Unpublished Research

This dissertation highlights promising benefits of integrating Dance/Movement Therapy and Emotional Freedom Techniques for sports performance enhancement but acknowledges that the findings are preliminary and further research to validate these methods, refine their application, and strengthen their evidence base is needed. The dissertation supports its claims by presenting qualitative and quantitative data from case studies and surveys involving athletes who integrated Dance/Movement Therapy (DMT) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) into their training.

This clinical project examined the effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in reducing anxiety among 15 university students over four weeks. Using GAD-7 screening, it found a significant decrease of 4.5 points in anxiety scores post-intervention. EFT shows promise as a therapeutic, cost-effective self-help tool for managing anxiety in educational settings.

The role of virtual humans in a range of health scenarios, including therapy and counselling, is being explored as a substitute for human therapists and counsellors. This research study investigates the potential benefits of a virtual practitioner to deliver the Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT). EFT is a kind of psychological acupressure technique to optimize emotional and physical health. Importantly, our study compares two different types of virtual therapists; one that exhibits empathic behaviour and another that delivers the therapy in a neutral manner...

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 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....

Researcher Carol Look investigated whether Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) could improve eyesight in individuals with vision problems. This unpublished experimental study involved 120 participants who tapped on acupressure points while focusing on their vision problems. The study aimed to determine if this technique could lead to improvements in eyesight...

There is no single treatment approach that is exclusively effective for bulimia nervosa. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) has been empirically supported as a primary treatment option and addresses cognitive and behavioral aspects of bulimia nervosa, but not affective problems. Thought field therapy (TFT) is a brief non-verbal treatment that may effectively address numerous psychological symptoms.

When Diaphragmatic Breathing was administered before EFT, it produced a statistically significant decrease in anxiety as measured by the SUD but not by the BAI or Approach Test. When Diaphragmatic Breathing was administered after EFT, it produced no significant changes. EFT produced statistically significant reductions in anxiety as measured by all three tests regardless of whether it was administered before or after Diaphragmatic Breathing.