Re: 8 Phases of EMDR

Since I don't and can't know the particulars of your case, let me respond in a general way. I'm sitting in for Dr. Shapiro.

Clients vary widely on how comfortable they are proceeding with EMDR, and clinicians vary on how they interweave EMDR with other interventions, so some of this is preference. There are sometimes legitimate reasons why a therapist might wish to space out EMDR sessions, and there can be legitimate reasons why client might wish to space it out or speed it up.

For clients with complex and childhood trauma histories, the EMDR work tends to proceed cautiously. For clients with easy childhoods and adult trauma, one is likely to proceed more rapidly.

This is a subject that a client should be able to discuss with the therapist, and request a speedier approach, or have an explanation why slower is better.

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