Can tapping calm your nervous system?
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Episode Can tapping calm your nervous system?
There's a scene in the Devil Wears Prada 2 where a character is so stressed she starts "tapping" to calm herself down.
What is this self-soothing technique, and should you try it out?
Norman and Tegan talk through what Emotional Freedom Techniques, or tapping is and whether there's any evidence it lowers anxiety.
References:
• How ‘tapping’ is dividing opinion in therapy circles • Clinical EFT (Emotional Freedom Techniques) Improves Multiple Physiological Markers of Health • Neural changes after Emotional Freedom Techniques treatment for chronic pain sufferers • Emotional freedom techniques for treating post traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis • Commentary: Emotional freedom techniques for treating post traumatic stress disorder: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis • A Randomized Controlled Comparison of Emotional Freedom Technique and Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy to Reduce Adolescent Anxiety: A Pilot Study • Food for Thought: A Randomised Controlled Trial of Emotional Freedom Techniques and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy in the Treatment of Food Cravings • The impact of emotional freedom techniques on anxiety, depression, and anticipatory grief in people with cancer: A meta-analysis and systematic review
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Links in the notes 11
- https://psychology.org.au/insights/how-%E2%80%98tapping%E2%80%99-is-dividing-opinion-in-therapy-circl
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6381429/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35933806/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37637920/
- https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1308687/full
- https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1089/acm.2015.0316
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27140673/
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022399925000522
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/sleep-duration-quality-health/103870612
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/body-hurt-aches-age-30/103840572
- https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/whats-that-rash/msg-additive-myths/104447016
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