I've had EMDR off and off for years with my T. and it's been very helpful to me at processing old stuff from my childhood. I can only describe it as a weird experience - I frequently get muscles spasms and twitches when doing it, but it does seem to help me access and process painful memories.

Be careful though, if you have any tendency to dissociate, EMDR can actually make dissociation worse.

You're T should be properly trained so ask what training they've recieved and ask them to explain the theory behind how it works to you. You should also agree with them on what memory / experience you want to target for processing. I found that having a clearly laid out sequence helped me a lot.

EMDR can be really intense so my T usually uses the last 5- 10 minutes of a session for grounding after we do it, so that I'm ok to drive home. I find this helpful.

I find that quite often after EMDR my energy level really spikes for a couple of days and I often feel almost elated, which is great. But then again I've also thrown up after some of my initial really rocky EMDR sessions. So like I said it can provoke really strong reactions.

Good luck with it, I hope you find it helpful.

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