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World Trade Center: A longitudinal case study for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Emotional Freedom Technique and Eye Movement

Nicosia, G., Minewiser, L., Freger, A. · Work · 2019

Case series 👥 1 participants Preliminary ✓ Source-checked 📍 United States
In plain English. A World Trade Center collapse survivor with long-standing, complex PTSD was treated with a combination of EFT and EMDR and reportedly recovered enough to return to work. As a single detailed case study combining two techniques, this cannot isolate what tapping specifically contributed.

What they found

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A World Trade Center collapse survivor with long-standing, complex PTSD was treated with a combination of EFT and EMDR and reportedly recovered enough to…

A single session of EFT combined with EMDR eliminated clinically significant scores on both the TSI and PAI immediately post-treatment; treatment concluded with nearly complete symptom remediation and a return to work.

How the study worked

Who took part survivor of the Twin Towers collapse (9/11) with prolonged, complex PTSD and dissociated memories (n=1)
What they did This is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured with Trauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)

The full record

DesignCase series
Participants1 people
Populationsurvivor of the Twin Towers collapse (9/11) with prolonged, complex PTSD and dissociated memories
Outcome measuresTrauma Symptom Inventory (TSI), Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI)
JournalWork
Year2019
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / Tapping
Publication typeCase report
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Nicosia, G., Minewiser, L., & Freger, A. (2019). World Trade Center: A longitudinal case study for treating Post Traumatic Stress Disorder with Emotional Freedom Technique and Eye Movement. Work. https://doi.org/10.3233/WOR-192921

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE PTSD & Trauma 1 participants WHAT THEY FOUND A single session of EFT combined with EMDReliminated clinically significant scores onboth the TSI and PAI… Case series · 1 participants Nicosia · 2019 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com