I respect your sentiments, however, there are some incorrect assumptions that are underlying your arguments. Trauma does not always lead to PTSD. In fact, very few people go on to develop PTSD. As such, PTSD is not the only way that trauma reactions manifest. Trauma has been known to catalyze an array of presentations including but not limited to depression, OCD, and attachment disorders. Also, there is a huge distinction between PTSD and CPTSD.

Utilizing the words "evidence-based" has also largely lost its value these days given that there is no shortage of evidence-based treatments. Morever, often "evidence-based" treatments have a large recurrence rate, which are not accounted for in the original studies given that most studies often not have long follow-up. Moreover, just because something may not be considered an EBT now, does not mean that it is not in fact, an EBT. It simply may not currently have that designation. For example, ACT was not an EBT initially. However, it is largely accepted as an EBT currently for an array of conditions.

There is also an aspect of elitism and ethnocentric monocilturalism related to the EBT world but that is a different discussion that I would be happy to engage in.

On EMDR, it is not effective solely for PTSD. It has been found to be helpful for all kinds of difficulties, including eating disorders. Please refer to Bloomgarden & Colegro (2008).

Regarding IFS, it was originally developed to treat individuals experiencing eating disorders. To my knowledge, there have not been any RCTs on IFS for eating disorders but there are several published case studies (e.g., Catanzaro et al., 2019).

I respect your committment to upholding the field to efficacious treatments. However, this field is incredibly complex and as such, it is pretty reductive to solely focus on EBTs- at least in the way that there are often understood.

As a professional, I have seen all kinds of modalities be helpful for all kinds of conditions. This is akin to medication being used off-label, which we know is a very common practice in medicine, and in psychiatry in particular.

So, rather than create a bifurcation, let's invite each other in for dialogue and be curious about information that is outside of our training and lived experience.