Abstract

Energy Psychology (EP) includes a spectrum of practices in which people tap on their bodies while focusing their minds on problems they want to change. EP therapies are very rapidly effective, compared to many other conventional forms of psychotherapy. This discussion considers a spectrum of explanations for how EP works, including: tapping on acupuncture points, shifts in other biological energies, cognitive changes, psychological conditioning, expectation effects, distraction techniques, wholistic healing, alternating stimulation of right and left sides of the body (presumably producing alternating stimulation of left and right brain hemispheres) and nerve conduction speeds.