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EP Treatments Over a Distance: The Curious Phenomenon of "Surrogate Tapping"

Feinstein, D. · Energy Psychology Journal · 2013

Case series👥 100 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. Beyond summarizing the 36 peer-reviewed tapping studies (18 of them randomized trials) available by 2012, this paper explores a stranger claim from practitioners: that tapping on yourself while holding someone else in mind, so-called 'surrogate tapping', can produce reported benefits for that other person at a distance. The author gathered 100 such anecdotal accounts. These are self-reported anecdotes, not a controlled experiment, so the surrogate-tapping claim itself remains unverified rather than demonstrated.

What they found

36
studies reviewed

The paper reviews 36 peer-reviewed EP studies (including 18 RCTs) as of April 2012 and separately compiles 100 anecdotal accounts of 'surrogate tapping,' where a practitioner taps on themselves while intending to help someone else at a distance, and examines this against research on other long-distance phenomena.

How the study worked

Who took partanecdotal accounts of 'surrogate tapping' collected from the energy psychology practitioner community (n=100)
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withanecdotal case reports

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DesignCase series
Participants100 people
Populationanecdotal accounts of 'surrogate tapping' collected from the energy psychology practitioner community
Outcome measuresanecdotal case reports
JournalEnergy Psychology Journal
Year2013
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Feinstein, D. (2013). EP Treatments Over a Distance: The Curious Phenomenon of "Surrogate Tapping". Energy Psychology Journal. https://doi.org/10.9769/EPJ.2013.5.1.DF

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE How It Works (Biology) 36 studies pooled WHAT THEY FOUND The paper reviews 36 peer-reviewed EPstudies (including 18 RCTs) as of April 2012and separately compiles 100… Case series · 100 participants Feinstein · 2013 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com