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Thanks for the feedback! (Yes I've completed the training and working toward certification, plus my own research on other areas of trauma work). I like explaining the process of EMDR to clients, and I'm curious how you might help me understand a good balance of how much to share. It looks like...

Thanks for your question! And I'm so glad you checked out your therapist first. There are definitely after effects for many people, so it's a great thing to be aware of. Before the therapist begins processing any distressing material, make sure you feel like you have enough internal/external...

This is a more complicated question than you might think. Personally, because I have seen and heard so many good things about EMDR, I might start some of it early in my work with someone. This is because EMDR is actually an 8-part process, and step 4 is where the bi-lateral stimulation and...

Thanks for the feedback! I'll remember to be more specific with my questions. I try to never ask, "are you ok?" when I can usually tell just by the person's face that they aren't. Great suggestions about positive affirmations as well as not leaving too much silence. Those are helpful things for...

That's wonderful! It sounds like you're working incredibly hard on your recovery, even just being able to post about your successes. It's very refreshing to see. I hope you keep it up!

It's definitely a common reaction, because traumatic experiences are stored in the body as well as the more obvious places. Sometimes physical expression of those things can be (or feel) unconsciously safer than emotional expression, which is true for me. A great book on this is: The Body Keeps...

Thanks for your reply! I have a follow-up question for you... If you were angry and the T brought up the incident and thoughts about how it may have hurt you or made you angry, would you be able to answer, out would that still be too vulnerable to say yes to? Also, I personally tell my clients...

Thanks for sharing! We all have things that make us really uncomfortable, and there's usually a good reason for it. If you think it might come up in therapy at all, or if there's shame attached to that, it couldn't hurt to share that with a therapist. It doesn't sound like something that your...

You may be having an Emotional Flashback. Some trauma that happens in childhood is encoded in an implicit way, meaning without an image, and that feeling of being a little girl again could be that. (It definitely happens that way for me.) What I've been trying is called re-parenting, which I...

As a T myself, I am really impressed with your decision, which sounded terribly hard to make. As T's, many of us DEEPLY care about our clients, but when it comes to you worrying about her instead of being able to work through what you need to, that's when it gets dangerous. Ethically, she should...

Hello everyone, I have my master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy (and work in a group practice) and I am trained to use EMDR. With my own history of trauma, and all the depth of knowledge that entails, working with clients to support them healing their trauma has been my most meaningful...

Hello everyone. I am therapist currently in my Masters program studying Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am trying to research more on PTSD and thought this group of people would be able to teach me more than any book could. I have a general knowledge of...

You make a lot of sense. Your pain is very clearly making it feel hopeless and pointless to carry on. I have made pros and cons lists for the very same reason. I'm not going to just try to convince you that everything will be ok someday, because right now your mind is probably set up to only see...