It’s the only empirically-effective talking therapy there is.
Depending on how the standards are set, it’s also the only effective psychiatric intervention, period. Manipulating symptoms is nice but not nearly enough.
Actually, in one study, TFT beat out EMDR, but then one of the researchers came up with a hypothesis to explain the effectiveness of TFT, EMDR, TIR, and the NLP V/KD technique… and designed something even better:
After the research study was over, there was much persuasive argument from each of the proponents of the brief therapy methods represented. In a later NLP workshop, Ed Reese challenged me to test the hypothesis of pattern destabilization. I proposed that any stimuli capable of affecting a perturbation in visual, auditory, and kinesthetic modes simultaneously would prove to be as effective in eliminating a traumatic experience as TFT, even without the use of their complex algorithms. The stimuli that I proposed to test the hypothesis with was a game readily found in all children’s toy stores called Simon.
it’s also the only effective psychiatric intervention, period.
Absolutely not!
I notice you’ve acknowleged at least mood stabilisers for bipolar disorder, which I was about to shout out. If you went easy of the ‘period’ claim I’d have to concur that many psychiatric interventions are of dubious merit and come with side effects that are not always adequately accounted for.
Certainly drugs have effects. Whether the effects of the drugs are really a help is questionable.
There are a few conditions that people usually just can’t cope with without drugs, even though the drugs have serious downsides. Lithium is a godsend for manic depression, despite it being quite dangerous—but considering how effectively repeatedly cycling is for people’s lives, it’s worth the risk.
Yes!
It’s the only empirically-effective talking therapy there is.
Depending on how the standards are set, it’s also the only effective psychiatric intervention, period. Manipulating symptoms is nice but not nearly enough.
The jury’s still out, but EMDR seems promising—it’s questionable whether the eye movements are necessary, but it seems to perform as well as CBT.
Actually, in one study, TFT beat out EMDR, but then one of the researchers came up with a hypothesis to explain the effectiveness of TFT, EMDR, TIR, and the NLP V/KD technique… and designed something even better:
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Absolutely not!
I notice you’ve acknowleged at least mood stabilisers for bipolar disorder, which I was about to shout out. If you went easy of the ‘period’ claim I’d have to concur that many psychiatric interventions are of dubious merit and come with side effects that are not always adequately accounted for.
The research shows that not all of the efficacy of the drugs is down to the placebo effect.
Certainly drugs have effects. Whether the effects of the drugs are really a help is questionable.
There are a few conditions that people usually just can’t cope with without drugs, even though the drugs have serious downsides. Lithium is a godsend for manic depression, despite it being quite dangerous—but considering how effectively repeatedly cycling is for people’s lives, it’s worth the risk.