Re: EMDR in PTSD

If you work with a trained EMDR clinician who knows how to help you through the process, and if you have been screened for a dissociative disorder, it is unlikely that you will get stuck in the terror.

In fact, it is more likely that you are stuck in the terror now, because that's what PTSD is. (I don't know anything about your case, obviously, but in general this is true).

In preparation you can make sure that you have a relaxation and containment or "safe place" procedure available to you, and you may wish to have your first EMDR session be a double session so there is ample time.

At the end of any EMDR procedure the therapist should make sure the procedure has been closed down, contained or "tucked in" for comfort. If the processing is incomplete in spite of these efforts and the client's discomfort is high, going in soon for an additional session will likely allow time to complete the processing.

And completed processing means no more PTSD (if it was a single trauma PTSD). For multiple traumas the process is more complicated and the therapist needs to know what to do for that case as well.

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