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J Anxiety Disord 1999 Jan-Apr;13(1-2):225-36
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EMDR and Mesmerism: a comparative historical analysis.

McNally RJ

Department of Psychology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
rjm@wjh.harvard.edu

Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is among the fastest growing
interventions in the annals of psychotherapy. Although many psychologists have commented on its
presumably unusual origins and dissemination, history reveals its many parallels with Mesmerism,
a previous therapy that spread rapidly throughout 18th century Europe and America. The purpose
of this article is to document the many striking similarities between the history of Mesmerism and
the history of EMDR.

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