Yes it is a great tool. I have never done EMDR. Just the idea of moving my eyeballs from side to side very fast while trying to keep my thoughts on the negative thought or flashback while tapping my fore head and saying "this will no longer bother me" makes me dizzy and confused. LOL Not to mention every person is different. EDMR leaves no room for exploring adding your own thing to the routine to fit what you need for calming yoursef and so on.

Yea DID people are considered more functional because they are able to do more things at once because of thier brains ability to rapid switch and match external triggers to memory content but that is pushing it.

I don't find EMDR raw because all it is doing is reprogramming the brain to turn off the negative aspects of a problem and focus on the positive ways to handle being triggered by that memory.

Its basically the same thing that I do - locate the memorys and put in place coping tools of relaxation, drawing, journalling and stimulating all of my senses. for example when I get triggered when on a bus because of the crowdedness I focus my hearing on the relaxation tape, my sense of touch by rubbing my mini bead pillow, my sense of taste by taking a drink of soda or juice, My sense of sight by looking for something different that I didn't see on the last trip down that street.

EDMR locates the memory and uses the sense of sight by moving the eyes rapidly from side to side, the sense of touch with tapping the forhead, the sense of sound by repeating a clicking sound or phrase "this memeory will no longer bother me"

Each person is different and some like me moving my eyes in a repetitve motion gives me vertigo and motion sickness.

I think its better to take things that the person already knows how to do and likes to do and arrange that around building that persons custom made therapy program. A person isn't going to keep doing something they don't like or is not well fitted to their daily plans. Some days Im home and some days Im not. I can see me sitting in a court building lobby under stress and moving my eyeballs rapidly back and forth tapping my forehead with one or two fingers repeating aloud "click click I will remain calm click click I will remain calm..." Yup one ride to the nut ward coming up. But If I am sitting in a courthouse lobby under stress and I slip on headphones andpull out my drawing case (which has a bean bag lap pillow on the bottom of it) and I smooth it and put it on my lap and begin to use the desk top to draw or journal with no one is going to see that as being unusual and all my senses are being stimulated at the same time while using progressive relaxation to stay aware, calm and take care of what is triggering me all at the same time and an added bonus I don't get dizzy and confused trying to keep my eyeballs moving one way, my hand moving another way and my mouth moving with a repetative phase and my thoughts focused on the trigger.

Yes I find hypnosis very helpful and I can do it any where any time and alone or with a therapist. Very versitile and set up for each individual clients needs.