EMDR. How it Misunderstands Trauma Therapy

Although EMDR has been widely used for decades and can be helpful in some cases of trauma: particularly single, explicit traumatic events, its original theory is outdated. Modern neuroscience shows that trauma is not primarily a memory problem but an interruption of emotional and physiological processes stored in the body, not just the mind. Eye movements do not cause trauma processing; rather, emotional activation naturally produces eye movements. EMDR can support healing by providing structure, safety, and preventing dissociation, but it is not the mechanism of healing itself. True trauma resolution occurs through emotional allowing: letting the body complete unfinished emotional and autonomic responses. All effective trauma therapies share this underlying mechanism, and EMDR should be understood as a supportive tool rather than the cause of trauma integration.

00:00 Intro music.
00:12 EMDR history & why it's popular.
00:47 Why the original EMDR theory is outdated.
02:05 Introducing Emotional Allowing.
02:29 Trauma: not primarily a memory problem.
04:13 Implicit (preverbal) emotional memory explained.
05:32 Eye movements: effect vs cause.
08:08 When EMDR helps the real mechanism.
09:39 When EMDR often fails (developmental/complex trauma).
11:00 Emotional allowing as the true healing mechanism.
13:56 Clarifying EMDR’s correct niche.

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