Re:emdr

Shelly,

I'm late to this discussion but I'll comment tardily. :)

I spent a lot of time (over a year) doing prep/rdi type work. A lot of it was healing. Some wasn't. I think, for my part, I got stuck in the "transition" of doing prepatory work. That'd be a pattern for me. <rueful smile>

I'm doing standard emdr right now and I have (like many) continued processing out of session. It has (for two months now) been uniformly PLEASANT processing. Streams of "aha's" for days afterwards... and euphoria. Even when the content is unpleasant, the realizations and sense of release are fantastic. :)

I say that because sometimes you hear so much (esp here, and from people like me, lol) about how hard EMDR can be, how triggering, how uncomfortable. When people have great experiences, they don't tend to go to support/clinical forums with concerns!

So, for the record, I love EMDR... and I process really really fast, and it feels great. It actually makes me smile to think about it... and I feel I get so much more done with my EMDR therapist than with my talk therapist. EMDR's like doing talk therapy on "fast forward". :)

So, good luck! Hope EMDR brings you much healing.

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Re:emdr, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe PhD, 09/08/03 Re:emdr, by shelley, 09/11/03 Re:emdr, by , 09/11/03

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