EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:opponents of EMDR
Shawn Cahill · 10/30/01 at 5:21 PM ET
Hi Stephanie: There are a number of individuals who have been openly critical and skeptical of EMDR who have presented their concerns in a variety of forums including professional journals and the popular press. These individuals include Jeff Lohr, Rich McNally, Gerald Rosen, James Herbert, Scott Lilienfeld, David Tolin, Kim Meuser, Ron Acierno, and myself. In some cases, you may be able to find an exchange of papers between proponents of EMDR and skeptics of EMDR. For example, Shapiro has responded criticisms made by Lohr and colleagues, and there was a spirited exchange of papers between Lohr et al. and Howard Lipke that appeared in a newsletter called the Behavior Therapist. I recommend searching Psych Lit for relevant articles by some of the individuals mentioned above. Your local University Library would be a good source for obtaining copies of papers that appear in common psychology journals. In other instances, you can frequently obtain copies of the articles by corresponding with the author. Good luck in investigating this issue. I encourage you to read both sides of the argument very carefully. On a personal note, I like to think of myself as a proponent of evidence-based practice and of good science, rather than an opponent of EMDR. In fact, I'm quite convinced that EMDR works for PTSD. However, I question other claims made about EMDR, such as claims about relative efficacy and differential mechanisms.
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