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Warpy

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4. EMDR has been controversial for the last 10 years

Reply to Celebration (Original post)

Tue Jan 22, 2013, 06:21 PM

Jan 2013

because it doesn't work 100% of the time, but what does?

It really does seem to work spectacularly in a few people, reasonably well in many others, not at all in a few.

It's a technique psychologists need to be trained in.

I'm just glad they're doing the grunt work of measuring the quantifiable things like GSR. Maybe it'll be less controversial after this study.

It's one of those things that looks like pure woo but isn't.

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Can Eye Movements Treat Trauma? [View all] Celebration Jan 2013 OP

The "eye movement" part of this is a red herring. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #1

yes, anecdotally all of that works Celebration Jan 2013 #2

YES. IT WORKS Dont call me Shirley Jan 2013 #3

EMDR has been controversial for the last 10 years Warpy Jan 2013 #4

Actually, I have some pre-post-EMDR EEG data collected at least 15 years ago. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #5

Nice to hear from someone still in the trenches Warpy Jan 2013 #6

I'm sure there are other ways to do it besides bilateral stim. Jackpine Radical Jan 2013 #7