Found this blog post by a CBT T who started learning EMDR.
Made me realise why my ex T felt helpless as a CBT therapist for me. I'd tell her things and she'd agree they were rational fears given my life experiences.
Source -
https://gowiththat.wordpress.com/201...ike-arrogance/
Quote:
At the center of the EMDR/CBT divide is a core difference in how trauma is conceptualized.*
For EMDR, trauma is stored as unprocessed and unintegrated memories.* The problem results from overwhelmingly negative events that have happened to the client.** Treatment focuses on helping the client reprocess those “stuck” memories in a more adaptive way.*
For CBT, traumatic experiences result in thought distortions.* The problem is how the client*thinks about*what has happened to him.* It focuses on exposures and correcting “incorrect” thoughts.*
EMDR therapists believe that trauma is stored deeply in the emotional brain, beneath thoughts and language.* Many EMDR therapists believe that CBT, with its focus on “distortions,” implicitly or explicitly blames clients for their resulting trauma symptoms.* Many EMDR therapists believe that the language and approach of CBT for trauma can be retraumatizing.
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