EMDR FORUM ARCHIVE, 2000
Re:EMDR for anxiety and phobias
a client · 10/03/01 at 1:26 PM ET
I'm well educated, but not a professional in the area of therapy. When I read this forum I like to see names attached to what appears to be professional postings. I note that two of your references refer to specific phobias found in children (in both the phobia was related to spiders), can we reasonably say that because EMDR may not work for children in this specific instance that it does not work for adults in other instances of anxiety and phobia. I also note that the last reference relates to the eye movements themselves, a specific component of EMDR. It is already known that it is bilateral stimulation, as opposed to actual eye movements, which is considered to be one important part of the process of emdr. Simply adding eye movements to something is not likely to help, nor will simply adding bilateral stimulation. There is more to it than that. To the original poster of this string. I have left emdr sessions pretty upset, things can get opened up. However, I've left therapy sessions where I haven't done emdr even more upset. Therapy itself is difficult, there is no approach that will be gentle and easy as such. My therapist has a variety of approaches that can be used and all are called into play depending on the issue, how much I am able to handle and my present situation. Why not talk with your therapist about treatment options and see what he/she will do, can offer, if the EMDR is not successful for you or if you find it opens up more than what you feel you can deal with at present.
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