Přes 100 studií prokazujících účinky EFT terapie - Jan Koutný

Technika emoční svobody, neboli EFT je na světě už 26 let a za tu dobu už ji úspěšně použily miliony lidí po celém světě. Není tedy divu, že účinnost EFT terapie u velkého množství psychických i fyzických nepřehlédly ani vědecké okruhy. Dnes už existuje více než 100 vědeckých studií prokazujících účinnost EFT terapie a proto jsem tu pro Vás shrnul tento seznam studií:

Výsledkové studie

Výsledkové studie porovnávají výsledky jako například intenzita bolesti nebo úroveň symptomů deprese, buďto mezi skupinami anebo stejnými lidmi před a po použití EFT. Studie jsou podle nadpisů rozděleny do kategorií pro které se data v daných studiích sbíraly, například úzkosti, deprese apod.

Úzkost

• EFT for anxiety: A systematic review with meta-analysis
• App-based delivery of Clinical EFT: Cross-sectional study of app user self-ratings 
• EFT to reduce the side effects associated with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitor use in women with breast cancer: A service evaluation
• Reducing mathematics anxiety among students with pseudo-dyscalculia in Ibadan through numerical cognition and EFT: Moderating effect of mathematics efficacy
• Tapping for PEAS: EFT in reducing Presentation Expression Anxiety Syndrome (PEAS) in university students
• Efficacy of EFT in reducing public speaking anxiety: A randomized controlled trial 
• Breathing therapy and EFT on public speaking anxiety in Turkish nursing students: A randomized controlled study 
• Reductions in pain, depression, and anxiety after PTSD symptom remediation in veterans
• EFT and breathing awareness to reduce childbirth fear: A randomized controlled study
• The effect of progressive muscular relaxation and EFT on test anxiety in high school students: A randomized controlled trial
• Tapping for success: A pilot study to explore if EFT can reduce anxiety and enhance academic performance in university students 
• EFT: Stress and anxiety management for students and staff in school settings
• Tapping your way to success: Using EFT to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills in social work students 
• EFT reduces anxiety among women undergoing surgery 
• Effectiveness of music therapy and EFT on test anxiety in Turkish nursing students: A randomised controlled trial 
• Effectiveness of a school-based EFT intervention for promoting student wellbeing
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EFT in reducing anxiety and depression in Indian adults 
• Is EFT generalizable? Comparing effects in sport science students versus complementary therapy students
• The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers
• Group counseling with systematic desensitization and EFT to reduce public speaking anxiety
• Secondary psychological outcomes in a controlled trial of EFT and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of food cravings
• The effect of EFT on stress and anxiety in nursing students: A pilot study 
• EFT: An alternative therapy in destressing 
• 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
• EFT and anxiety level of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
• A randomized controlled comparison of EFT and cognitive-behavioral therapy to reduce adolescent anxiety: A pilot study 
• Interventions to reduce anxiety for gifted children and adolescents
• Group counseling with systematic desensitization and EFT to reduce public speaking anxiety 
• Dismantling an energy psychology technique for communication apprehension: A randomized mixed methods trial 
• 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 
• The use of EFT in women with panic disorder: A pilot study 
• Reducing anxiety in dental patients using EFT: A pilot study
• The effect of EFT on patients with dental anxiety: A pilot study
• Self-administered EFT in individuals with fibromyalgia: A randomized trial
• 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
• Assessment of EFT: An alternative treatment for fear
• Methodological problems in Waite & Holder (2003) preclude meaningful interpretations about EFT
• The effectiveness of EFT for optimal test performance: A randomized controlled trial
• The effects of EFT on long-term psychological symptoms

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Sportovní výkony

• The effect of EFT on athletic performance: A randomized controlled blind trial
• The effect of EFT on soccer performance: A randomized controlled trial
• A re-examination of Church’s (2009) study into the effects of EFT on basketball free-throw performance
• Preliminary evidence for the treatment of type I ‘yips’: The efficacy of EFT
• Sports confidence and critical incident intensity after a brief application of EFT: A pilot study
• Healing into life after sport: Dealing with student-athlete loss, grief, and transition with EFT

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Deprese

• A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials of EFT for the treatment of depression
• The effectiveness of EFT on depression of postmenopausal women: A randomized controlled trial 
• EFT to reduce the side effects associated with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitor use in women with breast cancer: A service evaluation
• Brief group intervention using EFT for depression in college students: A randomized controlled trial
• Reductions in pain, depression, and anxiety after remediation of PTSD symptoms in veterans
• Can EFT be effective in the treatment of emotional conditions? Results of a service evaluation in Sandwell
• Is acupoint stimulation an active ingredient in EFT? A controlled trial of teacher burnout
• Depression symptoms improve after successful weight loss with EFT: A randomized controlled trial
• The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and EFT in reducing anxiety and depression in Indian adults
• Secondary psychological outcomes in a controlled trial of EFT and cognitive behaviour therapy in the treatment of food cravings
• The effectiveness of cognitive behavioral therapy and EFT in reducing depression and anxiety among adults: A pilot study
• Psychological symptom change after group application of EFT
• Psychological symptom change in veterans after six sessions of EFT: An observational study
• Self-administered EFT in individuals with fibromyalgia: A randomized trial
• The effects of EFT on long-term psychological symptoms 
• The treatment of combat trauma in veterans using EFT: A pilot protocol 
• A feasibility study: EFT for depression in Australian adults

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Bolest a fyzické symptomy

• EFT effects on psychoimmunological factors of chemically pulmonary injured veterans
• Pain, range of motion, and psychological symptoms in a population with frozen shoulder: A randomized controlled dismantling study of Clinical EFT
• Investigation on EFT effectiveness in diabetic patients’ blood sugar control
• 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
• Effects of EFT on the reduction of chronic pain in adults: A pilot study
• The lived experience of chronic pain and the impact of brief EFT group therapy on coping 
• EFT to reduce the side effects associated with tamoxifen and aromatase inhibitor use in women with breast cancer: A service evaluation
• TBI symptoms improve after PTSD remediation with EFT
• Effect of EFT on perceived stress, quality of life, and cortisol salivary levels in tension-type headache sufferers: A randomized controlled trial
• Self-administered EFT in individuals with fibromyalgia: A randomized trial
• EFT as an effective adjunctive treatment in the neurotherapeutic treatment of seizure disorders 
• Making sense of chronic disease using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT): An existential view of illness 
• The treatment of combat trauma in veterans using EFT: A pilot protocol
• Neurophysiological indicators of EFT treatment of posttraumatic stress
• Reductions in pain, depression, and anxiety after PTSD symptom remediation in veterans
• Psychological and physiological symptoms of psoriasis after group EFT: A pilot study
• A preliminary study for the evaluation of the effects of EFT for insomnia in the elderly
• A comparison of EFT–Insomnia (EFT-I) and Sleep Hygiene Education (SHE) in a geriatric population: A randomized controlled trial
• EFT and anxiety level of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
• The effectiveness of a training program based on EFT in upgrading feelings of happiness for diabetics in Gaza
• The effect of a brief EFT self-intervention on anxiety, depression, pain and cravings in healthcare workers
• The effectiveness of EFT on the somatic symptoms of fibromyalgia

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Fobie

• Evaluation of a meridian-based intervention, EFT, for reducing specific phobias of small animals
• EFT reduces intense fears: A partial replication and extension of Wells et al. (2003)
• The immediate effect of a brief energy psychology intervention (EFT) on specific phobias: A pilot study
• Physiological and psychological effects of a mind/body therapy on claustrophobia

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Posttraumatická stresová porucha

• 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
• The manual stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A review of Clinical EFT
• Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD using Clinical EFT
• A controlled comparison of the effectiveness and efficiency of two psychological therapies for PTSD: EMDR vs. EFT
• Psychological trauma symptom improvement in veterans using EFT: A randomized controlled trial
• EFT remediates PTSD and psychological symptoms in veterans: A randomized controlled replication trial
• Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: A network meta-analysis 
• CAM and energy psychology techniques remediate PTSD symptoms in veterans and spouses
• Borrowing benefits: Group treatment with Clinical EFT is associated with simultaneous reductions in posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and depression symptoms
• 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
• Epigenetic effects of PTSD remediation in veterans using Clinical EFT: A randomized controlled pilot study
• Randomized controlled study comparing two psychological therapies for PTSD: EFT vs. Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
• EFT and resiliency in veterans at risk for PTSD: A randomized controlled trial
• Single session reduction of the intensity of traumatic memories in abused adolescents: A randomized controlled trial
• Efficacy of EFT provided by coaches vs. licensed therapists in veterans with PTSD 
• Does combining EFT and hypnosis have an effect on sexual assault–specific posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms? 
• Neurophysiological indicators of EFT Treatment of posttraumatic stress
• Post-earthquake rehabilitation of clinical PTSD in Haitian seminarians
• The impact of EFT and Matrix Reimprinting on the civilian survivors of war in Bosnia: A pilot study
• Psychological symptom change in veterans after six sessions of EFT: An observational study
• 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 efficacy of EFT for treating trauma in a female population following an earthquake in Indonesia 
• Established and emerging PTSD treatments 

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Hubnutí, chutě na jídlo a závislosti

• 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  
• 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 EFT on food cravings at 12-months follow-up: A randomized controlled trial
• EFT for food cravings in overweight adults: A comparison of treatment length
• EFT 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 EFT
• Practical application of EFT 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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Klinické reporty

Klinické reporty popisují použití EFT v různých skupinách jako například univerzitní studenti, vězni, uprchlíci nebo zneužívané děti. Tyto výzkumy mohou zahrnovat kvantitaivní data jako například skóre v hodnocení symptomů anebo popisují způsoby, kterými mohou praktikové EFT pracovat s těmito skupinami.

• The effect of EFT on nurses’ stress, anxiety, and burnout levels during the COVID-19 pandemic: A randomized controlled study
• Is online treatment as effective as in-person treatment?: Psychological change in two relationship skills groups
• Energy Psychology: Practices and theories of new combinations of psychotherapy
• Supporting chronic disease healthcare through remote EFT Treatment and self-care: An evaluation using the WHO determinants of health
• EFT entry in The Sage Handbook of Counseling and Psychotherapy
• Borrowing benefits: Clinical EFT as an immediate stress reduction skill in the workplace
• EFT: Stress and anxiety management for students and staff in school settings
• A virtual emotional freedom practitioner to deliver physical and emotional therapy
• EFT: Finally, a unifying theory for the practice of holistic nursing, or too good to be true?
• Application of EFT
• Words to tap by: The use of language in Energy Psychology protocols 
• EFT—how to make it mainstream; a thematic analysis of practitioners’ views
• Change is possible: EFT with life-sentence and veteran prisoners at San Quentin State Prison
• Psychological and medical applications of certain innovative therapies in correctional settings: Clinician, staff, and client observations from three institutions 
• Effect of EFT on anger symptoms in Hwabyung patients: A comparison with the progressive muscle relaxation technique in a pilot randomized controlled trial 
• EFT: A safe treatment intervention for many trauma-based issues
• A survey of energy psychology practitioners: Who they are, what they do, who they help
• Determining highly desirable traits of an effective EFT practitioner: A Delphi study
• Emotional acupuncture—Nursing Standard
• Energy Psychology and psychotherapy: A study of the use of Energy Psychology in psychotherapy practice 
• Trauma-based energy psychology treatment is associated with client rehabilitation at an addiction clinic 
• Subjective dimensions of meaning in the clinical encounter: Unifying personhood and disease 
• Stress management for the treatment of sleep disorders in lawyers: Pilot experimental study in Athens, Hellas
• A virtual emotional freedom therapy practitioner demonstration
• The effect of EFT therapy on the reduction of aggression in single mothers
• Qualitative analysis of the influence of an EFT group treatment program for suppressed anger patients
• EFT remediates dental fear: A case series 
• Six sessions of EFT Remediate one veteran’s combat-related PTSD
• Clinical story of a 6-year-old boy’s eating phobia: An integrated approach
• EFT for traumatic brain injury
• Treating trauma using shamanic and non-local methods: Theory, mechanisms, and relevance to current clinical practice
• EFT, in The Practising Midwife
• EFT: Energy psychology integration in the workplace setting
• Energy Psychology treatment for orphan heads of households in Rwanda: An observational study
• Energy Psychology treatment for posttraumatic stress in genocide survivors in a Rwandan orphanage: A pilot investigation
• Integrating Energy Psychology into treatment for adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse
• Preliminary evidence for the treatment of type I ‘yips’: The efficacy of EFT
• Single-session EFT for stress-related symptoms after motor vehicle accidents
• It helps me to love my work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the senior therapist experience of using Energy Psychology in psychotherapy for trauma
• Energy for healing trauma: Energy Psychology and the efficient treatment of trauma and PTSD
• Six trauma imprints treated with combination intervention: Critical incident stress debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or EFT
• Psychological intervention including EFT for an adult with motor vehicle accident related PTSD: A case study
• A case report of schizophreniform disorder treated by Oriental medical treatment and EFT
• A case report of a somatization disorder patient with histrionic personality disorder
• Six sessions of EFT remediate one veteran’s combat-related post-traumatic stress disorderW
• World trade center: A longitudinal case study for treating post traumatic stress disorder with EFT and eye movement desensitization and reprocessing
• A case report of a patient with heart and gallbladder somatization disorder induced by stress
• Psychological intervention including EFT for an adult with motor vehicle accident related PTSD: A case study
• A case study of Tourette’s syndrome with adjunct neurofeedback treatment
• Veterans: Finding their way home with EFT
• Working with military service members and veterans: A field report of obstacles and opportunities
• Effect of trance techniques on emotion and pain: Utilizing NLP and EFT

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Výzkmné články popisující mechanismus

Takzvaný “mechanismus účinku” pro techniku jako je EFT popisuje co se děje v těle během aplikace této techniky. Tyto články popisuji neurologické, epigenetické, psychoneuroimunologické a hormonální faktory ovlivněné pomocí EFT.

• Emotion regulation through bifocal processing of fear inducing and disgust inducing stimuli
• Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) improves multiple physiological markers of health
• The effect of EFT on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial 
• Reexamining the effect of EFT on stress biochemistry: A randomized controlled trial 
• Epigenetic effects of PTSD remediation in veterans using Clinical EFT: A randomized controlled pilot study
• Pain, range of motion, and psychological symptoms in a population with frozen shoulder: A randomized controlled dismantling study of Clinical EFT
• Do noncoding RNAs mediate the efficacy of Energy Psychology?
• Differential gene expression after EFT treatment: A novel pilot protocol for salivary mRNA assessment
• How therapeutic tapping can alter neural correlates of emotional prosody processing in anxiety
• Neurophysiological indicators of EFT treatment of posttraumatic stress 
• EcoMeditation and EFT produce elevated brain-wave patterns and states of consciousness
• Modulating gene expression through psychotherapy: The contribution of non-invasive somatic interventions
• Taming the amygdala: An EEG analysis of exposure therapy for the traumatized
• EFT as an effective adjunctive treatment in the neurotherapeutic treatment of seizure disorders
• Is acupoint tapping an active ingredient or an inert placebo in EFT? A randomized controlled dismantling study
• EFT for stress in students: A randomized controlled dismantling study 
• A cartography of energy medicine: From subtle anatomy to energy physiology 
• Energy healing at the frontier of genomics
• How EFT may be utilizing memory reconsolidation mechanisms for therapeutic change in neuropsychiatric disorders such as PTSD and phobia: A proposed model
• Energy Psychology in rehabilitation: Origins, clinical applications, and theory
• The neurochemistry of counterconditioning: Acupressure desensitization in psychotherapy
• A neurobiological basis for the observed peripheral sensory modulation of emotional responses
• Evidence and potential mechanisms for mindfulness practices and energy psychology for obesity and binge-eating disorder
• The Dream to Freedom Technique, a methodology for integrating the complementary therapies of Energy Psychology and dreamwork

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Revizní články a meta-analýzy

Revizní články sbírají všechny důkazu pro metodu, jako například EFT anebo pro stavy, jako například fobie, posttraumatická stresová porucha nebo bolest. Přezkoumávají pak studie které byly provedeny a vyvozují z nich závěry o charakteristikách dané metody. Mnoho revizních článků o EFT anebo o epigenetické psychologii bylo publikováno v renomovaných vědeckých časopisech:

• EFT for anxiety: A systematic review with meta-analysis
• A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials of EFT for the treatment of depression
• The manual stimulation of acupuncture points in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder: A review of Clinical EFT
• The effectiveness of EFT in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis
• Empirically supported psychological treatments: The challenge of evaluating clinical innovations
• Is tapping on acupuncture points an active ingredient in EFT? A systematic review and meta-analysis of comparative studies 
• Applications of Energy Psychology in addressing the psychological roots of illness 
• Acupoint stimulation in treating psychological disorders: Evidence of efficacy
• EFT to treat posttraumatic stress disorder in veterans: Review of the evidence, survey of practitioners, and proposed clinical guidelines
• Energy psychology: Efficacy, speed, mechanisms
• Research Review: Psychological and psychosocial treatments for children and young people with post-traumatic stress disorder: A network meta-analysis 
• Clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice for the treatment of psychological and physiological conditions
• EFT as a practice for supporting chronic disease healthcare: A practitioners’ perspective
• The efficacy of acupoint stimulation in the treatment of psychological distress: A meta-analysis
• Rapid treatment of PTSD: Why psychological exposure with acupoint tapping may be effective
• EFT for psychological symptoms and disorders (textbook chapter)
• A narrative systematic review of the effectiveness of EFT
• EFT scope and practice areas
• Stress management techniques: Evidence-based procedures that reduce stress and promote health
• Trends in meridian-based psychotherapy—a review of research on EFT
• What’s the point of tapping? A review
• Clinical EFT as single session therapy: Cases, research, indications, and cautions
• Mindful energy psychology: History, theory, research, and practice
• Efficacy of 15 emerging interventions for the treatment of PTSD: A systematic review
• State-of-the-art prevention and treatment of PTSD: Pharmacotherapy, psychotherapy, and nonpharmacological somatic therapies
• Application of EFT
• Energy psychology in the treatment of PTSD: Psychobiology and clinical principles 
• A review of CAM modalities for the prevention and treatment of PTSD
• Disaster mental health community planning: A manual for trauma-informed collaboration 
• Mental health wellness and biofield therapies: An integrative review 
• Emerging trauma therapies: Critical analysis and discussion of three novel approaches
• Treatment guidelines for post-traumatic stress disorder (German language)
• Complementary and alternative medicine in VA specialized PTSD treatment programs
• Established and emerging PTSD treatments
• Traditional Chinese medicine as a basis for treating psychiatric disorders: A review of theory with illustrative cases
• Stress and health: Symptoms and techniques of psychotherapeutic management
• Performance anxiety: Natural and complementary medicine therapies
• Controversies in Energy Psychology
• Attachment and Energy Psychology: Explorations at the interface of bodily, mental, relational, and transpersonal aspects of human behavior and experience
• Energy Psychology: A review of the preliminary evidence 
• Perceptions, reflections, and guidelines for using energy psychology: A distillation of 800+ surveys and interviews with practitioners and clients 
• Energy Psychology in disaster relief
• Oriental medical interventions for PTSD: A model of Oriental medicine for disaster mental health
• Energy Psychology in rehabilitation: Origins, clinical applications, and theory
• Energy Psychology—special issue of New Jersey Psychologist
• Energy Psychology: Time for a second look
• Energy Psychology: Practices and theories of new combinations of psychotherapy 
• Strategies for an integrative medicine practice 
• The effectiveness of body-oriented psychotherapy: A review of the literature 
• Evidence and potential mechanisms for mindfulness practices and Energy Psychology for obesity and binge-eating disorder
• Theoretical and methodological problems in research on EFT and other meridian-based therapies
• Thought Field Therapy and its derivatives: Rapid relief of mental health problems through tapping on the body
• Your DNA is not your destiny: Behavioral epigenetics and the role of emotions in health

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