Re:EMDR and FAD THERAPIES

Dr. P: "Adaptive Information Processing is a a theory put forward to explain what we see in EMDR. There is a hypothesized information processing system that tends toward healing once unblocked. No surprise there - the body tends to push slivers out too."

SKEPTIC: Irrelevant comparison. The body's physical process of pushing out slivers has been observed and confirmed. Your "information processing system that tends toward healing once unblocked" is a hypothesized mental process that hasn't been confirmed by empirical methods. This hypothesis is more philosophy of mind than medical explanation.

Dr. P: "Only time and research will tell whether the AIP theory is supported on a scientific level of explanation."

SKEPTIC: Propose a way to falsify AIP.

Dr. P: "Those of us who practice EMDR all day every day find that it fits what we see."

SKEPTIC: Its called confirmation bias.

Replies:

Re:EMDR and AIP Theory - Summarized, by Sandra Paulsen PhD, 02/12/04 Re:EMDR and Mechanisms of Action in AIP , by Sandra Paulsen PhD, 02/12/04 Re:EMDR and FAD THERAPIES, by Pat. Woodbridge, RN, MFT, 02/13/04 Re:EMDR and FAD THERAPIES, by student, 05/26/04

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