I had 8 sessions of EMDR paid for by my insurance for a single traumatic event. It was very helpful mostly for relieving the nightmare/flashback/intrusive thought stuff. As well it helped to reduce the intense feelings around the event. However, this event is still with me, not as often, but still there. I know I have more work to do around it- but I can barely speak of it in my current T relationship.

My thoughts on EMDR are: first- make sure the T you are seeing for it is properly trained. Second - make sure they explain it fully to you so that you understand because there are things that may be going on with you that can make it less effective or contraindicated. And third- make sure you can have "enough" sessions, whatever that means to you. I don't think I had enough sessions to get through all the stuff I needed to.

Many people have very very good results w/ EMDR. Good luck!

~Searching