EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:EMDR Certified vs. Non-Certified
Sandra Paulsen PhD · 05/22/04 at 6:04 PM ET
The deleted post had a legitimate question about why the emphasis on dissociation in this forum. Here's why: 1) EMDR is associative. Dissociation is what it undoes. 2) For highly dissociative people, that is DID folks, EMDR can prematurely and abruptly take down dissociative barriers, causing risk of destabilization and crisis. That's not just me saying that, that's lots of people in the field of EMDR. 3) In this public forum, often the lay public and professionals ask questions about whether EMDR is safe. No responsible answer excludes the small area of risk, namely, for DID folks. 4) There is a way to use EMDR for DID clients but one must be knowledgeable in the treatment of DID first. Regarding skepticism about DID: Enough said for now.
1) that's really beyond the scope of this cite to scientifically defend, though its well established by now.
2) try www.issd.org or www.sidran.org.
3) There are dissociative disorders in the DSM-IV, including DID, and have been for some time now.
4) Estimates of rates of DID in outpatient practices range from 3% to slightly higher, information available through ISSD's references. So it can't be responsibly ignored.
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