A one-page overview of the peer-reviewed research, prepared for discussion with a healthcare provider. The Tapping Evidence Base · July 2026
| Study | Design | Journal | Effect |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connolly, S. M., Roe-Sepowitz, D. et al. (2013)
Community leaders trained in Thought Field Therapy delivered one-time individual trauma interventions to 164 adult genocide… | Randomized trial, N=164 | African Journal of Traumatic Stress | |
| Okyay, E., Ucar, T. (2023)
EFT and a music intervention, delivered separately to pregnant women with a prior prenatal loss, were both associated with… | Randomized trial, N=159 | Archives of Psychiatric Nursing | |
| Irmak Vural, P., Aslan, E. (2019)
In this 3-arm RCT (EFT, breathing awareness, control), SUDS scores in the active and transition labor phases were significantly… | Randomized trial, N=120 | Complementary Therapies in Clinical Practice | |
| Emadi, S., Hekmat, K. et al. (2024)
Fear of childbirth score decreased from 49. | Randomized trial, N=116 | Frontiers in Psychology | Cohen's d = -1.07 |
| Brown, G., Batra, K. et al. (2023)
Both interventions led to a significant drop in SUD scores (from over 4 to about 1); no statistically significant differences in… | Randomized trial, N=72 | Psychology | |
| Brown, G., Batra, K. et al. (2024)
At six-month follow-up of a trial originally randomizing 72 participants to AIT or EFT (51 completed follow-up), there were no… | Randomized trial, N=51 | Psychology | Cohen's d = -0.7 |
| Trejos Parra, J. J., García Osorio, C. L. et al. (2020)
Post-intervention PTSD symptom scores differed significantly between groups (p=. | Randomized trial, N=47 | Psicología desde el Caribe | |
| Church, D., Piña, O. et al. (2011)
No improvement occurred in the wait list; posttest scores for all experimental group subjects improved to non-clinical on the… | Randomized trial, N=16 | Traumatology |