SOME COMMENTS ON "ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY: A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE": PREMATURE CONCLUSIONS BASED ON INCOMPLETE EVIDENCE?

Psychotherapy

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 257-261

  Pignotti, Monica ^a   Thyer, Bruce ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional freedom technique; energy psychology; systematic reviews; thought field therapy

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; AGORAPHOBIA; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL; EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE; EMOTIONALITY; ENERGY PSYCHOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGIST; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL PHOBIA;

EID: 67651184060     PISSN: 00333204     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016027     Document Type: Article

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