William McCown, Ph.D wrote:
>
> Keep in mind that it is an ethical violation to make inappropriate
> ethical violation claims. The APA needs to have some sensitivity,
> flexibility, and guidelines regarding when students ask you for referral
> and then "spill." This is especially true for non clinicians.
>
> For those who believe EMDR is unethical, try doing a lit review in
> Journal of Traumatic Stress.
William,
As you sent this reply concerning EMDR & ethics to me as well as to TIPS, I assume
that you are directing this reply to me concerning my post.
No where in my post did I state that EMDR was unethical. I did question its validity
and did state that it is a questionable/controversial treatment.
I have yet to see any article that demonstrates in controlled testing the clinical
efficacy of this treatment. Nor have I seen any article which adequately even
attempts to explain the underlying physiological mechanisms of its purported efficacy.
Please provide references if such articles are available (I'm sure others on the list
would also be interested and if possible abstracts could be provided, that would be
great - although would that represent a copyright conflict? ;-)
I do believe that if a student comes to a professor and confides that a therapist is
behaving in an unethical manner, we have a responsibility to follow up on such claims.
However, I stated in my post that the use of EMDR by this particular therapist while
controversial was probably not unethical.
I have greater concern about what appears to be coercive behavior on the part of the
therapist - however, I also wrote in my post that we do NOT have enough information
regarding this situation to make any sort of judgement.
Additionally, I was not the individual who posted the original query regarding a
students comment (although I think it was a totally valid TIPS post and reflected
sensitivity on the part of individual who made the original query).
Perhaps, you should read your posts more carefully before you suggest that someone has
behaved unethically.
linda
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