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Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

Green, M. M. · Traumatology · 2002

Case seriesPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. Green Cross volunteers in New York combined standard crisis debriefing with tapping (TFT/EFT) to help two Spanish-speaking couples cope in the weeks after the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. The combined approach seemed to ease the acute distress from six identified trauma memories. This is a case report, not a controlled trial, so it documents what happened rather than proving cause and effect.

What they found

Combining Critical Incident Stress Debriefing with TFT/EFT appeared to alleviate acute symptoms across six identified trauma imprints in case reports of two bilingual couples treated after 9/11.

How the study worked

Who took partSpanish-speaking couples affected by the September 11 World Trade Center attack
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
PopulationSpanish-speaking couples affected by the September 11 World Trade Center attack
Outcome measuresclinical case observation
JournalTraumatology
Year2002
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Green, M. M. (2002). Six Trauma Imprints Treated with Combination Intervention: Critical Incident Stress Debriefing and Thought Field Therapy (TFT) or Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). Traumatology. https://doi.org/10.1177/153476560200800103

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Trauma (other) ✓ Case series WHAT THEY FOUND Combining Critical Incident StressDebriefing with TFT/EFT appeared toalleviate acute symptoms across six… Case series Green · 2002 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com