Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Effects of visuospatial tasks on desensitization to emotive memories

“…However, there is little evidence that it is any worse than standard imaginal desensitization, either. In particular, forms of the treatment with and without the eye movement component are of approximately equal effectiveness (Boudewyns & Hyer, 1996;Devilly, Spence, & Rapee, 1998;Dunn, Schwartz, Hatfield, & Weigele, 1996;Lohr, Kleinknecht, Tolin, & Barrett, 1995;Spector & Read, 1999;cf. Shapiro, 1989b;Wilson, Silver, Covi, & Foster, 1996).…”