Using the notion of transforming emotion with emotion, the EFT therapist guides each partner to expressing emotions that pull for compassion and connection.
However, the theory and mechanisms underlying the supposed effectiveness of EFT have no evidentiary support in the entire history of the sciences of biology, anatomy, physiology, neurology, physics, or psychology.
Proponents of EFT and other energy psychology therapies have been particularly interested in seeking scientific credibility despite the implausible proposed mechanisms for EFT.
In EFT the aim is to create a new relationship event to act as a kind of transformer and thereby change reactive emotion with positive emotions of attachment.
On average, this panel found EFT had a score of 3.8 on a scale from 1.0 to 5.0, with 3.0 meaning possibly discredited and a 4.0 meaning probably discredited.
