New uses for eye movement therapy

Some people sufferinq from post-traumatic stress disorder, such as rape or accident victims, have been helped by eye movement desensitization reprocessinq (EMDR), a technique that involves a trained therapist rapidly movinq his or finqers in front of the patient's eyes. Now, some practitioners are usinq it to enhance performance in fields as varied as sports, business and the arts and to help people overcome psycholoqical hurdles such as stage fright. One example: Arden Mahlberq. P~.D..a clinical psycholoqist in Madison, Wis., treated a woman who wanted to qo on a horseback-ridinq vacation with her husband but was afraid of horses. "The woman attained her qoal after one EMDR session," Mahlberq says. "In fact, they qave her the most challenqinq horse."

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Sharon Alden

Alden, S. (2001, April). New uses for eye movement therapy. Shape, 20(8), 101