My T when she suggested we try one of the EDMR type techniques did not give me a whole lot of information about the technique before the session. However she did indicate WHY she was being a bit vague-she knew I would look it up and research it before coming if she did. Which... I technically did anyway with the little information she did give me. I am also a person that doesn't like surprises and want to know exactly what I'm going to be doing before I choose to engage.

My experience with my own "trauma work" has been its not some stand alone thing I've done for a few sessions then we are done with it. We just seem to move into talking about some traumatic stuff, things get intense, she may use a technique or two or give me some instructions to do when stuff surfaces after the session, I deal with the fallout from digging around in the past, then move into another issue for a while. Eventually we work our way back trauma again and chip away at it some more. Sometimes I wish I could just do trauma work where you just vent and purge it all at once, flip out for a while if necessary, and then its over and done with. But... I don't think my organism works like that.