I've done EMDR a bunch of times, and although it's really intense and a little disconcerting at first, I've found it super helpful at processing trauma stuff. I find visual cues very disstressing, the first time my T did it with me she used a light bar and I had to track the moving lights with my eyes and I wound up throwing up. Now she gives me these little paddles to hold in each hand that alternately vibrate. It seems to be the bilateral stimulation that matters more than how it's acheived. The only thing I'd be careful about is that if you have problems with dissociation, EMDR can make dissociation worse, unless the T is really careful about bring you back and grounding you as the session is winding up.

if you do decide to do it again, I hope you get as much benefit from it as I do.

--splitimage