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| Visitor Alert! Aetna Insurance has ceased covering practioners who use EMDR (2004). | ||
| I hope to impress upon the visitor to EMDR Controversial that EMDR has numerous failings. It has been established that the eye movement aspect of Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR) is unnecessary for beneficial effect to take place (Lohr, et all, 1998). This reduces EMDR to the category of any the other exposure based therapies given this discovery. For those unaware, the 1998 review of therapies listed EMDR as "probably efficacious." This is the lowest rating possible. In the words of Scott Lilienfeld PhD, "it is deemed better than nothing." | ||
| The serious visitor to this site should take a few moments and read what I consider to be very powerful articles by some of the more well known authors and researchers in the field of psychology, Gerald Rosen and Richard McNally (Harvard), which are accessible from my Articles Page or the previous link. Other well known authors can be accessed from the Related Links Page. | ||
| The advocates of EMDR also tend to let their anecdotal experiences take the place of experimental researchers' findings. | ||
| In my case, my therapist thought that I was improving because I responded seemingly well to the Significant Units of Distress (SUD) and the Validity of Cognition (VOC) scales that is an essential part of EMDR. Unfortunately, he had no other objective means of judging just how well things were going with me. Nonetheless, after some 12 sessions of EMDR, I finally snapped. I have been demonstrating uncontrollable myoclonic, tic-like movements and stuttering ever since. Though EMDR was tried again several times after the incident it proved ineffective in stopping what it had started. | ||
| Francine Shapiro, in her remarks to me said that EMDR should be tried once, twice, and if no immediate benefit is realised then discontinue EMDR and and use another intervention (Sept. 1998 conversation with F. Shapiro). | ||
| As to what exactly caused the myoclonic tics and additional problems may never be known due to the failure of my legal efforts to find a reason and establish responsibility. I want my visitors to know that my failed legal efforts were due to inaction on the part of my attorney and was not due to the validity of my case. One of the neuropsyche doctors who tested me said that it was a good thing for the erring doctors that my case was dismissed. Should it have ever gone to court he said I would have kicked their collective butts. Oh well, such is life. | ||
| I hope you will utilize the resources, such as they are, of EMDR Controversial to further your knowledge of the intervention and use its material to help you decide if the therapy is right for you. Please be sure to read what Articles I have posted here and visit the Links Page for additional information. Hopefully you will find your question answered in that material. If not, please feel to contact me (there are email links at the bottom of each page). Due to volume of email I may not respond right away but I will try as I am able. | ||
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