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Episode 143: EMDR – An Interview with Founder Francine Shapiro

Michael — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 12:15:58 +0000

Curious about EMDR? Listen to this interview with the founder of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, Dr. Francine Shapiro talk about EMDR and how it is different from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). This is an intriguing and unique type of therapy and if you want to learn more about it you’ve come to the right place.

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Episode 19: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: an interview with Jamie O’NeilIn this episode, therapist Jamie O’Neil describes how EMDR works and what patients might expect from an EMDR session.

Episode 41: EMDR – A Critical Perspective Dr. Scott Lilienfeld expresses some of his concerns about EMDR in this interview.

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Episode 41: EMDR – A Critical Perspective

Michael — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 16:41:37 +0000

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing – what is it about this type of psychotherapy that draws such criticism? In this episode I interview Dr. Scott Lilienfeld of Emory University. Dr. Lilienfeld has been a critic of EMDR and in this episode he explains his reasons why. He also talks a little bit about how exposure therapy works. A fascinating interview with a leading critic and author of a new textbook in Psychology.

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Authors critical of EMDR:

Dr. Scott Lilienfeld, who wrote the article on EMDR, has a website here at Emory University where he is a Professor of Psychology.
You can learn more about Dr. Lilienfeld’s new textbook, “Psychology: From Inquiry to Understanding” here.
Here is where you can find the full article that Dr. Lilienfeld wrote regarding his criticisms of EMDR treatment. The full title of the article is EMDR Treatment: Less Than Meets the Eye? and it originally appeared in the January/February 1996 issue of the Skeptical Inquirer.

Authors supportive of EMDR:

The Perkins Center for Counseling has an article by Byron R. Perkins and Curtis C. Rouanzoin which attempts to address the critics of EMDR.
The EMDR Institute maintains an FAQ page containing information supportive of the treatment.
Here is the link to the interview I conducted with Jamie O’Neil, a practitioner of EMDR. This is episode 19.

Episode 19: Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing: an interview with Jamie O’Neil

Michael — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 22:29:45 +0000

Want to learn more about EMDR? Listen to this interview with Jamie O’Neil who explains how EMDR works. Turns out it’s about a lot more than just eye movements. Learn more about “Bilateral Stimulation” and the rest of what goes into EMDR.