Everything You Need To Know About Eye Movement Desensitization And Reprocessing; The New Type Of Psychotherapy

Critiques of EMDR

EMDR is not without its opponents. There have been claims from the scientific community that EMDR is not as effective as its proponents (namely, Dr. Shapiro) claim. Shapiro was directly critiqued for the cost and duration of training sessions with new EMDR practitioners. Additionally, criticism continues to hammer out the idea that EMDR is no more effective than CBT or exposure therapy and that EMDR should not be hailed as a magic cure for PTSD. Many claim that evidence in favor of EMDR relies too heavily upon anecdotal evidence and flawed studies that do not depict results with enough statistical accuracy.