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Posted by adhirhu on June 25, 1998, at 9:21:43
What do people think about EMDR for treatment of PTSD?
Posted by Anita on July 21, 1998, at 16:05:23
In reply to EMDR, posted by adhirhu on June 25, 1998, at 9:21:43
I think there is significant controversy about the
efficacy of the power therapies (EMDR is one).
Personally I've read many positive reports about
EMDR and I know a few people who have gotten real benefit
from it. I'd try it.Anita
Posted by Toby on August 6, 1998, at 15:46:14
In reply to Re: EMDR, posted by Anita on July 21, 1998, at 16:05:23
EMDR is truly amazing. It is being tried on everything, but I kind of doubt that everyone would benefit in every case. Some of the things it doesn't help are Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, Delusions, Hallucinations, recent cocaine addictions and Depression (can be used in folks with depression and are getting treated with medication). It also doesn't work if you don't want it to, like in people who have to stay sick in order to keep their disability or who want to stay sick in order to keep control of people in their lives. I have found that it works even if you don't BELIEVE it will, but not in the cases where you don't WANT it to. I mostly use it on people that have specific traumas in their past like rape, molestation, murder, physical attacks, and car accidents, but have used it with panic disorder, grief, alcohol abuse (in people who are currently abstinent but have a history of frequent relapses) and phobias like spiders, heights, water, certain medical procedures like dentists or getting blood drawn. For those folks, it reduces their distress 99% of the time (actually, I've never had anyone who didn't have at least some positive response) and the degree to which the distress is eased has ranged from 50% to 100%. Of course that translates into huge differences in the way the person functions in real life and is a much faster way of treating these problems than traditional medications or talk therapy (most folks get lots better in the very first 2 hour session and only need 1-4 sessions total). There is an EMDR web site that lists clinicians who are trained in EMDR in every state. I would not go to someone who is not on that list. There are many bastardized versions of EMDR that are not helpful, can really hurt you and are a huge waste of time and your money.
Posted by Liz on September 26, 1998, at 11:58:03
In reply to EMDR, posted by adhirhu on June 25, 1998, at 9:21:43
> What do people think about EMDR for treatment of PTSD?
I tried EMDR with the hope of letting go of some childhood trauma. It has had the most extraordinary effect! What was achieved was far more then I had ever dared hope for. I am finally free of the effects of my childhood, and the self loathing and distrust that were part of that. I quite literally feel that I have started a new life, one where I am not cringing to avoid the next blow, but reaching out to embrace everything the world has to offer. The depression that I have fought for years is gone, and I do not expect it to return. At 40, I am full of peace and hope and excitement and I am glad to be alive. I know this sounds like a 2 am infomercial, and I cannot tell you logically why the EMDR worked for me, but I know that it did. It is not hypnosis, and I have no stake in selling it. Try it. For me it ended years of pain, and I hope that it can do that for you too.
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