Hi Jean-Marc, You may want to think twice before you get further involved with EMDR. The following came from Quackwatch.com:
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) EMDR is promoted for the treatment of post-traumatic stress, phobias, learning disorders, and many other mental and emotional problems. The method involves asking the client to recall the traumatic event as vividly as possible and rate certain feelings before and after visually tracking the therapist's finger as it is moved back and forth in front of the client's eyes [6]. EMDR's developer and leading proponent, Francine Shapiro, Ph.D., received her nonaccredited doctoral degree in 1988 and established the EMDR Institute to train mental health professionals. She and her associates have trained more than 22,000 clinicians worldwide in workshops that in 1997 cost $385 [7]. EMDR resembles various traditional behavioral therapies for reducing fears in that it requires clients to imagine traumatic events in a gradual fashion in the presence of a supportive therapist. However, controlled research has shown that EMDR's most distinctive feature (visual tracking) is unnecessary and is irrelevant to whatever benefits the patient may receive [8]. Recent reviews have concluded that the data claimed to support EMDR derive mostly from uncontrolled case reports and poorly designed controlled experiments and that the theory of EMDR clashes with scientific knowledge of the role of eye movements [9,10]. Additionally, I would like to add a couple of personal "red flags". One is that like many "wonder cures" this started off as being a specific treatment for PTSD and is now said to cure everything from hangnails to hangovers. The second is that the technique is sold instead of freely reported in the journals. Other Tipsters may have more detailed information. All best, -Don. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Marc Perreault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 2:22 PM Subject: EMDR > Hi all, > I recently attended a conference on EMDR (Eye > Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). This is a > technique used to treat trauma. The idea behind it is > that it "unlocks" memory networs and allows for > blocked materials (do not read unconscious, read > unprocessed) to be processed, and therefore resolved. > > The amount of work that has been done in that field is > quite large, and the results seem to be very positive. > I'm actually thinking of integrating that technique in > my own practice (I do counselling for a counselling > agency). > > What are your thoughts and impressions on EMDR? Has > anyone used it, or had it used with them? > > Cheers! > > > > ===== > Jean-Marc Perreault > Arts & Sciences > Yukon College > Whitehorse, Yukon > 867-668-8867 > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
