Have you ever had experience of EMDR?

Question

EMDR is an acronym for 'Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing' and I am interested in finding out more from those who have tried it. Have you benefited from this?

Answer 1

A single session of EMDR (moving eyes back and forth, following lights moving on a bar) I found to be very helpful.

Years before I had experienced numerous strong traumas. Since being traumatized I have had numerous problems with functioning. One of my issues is that for 15 yrs. I had not dreamed in my sleep. A single session of EMDR returned my dreaming to normal, and helped me to regain portions of other functions I'd had difficulty with. My EMDR was concurrent with therapy with a psychologist.

I found it to be helpful for myself.
Even if a person were skeptical, I doubt there could be any harm in trying it in a theraputic session with a professional.

Answer 2

EMDR's most controversial aspect is an unusual component of dual attention stimulation, such as eye movements, bilateral sound, or bilateral tactile stimulation. The contention is the effective elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, desensitization and reprocessing, have been rebranded with eye movements as a novel therapy. As such some individuals have criticized EMDR and consider the use of eye movements to be completely unnecessary.[5][6]. However, more recent studies have found that the eye movement in EMDR correlate with decreases in heart rate, skin conductance, and an increased finger temperature [7]. This is consistent with earlier research on physiological changes associated with EMDR [8]. Also recent studies that have removed eye movement from the method have found the procedure less effective [9].

Answer 3

seems to work in certain situations depending on what the problems are

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