Emdr and tapping therapy

Has anyone tried with there therapist tapping emdr? I want to try it like my t has suggested but im scared i wont be strong enough emotionally. I think she will start with the tapping and gradually see how it goes before doing actual emdr work.

I have no experience with any form of EMDR, but as I understand it, establishing safety is considered crucial before you begin any work.
Provided your T is competent, they should assist you in doing this first.

So far she has suggested that next session she wants to discuss tapping and see how that will work for me and in Feb i will be attending a group on Meditation. I asked her yesturday if she was planning on doing emdr with me and she said yes. I'm not sure if it will be soon or not, as my session go on from here. So far it's been allot of talking and feeling safe again in therapy and life in general.

There are many ways to perform the bilateral stimulation and EMDR. Can either watch the therapist finger go back and forth, there's a light that can go back and forth, some people use headphones with a beep, some people do the tapping on the knees, and there's also buzzers that you hold in your hand. Personally I prefer the buzzers because I like to close my eyes during EMDR. My therapist mentioned the knee tapping option in the beginning and I said no. Personally I would not feel safe there are many ways to perform the bilateral stimulation in EMDR. Can either watch the therapist finger go back and forth, there's a light that can go back and forth, some people use headphones with a beep, some people do the tapping on the knees, and there's also buzzers that you hold in your hand. Personally I prefer the buzzers because I like to close why eyes doing EMDR. My therapist mentioned the need tapping option in the beginning and I said no. Personally I would not feel safe having him that close to me I would never be able to close my eyes and keep him my eyes open and seeing him would also make me uncomfortable. But everybody's different give it a try.

My EMDR T has a light bar thingy and buzzers that you hold in your hands. I prefer the buzzers because I like to close my eyes. It is easier for me to concentrate when my eyes are closed, and that way I don't have to watch her looking at me. I'm not sure what the tapping would be like. There is a lot of groundwork before you start EMDR, and in many ways I find it less overwhelming than regular talk therapy. It seems to work faster for certain things for me too.

I think the tapping is more EFT therapy. I feel like there will be allot of work to be done before the actual EMDR, it's good she brought it up to me yesturday and that we would discuss more of the tapping next session. I hope i find it helps lessen the anxiety i have every day and flash backs that happen quite often. I tend to lose focus too. So i am pretty sure she wont dive into it too fast for me, she has been so patient with me as i open up every time i go.

I have not tried tapping with Emdr. T has handheld pulsating things. Emdr is very intense. A good therapist will take it slowly and do a little at a time so to help with the emotions.

I agree having to sit that close to T would he very difficult fornkr. When discussing my trauma I need my space and because of all the negative feelings. I also close my eyes. I don't want to see T then. I look at her when discussing non trauma issues though.

My T has done the tapping with me. EMDR in general has been difficult and a slow process. There has to be a lot of trust and safety established first. T and I had a hard time establishing the strong base to really get into the work so we stepped back. I have a history of being very afraid of men and was touch avoidant for most of my life. So I was surprised when T suggested the tapping first but we did. Personally I really liked it. I knew he was there and had not left me and between his voice and the tapping I knew he had not moved. While we have not gotten to trauma processing with the tapping it opened up a lot of good stuff for T and I.

Tapping a can also be you alternating tapping your knee with your hand. My T has done that and all I want to do is laugh at how ridiculous it is. Watching my hand tap right knee left knee right knee left knee........so stupid.

That is probably going to be my first reaction and feeling embarrassed to try it in front of my t. However i do want to feel comfortable to give it a try and not run away from being afraid of laughing and feeling embarrassed. thank you, i am afraid of people watching me

Thank you, she so far has told me we would go slow because that has worked well for me. I am starting to trust her and feel i have allot of stuff to get out before we even go to the EMDR.