i saw a very harmful therapist years ago who i was trying EMDR with. i have no idea how many times i tried it versus just talking to her, but because she was not a professional like i thought she was and pushed some of her personal beliefs on me (and was just, no pun intended, crazy), it caused me a lot of harm.

i talked to my psychiatrist who does EMDR and for me said she would not recommend it due to my dissociation. that was years ago..but recently she said she could try hypnotherapy (i assume to help with the dissociated parts, memories, etc.).

i do remember years ago having way more active parts, voices/thoughts, non stop noise and non stop dissociation...but then after i had my eating disorder managed, things oddly seemed to quiet down. not sure how it happened since i experienced all that before the eating disorder too.

so, i think that sometimes, it can naturally happen too where things quiet down/integrate.

for myself, i am not so into trying to integrate more because i find it too difficult to even go to my psychiatrist (who is also a therapist apparently) because of anxiety in general...otherwise, i might do therapy more regularly...except i realize for myself that it could cause things to be disrupted more as a result...so i have chosen to just let things go how they will go and when it feels right maybe will give things a try.