02/27/2026
If you work with trauma, you know how long healing can take — especially when clients are living with flashbacks, nightmares, and chronic hyper-vigilance.
What’s encouraging is that Clinical EFT has been shown in multiple randomized controlled trials to significantly reduce PTSD symptoms in as few as 4–10 sessions.
In fact, meta-analytic research reports a Cohen’s d effect size of 2.89 for EFT in the treatment of PTSD — an exceptionally large effect size compared to many trauma-focused interventions.
For context, a Cohen’s d above 0.8 is considered large.
2.89 is remarkable.
Nelms, J., & Castel, D. (2016). A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials of EFT for PTSD. Explore, 12(6), 416–426.
For clinicians, this matters.
Because trauma isn’t just cognitive — it’s physiological.
When we integrate somatic stimulation with memory reconsolidation processes, we’re not just helping clients understand their trauma.
We’re helping their nervous systems reprocess it.
If you’re a clinician, coach or healthcare worker curious about integrating EFT into your current practice, comment TRAINING below and we’ll send you a free class that walks you through the next steps. ⤵️