EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:Bilateral stimulation
TMJ · 07/30/00 at 3:17 PM ET
I think it's pretty clear for those who practice EMDR and other power therapies that "bilateral" stimulation is completely unnecessary (both through clinical experience and research). As Dr. Bergmann and others can easily observe, widely alternating methods seem to produce the same effects. This is examplified in the fact that Dr. Shapiro called the treatment Eye Movement Desensitization until she found out that EMs were completely unnecessary. Then, it was claimed that "bilateral" stimulation was the key, which is again being proven wrong. Couple these findings with the fact that other people, such as those who are getting the same results with TFT and EFT, which includes simple tapping on the body (and mostly on only 1 side) that the common denominator is a general sensory stimulation component in the first place (perhaps acting as a heretofor unknown kind of partial distractor) plus exposure, as noted by Dr. Bergmann. Of course, it may be that demand characteristics with SUDs and incomplete exposure inherent in the procedure has lead to some researchers findings that EMDR treatment does not hold up over the long term as well as other behavior therapies. Obviously, more research will be able to clarify these thorny issues. I must say that I don't agree with the deletion of some of the dialogue on EFT and EMDR. I understand why the EMDR board would not like to be seen as promoting these alternatives, but I think that respected EMDR posters had information on the topic that is not being shared, even though they tried to present it, prompting deletion.
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