EMDR MINUS EYE-MOVEMENTS EQUALS GOOD PSYCHOTHERAPY

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a therapy roug hly 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 app lies common and generally accepted principles of psychotherapy. Ten cu rative principles of this procedure are discussed as reflective of sou nd psychotherapy practice. It is hoped that an understanding of this t herapy from the perspective of the practice and theory of psychotherap y will assist in its study.