No the therapists that have had me try this did not use their own fingers. I had to use my own fingers. a therapist can't be in my life 24 hours a day tapping on my forehead every time I have a panic attack. and being a survivor of child sexual abuse, adult rape, physical and emotional abuse I am very sensative to flashbacks, panic attacks and so on from anything and anyone touching my body sometimes. having something attached to me or my sitting on something that is going to "move" in anyway is not something I would be able to use. Even when I go to my family physician there are times when I cant have then take my blood pressure and so on without experiencing a flashback. So MY tapping myself was the best option available for me when they wanted me to try EDMR.

and regardless of the approach moving my eyeballs and so on is not going to stop me from experiencing flashbacks, panic attacks and so on. I have DID which is that my memories have been separated and stored in pieces unconsciously. Until those repressed memories have been remembered and stored at my conscious level of thinking through working on co consciousness and integration I am always going to have panic attacks and so on. If I didn't have DID and just had normal PTSD symptoms this might have worked for me but as long as I have no memories of why I am panicing EDMR is not going to help me no matter what approach is used. If I could do the contant repitiional movements and sounds and affirmation at the same time I still would be stuck with doing this my whole life because EDMR does not take care of the in depth underlying issues. its just locating the problem and doing the activity in the heat of the moment of panic. The underlying issues - repressed memories and co consciousness and integration has to happen first before I could even benefit from EDMR even if I could do the process.