i have never had the stability to properly evaluate this approach, though did have some sessions one very positive and the other quite the opposite.
the `bad' experience was with a social worker who had some workshops on doing this, and felt that it would `cure' such issues as being denied access to housing, etc. due to my service dog. ie. no matter what exogenous issues frankly beyond my control, emdr would `fix' everything.
in contrast, the person who first did this with me was non-judgmental and approached this issue as one of simple cause/effect. you have sustained damage (mechanically and/or chemically) that in some ways have changed your brain and we are going to try to improve/heal the injuries.
i would suggest ya give it a try, with caution? if i could have kept seeing the first practitioner, i believe it would have helped a lot.
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Not too sure what to include here, but my `issue' is a traumatic brain injury, and secondary to that, trauma triggers. I do not have `ptsd' though I am a survivor of violence.
I have also done a good deal of advocacy work, legal for women trying to escape abuse, and as a support person and art geek, sometimes doing respite care for kids who've been traumatized.
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