My T also introduced it right at the beginning. I think we did about 4 sessions of EMDR--not sure. He also does some EMDR-related therapies. My T uses it in a lot of ways, not just limited to one or two traumatic incidents as WP mentioned a trauma clinic she knows did. I found the EMDR sessions could take longer than a regular session. So it was good to have the EMDR session as T's last of the day, so we could go over if need be or to book a special, longer session. 90 minutes seemed to work well. I would feel really, really exhausted after the sessions. At the time, EMDR did seem to help, but looking back, I'm not sure, at least not in the way it is billed. I think it provided a very specific frame to therapy in the early sessions with my T. This was somewhat reassuring, in a way. There is a set protocol--first we do this, then we do this. I think it helped provide guidelines of a sort for how to interact when we did not know each other well. Now I don't feel I need it. I know T well enough to do the work without it. He has told me he incorporates a lot of elements of EMDR into his regular therapy (the moving back and forth between two extremes) so maybe this has helped me too.

If nothing else, it is an interesting therapy to try, and if you are sufficiently grounded, it shouldn't harm. If you are easily triggered or dissociate, you may need to do preliminary work first or use a different approach. Good luck.