Re: Should I start with trauma from recent incidents af abuse?

Angela,

Yes, all EMDR training is strandardized. IF, that is, IF it is the "real" training. Most EMDR therapists have been trained by the EMDR Institute. Occassionally I run into a therapist who claims to be doing "eye movement therapy" but the did not complete the EMDR Institute sanctioned training.In order to go the EMDR Institute training you must be a licensed mental health professional. Then you start with Level I (friday night, all day saturday and all day sunday with lots of supervised work). Then you go back to you practice and use EMDR. You are encouraged to start with rather simple cases. After you have some experience, you come back to go to Level II training. When you have completed Level II, then you are "trained in EMDR." The next step is to get more experience and supervision, then you can be certified in EMDR by the EMDR International Association (independent from the EMDR Institute). Hope this is not too long.

Using a "safe place" is pretty standard in EMDR work. Not with every single case, but with most. If you think this would help you, ask your therapist.

No, it is generally not a good idea to do EMDR on yourself, at least in the beginning. You never know what will come up and then you will be all alone trying to deal with it. I will occassionally teach my patients to do this when we are done therapy, but even this is risky and I rarely do it.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any more questions.

Bob

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