Pengaruh Terapi Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (Seft) Terhadap Penurunan Intensitas Merokok Pada Siswa Laki-Laki

Merokok merupakan kebiasaan yang sulit diubah tergantung perilaku setiap individu. Salah satu upaya untuk mengurangi intensitas merokok yaitu Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) yang merupakan gabungan spiritual power dan energy psychology dimungkinkan dapat mengurangi kebiasaan merokok dan memperbaiki kondisi pikiran, emosi dan prilaku seseorang. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui pengaruh terapi Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) terhadap penurunan intensitas merokok pada siswa laki-laki kelas XI di MA Nahdlatul Ulama’ Sidoarjo tahun 2020. Desain penelitian yang digunakan adalah pre-eksperimental, one group pre-post test design. Sampel pada penelitian ini adalah seluruh siswa laki-laki kelas XI MA Nahdlatul Ulama’ Sidoarjo dengan jumlah 42 responden diambil dengan teknik Simple Random Sampling. Data dianalisa dengan Uji Wilcoxon yaitu terapi SEFT (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) terhadap penurunan tingkat intensitas merokok. Berdasarkan Uji Wilcoxon didapatkan nilai Z = -5.905 dan nilai p Value = 0,000 sehingga (p< α) sehingga H1 diterima H0 ditolak berarti ada pengaruh terapi SEFT (Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique) terhadap penurunan intensitas merokok pada siswa laki-laki kelas XI di MA Nahdlatul Ulama’ Sidoarjo.

Applications of Energy Psychology in Addressing the Psychological Roots of Illness

he impact of psychological factors on illness is, in recent years, being biochemically mapped. The subspecialties of psychosomatic medicine, health psychology, psychoneuroimmunology, and integrative medicine work with mind and body in concert to promote health and healing. A specialized set of mind-body approaches, collectively called “energy psychology,” is being utilized within these and related clinical frameworks to facilitate beneficial changes in the neurological underpinnings of (1) mental states that impede immune function, (2) emotional influences that contribute to illness, and (3) inner resources that promote healing. Combining practices from time-honored healing traditions, particularly acupressure, with concepts and techniques drawn from contemporary psychology, practitioners using one of the most popular variations of the approach teach patients to tap on a prescribed series of acupuncture points while repeating phrases that activate areas of the brain that are involved with the issue receiving attention. Preliminary evidence supports speculation, which is consistent with more than a hundred peer-reviewed clinical trials, that the procedure can send deactivating signals to areas of the limbic system that are in hyperarousal and can send activating signals to regions of the prefrontal cortex that support executive functions such as planning and managing stressful situations. Ways of utilizing the approach for addressing emotional and cognitive aspects of physical illness are discussed. While utilizing the best medical interventions available remains the first line of treatment, the potential value of working with the psychological aspects of disease is frequently underestimated. Energy psychology is proving to be a powerful tool for addressing this dimension of illness and healing. The paper closes with a detailed case history.

Healing and Growth after Trauma in a Rural Australian Community-A Case Study

This community case study outlines the development of a small group trauma recovery program (Leading from within), after several suicides created widespread community trauma. My training and almost 30 years experience as a Clinical Social Worker and my personal experience of trauma provided the impetus for this program which developed 20 years ago. The theoretical underpinnings include behavioural, depth, positive and energy psychology, trauma theory and the neuroscience of stress and trauma, attachment theory, family theory, wilderness theory, mind/body medicine, human potential theory, metaphysics (the science of Mind to Matter) [1], psychosynthesis and epigenetics (including the predisposition to transgenerational trauma). Some individual practitioners have also influenced the thinking behind the program development: Viktor Frankl, a Jewish Psychiatrist developed Logotherapy, lost family members, his thesis and all of his possessions during the holocaust and spent considerable time in Auschwitz [2]. He observed people in the camp and saw a demonstration of his theory. His observation was that those who made some meaning for themselves in the situation of utter privation were the ones who seemed to survive the best. He noticed, for example that people who gave their last piece of bread to help someone else seemed to do better than others, even those who seemed physically stronger.

Neuropsychological correlates of an energy psychology intervention on flight phobia: A MEG single-case study

In this single-case MEG pilot study, an Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT) intervention produced regulation of brain regions exhibiting treatment effects in response to conventional psychotherapy and medication. The neural correlates of the threat response were attenuated, and heightened activation of brain frontal executive regions mediating limbic responses appraisal to stressful stimuli was recorded. These pilot results are consistent with the literature indicating that EFT is an evidence-based treatment for phobias. They provide for the first time knowledge regarding the neurophysiological mechanisms underlying the treatment effects. This study pioneers the methodology required to conduct randomized controlled trials.

Words to tap by: The use of language in Energy Psychology protocols

Most Energy Psychology protocols include a component in which the client is guided in the use of personally tailored wording related to a target problem or goal. These phrases are stated simultaneously with the stimulation of selected acupuncture points (acupoints) via tapping. Thought Field Therapy (TFT) and its popular derivative, Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), are the most well-known variations of the acupoint tapping approaches. These therapies have been validated for their efficacy and unusual speed in resolving psychological and physical conditions in more than 100 clinical trials and several meta-analyses. Clinicians and life coaches wanting to incorporate acupoint tapping into their practices can readily learn the basic protocols but are often unsure about how to formulate the most effective wording to accompany the client’s self-tapping. This paper presents a qualitative analysis of videotaped statements that were judged to move the treatment forward in relationship to three process outcomes: (a) the statement resulted in the practitioner becoming better attuned to the client’s intentions for and experience with the therapy, (b) it explored the issues relevant to the client’s needs and goals in order to deepen both the client’s and the practitioner’s understanding of them, and/or (c) it led the client toward more effective ways of addressing pertinent issues. These three categories—attune, explore, lead—were derived from the 62 therapeutic functions of language that were identified as the videotaped wording was being coded. The list is only an initial formulation, based on one clinician’s sessions as analyzed by that clinician. It is intended as a first step toward a more comprehensive investigation of the use of language in Energy Psychology sessions, its impact on client outcomes, and its implications for practitioner training.

Do Noncoding RNAs Mediate the Efficacy of Energy Psychology?

Background There are over 100 published studies of a therapy called Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT). This popular form of energy psychology combines elements of established methods like cognitive therapy with acupressure. Our group reported the first evidence of its mechanisms of action at the molecular level, showing that it can influence levels of the stress hormone cortisol. Objectives Given recent advances in molecular genomics that have identified noncoding ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecules as important regulators of gene expression, the aim of this study is to explore the possibility that microRNAs play a role in mediating the effects of EFT. Methods We measured microRNA levels in stored blood samples from our previous study in which veterans were randomized into an EFT group receiving EFT and treatment as usual throughout a 10-week intervention period, and a control group receiving only treatment as usual during the intervention period and then receiving EFT. A broad panel of 800 microRNAs was probed using a multiplexed, direct hybridization, and detection system. Results All of the microRNA targets were expressed at low levels and most were below thresholds established by negative control probes. Baseline variability was determined using samples collected from the control group at the start and end of the intervention period, and used to filter out targets that were too noisy under control conditions to be able to distinguish a response to treatment. Analysis of the remaining viable targets found a general trend of reduced expression following EFT, compared to expression levels in samples from the control group during the intervention period. The most notable decreases in expression levels were found for 2 microRNAs: let-7b and let-7c, although no significance was found after adjusting for multiple comparisons. Conclusions These preliminary data support the feasibility of measuring microRNA expression level changes that correlate with effective EFT therapy.