EMDR Forum Archive, 1999
Re: EMDR and the Evidence
Dr. D · 2/11/00 at 4:16 pm ET
I am a therapist with twenty-five years of experience, and I feel very comfortable with my academic background, skills, and the quality of treatment I provide for clients. However, I am also always searching and open to ways I might improve on what I am doing. I began EMDR training a couple of years ago, and I have proceeded slowly and with care to listen and evaluate all sides of the controversy that seems to surround this method. Personally, I am cautious about using any method whose proponents are too zealous about it's powerful ability to work magical cures where all others have failed. Thus I have proceeded very intentionally to begin my own clinical investigation of EMDR. I have also read most anything I can get my hands on and have listened carefully to the case study evidence provided by both clinicians and clients. At this time I am favorably disposed toward this treatment based on all the evidence of which I am aware, including the recent comments made by Brian in this forum. All of us in the mental health profession (and I don't know if Brian is) should know that the controversy regarding what is good "science" and what isn't in our field will reign long after we have passed from this earth. From a personal perspective, I am quite secure with practicing a profession that is more art than science, and I am also respectful of the value of case studies of one. The recent criticism of EMDR in this forum seems quite intense, so I wonder if there is really openness to other points of view. In any event I know of no other cognitive behavioral therapy that has achieved comparable results in the same amount of time in the treatment of PTSD and other forms of traumatic stress. I am open to exploring references to the contrary, so please go ahead!
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