Emotional FreedomTechniques' Randomized Control Trials

Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), or Tapping is an evidence-based self-help therapeutic method with over 100 studies demonstrating its efficacy.

The Veterans Stress Project is an initiative of the National Institute for Integrative Healthcare (NIIH), a nonprofit research and teaching institution not affiliated with the government or any religious group. The NIHI and The Veterans Stress Project have worked closely with the Veterans Administration's ( VA) Office of Cultural Transformation and Patient Centered Care to bring evidence-based energy therapies to veterans. As a result of 8 randomized controlled trials (see below), showing that EFT reduces PTSD symptoms over 50%, in 2017 EFT was approved by the VA as a “generally safe therapy.” This has allowed many VA therapists to offer EFT to their clients.