 A 2009 review found "methodological flaws" in research studies that had reported "small successes" for EFT and the related Tapas Acupressure Technique. The review concluded that positive results may be "attributable to well-known cognitive and behavioral techniques that are included with the energy manipulation. Psychologists and researchers should be wary of using such techniques, and make efforts to inform the public about the ill effects of therapies that advertise miraculous claims." A systematic review from 2016 found that EFT was effective in reducing anxiety compared to controls, but also called for more research comparing its effectiveness to that of established treatments . However, a 2020 article titled "The current status of energy psychology: Extraordinary claims with less than ordinary evidence" reported that EFT has no useful effect as a therapy beyond the placebo effect. It claims that proponents of EFT have published material claiming otherwise, but their work is flawed and hence unreliable. In short, it concludes that high-quality research has never confirmed that EFT is effective .
EFT has no useful effect as a therapy beyond the placebo effect or any known-effective psychological techniques that may be used with the purported "energy" technique, but proponents of EFT have published material claiming otherwise. Their work, however, is flawed and hence unreliable: high-quality research has never confirmed that EFT is effective. A 2009 review found "methodological flaws" in research studies that had reported "small successes" for EFT and the related Tapas Acupressure Technique. The review concluded that positive results may be "attributable to well-known cognitive and behavioral techniques that are included with the energy manipulation. Psychologists and researchers should be wary of using such techniques, and make efforts to inform the public about the ill effects of therapies that advertise miraculous claims." A 2016 systematic review found that EFT was effective in reducing anxiety compared to controls, but also called for more research comparing its effectiveness to that of established treatments .
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EFT has no useful effect as a therapy beyond the placebo effect or any known-effective psychological techniques that may be used with the purported "energy" technique, but proponents of EFT have published material claiming otherwise. Their work, however, is flawed and hence unreliable: high-quality research has never confirmed that EFT is effective.
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systematic review from 2016
2016 systematic review
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. However, a 2020 article titled "The current status of energy psychology: Extraordinary claims with less than ordinary evidence" reported that EFT has no useful effect as a therapy beyond the placebo effect. It claims that proponents of EFT have published material claiming otherwise, but their work is flawed and hence unreliable. In short, it concludes that high-quality research has never confirmed that EFT is effective