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APA Rejects CE Approval for Energy Psychology Despite Evidence of Its Effectiveness in Treating PTSD With Soldiers and Victims of Disaster Such as Haiti
February 3, 2010The American Psychological Association (http://www.APA.org) has denied the appeal of The Association for Comprehensive Energy Psychology (http://www.energypsych.org), a non-profit association of practitioners and researchers in Energy Psychology, to provide APA Continuing Education credit for Energy Psychology. This action sends a potentially chilling effect on the utilization of one of the most promising treatments for PTSD and trauma at a time when hundreds of thousands of our returning soldiers are suffering from PTSD and more effective treatments are desperately needed. Energy Psychology methods have been used successfully throughout the world to treat thousands of traumatized disaster survivors and U.S. soldiers and have been adopted by three international disaster relief organizations as a core modality (http://www.energypsychologyresearch.com). Full release.