Posted by Elroy on February 11, 2005, at 16:40:47
In reply to Re: What is EMDR » dawnfawn, posted by Larry Hoover on December 25, 2004, at 23:19:23
Amen to the posting about QuackWatch. Yes, it does present some valuable information about therapies that are clearly "quack medicine"... but then goes on to paint everything that is not conventional medicine with the same brush. According to Dr. Bennett (QuackWatch - he operates it out of his basement apparently), chiropractic is completely ineffective. As is just about every form of herbalism. And accupuncture. Etc., etc. BTW, if I recall correctly, Dr. Bennett is a retired psychiatrist.
See: http://www.worldchiropracticalliance.org/tcj/2002/feb/feb2002e.htm
Lar, I take it that you had positive effects from EMDR therapy. Is it still continuing? I am to start that therapy next month with a separate therapist. My psych doc currently has me on low-dose Xanax XR and is looking for a mild AD (she is considering Provigil and I am pushing towards low-dose deprenyl with DPLA)... but would prefer to get the underlying issues dealt with a return to my former self!
Elroy
> > There is a medical quack site that refers to EDMR as one of the more absurd methodologies around. http://www.quackwatch.org/ Life is hard enough. Thanks for everyone's comments.
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> Quackwatch doesn't always just present evidence. It has its own biases and distortions.
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> I can't tell you whether EMDR is absurd or not, but I can tell you that it was the most effective therapy, and swiftest therapy, this man has ever experienced. I wish I had a video tape of my most cathartic session. I really do. I think I could learn more about what was inside me just be watching what came out.
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