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Clinical Story of a 6-Year-Old Boy's Eating Phobia: An Integrated Approach Utilizing Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology with Energy Psychology's Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in a Surrogate Nonlocal Application

McCarty, W.A. · Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health · 2008

Case series👥 1 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked
In plain English. A therapist describes treating a young boy's eating phobia using tapping performed by a surrogate without the child present, based on ideas about early prenatal experience. This is a highly unconventional single case report relying on nonlocal/surrogate concepts that are not part of mainstream EFT protocols, and should be read with significant skepticism.

What they found

1
people took part

A one-session therapeutic intervention combining prenatal/perinatal psychology understanding with a nonlocal (surrogate) application of EFT is described as resolving the child's eating phobia.

How the study worked

Who took part6-year-old boy with lifelong eating phobia (treated via surrogate/nonlocal EFT without child present) (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
Population6-year-old boy with lifelong eating phobia (treated via surrogate/nonlocal EFT without child present)
Outcome measuresclinical case observation
JournalJournal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health
Year2008
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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McCarty, W.A. (2008). Clinical Story of a 6-Year-Old Boy's Eating Phobia: An Integrated Approach Utilizing Prenatal and Perinatal Psychology with Energy Psychology's Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) in a Surrogate Nonlocal Application. Journal of Prenatal & Perinatal Psychology & Health.

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Phobias 1 participants WHAT THEY FOUND A one-session therapeutic interventioncombining prenatal/perinatal psychologyunderstanding with a nonlocal… Case series · 1 participants McCarty · 2008 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com