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A Promising Mind-Body 4th Wave Approach to Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques

Stapleton, P. · In Development and Treatment of PTSD (IGI Global Scientific Publishing) · 2025

Review Preliminary ✓ Source-checked
In plain English. This book chapter is a clinical guide introducing tapping (Clinical EFT) as a treatment for PTSD, walking through two illustrative example cases. It's an educational chapter summarizing existing evidence and practice guidance rather than a new research study.

What they found

This book chapter is a clinical guide introducing tapping (Clinical EFT) as a treatment for PTSD, walking through two illustrative example cases.

Book chapter presents Clinical EFT as a mind-body approach for PTSD, reviewing the evidence base and providing a step-by-step clinical guide illustrated through two case examples (childhood trauma and single-event military trauma).

How the study worked

Who took part illustrative case discussions of two composite clients (Sarah and John) with PTSD
What they did This is a review or commentary synthesizing existing work rather than reporting a new trial.

The full record

DesignReview
Populationillustrative case discussions of two composite clients (Sarah and John) with PTSD
JournalIn Development and Treatment of PTSD (IGI Global Scientific Publishing)
Year2025
LanguageEnglish
MethodEFT / Tapping
Publication typeReview or meta-analysis
Verification✓ Confirmed against the primary source

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Stapleton, P. (2025). A Promising Mind-Body 4th Wave Approach to Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques. In Development and Treatment of PTSD (IGI Global Scientific Publishing). https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3693-2089-1.ch007

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THE TAPPING EVIDENCE BASE PTSD & Trauma ✓ Review WHAT THEY FOUND Book chapter presents Clinical EFT as amind-body approach for PTSD, reviewing theevidence base and providing a… Review Stapleton · 2025 · evidence.thetappingsolution.com