Opinions on EMDR?

[cats paw]

To All-

   Has anyone done research about or gone through this type of therapy? I stumbled across the book written by the woman who developed it.  I know that the APA takes a position that is neither for nor against it.

cats paw

[daffodil]

My therapist has done that a little bit with me. It's a little bit on the "weird" side for me, but it was kind of pleasant and somewhat focusing, like yoga, mentally.   Maybe it had a subtle effect that I wasn't conscious of.

[BonesMS]

I've had some brief exposure to it via a workshop.  It appears promising to me.

Bones

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Is that the rapid eye movement stuff?

[BonesMS]

Is that the rapid eye movement stuff?

Yup!

I have to dig out one of my textbooks that discusses this approach.

Bones

[sea storm]

I have been working with a therapist who does EMDR and it has helped a lot. There are places in our brains where trauma lives and if it is too much for us to process it gets stuck. EMDR helps the brain to process the horror. It does it quickly if used by a therapist who is firmly grounded and trained as a therapist in working with trauma without EMDR.I would say that not every person doing EMDR is equally effective.

As a therapist I have worked with children who have trauma and it has helped them so much.