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Posted by annie on November 18, 1998, at 22:20:31
What is EMDR? What do the letters mean? Why is it done? What is it?
Thank you for your time.
Posted by Annie on November 19, 1998, at 7:09:21
In reply to EMDR. What is it?, posted by annie on November 18, 1998, at 22:20:31
> What is EMDR? What do the letters mean? Why is it done? What is it?
(This is a different Annie. I have not yet resorted to asking and answering my own questions.)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a non-drug, non-hypnosis psychotherapy procedure. The therapist guides the client in concentrating on a troubling memory or emotion while moving the eyes rapidly back and forth (by following the therapist's fingers). This rapid eye movement, which occurs naturally during dreaming, is thought by practioners to speed the client's movement through the healing process.
Mostly it is used for people suffering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Personally, I think it belongs in the "too good to be true category."
Posted by ~Gail~ on November 19, 1998, at 7:10:14
In reply to EMDR. What is it?, posted by annie on November 18, 1998, at 22:20:31
> What is EMDR? What do the letters mean? Why is it done? What is it?
> Thank you for your time.
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing. See the link at http://www.behavior.net/mhn/bolforum/message/30 It can better answer your questions (& more) than I can) I've had it done by a "certified" therapist, & it was life saving... ~Gail~
Posted by Toby on November 20, 1998, at 15:20:08
In reply to Re: EMDR. What is it?, posted by ~Gail~ on November 19, 1998, at 7:27:58
I am a skeptical psychiatrist. However, EMDR is amazing. It sounds too good to be true and when I first heard of it, I thought, "Oh, what a great scam somebody has thought of and I'll bet lots of suckers will pay lots of money until they find out it's nonsense." But then I had a patient who had had a hand cut off in an accident and had PTSD and NOTHING was helping him... not meds, not therapy, relaxation, visualization, hypnosis, nothing. So I sent him to an EMDR therapist thinking it would at least be only a waste of 2 hours, what could it hurt. And, voila!! He was cured. Since then, I have been trained and have worked with over 100 patients (would be more, but managed care restricts doctor time too much) and results are incredible. Most are cured 100% and others have their PTSD cured 90-100% and the only thing left is their underlying genetic/chemical illness (depression, OCD, schizophrenia, etc) which is 1000 times easier for them to deal with without PTSD. But, I'm preaching. So I'll stop. See the web site Gail spoke of.
Posted by Jerry Bowman on May 31, 1999, at 17:50:28
In reply to Re: EMDR. What is it?, posted by ~Gail~ on November 19, 1998, at 7:10:14
> > What is EMDR? What do the letters mean? Why is it done? What is it?
> > Thank you for your time.
> Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing. See the link at http://www.behavior.net/mhn/bolforum/message/30 It can better answer your questions (& more) than I can) I've had it done by a "certified" therapist, & it was life saving... ~Gail~
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