EMDR Forum Archive, 1999
Re: EMDR therapy in companion animals
Brad · 4/3/00 at 1:11 am ET
Since EMDR will fix anything, OF COURSE it works on animals. In fact, I personally think it works on insects. Consider the following story: My pet ant colony was acting just a bit sluggish this past Saturday morning. As usual, I had (1) fed them the night before, (2) watered them down, (3) checked the room temperature, (4) turned out the lights, and (5) sang them to sleep. Same protocol as the previous 6 months, when I first purchased the colony from a friend who had tired of the many responsibilities (especially #5, above). Anyway, the ants were sluggist, particularly Betsy (my favorite). Indeed, Betsy appeared "nervous" and had failed to eat her breakfast. Typically, she is first to the table, and gobbles down her green mush with delight. Upon further inspection, I realized that her friend Ned had died during the night! His wrinkled body lay just inches away, to Betsy's left, up against the glass wall that houses the ant city. Gathering my wits quickly -- and remembering various posts of the creative uses of EMDR that I had gleaned from this very board -- I implemented a new version of EMDR. My version included not only every other form of psychological therapy ever devised by Homo sapiens, but also I added to this eclectic-integrative mix some hyper-neuro-linguistic-programming moves. Moreover, I wiggled within Betsy's visual field a small feather rapidly back and forth just 1/2 inch each cycle for about 23 seconds. Betsy IMMEDIATELY smiled a little ant smile, danced a short ant dance (similar to the famous bee dance), buried Ned, ate some green mush, and then proceeded to stir up the entire colony by doing somersaults across the suface of the cage! Enough said.
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