Case series👥 3 participantsPreliminary✓ Source-checked📍 United Kingdom
In plain English. This master's thesis interviewed three seasoned trauma therapists about what using energy psychology, including tapping, has done for their own practice and outlook, not about patient symptom scores. All three described the work as personally transformative, changing how they think about therapeutic change and even their own sense of contentment. With only three therapists interviewed, this is a small qualitative study about clinician experience rather than a test of patient outcomes.
What they found
Interviews with three experienced psychotherapists who use energy psychology for trauma treatment produced four themes: transformation, paradigm shift, state of presence, and spiritual realization, with therapists attributing significant changes in their professional and personal outlook to the practice.
How the study worked
Who took partthree experienced psychotherapists using energy psychology for trauma (n=3)
What they didThis is a detailed report following a small number of individual cases through tapping.
Measured withinterpretative phenomenological analysis (interviews)
The full record
| Design | Case series |
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| Participants | 3 people |
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| Population | three experienced psychotherapists using energy psychology for trauma |
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| Outcome measures | interpretative phenomenological analysis (interviews) |
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| Journal | Master's thesis |
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| Year | 2015 |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
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| Language | English |
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| Method | EFT / tapping |
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| Publication type | Dissertation |
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| Verification | ✓ Confirmed against the primary source |
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Verification note. The repository lists the thesis issue/award date as 2014 (not 2015) and the institution as Dublin Business School, Ireland, whereas the record lists country as United Kingdom. Left year and country fields as originally given since these are not the numeric effect_size/N fields this pass is authorized to correct, but flagging the discrepancy for editorial review.
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Cite this study
APAWhite, I. C. (2015). It helps me to love my work: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the senior therapist experience of using Energy Psychology in Psychotherapy for Trauma. Master's thesis.
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