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Energy for treating trauma/PTSD

Gallo, F., Church, D. · Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry · 2023

Case series👥 1 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked
In plain English. This article combines a review of energy psychology for trauma with a single illustrative case where one session dramatically reduced a woman's PTSD symptoms after a car accident. As a case example within a broader opinion piece, it can't establish general effectiveness on its own.

What they found

1
people took part

A single session of energy psychology significantly reduced the woman's PTSD symptoms, allowing her to recall the traumatic event without distress; article also discusses proposed active ingredients (reciprocal inhibition, expectation of success, pattern interruption).

How the study worked

Who took partcase study of a young woman with PTSD after a car accident (n=1)
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withclinical case observation

The full record

DesignCase series
Participants1 people
Populationcase study of a young woman with PTSD after a car accident
Outcome measuresclinical case observation
JournalJournal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry
Year2023
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Gallo, F., & Church, D. (2023). Energy for treating trauma/PTSD. Journal of Psychology and Clinical Psychiatry. https://doi.org/10.15406/jpcpy.2023.14.00740

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE PTSD & Trauma 1 participants WHAT THEY FOUND A single session of energy psychologysignificantly reduced the woman's PTSDsymptoms, allowing her to recall the… Case series · 1 participants Gallo · 2023 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com