EMDR Therapy

It has many uses, but is best know for the work in PTSD. But if you think about it if you get rid of most of your symtoms of PTSD, how much of those others, (depression, GAD, and panic disorder) would remain.

I am just wondering because I have PTSD and depression and I know one effects the other and PTSD is a type of anxiety disorder too, so I wonder if it would work on these since they all seem to relate to each other in a person.
Plus I know if works for performance anxiety, because I used it to get over my new founded stage fright, in fact it worked very well.

EMDR.com has the most up to date info out there.

One thing I believe is important is finding out first they completed level 2 and find out just how much experience they have using EMDR. I have found personally the more experience in EMDR and doing therapy, usually is better for more complicated cases.

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_Sky said:
Purple, it's really very nonintrusive, and a form of hypnosis. But it's suggestibility that you embrace consciously.

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I would have to disagree with this, as I have never experienced suggestibility in EMDR. EMDR is an electic mix of therapeutic orientations. My EMDR focuses heavily on the psychoanalystic aspect; that is, my processing is based on free association-- whatever comes to mind is what is processed-- we allow the experience to naturally unfold, and my therapist does not play a part in leading where I go-- he is only there to ask me where I am, what is happening, and what I can tell him about my experience.

In regards to embracing it consciously-- once again, I would have to disagree, as the experiencing (whether it be memories, a general situation, or a particular emotion), is largely based upon unconscious processes.

My last experience with EMDR (last week) was quite amazing and beautiful-- I "watched" my experience unfold naturally as I went into places that I did not consciously expect to go. It ended with a feeling of safety and protection that I am working on taking with me outside of the session. We are not finished processing this particular situation, so that is why I say "working on." However, I have found that I can associate this pleasant thought and feeling with the negative memory.

I cannot speak for everyone, but I know that with my EMDR, it is like creating my own "story" to go along with the event that I am processing. I can then use my "story" to reprocess and protect me from the negative feelings.

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happysappy said:
What is interesting is that all the T's that I know, thought it was only hype too, or hocus pocus, until they saw the results right before them or even their own personal experiences during the training.

</div></font></blockquote><font class="post">happysappy, it was much the same story with my T. He is somewhat of a trauma specialist, and got to see EMDR in action, was impressed, and got the training and experienced it himself (in the training they must all undergo EMDR treatments, serving as subjects for each other). Until he learned EMDR, he was a certified psychodrama practitioner, and used this therapy very effectively with PTSD. He said it got the fastest results for him in healing trauma with his clients. But once he found EMDR, he pretty much left psychodrama by the wayside, as EMDR was even faster. He uses it successfully for many different applications, e.g. Iraq War Vets, childhood abuse, couples therapy, and more.

I agree, if you want to do EMDR, make sure the therapist has had at least level 2 training.

Wow, thanks, I'm convinced that it is certainly worth a try, I do have an appointment with my therapist tomorrow and he did tell me once that he has learned the technique and has used it on several occasions. I guess I'll only need to find out just how good he is at it.

Once again, thanks, you folks are really helpful and I sure appreciate it.

Cheers,
Gene