Hi EV, yes, sister is right, I have done EMDR several times and found it very helpful for processing the stuck trauma of past events. I don't think it is a therapy, though, that is useful in all situations. I think mostly EMDR is used for trauma, so if your presenting problem was depression, for example, it wouldn't necessarily be a good fit (unless your depression were due to trauma).

I think the worst thing about your specialist's statement that EMDR can help everyone is that it may have biased you against both him and EMDR. And if that is true, this therapy probably won't work for you even if it might have if he had not said that. Does that make sense?

Maybe you could talk to the EMDR specialist some more about his statement.

When I look back on the EMDR, I think not only was it helpful to me with my trauma, but it was early in my therapy with my T, and I think going through this somewhat weird therapeutic technique together helped us bond. I trusted him to take me through this off the wall protocol about which I knew nothing and was highly skeptical. I just had to sit back and trust him to know how to drive the bus. And he did.

Best of luck.