[PinkyDoo]

My T wants to start EMDR. I have been reading about it and I'm scarred to try. One, I'll have to think and talk about stuff that maybe I'd rather not. Two, it seems appropriate for trauma, but I don't think I've really experienced anything truly traumatic in my life. There are bits and parts that have sucked in my past, but nothing I'd consider traumatic. Is EMDR appropriate? Four, and this makes me feel pathetic, I'm afraid that if I do it and it works, I'll be released from therapy and thinking about not seeing my T makes me sad. Even though, realistically, not feeling depressed and not needing a T is ideal. I'll bring this up the next time I see her, but I wanted to get feedback, here, in the mean time.

[zoiecat]

EMDR of course is always your choice but in my opinion I think if you do not have major or complex trauma EMDR might be an easy fix just some of the things from your past that are impacting you now. Then again if you don't want to get better for fear of leaving your therapist that is something I would definitely discuss with them. I can only speak from my own experience and frankly my background is painful enough that I wanted to end. The pain I feel now makes me much more sad then thinking about not seeing my therapist again.

[Out There]

EMDR can be used for many things , I remember when I was researching before I started it a case of a young girl being unwell and having an accident in public that started to take a hold on her responding well to EMDR. It works on " clusters " of feelings so it may get bits and parts that suck being connected to other things. What connections it makes are often surprising.

[kecanoe]

One of the things that I like about EMDR is that I don't have to talk about things that I would prefer not to. The directions my Ts have given is to start with some triggering thing and then let my mind wander. They stop periodically and ask what is going on, and I can say as much or as little as I want, and be as specific or vague as I want. One of them says that what is going through my head is important for me to know, but that she doesn't need to know.

None of my Ts have said that I need to stop seeing them. (well, other than the one who retired) Doing EMDR and resolving some stuff has led to me wanting to end with T2, which I did and it was ok. I haven't ended with T3 and she is not insisting that I do; we do more talking (which I don't really like) and less body stuff. But finishing up with EMDR doesn't mean that you have to quit therapy if you don't want to.

[eye2797]

Mine is for EMDR , we have done it once. I am always in to much crisis or depressed to do it. I would not be done seeing my T , if EMDR was over. I do not see it as a end all your needs for therapy-does that make sense