Making the case for EFT/Tapping by Professor Liz Boath.
Liz Boath, Professor of Health and Wellbeing, has published an essential guidebook to help Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) practitioners design, conduct, write, publish and disseminate their own EFT case studies.
Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) or ‘tapping’ is a simple to learn and easy to use combined somatic and cognitive therapy that involves tapping on the head, face, head and upper body, while saying some words. Thousands of therapists have integrated EFT into their practice, and it is used by millions of people as a self-help technique to relieve a variety of issues including aches and pains, stress and anxiety, fears and phobias, cravings, addictions and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
She explained: “Despite the fact that millions of people across the world are using EFT and that there is a fast-growing body of research on EFT, including meta-analyses, systematic reviews and randomised controlled trials, there are still only sixteen published EFT case studies. One reason for this lack of case studies is that EFT practitioners are not researchers and so this book aims to bridge this gap by giving EFT and other practitioners a clear blueprint to follow to enable them to carry out, write and publish their own case studies.”
By tailoring existing case reporting guidelines specifically for EFT, this guidebook provides a step-by-step guide to help practitioners:
- Create an effective case study team
- Search, review and reference the relevant literature
- Measure change using valid and reliable outcome measures
- Navigate ethical approval
- Write effectively for publication
- Publish and disseminate their case study
A Kindle edition of Making the Case for EFT and Energy Psychology: Conducting, Writing and Publishing Case Studies is currently available via Amazon and the paperback will be released later this year. Dutch and Spanish translations will follow soon.
Liz has been involved in developing guidelines for using EFT for PTSD and often uses it with students to ease academic anxiety.
If you would like to know more about EFT/Tapping, or EFT research, you can find lots of free EFT resources on the EFT International Website: https://eftinternational.org/
Church, D., Stapleton, P., Mollon, P., Feinstein, D., Boath, E., Mackay, D. and Sims, R., 2018, December. Guidelines for the treatment of PTSD using clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). In Healthcare (Vol. 6, No. 4, p. 146). Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Dawson Church, Sheri Stern, Elizabeth Boath, PhD, Antony Stewart,, David Feinstein, , Julie Palmer-Hoffman, Morgan Clond. Using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to Treat PTSD in Veterans: A Review of the Evidence, Survey of Practitioners, and Proposed Clinical Guidelines” The Permanente Journal July 2016
Boath E, Good, R. Tsaroucha, A, Stewart, T. Pitch, A & Boughey, A.J. (2017) Tapping your way to success: using Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) to reduce anxiety and improve communication skills in social work students. Social Work Education, 1-16 Published online: 06 Mar 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02615479.2017.1297394
Boath, EH. Stewart, A & Carryer, A (2013) Is Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) as effective with Complementary therapy students as Sport Science students? Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment DOI: 10.9769.EPJ.2013.5.2.EB.AC.AS.SU
