Re:Length of a session

As you may know, we don't comment on individual cases here and you might talk to your therapist about your question. I'll make some general comments tho...

In general, in a single session, if there is to be EMDR done, nearly all of the session times goes to the EMDR, to increase the likelihood of completion. Incomplete EMDR sessions are to be continued at the next appropriate session, without starting a new EMDR target as long as the old target has activation left to it.

There are individual differences in how patients respond to EMDR. Some benefit from even brief processing and some do much better with the entire session or even a double session, to end up feeling comfortable and complete.

In general EMDR is not a 15-20 minute intervention. I start out each session saying to the client, "so is this an EMDR day or a talk day?" and they get it that any talking needs to take 5 or so minutes if it is an EMDR day.

Replies:

Re:Length of a session, by Jeff e. c., 05/26/04 Re:Length of a session, by Paula, 06/04/04 Re:Length of a session (and suspended time), by Jeff, 06/05/04

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