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

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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

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 partillustrative case discussions of two composite clients (Sarah and John) with PTSD

What they didThis is a review or commentary synthesizing existing work rather than reporting a new trial.

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Design	Review
Population	illustrative case discussions of two composite clients (Sarah and John) with PTSD
Journal	In Development and Treatment of PTSD (IGI Global Scientific Publishing)
Year	2025
Language	English
Method	EFT / tapping
Publication type	Review 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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A Promising Mind-Body 4th Wave Approach to Treating Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder: Clinical Emotional Freedom Techniques

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