EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re: to Dr. Inobe
· 11/22/02 at 4:07 PM ET
I appreciate your response, and take no exception to EMDR. As a matter of fact, I would like to encourage my daughter who is struggling thru some personal difficulties to look into EMDR therapy, but I know not of an EMDR therapist to recommend. With all due respect to my therapist (I have cancelled the therapy as of yesterday), I am concerned that there may be a "generation gap" problem, as she is most likely younger than my youngest daughter. Dr. Alexander Lowen, founder of her Bioenergetics, says that he believes that it "takes half a lifetime to be a good therapist," and "I don't think you could be a good bioenergetic therapist until you have had 10 years of experience." I was getting more of the feeling of being in her developmental stages. It's nice to know - but also frustrating - that "blockages' can be theraputically addressed. The approach that was used in my case was bioenergetic body work, which I have difficulty understanding the value. I understand the connection of mind and body, but don't quite get Dr. Lowen's assertion that "what goes on in the mind reflects what is happening in the body & vise versa," and that "The energetic processes of the body are related to the state of aliveness of the body." Thomas Edison did not exercise or have good sleep habits. He believed that the "body is just a mechanism to house and support the brain." He was incredibly productive up until his death at 84. This was the first therapy, however, to recognize the BLOCKAGE and to attempt to deal with it. "Ego State" therpay is a new term to me but I shall look into it further. Meanwhile, I am attempting to come to terms with needing to follow Barbara's advise and take charge of my on "recovery" (which is not quite the right word, as I am needing to go where I have never been before.)
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