EFT Studies - Veterans Stress Project and Other Studies

A Veterans EFT Observational Study

Summarized form Gary Craig Newsletter Study conducted by: Dawson Church, PhD, Linda Geronilla, PhD and Ingrid Dinter

This observational study examined the effects of six sessions of EFT on seven veterans. Participants were assessed using a scale measuring the depth and severity of their psychological symptoms. The scale contains subscales for anxiety, depression, obsessive- compulsive behavior, phobic anxiety, hostility, interpersonal sensitivity, paranoia, psychosis, and somatization.

Interventions were done by two different practitioners using a standardized form of EFT to address traumatic combat memories, Participants were assessed before and after treatment, and again after 90 days.

PTSD symptom severity decreased significantly by 40%
Anxiety decreased          46%
Depression decreased    49%
PTSD decreased              50%

What Do These Studies Mean To You?

PTSD is a specific diagnosis provided only by a qualified physician or therapist, but I believe almost all of us have experienced events that leave us with memories that 'stick' with us. Memories that change our reactions to new situations, perhaps making us timid to try new ideas or having fear where the fear is of the past event, not the current situation.

I recommend EFT to assist removing past traumatic event memories to free us from those memories and, in some cases, allow the body to heal itself. Please call to see if EFT can help you.

EFT CLINICAL STUDIES

Veterans Stress Project
I am a volunteer for the Iraq Veterans Stress Project. If you are a veteran or know of a veteran that would be interested in no-cost EFT - Emotional Freedom Techniques sessions, please contact me. EFT can be provided either over the phone or in person.

Reprinted from the Stress Project Website: "Hundreds of thousands of US military personnel are returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, and other combat zones. An estimated 300,000 of them suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. The Iraq Vets Stress Project is determined to make a difference. It offers returning vets free or low-cost sessions using Energy Psychology, a method which many therapists and coaches are using to help veterans with PTSD to get their lives back.

Click here to view a copy of a Randomized Control Study of the use of EFT with Veterans

Preliminary Study on Energy Medicine (Tapping)

The following is summarized from an article appearing in Gary Craig's newsletter titled, "Preliminary Report of the First Large-Scale Study of Energy Psychology" by Joaquin Andrade, MD and David Feinstein, PhD. This paper appears in Energy Psychology Interactive. Please contact me for a copy of the complete article.

Approximately 5,000 patients, diagnosed with an wide range of anxiety disorders, were randomly assigned to either an experimental group (tapping) or a control group, who received cognitive behavior therapy / medication.

The study was conducted over a 5-year period. Patients were followed by telephone or office interviews at 1 month after treatment, 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months.

At the close of therapy, positive clinical responses (ranging from complete relief to partial relief to short relief with relapses) were rated. The raters did not know if the patient was in the experimental (tapping) or control group. The raters found:

                        Experimental     Control
                             Group            Group
Improved               90%                63%
Symptom Free       76%                 51%

At one-year follow-up, the patients receiving tapping treatments were less prone to relapse or partial relapse than those receiving therapy/medication. In a related pilot study by the same team, the length of treatment was substantially shorter with energy therapy and related methods than with therapy /medication

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