Re:emdr

To be clear, I wasn't saying YOU were addicted to EMDR -- your post just reminded me of that potential for some people. You and your therapist can talk about it to see whether it applies.

And the thing that some people get hooked on is adrenalin itself, associated with abreacting trauma. Mind you, I don't really think I've seen this in EMDR except maybe one time, but in the dissociation field there is discussion of it, when people are doing hypnoanalytically induced abreactions. I think the potential is there for some people wtihin EMDR as well.

As long as people are actually recapitulating their victim positions by subordinating themselves to a traumatizing therapy, its all well and good if the pace is manageable.

For therapists, sometimes we don't realize the potential some people have to turn themselves over to more trauma, and because we want to collaborate respectfully with clients, we may move along as the client moves along. Sometimes the therapist has to put on the brakes against the client's wishes, and even though this seems condescending. Its the therapist who should have the first clue if this potential is present for a client.

Repeat: The above comments are NOT intended to be specific to any poster on this forum, but rather are my associations to recent discussions. Clients should confer with their therapists to see whether this applies to them.

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Re:emdr, by John (EMDR - Client), 09/08/03 Re:emdr, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe PhD, 09/08/03

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