why was this done?

when i had a emdr session last year the therapist used tapping on my legs and i was able to go back to some of the traumatic feelings i had as a child during the abuse. she however tried to hug me because i was crying and when i pulled away she screamed at me that she could not help me if i did that. when abuse has left the person with fear of strangers touching why would she scream at me like that?
i know you can not advise on specifics but is that part of the emdr training, to scream at people maybe to shock them back to the present? i know i dissociate very easily but i remember her screaming at me and to tell you the truth that is one reason i have avoided trying again. i left there feeling like i was watching myself leave and when i went back for the next session i told her i was cured because i was afraid to go further. i know that sounds childish but i had more than enough screaming in my childhood.

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Re:why was this done?, by an EMDR client and professional, 08/21/01 Re:why was this done?, by , 08/21/01 Re:why was this done?, by , 08/21/01 Re:why was this done?, by Sandra Paulsen Inobe, PhD, 08/21/01 Re:why was this done?, by caged_bird, 08/22/01 Re:why was this done?, by Norman Goldwasser, Ph.D., 08/23/01

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