EFT – The Science and Evidence

The Science and Evidence

While EFT emerged as a self-help tool in the 1970s, it has only been extensively studied in trials since the 1990s. However this short timeframe has resulted in widespread research, for a vast range of disorders and populations. This list represents a very small sample of populations and disorders where the evidence lies. This means the outcomes have reached the minimum p-value of 0.05 so the outcomes were not necessarily due to chance, and were therefore statistically significant. We also see in many trials the reporting of clinical significance, and also clinical change (as a percentage difference).

EFT is also currently under review with the American National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) for effectiveness. Thought Field Therapy (which was a precursor to EFT as a self help and therapy technique) has already been rated by the NREPP as being effective for personal resilience/self-concept, self-regulation, and trauma and stressor-related disorders; and ‘promising’ for depression; general functioning and well-being; phobia, panic and generalised anxiety; and ‘unspecified’ and other mental health disorders.