Hello Lizzy, I'm Simon from South West of England and a trained EMDR practitioner. I have worked as a private therapist for a number of years using various cognitive interventions but I have to say that EMDR is an extremely effective form of therapy in many instances. Here in England it is recognised as a proper clinical intervention but of course at the end of the day whatever works for you works for you. I like EMDR though because it can clear things up more quickly than other therapies and can be practiced content free. In other words, you don't have to disclose distressing detail during therapy, so long as it's in your head at the time of doing EMDR sessions. Best of luck with this and if you need anymore info give me a shout over here in the good olde UK. PS - I am new to this site too because although I am not a sufferer of PTSD (although with some of the things that I've experienced to date maybe I ought to be!!) I want to do more to help people, whether they are on my doorstep or thousands of miles away. Who said the Net is a bad thing...Keep on keeping on x
