Music and the brain in EMDR therapy:  Is music, itself, EMDR?

This paper brings together my experiences with music in EMDR therapy and the experiences of myself and others with music and the brain. I describe some of the components and forms of music--e.g. imagined music, humming, singing, dance-like movements in EMDR, eliciting fom the client the words of a song, retelling the negative cognitions for a deeply-embedded song, and thythm and chanting--and how, together with EMDR, they can evoke open, integrative states which are more amenable to deep change that either is alone. I believe that since music has some of the basic attributes as EMDR, music by itself may be included with EMDR techniques, e.g., eye movements, clicking, tapping, etc.

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Sheryll Stuart Thomson

Thomson, S. S. (1997, January). Music and the brain in EMDR therapy: Is music, itself, EMDR? EMDRIA Newsletter, 2(3), 23-28