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Purple, it's really very nonintrusive, and a form of hypnosis. But it's suggestibility that you embrace consciously.
EMDR is eye movement and usually the T waves his hand or a few fingers in front of your eyes to gain a type of hypnosis.


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Sky, I just have to chime in, EMDR is NOT a form of hypnosis, and their is an empirical huge study that should be coming out very soon that debunks the "suggestibility" factor. EMDR.com is a great source, plus there are some great books I could suggest for you. EMDR is very highly recommended by the VA for treatment of PTSD.
Plus pro athletes, musicians, creative people can also use EMDR to enhance their performance and to settle their nerves of performing.

I have experience with using it for trauma therapy and for performance anxiety. My T is also going to use it for ego strengthening .

Most EMDR is where the T, is in full control, so he can change the speed or durations of the bilateral movement, usually by 2 fingers going across the field of vision, or sometimes taps on the clients knees. It is a form of desensitization therapy where the client thinks of the troubling memory, while usually watching the fingers of the T go back and forth. The bilateral movement "unfreezes" the trauma memory, and allows your brain to reprocess it as something that that doesn't have such a strong hold on you.

It is becoming more popular every year, as more T's become trained in it. My T has been doing it for over 10 years and have had very wonderful successes from some of the most severe PTSD cases that have held clients hostage to their flashbacks for years, and now they are recovered.
It is a wonderful tool, but like all things, it doesn't work for everyone, but it does have a high success rate so it is worth the try.