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= Roger J Callahan = Roger J Callahan (8 May 1925 - 4 November 2013) was an American clinical psychologist who pioneered the development of Thought Field Therapy (TFT). Callahan was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan, earning his degree in clinical psychology at the University of Michigan, and his Ph. D. in clinical psychology from Syracuse University. As an adolescent he served in the army for four years before he began training in psychology, where he was a clinical psychologist for 58 years. During this time he was the president for the American Academy of Psychologists in Marital and Family Therapy, president for the Michigan Society of School Psychologists, an Associate Professor at Eastern Michigan University, a Research and Clinical Psychologist at Michigan's Wayne County Training School, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Psychotherapists Treating Addiction. Callahan taught at both the University of Michigan and Syracuse University, had private practices in Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Indian Wells, and La Quinta, California and published a number of books and peer reviewed journal articles. He married Joanne Laughrin, a graduate of California Santa Barbara and California State University San Marcos, in 1991. Upon his passing he left behind Joanne, along with his four children Patti, Martha, Amy and Scott, eight grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Origin of Thought Field Therapy
Thought Field Therapy (TFT) is a controversial drug-free tapping therapy pioneered by Roger Callahan which is thought to reduce or eliminate psychological distress and pains. The therapy is loosely based on acupuncture, acupressure, and traditional Chinese medicine. Callahan moved away from traditional psychological therapies, such as cognitive behavioural therapy and eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing, after training in kinesiology and began trying to find a non conventional way of treating problems by addressing energies in the body. He began testing how the meridian points of the body affected psychological stressors such as post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety arisen from phobias. His first major breakthrough was in 1980, when he had success using finger tapping to eliminate a client's fear of water.

Support for Thought Field Therapy
Despite the criticisms and lack of experimental research to back the theory, other academics and professionals in the field support the theory, with James McKoy, Chief Rheumatology Services Assistant Chief of the Neuroscience Department Hawaii, stating "When I observe a number of suffering patients who did not respond to our usual treatment modalities, suddenly get better after TFT algorithms are given, I don't need a double-blind controlled study to tell me the value of TFT." Some studies have also been carried out and are in support of TFT.

Publications
Callahan is a highly published author, with an extensive library of published work in both books and journal articles.

Books
Callahan, R. (1955). The measurement of anxiety in a group of sixth grade children. Doctoral dissertation, Syracuse University.

Callahan, R. (1978). Test manual for CAP (Callahan Anxiety Pictures): A projective test for experimental and clinical evaluation of anxiety in children. Los Angeles: Sunset Distributors.

Callahan, R. (1985). The five minute phobia cure. Wilmington, DE:  Enterprise.

Callahan, R. (1988). The anxiety-addiction connection. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center.

Callahan, R. (1993). Love pain: The video. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R. (1993). The identification and treatment of toxins (A set of 2 videos and a manual). La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R. (with Perry, P.) (1991). Why do I eat when I’m not hungry? New York: Doubleday.

Callahan, R. (with Perry, P.) (1992). Why do I eat when I’m not hungry? New York: Avon (Paperback Edition).

Callahan, R. (1990). The rapid treatment of panic, agoraphobia, and anxiety. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R. (1995). The anxiety-addiction connection: Eliminate your addictive urges with TFT (Thought Field Therapy). La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R. (1997). Cinq minutes pour traiter vos phobies. Barret Le Bas France: Le Souffle D’Or.

Callahan, R., & Callahan J. (in press). Thought Field Therapy: Clinical applications for treating phobic and traumatic stress (Psychosocial Stress Book Series). New York: Brunner/Mazel.

Callahan, R., & Callahan, J. (2000). Stop the nightmares of trauma: Thought Field Therapy, the power therapy for the 21st century. Chapel Hill, NC: Professional Press.

Callahan, R., & Callahan, J. (2000). Den spuk beenden: Klopfakurpressur bei posttraumatischem Stress. Kirchzarten bei Freiburg

Callahan, R., & Callahan, J. (1996). Thought Field Therapy® (TFT) and trauma: Treatment and theory. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center:

Callahan, R., & Levine, K. (1982). It can happen to you: The practical guide to romantic love. New York: A&W.

Callahan, R., & Perry, P. (1991). Why do I eat when I’m not hungry? How to use your body’s own energy system to treat food addictions with the revolutionary Callahan Techniques. New York: Doubleday.

Callahan, R.J. (2001). Stress, health, and the heart. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R.J. (2002). Leben ohne phobie. Kirchzarten bei Freiburg, Germany: VAK Verlags.

Callahan, R.J. (2003).Der Unwiderstehliche Drang. Kirchzarten bei Freiburg, Germany: VAK Verlags.

Callahan, R.J. (2004). The collected first papers on Thought Field Therapy. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R.J. (2006). Voltmeter and psychological reversal: An authoritative presentation of vital and important information on the accurate and effective use of a voltmeter with Thought Field Therapy®. La Quinta, CA. TFT Training Center: Callahan Techniques.

Callahan, R.J. (2008). The five-minute cure for public speaking and other fears. Kent, UK: Balloon View Ltd.

Callahan, R.J. (with Trubo, R.). (2002). Tapping the healer within: Using Thought Field Therapy to instantly conquer your fears, anxieties, and emotional distress. New York: McGraw Hill.

Journal Articles
Callahan, R. (1995). A Thought Field Therapy (TFT) algorithm for trauma. Traumatology, 1(1).

Callahan, R. (1997). Thought Field Therapy: The case of Mary. Traumatology, 3(1).

Callahan, R. (1998). Response to Hooke's review of TFT. Traumatology, 3(2).

Callahan, R. (2001). Raising and lowering of heart rate variability: Some clinical findings of Thought Field Therapy. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(10), pp.1175-1186.

Callahan, R. (2001). The impact of Thought Field Therapy on heart rate variability. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(10), pp.1153-1170.

Callahan, R. (2001). Thought Field Therapy: Response to our critics and a scrutiny of some old ideas of social science. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(10), pp.1251-1260.

Callahan, R. (2005). Unprecedented improvements in short-term heart rate variability due to Thought Field Therapy: Response to the Pignotti retraction. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 61(3), pp.367-372.

Dissertations/Thesis
Callahan, R. (1955). The measurement of anxiety in a group of sixth grade children. Doctoral dissertation, Syracuse University.