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Change Is Possible: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) with Life-Sentence and Veteran Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison

Lubin, H., Schneider, T. · Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment · 2009

Case seriesPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United States
In plain English. For seven years, a prison program called 'Change Is Possible' offered EFT counseling to life-sentence and veteran inmates at San Quentin. Prisoners' own statements describe feeling calmer, less reactive, and more engaged with prison community life, but this is a descriptive program report using self-identified ratings rather than a controlled study with validated measures.

What they found

Prisoners receiving a series of EFT sessions self-reported changes in impulse control, intensity of reaction to triggers, somatic symptoms, and positive engagement in the prison community.

How the study worked

Who took partlife-sentence and war veteran inmates at San Quentin State Prison, California
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withself-identified emotional intensity ratings before/after EFT

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DesignCase series
Populationlife-sentence and war veteran inmates at San Quentin State Prison, California
Outcome measuresself-identified emotional intensity ratings before/after EFT
JournalEnergy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment
Year2009
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Lubin, H., & Schneider, T. (2009). Change Is Possible: EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) with Life-Sentence and Veteran Prisoners at San Quentin State Prison. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, & Treatment. https://doi.org/10.9769/EPJ.2009.1.1.HL

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Multiple Conditions ✓ Case series WHAT THEY FOUND Prisoners receiving a series of EFT sessionsself-reported changes in impulse control,intensity of reaction to… Case series Lubin · 2009 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com