ABSTRACT
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is far less well organized and much less physiologically oriented even than psychoanalysis. In EMDR, the rationale is to detoxify and restore normality to consciousness. EMDR has troubling similarities to both hypnosis and psychoanalysis. In order for EMDR to gain scientific credibility, it will be necessary to conduct controlled studies that never appeal to devoted practitioners. This chapter discusses the cosmetic pharmacology of amine reuptake blockers, like Prozac, and in the companion volume which focuses more sharply on the treatment implications of protoconsciousness theory. Quantitative electroencephalogram is required to test hypotheses about altered states like lucid dreaming, and functional magnetic resonance imaging studies are also warranted to determine the difference between those states and normal waking but also to differentiate between two or more altered states. The new kid on the psychotherapeutic block has very conspicuous relevance to protoconsciousness theory and to the known neurobiology of state control.
