Posted by pseudoname on March 30, 2006, at 10:36:47
In reply to Re: NPR’s treatment, posted by Tabitha on March 30, 2006, at 1:53:38
I guess the question for me is, are the practitioners of Thought Field Therapy doing harm more than they're helping?
The benefit is NOT permanent, as they claim, so that's misleading the consumer. Also, the tapping is irrelevant except as an exciting ritual, so that's misleading, too. But if being misled a little helps the patients to believe it initially so that they do get the temporary benefit, is that a bad thing?
I would have to say yes, it is a bad thing to mislead patients. Temporary relief from some symptoms, especially if it's only one time, is just not worth it.
The woman whose problems returned a few weeks after her TFT treatment ended up BLAMING HERSELF for that. She seems worse off because of TFT: she has her original problems PLUS she thinks she's a unique failure at doing therapy.
In the TFT described in that broadcast, it quickly resulted in more harm than help.
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