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EMDR minus eye movements equals good psychotherapy
Author(s) -
Hyer Lee,
Brandsma Jeffrey M.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1002/jts.2490100314
Subject(s) - psychotherapist , eye movement desensitization and reprocessing , perspective (graphical) , psychology , value (mathematics) , desensitization (medicine) , clinical practice , integrative psychotherapy , medicine , clinical psychology , physical therapy , computer science , receptor , artificial intelligence , machine learning , posttraumatic stress
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy roughly equal in efficacy to others currently available. It is argued that this treatment method is efficacious independent of the value of its component parts (e.g., eye movements) and is successful because it applies common and generally accepted principles of psychotherapy. Ten curative principles of this procedure are discussed as reflective of sound psychotherapy practice. It is hoped that an understanding of this therapy from the perspective of the practice and theory of psychotherapy will assist in its study.