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The Effect of Psychotherapy on Stress Biochemistry: An RCT of Psychotherapy and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

NCT00641394 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 83

Last updated 2018-04-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether there is a change in levels of cortisol, a key stress hormone, during the course of a psychotherapy session. The two forms of psychotherapy compared are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). A no treatment control group provides a baseline measure. The change in cortisol level is compared between the start and end of a one hour session.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Psychotherapy: Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT)

A form of therapy that includes cognitive reframing with somatic reinforcement through touch or tapping of specified points on the body

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

A form of therapy that focuses on negative cognitions of problems, and reframing them in positive terms, but without somatic reinforcement.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Soul Medicine Institute

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dawson Church, PhD · Soul Medicine Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-04-30
Primary Completion
2010-08-31
Completion
2010-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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