EFT has been researched in more than 10 countries, by more than 60 investigators, whose results have been published in more than 20 different peer-reviewed journals. These include distinguished top-tier journals such as Journal of Clinical Psychology, the APA journals Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training and Review of General Psychology, and the oldest psychiatric journal in North America, the Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

EFT research includes investigators affiliated with many different institutions. The wide variety of institutions, peer-reviewed journals, investigators, and settings that have found EFT to be efficacious in independent research, are one indication of the breadth of existing research results.

Institutions in the U.S. include:

• Harvard Medical School
• University of California at Berkeley
• City University of New York
• Walter Reed Military Medical Center
• Texas A&M University
• JFK University

Institutions in other countries include:

• Staffordshire University (United Kingdom)
• Lund University (Sweden)
• Ankara University (Turkey)
• Santo Tomas University (Philippines)
• Lister Hospital (England)
• Cesar Vallejo University (Peru)
• Bond University (Australia)
• Griffith University (Australia)

“After EFT I feel released from an emotional prison. My severe hyper-vigilance has been dissolved. I now frequently experience joy and happiness. Mental blocks to creativity and prosperity have been removed.”

~ Sergeant, US Army Medic, Desert Storm 1/30/12

For more testimonials from Veterans who benefited from EFT via the Vet Stress Project, click here.

A 2009 study of 16 institutionalized adolescent boys, with histories of physical or psychological abuse, showed substantially decreased intensity of traumatic memories after just ONE session of EFT.

A study involving 30 college students with moderate to severe depression was conducted. The depressed students were given four 90-minute EFT Tapping sessions. When evaluated three weeks later, the students who received EFT showed significantly less depression compared to the control group. Read more here…

A study published in the Energy Psychology Journal confirmed that the benefits from EFT are the result of the tapping process, NOT a placebo effect. The study included 20 college students who were divided into two groups. One group did EFT while the control group received mindfulness training.

Before and after the sessions, positive and negative emotions were assessed.

 These included enjoyment, hope, pride, anger, anxiety, shame, hopelessness, boredom, and mindfulness. Overall, the EFT group experienced significantly greater increases in positive emotions, such as hope and enjoyment, along with greater decreases in negative emotional states like anger and shame.

The study concluded that: “No significant change was found for mindfulness. Tapping on acupoints, combined with the vocalization of self-affirming statements, appears to be an active ingredient in EFT rather than an inert placebo. The results were consistent with other published reports demonstrating EFT’s efficacy for addressing psychological conditions in students.”