Re:using exposure, cbt, with emdr

The research says you can make changes either way, that is by changing behavior and thoughts causing a change in emotions, or the going in on the emotions and releasing them, and then getting a spontaneous shift in the cognitions and behavior.
so having a cognitive behavioral therapist is not a bad thing, as long as they are willing to allow the emotions to be owned and released in EMDR. The two are a pretty powerful combo.

I'm with you though. Having done CBT before I was an EMDR doc, I find EMDR to be just better, easier to stomach. Its so organic and basic, people generally accept it well. EMDR feels like going with gravity, and CBT feels like resisting gravity to me, to the degree one is talking people out of their feelings and beliefs. Effortful.

But I still use CBT adjunctively to EMDR, especially for phobias and for obsessive compulsive disorder, and for panic disorder.

Good luck to you.

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