NeftTI is committed to sharing the science behind the efficacy of EFT as a complementary treatment modality for human service professions.
The evidence is growing about the efficacy of EFT compared to other therapeutic methods of treatment. Below is a selection of studies and trials published in peer-reviewed journals that supports what we already know about EFT in that it works for traumas, anxieties, traumas, cravings, and fears.
This page also includes links to general public articles about EFT organized by the challenges they address.
Articles about EFT
Allergies
- Press Telegram: Holistic Methods Offer Alternative Approach for Some Allergy Sufferers (pdf)
- Life-Style Nigeria: Unveiling Great Minds Behind Energy Medicine / Psychology
Anxiety, Depression, Stress, and Clinical Treatment
- Alternative ‘tapping’ therapy could be used by the NHS to treat anxiety and depression: Mail Online Health
- New book highlights success of clinical EFT tapping : Examiner.com
- Studies confirm tapping eases emotional, physical and performance issues: Examiner.com
- Research at Harvard Medical School Reveals a Revolutionary Approach to Conquering Stress, Depression, and More (pdf): First for Women
- Tapping Therapy May Relieve Anxiety: WPRI
- Emotional Freedom from Stress: Well Being Journal
- Tapping Away Anxiety & Stress: CBS-TV Miami
- The Avatar Gene (pdf): Noetic Post
Career, Performance and Lifestyle
- How a wealth manager uses energy psychology (pdf) Reuters
- Tapping Her Potential: Oprah Magazine
- Our America With Lisa Ling Oprah Winfrey Network (OWN)
- EFT Food Cravings Study Successful (video): Channel 10 TV News Australia
- Golfers Tap Into Psychology (pdf): Golfweek
- Saltalamacchia Says Yips Are Gone (pdf): ESPN
- Oregon State One Win from a Second Title (pdf): New York Time
- Personal and Global Disarmament: Gaiam TV
General Healthcare and Healing
- East and West, old and new: Local doctor mixes medical traditions: Santa Fe New Mexican: Science & Health
- Energy psychologists use variety of integrative therapies: New England Psychologist
- The Tipping Point for Tapping: EFT Goes Mainstream: Huffington Post
- Healthcare Inequalities Assailed: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
- The Case for Energy Psychology: Snake Oil or Therapeutic Power Tool: Psychotherapy Networker
- Tapping Into Healing (pdf): Caduceus
- EFT: A New Moment in Science (pdf): Explore
- Tapping Into the Latest Method of Healing (pdf): The Edinburgh Evening News
- How Tapping into ‘‘Energy’’ Can Trigger a Paradigm Shift in Biomedicine Eric Leskowitz, MD: THE Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine
- Online Delivery of Emotional Freedom Techniques in the Treatment of Food Cravings and Weight Management: A Randomised Controlled Trial – Peta Stapleton, Trude Roos, Glenn Mackintosh, Emma Sparenburg, Debbie Sabot, Brett Carter
General Psychotherapy and Science
- Tapping Therapy: Curing Physical and Mental Problems (pdf): The Telegraph
- Hands-On Treatment Offers Hope for Victims of Trauma (pdf): The Herald
- Energy Psychology: Profound Breakthroughs in Healing (video): Larry King Live
- Move Over Freud Energy Therapies May Be Just As Effective (pdf): The Times
- Controversial 2008 Research Review Published in Psychotherapy Finds New Support (pdf): Psychotherapy Bulletin
- Behavioral Epigenetics and EFT: MindScience TV
- The Next Wave of Health, Where Brains and Energy Converge: Lilipoh
- New Study Validates EFT’s Effectiveness: Mercola.com
- Tapping Your Troubles Away (pdf): Paraplegia News
- Attachment Theory in Practice: How Energy Psychology Fits In: Psychotherapy Networker
- The Energy Psychology Craze (pdf): Men’s Style
- Psychological Acupuncture (pdf): O: The Oprah Magazine
- The Intriguing Procedure that Has Health Practitioners Ecstatic: Acupuncture Today
- Energy Psychology: Time for a Second Look (pdf): North Carolina Psychologist
PTSD, Childhood, and Other Traumas
- Research Shows Veterans Overcoming PTSD: Field Methods
- Army Psychologist Found the Tapping Therapy Effective for PTSD: Psychology Today
- Tapping Method Touted to Treat PTSD (pdf): Associated Press/Arizona Star
- Researching the Effectivity of EFT for Those Suffering from PTSD & Trauma (pdf): Salem News
- New Help for Troubled Vets (pdf): Press Democrat
- Coming Home With PTSD: A Local Soldier’s Story (pdf): Fox News Rochester WROC-TV8
- Researcher urges VA to offer EFT to veterans with PTSD (pdf) Examiner.com
- Study shows EFT significantly reduces PTSD in veterans (pdf) Examiner.com
- Therapy Used for Trauma, Chronic Pain Snubbed by Establishment (pdf): CommonHealth
- Targeted Touch Taps Out Traumas: Common Ground
- Years Later, Healing the Wounds of a Stepfather’s Abuse (pdf): Washington Post
- Why Childhood Trauma Can Lead to PTSD, and How Tapping Can Help (pdf): Huffington Post
- Tapping Method Eases Stress in Many (pdf): KWTX Channel 10
- The Long Road Back: Psychology Today
- Energy Therapies can Defuse Bad Memories: Psychology Today blog
Phobias
- Whoopi Goldberg gets Tapped for her Fear of Flying (video): ABC’s “The View” TV show
- EFT for a Spider Phobia: Channel 5 Live UK