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From the Outside In: Incorporating the Use of EFT into Traditional Psychotherapeutic Approaches and Its Impact on Therapeutic Alliance

Nairn, C.A. · Doctor of Clinical Practice thesis, University of Exeter · 2020

Review👥 16 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United Kingdom
In plain English. This is a clinical doctorate's reflective analysis of how using tapping alongside regular talk therapy affects the bond between therapist and client, not a study measuring symptom change. It belongs in the evidence base as context on how practitioners think about integrating tapping into therapy, rather than as proof of an effect.

What they found

16
people took part

A Doctor of Clinical Practice thesis explores how incorporating EFT into conventional psychotherapy affects the therapeutic alliance, arguing the alliance is a felt, intuitive, therapist-variable process rather than something reducible to technique, and situates EFT's use within evidence that relationship factors (per Lambert, 1992) account for a substantial share of psychotherapy outcomes.

How the study worked

Who took partnot applicable — a practice-based doctoral thesis examining how EFT integrates into traditional psychotherapy and affects the client-therapist relationship, drawing on clinical practice and the therapeutic-alliance literature (e.g., Lambert's common-factors findings) (n=16)
What they didThis is a review or commentary synthesizing existing work rather than reporting a new trial.
Measured withconceptual/practice-based analysis, not a quantitative outcome measure

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DesignReview
Participants16 people
Populationnot applicable — a practice-based doctoral thesis examining how EFT integrates into traditional psychotherapy and affects the client-therapist relationship, drawing on clinical practice and the therapeutic-alliance literature (e.g., Lambert's common-factors findings)
Outcome measuresconceptual/practice-based analysis, not a quantitative outcome measure
JournalDoctor of Clinical Practice thesis, University of Exeter
Year2020
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / tapping
Publication typeDissertation
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Nairn, C.A. (2020). From the Outside In: Incorporating the Use of EFT into Traditional Psychotherapeutic Approaches and Its Impact on Therapeutic Alliance. Doctor of Clinical Practice thesis, University of Exeter.

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE Multiple Conditions 16 participants WHAT THEY FOUND A Doctor of Clinical Practice thesisexplores how incorporating EFT intoconventional psychotherapy affects the… Review · 16 participants Nairn · 2020 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com