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How exactly does EFT Tapping work? To answer this, we need to dive into the science behind EFT and explore how it can have a profound impact on both your body and mind.
Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is an evidence-based self-help therapeutic method and over 100 studies demonstrate its efficacy.(...)
A large body of research identifies associations between physiological and psychological symptoms. A systematic review of 31 studies, including 16 922 patients, found that objective physiological measures of health as well as medical diagnoses were strongly correlated with anxiety and depression.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) is a novel therapy that combines both cognitive and somatic elements (described below). Systematic reviews and meta-analyses have demonstrated its efficacy for both physiological and psychological symptoms. A current research bibliography lists more than 100 studies published in peer-reviewed journals . Its efficacy extends across a wide sample of populations, (...) When measured against the standards of the American Psychological Association’s Division 12 Task Force on Empirically Validated Treatments, EFT is found to be an “evidence-based” practice for anxiety, depression, phobias, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Source: Bach D, Groesbeck G, Stapleton P, Sims R, Blickheuser K, Church D. Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health. J Evid Based Integr Med. 2019 Jan-Dec;24:2515690X18823691. doi: 10.1177/2515690X18823691. PMID: 30777453; PMCID: PMC6381429.
Clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice for the treatment of psychological and physiological conditions: A systematic review.
"Clinical EFT, the manualized form of the method, has been validated as an "evidence-based" practice using criteria published by the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 12 Task Force on Empirically Validated Therapies. Its three essential ingredients are exposure, cognitive framing, and acupressure."
Source: Church D, Stapleton P, Vasudevan A, O'Keefe T. Clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice for the treatment of psychological and physiological conditions: A systematic review. Front Psychol. 2022 Nov 10;13:951451. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.951451. PMID: 36438382; PMCID: PMC9692186.
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Tap to relieve stress and burnout
Working long hours, shift work, short staffing, demanding workloads, dealing with death and dying and conflicts with management, other staff and disciplines and poor communication between disciplines are among the issues that can lead to burnout, anxiety and depression. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) or tapping is a holistic practice that is easy to learn and apply to self and produces relief from stress, anxiety and the symptoms of burnout within in minutes. There are many websites, videos, and tutorials which can teach and support the healthcare practitioner in the practice of EFT.
Source : Blacher S. Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT): Tap to relieve stress and burnout. J Interprof Educ Pract. 2023 Mar;30:100599. doi: 10.1016/j.xjep.2023.100599. Epub 2023 Jan 14. PMID: 36687311; PMCID: PMC9840127.
Reexamining the effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial.
Findings support the original study indicating EFT to be an efficient and effective brief treatment for reducing biological markers of stress.
Cited by the American Psychological Association (https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2020-18227-001?doi=1)
Source :Stapleton, P., Crighton, G., Sabot, D., & O'Neill, H. M. (2020). Reexamining the effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 12(8), 869–877
The effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial.
Cited by the American Psychological Association (https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-10096-012)
Church, D., Yount, G., & Brooks, A. J. (2012). The effect of emotional freedom techniques on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 200(10), 891–896.