Re:Mechanisms of Action Hypothesized

It has been demonstrated that the EM's are unnecessary so these hypotheses are wrong and should be discarded.

From Carrol's entry (http://skepdic.com/emdr.html) ,

Finally, when evidence came in that therapists were getting similar results to standard EMDR with blind patients whose therapists used tones and hand-snapping instead of finger-wagging, Shapiro softened her stance a bit. She admits that eye movement is not essential to eye movement desensitization processing, and claims attacks on her are ad hominem and without merit.

How can one research eye movements as the mechanism when it has been shown that the eye movement part of EMDR isn't necessary? As a matter of good science, these hypotheses will need to be discarded.

The hypotheses that are being offered tell us more about the belief systems and cognitive biases than about the science, or lack thereof, underpinning EMDR.

Replies:

On Eye Movements in EMDR, by Sandra Paulsen PhD, 02/12/04 Re:On Eye Movements in EMDR, by Sandra Paulsen PhD, 02/17/04

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