Re:Bilateral stimulation

Sir,

I have been away for a few weeks and return to find that this thread is not a discussion, on your part, of ideas, theories and data, but rather a manipulation of statements and attributions.

You state, " I think it's pretty clear for those who practice EMDR and other power therapies that "bilateral" stimulation is completely unnecessary (both through clinical experience and research)" All you do with such statements is bring the techniques of sensational journalism into this discussion. It doesn't deserve an answer.

You continue with, "As Dr. Bergmann and others can easily observe, widely alternating methods seem to produce the same effects...Couple these findings with the fact that other people, such as those who are getting the same results with TFT and EFT, which includes simple tapping on the body (and mostly on only 1 side) that the common denominator is a general sensory stimulation component in the first place (perhaps acting as a heretofor unknown kind of partial distractor) plus exposure, as noted by Dr. Bergmann." Here, you play with words, again. First, I never discussed any of the meridian-based techniques, nor did I state or imply, anywhere, that sensory stimulation might be acting as a partial distractor. I also have made no mention of exposure. You, and anyone else that is interested can re-read my ideas about sensory stimulation.

You, then, murk-up the water further by accusing the board of deleting material on TFT and EFT. As a seasoned practitioner of TFT, I can tell you that you do that technique no service with your implication that the common bond between EMDR and the meridian techniques is sensory stimulation which acts as a distractor in an exposure setting. You have single-handadly trashed 3000 years of tradition in Asian medicine.

Your ideas and ways of presenting them are not designed to struggle with and explore ideas and theories, but rather to play games, grind axes and waste time. You, sir, are not a scientist, but rather, a politician.

Replies:

Re:Bilateral stimulation, by , 08/14/00 Re:Bilateral stimulation, by Uri Bergmann, Ph.D., 08/14/00 Re:Bilateral stimulation, by TMJ, 08/14/00 Re:Bilateral stimulation, by Fiona Eaton (KANE), 06/27/01

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