2025 EFT Tapping Research in Review

This is a summary of the latest EFT Tapping research (as of December 2025).

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All references:

Chen, et al. (2025). Effectiveness of EFT in Alleviating Symptoms Associated with PTSD: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience, 275(7), 2027–2037. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00406-025-02...

Özcan, H.,et al. (2025). Investigation of the effect of emotional freedom technique (EFT) on sleep quality and fatigue in young people with sleep problems: Randomized controlled study. Explore, 21(3), 103162. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.explore.202...

Stapleton, P., Douglas, A., & Blanchard, M. D. (2025). Daily meditation versus EFT: A pilot Australian primary school trial. IOJPE, 14(3), 64-73.https://doi.org/10.55020/iojpe.1670052

Zheng, D., et al. (2025). The impact of EFT on anxiety, depression, and anticipatory grief in people with cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review. Journal of psychosomatic research, 192, 112088. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores....

Zheng, D., et al. (2025). Effectiveness of EFT therapy in alleviating anticipatory grief for cancer patients. Medicine, 104(36), e44211. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000...

Kaplan, M., & Çelik, H. (2025). The effect of the EFT on pain and depression in cancer patients: a randomized controlled trial. Supportive care in cancer 33(8), 749. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00520-025-09...

Mohamed, A. F.,et al. (2025). Effect of nursing application of EFT on perceived stress, resilience and sexual satisfaction among women after mastectomy. BMC nursing, 24(1), 428. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12912-025-02...

Rizzo, A., et al. (2025). The efficacy of EFT and tapping in reducing job stress and burnout: a review of research. Mental Health and Social Inclusion. DOI:10.1108/MHSI-02-2025-0078

Mollazadeh, M., et al. (2025). Effectiveness of EFT on competition anxiety and salivary cortisol of elite taekwondo athletes. Sports Med Res and Practice, 14(4), 40-48. doi: 10.47529/2223-2524.2024.4.6

Zhou, X., et al.. (2025). The efficacy of auricular acupressure combined with EFT on the postoperative pain and anxiety state of patients with lower limb fractures: A randomized clinical controlled trial. Medicine, 104(5), e41401. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000...

Choi, S. H., et al. (2025). EFT for Anxiety Disorders: A Systematic Review. Healthcare, 13(17), 2180. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare131...

Hendricks-Patel, S., & Harvey, K. (2025). EFT for Stress Reduction in Nursing Students: A Pilot Project. The Journal of nursing education, 64(7), 436–439. https://doi.org/10.3928/01484834-2025...

Lazarov, A., et al (2025). The Effectiveness of Group and Individual Training in EFT for Patients in Remission from Melanoma: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Healthcare, 13(12), 1420. https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare131...

You, Y. L., et al. (2025). Adapted EFT for managing kinesiophobia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a feasibility study. BMC complementary medicine and therapies, 25(1), 407. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12906-025-05...

Kemala S. et al. (2025).EFT for elderly patients with COVID-19: a case series on clinical recovery, frailty, and inflammatory biomarkers. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1627592. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.16...

Salicru, S. (2025). EFT in mental health care: Evidence review, gaps, and future directions. Academia Mental Health and Well-Being, 2. doi: 10.20935/MHealthWellB7723

Horton-Garcia, S. R. (2025). Improving Caregiver Coping Resources, Reducing Burden, and Promoting Well-Being: EFT (Dissertation, Grand Canyon U).

Feinstein D. (2025). How tapping works: physiological and psychological mechanisms in energy psychology. Frontiers in psychology, 16, 1660375. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2025.16...

Feinstein, D. (2025). Physiological mechanisms of energy psychology treatments: An updated synthesis. Energy Psychology, 17(1). https://doi.org/10.9769/EP.2025.17.1.DF

Stapleton, P., et al. (2025). Effectiveness of a single EFT session on facilitating forgiveness and mental health: a randomized clinical trial. Cogent Psychology, 12(1), 1-15. Article 2538740. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311908.2025...

Stapleton, P., et al. (2025). A randomized clinical trial of EFT for chronic pain: Live versus self-paced delivery with 6-month follow-up. European Journal of Pain, 29(3), Article e4740. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejp.4740

Tack, L., et al. (2025). Targeting Fear of Cancer Recurrence with Internet-Based EFT and Mindfulness Meditation Intervention. Brain sciences, 15(9), 900. https://doi.org/10.3390/brainsci15090900

Astuti et al., (2025). The Effect of EFT on Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertensive Patients in Pondok Ranggon, 14(04):152-158 doi:10.33221/jiiki.v14i04.3658