The EFT Effect

24/08/2025

✨ Evidence shows Clinical EFT (tapping) works!

📊 103 Randomized Control Trials
🧠 5 fMRI Studies
📚 6 Meta-Analyses

💙 Depression ↓ 35%
💚 Anxiety ↓ 40%
😊 Happiness ↑ 31%

The science is clear: EFT is a powerful tool for emotional health and wellbeing.

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13/08/2025

Also known as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), the practice combines acupressure with talk therapy — and some studies suggest it can ease stress, anxiety and PTSD.

10/08/2025

Welcome to the strange and wonderful world of Emotional Freedom Technique.

29/04/2025

28/04/2025

Over 70 RCTs, blind studies, 150+ peer-reviewed journal articles, meta-analyses and systematic reviews. We’re excited to see EFT becoming more widely recognised all over the world.

06/04/2025

New EFT Research Out! This is the 2nd meta analysis for EFT and depression 💓

The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Research & Analysis

And what happened?

A meta-analysis of 18 randomized controlled trials (RCTs) was conducted, with depressive symptom reduction as the primary outcome. Meta-regression explored moderators such as the EFT format, duration, age, and depression severity.

Results: The analysis showed a significant overall effect size of 1.268 for EFT in reducing depressive symptoms. A moderator analysis revealed that group-based EFT interventions were more effective than individual ones, and participants with moderate depression experienced the greatest benefits. Additionally, shorter interventions were found to be highly effective.

Conclusions: EFT effectively reduces depressive symptoms, particularly in group settings and for those with moderate depression. Shorter, well-structured interventions may enhance treatment efficiency. Further studies should explore long-term effects and broader applications.

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Seok, J.-W., & Kim, J. U. (2024). The Effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques for Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 13(21), 6481. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm13216481

19/03/2025

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12/03/2025

I think I could just about listen to Bruce Lipton’s wisdom all day long!

What a gift he is to our world 🌍 🙌

http://www.brucelipton.com

04/03/2025

An oldie but a goodie! 🙌

NOTE FROM TED: Please do not look to this talk for health advice. This talk only represents the speaker’s personal research approach to and understanding of ...

25/02/2025

22/02/2025

This study was a collaboration with Dr Dawson Church.

The study evaluated whether Skinny Genes, a six-week online program applying EFT to emotional eating, was associated with behavioural change and reductions in weight.

Participant were recruited through EFT websites. Pre, post and follow-up measures were available for 72 participants and all analysis was performed on this sample.

Participants used EFT to address cognitions, behaviours, and adverse experiences that could contribute to binge eating, intermittent dieting, and resistance to exercise.

Behaviours to restrain eating were measured using the Revised Restraint Scale (RRS); the association of food with reward using the Power of Food Scale (PFS); anxiety and depression using the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS). Weight was measured pre and postintervention and at six-month follow-up.

Postintervention, a 36.8% reduction in anxiety (P < .001) and a 48.5% reduction in depression (P < .001) were found. The perceived power of food decreased significantly as did restraint behaviors. Participants lost an average of 12.9 lbs during the six weeks of the program (P < .001), and at follow-up, a further 2.6 lbs. All psychological gains were maintained (P < .001).

The findings are consistent with those of other clinical trials studying the benefits of EFT for weight loss, demonstrating simultaneous reductions in both weight and psychological distress. The continued weight reduction found on follow-up was consistent with other EFT studies but counter to the pattern of weight regain noted in the literature.

Addressing emotional issues using an online delivery format was associated with durable weight-loss maintenance as well as improved mental health.