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Thought Field Therapy: Soothing the bad moments of Kosovo

Johnson, C., Shala, M., Sejdijaj, X., Odell, R., Dabishevci, D. · Journal of Clinical Psychology · 2001

Case series👥 105 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 Kosovo
In plain English. During five trips to war-torn Kosovo in 2000, international clinicians used Thought Field Therapy to treat 105 people carrying 249 separate traumatic memories. Nearly all of them, 103 out of 105 patients, reported total relief, and it held up at a five-month check-in with no relapses reported. There was no control group, so the dramatic numbers should be read as a field report rather than a controlled trial.

What they found

105
people took part

Among 105 patients treated for 249 separate war traumas with Thought Field Therapy, total relief was reported by 103 patients and for 247 of the 249 traumas, with no relapse at an average five-month follow-up.

How the study worked

Who took partwar trauma survivors in Kosovo treated in remote villages (n=105)
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withclinician-reported relief of traumatic symptoms

The full record

DesignCase series
Participants105 people
Populationwar trauma survivors in Kosovo treated in remote villages
Outcome measuresclinician-reported relief of traumatic symptoms
JournalJournal of Clinical Psychology
Year2001
CountryKosovo
LanguageEnglish
MethodThought Field Therapy (related tapping method)
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Johnson, C., Shala, M., Sejdijaj, X., Odell, R., & Dabishevci, D. (2001). Thought Field Therapy: Soothing the bad moments of Kosovo. Journal of Clinical Psychology.

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE PTSD & Trauma 105 participants WHAT THEY FOUND Among 105 patients treated for 249 separatewar traumas with Thought Field Therapy,total relief was reported by 103… Case series · 105 participants Johnson · 2001 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com