EFT SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

There are hundreds of case studies  on this site of people who have recovered from a wide variety of physical and psychological challenges using EFT. This anecdotal evidence is consistent with rigorous scientific research showing that EFT is an “evidence-based” method. Studies show that EFT is effective as a self-help tool, while it is also used in many healthcare settings by medical and mental health professionals.

This EFT research bibliography lists more than 100 papers published in peer-reviewed professional journals. To provide a context for this research, which has been shaped by the criteria for evidence-based treatments defined by the American Psychological Association’s Division 12 Task Force on Empirically Validated Treatments, we begin with on overview of the criteria.

The abstracts are organized into a number of categories. These include Outcome Studies, Clinical Reports, Mechanisms Papers, Review Articles and Meta-Analyses, and Skeptical and Opposing Viewpoints. Outcome studies are further divided by condition, such as anxiety, depression, and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). From the links at the top of this page you can jump to any of these sections immediately.

Effect of EFT Tapping on Anxiety and Quality of Life

Explore the transformative effects of EFT Tapping on anxiety and how it can significantly improve your quality of life. Take control of your mental well-being with proven techniques.

Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Occupational Stress for Preschool Teachers

Learn how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can effectively reduce occupational stress for preschool teachers.

Children Emotional Freedom Techniques to Improve Wellbeing and Reduce Anxiety in Primary School Classrooms

Discover how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) can be applied in primary school classrooms to improve students' well-being and reduce anxiety.

Outcome Studies

Outcome studies compare outcomes, e.g., levels of anxiety, degree of engagement or apathy, either between two groups, or between the same people before and after EFT. Click the links below to access the pertinent scientific research.
The Effect of EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to the Self Esteem Among Nurses

Discover how EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) can boost self-esteem among nurses. Empower yourself with tools that enhance confidence and well-being in your demanding profession.

The Effect Of Emotional Freedom Technique On Stress And Anxiety In Nursing Students

Learn how EFT can effectively reduce stress and anxiety in nursing students. Equip yourself with strategies to manage the pressures of nursing school and succeed in your studies.

White Papers: Key Organizational Insights

Explore our comprehensive white papers that delve into critical organizational issues affecting today’s workplaces. These well-researched documents provide valuable insights and actionable strategies to address the challenges your organization may be facing.

Manager Burnout

Examine the causes, impacts, and solutions for manager burnout, a growing concern in many industries. Understand how prolonged stress and overwhelming responsibilities can lead to burnout and discover effective methods to support your leadership team in maintaining their well-being and productivity.

Struggling and Suffering Employees

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EFT Tapping Research

Explore the Research Behind EFT’s Impact on Anxiety, Pain, Phobias, PTSD, and Addiction

App-based delivery of Clinical EFT: Cross-sectional study of app user self-ratings

Assessment of EFT: An alternative treatment for fear

Breathing therapy and EFT on public speaking anxiety in Turkish nursing students: A randomized controlled study

Can EFT be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions? Results of a service evaluation in Sandwell

Case series of panic disorder patients treated with Oriental medical treatments and EFT

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EFT in reducing anxiety and depression in Indian adults

The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers

Effect of EFT Tapping on Anxiety and Quality of Life

The effect of EFT on patients with dental anxiety: A pilot study

The effect of EFT on stress and anxiety in nursing students: A pilot study

The effect of progressive muscular relaxation and EFT on test anxiety in high school students: A randomized controlled trial

The effects of EFT on long-term psychological symptoms

Effects on Anxiety and Vital Signs of the Emotional Freedom Technique and Music Before Surgery for Lumbar Disc Hernia

The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and EFT in reducing depression and anxiety among adults: A pilot study

Effectiveness of EFT on occupational stress for preschool teachers

Effectiveness of music therapy and EFT on test anxiety in Turkish nursing students: A randomised controlled trial

The effectiveness of EFT for optimal test performance: A randomized controlled trial

Effectiveness of a school-based EFT intervention for promoting student wellbeing

Efficacy of EFT and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Stress, Anxiety, Depression, Short-term Memory, Psychophysiological Coherence and Heart Rate in Indian Adults

Efficacy of EFT in reducing public speaking anxiety: A randomized controlled trial

EFT and anxiety level of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

EFT and breathing awareness to reduce childbirth fear: A randomized controlled study

EFT: An alternative therapy in destressing

EFT for anxiety: A systematic review with meta-analysis

EFT as an Alternative Therapy to Reduce Anxiety Disorders and Depression in People Who Are Positive Covid-19

EFT to reduce the side effects associated with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitor use in women with breast cancer: A service evaluation

EFT reduces anxiety among women undergoing surgery

EFT: Stress and anxiety management for students and staff in school settings

EFT (tapping) to Improve Wellbeing and Reduce Anxiety in Primary School Classrooms

EFT as a Tool to Resolve Anxiety: A Case Study Approach

Dismantling an energy psychology technique for communication apprehension: A randomized mixed methods trial

Group counseling with systematic desensitization and EFT to reduce public speaking anxiety

Interventions to reduce anxiety for gifted children and adolescents

Is EFT generalizable? Comparing effects in sport science students versus complementary therapy students

Group counseling with systematic desensitization and EFT to reduce public speaking anxiety

Methodological problems in Waite & Holder (2003) preclude meaningful interpretations about EFT

Pilot study of EFT, WHEE and CBT for treatment of test anxiety in university students

Psychological symptom change after group application of EFT

Psychological and physiological symptoms of psoriasis after group EFT

A randomized controlled comparison of EFT and cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce adolescent anxiety: A pilot study

Reducing anxiety in dental patients using EFT: A pilot study

Reducing mathematics anxiety among students with pseudo-dyscalculia in Ibadan through numerical cognition and EFT: Moderating effect of mathematics efficacy

Reductions in pain, depression, and anxiety after PTSD symptom remediation in veterans

Secondary psychological outcomes in a controlled trial of EFT and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of food cravings

Self-administered EFT in individuals with fibromyalgia: A randomized trial

Tapping for PEAS: EFT in reducing Presentation Expression Anxiety Syndrome (PEAS) in university students

Tapping for success: A pilot study to explore if EFT can reduce anxiety and enhance academic performance in university students

Tapping your way to success: Using EFT to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills in social work students

The use of EFT in women with panic disorder: A pilot study

A Comparison of EFT—Insomnia (EFT-I) and Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE) in a Geriatric Population: A Randomized Controlled Trial

The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers

Effect of EFT on perceived stress, quality of life, and cortisol salivary levels in tension-type headache sufferers: A randomized controlled trial

The Effectiveness of EFT for Improving the Physical, Mental, and Emotional Health of People with Chronic Diseases and/or Mental Health Conditions: A Systemic Review Protocol

The effectiveness of EFT on the somatic symptoms of fibromyalgia

The effectiveness of a training program based on EFT in upgrading feelings of happiness for diabetics in Gaza

Effects of EFT on the reduction of chronic pain in adults: A pilot study

EFT and anxiety level of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention

EFT as an effective adjunctive treatment in the neurotherapeutic treatment of seizure disorders

EFT Effects on Psychoimmunological Factors of Chemically Pulmonary Injured Veterans

EFT to reduce the side effects associated with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitor use in women with breast cancer: A service evaluation

Investigation on EFT effectiveness in diabetic patients’ blood sugar control

The lived experience of chronic pain and the impact of brief EFT group therapy on coping

Making sense of chronic disease using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): An existential view of illness

Neural Changes After Emotional Freedom Techniques Treatment for Chronic Pain Sufferers

Neurophysiological indicators of EFT treatment of posttraumatic stress

Pain, range of motion, and psychological symptoms in a population with frozen shoulder: A randomized controlled dismantling study of Clinical EFT

A preliminary study for the evaluation of the effects of EFT for insomnia in the elderly

Psychological and physiological symptoms of psoriasis after group EFT: A pilot study

Reductions in pain, depression, and anxiety after PTSD symptom remediation in veterans

Self-administered EFT in individuals with fibromyalgia: A randomized trial

TBI symptoms improve after PTSD remediation with EFT

The treatment of combat trauma in veterans using EFT: A pilot protocol

Borrowing benefits: Group treatment with Clinical EFT is associated with simultaneous reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression symptoms

CAM and energy psychology techniques remediate PTSD symptoms in veterans and spouses

Comparison of Effectiveness of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Emotional Freedom Technique in Reducing Anxiety in Patients with Post-traumatic Stress Disorder

A controlled comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of two psychological therapies for PTSD: EMDR vs. EFT

Does combining EFT and hypnosis have an effect on sexual assault—specific posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms?

Efficacy of EFT provided by coaches vs. licensed therapists in veterans with PTSD

The efficacy of EFT for treating trauma in a female population following an earthquake in Indonesia

Efficacy of two evidence-based therapies, EFT and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), for the treatment of gender violence in the Congo: A randomized controlled trial

Effects of integrative PTSD treatment in a military health setting

The effectiveness of EFT in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis

EFT to treat posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans: Review of the evidence, survey of practitioners, and proposed clinical guidelines

EFT remediates PTSD and psychological symptoms in veterans: A randomized controlled replication trial

EFT and resiliency in veterans at risk for PTSD: A randomized controlled trial

Epigenetic effects of PTSD remediation in veterans using Clinical EFT: A randomized controlled pilot study

Established and emerging PTSD treatments

Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD using Clinical EFT

The impact of EFT and Matrix Reimprinting on the civilian survivors of war in Bosnia: A pilot study

The manual stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A review of Clinical EFT

Neurophysiological indicators of EFT Treatment of posttraumatic stress

An Observational Study on Acupuncture for Earthquake-related Post-traumatic Stress Disorder: The Experience of the Lombard Association of Medical Acupuncturists/Acupuncture in the World, in Amatrice, Central Italy

Post-earthquake rehabilitation of clinical PTSD in Haitian seminarians

Psychological symptom change in veterans after six sessions of EFT: An observational study

Psychological trauma symptom improvement in veterans using EFT: A randomized controlled trial

Randomized controlled study comparing two psychological therapies for PTSD: EFT vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)

Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: A network meta-analysis

Single session reduction of the intensity of traumatic memories in abused adolescents: A randomized controlled trial

Six trauma imprints treated with combination intervention: Critical incident stress debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or EFT

Telephone delivery of EFT remediates PTSD symptoms in veterans

The treatment of combat trauma in veterans using EFT: A pilot protocol

The use of Advanced Integrative Therapy with C-PTSD and intergenerational trauma transmission: A case study

Food for thought: A randomized controlled trial of EFT and cognitive behavioral therapy in the treatment of food cravings

Naturally thin you: Weight loss and psychological symptoms after a six-week online clinical EFT course

Skinny Genes’ Six-week, Online, Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques Program: Durable Weight Loss and Improved Psychological Symptoms

An initial investigation of neural changes in overweight adults with food cravings after EFT

Online delivery of EFT in the treatment of food cravings and weight management: A randomised controlled trial

Portion perfection and EFT to assist bariatric patients post surgery: A randomised control trial

A randomized clinical trial of a meridian-based intervention for food cravings with six month follow-up

Clinical benefits of Emotional Freedom Techniques on food cravings at 12-months follow-up: A randomized controlled trial

Emotional Freedom Techniques for food cravings in overweight adults: A comparison of treatment length

Emotional Freedom Techniques in the treatment of unhealthy eating behaviors and related psychological constructs in adolescents: A randomized controlled pilot trial

The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers

Secondary psychological outcomes in a controlled trial of EFT and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of food cravings

Energy Psychology in the treatment of eating disorders

The effect of EFT on psychological symptoms in addiction treatment: A pilot study

Quitting smoking: How to use Emotional Freedom Techniques

Practical application of Emotional Freedom Techniques for food cravings

Comparison of the effectiveness of two modalities of group delivery of EFT intervention for food cravings: Online versus in-person

The effect of EFT on students’ video game addiction

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