How well researched and scientifically proven is EMDR?
For detailed answers to that question, I would encourage you to go to www.emdr.com/studies.htm, but here are a few quick answers. EMDR has been judged as empirically validated and given a rating of “highest level of effectiveness” in numerous international practice guidelines including The American Psychiatric Association Practice Guidelines. In September of 2000, EMDR was accepted by the management of the Vanderbilt Mental Health Center in Nashville (a division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center) as one of only three acceptable treatment methods for their seriously and consistently mentally ill patients. This acceptance was influenced by one clinician, Jan Stadtlander, LCSW, who had been using EMDR with her patients for seven years and achieving remarkable results with them. EMDR is the most researched psychotherapy method for PTSD. There are more controlled studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of EMDR in the treatment of PTSD than any other method. As of 2002, more
