i recently saw EMDR listed as an energy therapy and thought that was interesting as i'd not heard that before. at one point i looked into EMDR a bit and the founder of it was into the same sorts of alternative therapies as EFT so i can see how a site like quackwatch would probably consider EMDR either an energy therapy or similar to an energy therapy and thus in their view sketchy.

for me, it's just about being informed. i want to know what the basis of a therapeutic technique is. if it has an underlying spiritual component to it i just want to be aware of that so i don't stumble unaware into something i personally don't want to practice. i once unknowingly did something that i thought was supposed to be a medical treatment and it a) did nothing for my condition and b) was totally freaky and i felt all kinds of whoknowswhat swirling around the room. no thank you!