OUR VETERANS ARE WORTH IT!
Hear from veterans whose lives were transformed by using energy psychology treatment approaches.
I use Thought Field Therapy to deal with seizures and combat flashbacks. It helped me get my life back! I can use this therapy by myself as needed. It’s simple and effective."
—Frank Spady, Chairman, National Veterans Foundation
One study followed by a replication study demonstrated the effectiveness of EFT for treating PTSD in veterans. The studies offered the hopeful news that 86% of veterans no longer had PTSD after six sessions! 6
The estimate of $1.5 billion in savings refers only to the cost savings of direct treatment. Lifetime cost savings would be substantially higher! Where do these cost savings come from? They come from reduced medical costs and costs associated with productivity loss and family dysfunction. Another important benefit to consider is that when helping a veteran, you’re also improving the quality of life of their loved ones and their children. That also represents a cost savings.
Using EFT to Heal Military PTSD and Moral Injury
Dave Smith-Barry is a veteran who served in Iraq and Afghanistan. View a brief version of his interview, where he describes how energy psychology (Emotional Freedom Techniques or EFT) saved his life.
I went through several programs, but I couldn't find anything that worked. I was at risk of losing my family, my job.
EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) allowed me to walk away from the traumas I experienced—either experienced visually or things I did myself. Now I don't break out into cold sweats, I don't get the shakes, it's hard to panic or have some other weird outburst when the memories come back. I'm not emotionally reactive to my own story. This is something that happened, but the memories don't have to own me.
I'm a good human now, and I love it. Using EFT is life changing; it's a life saver. My wife's right. I probably would have been dead by now if not for EFT."
—Dave Smith-Barry, Veteran
Read the Research
120-30% OF VETERANS HAVE PTSD
Tanielian T, Jaycox LH, eds. Invisible Wounds of War: Psychological and Cognitive Injuries, Their Consequences, and Services to Assist Recovery. Santa Monica, California: RAND Corporation; 2008. https://www.rand.org/pubs/monographs/MG720.html
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. PTSD in Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. June 3, 2015. Available at: https://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/02-09-PTSD.pdf
220% OF ALL SUICIDES ARE VETS
Reisman M. (2016). PTSD Treatment for Veterans: What's Working, What's New, and What's Next. P & T: a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management,
41(10), 623–634. Available at: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5047000/pdf/ptj4110623.pdf
3FIRST-YEAR VA TREATMENT OF PTSD FOR IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS WAS MORE THAN $2 BILLION.
Reisman M. (2016). PTSD Treatment for Veterans: What's Working, What's New, and What's Next.
P & T:
a peer-reviewed journal for formulary management, 41(10), 623–634.
4HEALTHCARE COSTS FOR VETERANS WITH PTSD ARE 3.5 TIMES HIGHER THAN COSTS FOR THOSE WITHOUT THE DISORDER.
Congressional Budget Office. The Veterans Health Administration’s treatment of PTSD and traumatic brain injury among recent combat veterans. February 2012. Available at:
www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/112th-congress-2011-2012/reports/02-09 PTSD_0.pdf.
5176+ peer-reviewed studies, including six meta-analyses and over 88 RCTs, have shown energy psychology’s effectiveness with PTSD, anxiety, DEPRESSION and MORE.
Church, D., Stapleton, P., Mollon, P., Feinstein, D., Boath, E., Mackay, D., Sims, R. (2018). Guidelines for the Treatment of PTSD Using Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques). Healthcare 2018, 6(4),146; doi:10.3390/healthcare604014
Church, D., Stapleton, P., Yang, A., Gallo, F. (2018). "Is tapping on acupuncture points an active ingredient in Emotional Freedom Techniques? A systematic review and metaanalysis of comparative studies.” Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 206(10). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30273275
Clond, M. (2016). Emotional Freedom Techniques for anxiety: A systematic review with meta-analysis. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 204(5), 388-395. doi: 10.1097/NMD.0000000000000483.
Connolly, S.M., & Sakai, C.E. (2011). Brief trauma symptom intervention with Rwandan genocide survivors using Thought Field Therapy. International Journal of Emergency Mental Health, 13(3), 161-172.
Feinstein, D. (2012). Acupoint stimulation for psychological problems: Evidence of efficacy. Review of General Psychology.16, 364-30.
Gilomen, S. A. & Lee, C. W. (2015). The efficacy of acupoint stimulation in the treatment of psychological distress: A meta-analysis. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 48, 140-148.
Nelms, J. & Castel, D. (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized and non-randomized trials of Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT) for the treatment of depression. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 13(6), 416-
Sebastian, B., & Nelms, J. (2016). The effectiveness of Emotional Freedom Techniques in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder: A meta-analysis. Explore: The Journal of Science and Healing, 13(1), 16-25. doi:10.1016/j.explore.2016.10.001
Download PDF of over 176 energy psychology studies with abstracts by condition.
686% OF VETERANS NO LONGER HAD PTSD AFTER 6 SESSIONS OF EFT.
Church, D., Hawk, C., Brooks, A. J., Toukolehto, O., Wren, M., Dinter, I., & Stein, P. (2013). Psychological trauma symptom improvement in veterans using EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques): A randomized controlled trial. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, 201, 153-160.
Geronilla, L., Minewiser L., Mollon, P., McWilliams, M., & Clond, M. (2016). EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) remediates PTSD and psychological symptoms in veterans:
A randomized controlled replication trial. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 8(2), 29–41.
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The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (ACEP), a 501c3 nonprofit with over 1400 members, is the leading voice for bringing energy psychology methods into mainstream healthcare. ACEP sponsors research, training, and the field’s largest international conference.