
There is concern by clinical psychologists of the adoption of TFT as an unvalidated and pseudoscientific therapy by government bodies and the public at large. Thought Field Therapy in the media: a critical analysis of one exemplar. The fee listed on Callahan's website for this training is $5,000.

Training for the advanced VT is provided by Callahan.

Ĭallahan also asserts that his most advanced level, Voice Technology (VT), can be performed over the phone using an undisclosed "technology". In 1985 in his first book on TFT, he wrote that specific phobias could be cured in as little as five minutes. Callahan has also stated that TFT can treat or prevent physical problems, including atrial fibrillation. A typical treatment session lasts up to fifteen minutes, and is not repeated. Ĭallahan states that the process can relieve a wide variety of psychological issues, including post-traumatic stress disorder, depression, anxiety, addiction, and phobia. He posits that tapping unblocks or balances the flow of qi. In order to eliminate the emotional upset, Callahan says that a precise sequence of meridian points must be tapped. Callahan maintains that these perturbations are the root cause of negative emotions and that each perturbation corresponds to a meridian point on the body. Perturbations are said to be precisely encoded information contained in the thought field each deformation of a person's thought field is connected to a particular problem, and is activated by thinking about that problem. Theory and treatmentĬallahan terms his treatment "Thought Field Therapy" because he theorizes that when a person thinks about an experience or thought associated with an emotional problem, they are tuning into a "thought field." He describes this field as "the most fundamental concept in the TFT system," stating that it "creates an imaginary, though quite real scaffold, upon which we may erect our explanatory notions".

There is no scientific evidence that TFT is effective, and the American Psychological Association has stated that it "lacks a scientific basis" and consists of pseudoscience. Callahan also bases his theory upon applied kinesiology and physics. Foremost among these is the ancient Chinese philosophy of chi, which is thought to be the 'life force' that flows throughout the body". The theory behind TFT is a mixture of concepts "derived from a variety of sources. Its proponents say that it can heal a variety of mental and physical ailments through specialized "tapping" with the fingers at meridian points on the upper body and hands. Thought Field Therapy ( TFT) is a fringe psychological treatment developed by American psychologist Roger Callahan.
