Emotional Freedom Techniques have been shown in studies to significantly decrease the intensity levels for individuals who suffer anxiety disorders. Sometimes this intensity reduces with just a few short sessions as opposed to traditional psychotherapy which often takes months to affect a lesser change. Studies using war veterans have also shown that individuals have decreased cortisol secretion, which is a hormone secreted by the body when it is under stress. While an individual may say they feel less stress and many visually appear to be less stressful the ultimate measurement is the amount of cortisol being excreted into the bloodstream. (3)
Individuals who suffer from PTSD will experience immediate relief but will also find that the positive results will extend long after the treatment session. Because the treatments are so easy to perform and require no additional equipment, individuals are able to do their own Emotional Freedom Technique process at any other time after the treatment protocol has ended, in which they feel stressed or highly anxious. (4)
While Emotional Freedom Techniques continue to gain a degree of acceptance by the traditional Western medical population, this acceptance is slow coming. The inability of some therapists and physicians to accept the outcomes and effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Technique often is a result of the inability of practitioners to describe how this technique is effective. Their question is not whether or not it is effective, but how it is effective.
Resources:
(1) United States Department of Veterans Affairs: What is PTSD?
http://www.ptsd.va.gov/public/pages/what-is-ptsd.asp
(2) American Academy of Experts in Traumatic Stress: What is PTSD?
http://www.aaets.org/article125.htm
(3) Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology: The Effect of Emotional Freedom Techniques on Stress Biochemistry: A Ramdomized Controlled Trial
http://www.energypsych.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=203
(4) Stress Project: The Treatment of Combat Trauma in Veterans using EFT
http://stressproject.org/documents/Traumatology.pdf
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