ABSTRACT
Having survived the negative publicity generated by the Recovered Memory controversy of the 1980s and early 90s (see "Living with Doubt," Part I ), the movement now known as "Trauma-Oriented Psychotherapy" revived itself at the turn of the century, in part with the help of a widely practiced new technique called EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing). An encounter with Dr. Paul Ornstein, the distinguished Hungarian-born psychoanalyst and Holocaust survivor, at a training conference provided me the opportunity to reconsider what is most important about recovery from trauma. This article appeared in the May, 2000 Psychiatric Times, and Ornstein honored me by writing, "You captured the essence of the day with me beautifully ... even if I cannot view myself as a Rabbi."
