I have been going to my T for over a year now and went to her specifically for EMDR treatments. That is not to say we do it all the time. I normally can work myself up to doing one a month and have to really push myself into the office to do it. It is the most effective method of moving and understanding trauma I have ever experienced. I dealt with my childhood abuse in one session and yes it was very hard to go through. It can both feel very good and it can be very hard. In my experience it is never the things you expect to be the hard issues to be the absolute worst and the true root of the problem. This may be my defense mechanisms, telling myself that that wasn't so bad so that I don't try to deal with it because it was SO BAD.

For the record I was very open with my doctor and pushed myself to be as honest as possible. I also suggest you do have some type of grounding exercise afterwards as you will be very 'floaty' feeling the first few times and make sure some you can trust will come pick you up or that you are able to wait till you feel alright enough to get onto the bus. I found a local park I could go walk around in afterwards and this helped calm me down.