I was offered this by my counsellor. I went into it very sceptically but found it almost frightening in its effectiveness. It has helped me to deal with one unpleasant memory (though this memory was not really abuse) and I want to use it on some other, more distant and more trobuling, memories. It brought up lots and lots of issues for me - helped me to make links between this episode and others in my past, and in so doing I understood why the later episode affected me so deeply. It has also "released" lots of memories for me.

I suspect a lot of its effectiveness depends on the people involved - both therapist and subject - and on their relationship. I have found I am very susceptible to suggestion and to hypnosis in the past and this too may be relevant. However, for me it has been a very very useful tool and one I hope to use again.

Hope this helps

Caroline