The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology: An Immunologist’s Perspective on Physiological Mechanisms Underlying Energy Psychology Treatments

Judith A. Swack • January 3, 2024
The Neurophysiology of how meridian tapping techniques actually work to reprocess and release trauma from the body.

(Original Title: Energy Psychology Isn’t Weird; It’s Biology)Presenter: Judith Swack, Ph.D. Plenary Speech Presented at the 2001 Energy Psychology Conference of Subjects Treated with the Allergy Technique.


Lane, J. R. (2009). The neurochemistry of counterconditioning: Acupressure desensitization in psychotherapy. Energy Psychology: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 1(1), 31–44.


Paper: The Biochemistry of Energy Psychology

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