Posted by Dinah on January 27, 2004, at 8:00:28
In reply to Re: EMDR didn't do a thing for me, posted by Speaker on January 26, 2004, at 22:52:01
I thought I recalled that EMDR was supposed to work right away, if it's going to work at all. Shapiro or someone said that. I'll have to do some more research. But honestly, I'm cash strapped as well as time strapped right now. And I didn't feel a single thing, not even anxiety about the process. Maybe a mild interest, no more.
It could be that I'm just very well defended, but I'm not sure I want to cut down sessions with my regular therapist so I can afford the EMDR during the many sessions it might take to cut through the defenses.
I suppose I should add that my EMDR therapist was not really familiar with using the process to reconnect dissociated feelings. She is more familiar with using it to desensitize painful memories.
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