Published on 12, July, 2020
I have been bullied throughout my life and I have nightmares about being bullied in school as well as in workplaces.
I have had countless CBT therapists for depression, social phobia etc. I STILL have flashbacks, I shout out when I’m sleeping because I’ve been having nightmares about the scenarios that have been and gone and I’m being bullied in work again.
I want to try EMDR. Please has anybody on here had this and has it worked for you? How much are sessions roughly? Thanks
I have had light (as in not overly heavy) EMDR therapy from one of my therapists.
Prior to that, I also self-practised it and went as deep as I could with it. The book I learned the techniques from said "do not practice without prior agreement from a therapist". I went and did it anyway but I understand why the cautious message about not self-trying is there. I should state that I have known for many years that I am comfortable going back into my most painful memories.
I found the EMDR techniques to be very useful. I found the work I did on myself to be possibly the most important therapy work I've had so far.
As alluded to earlier, I am someone who prefers to look my past trauma head on and possibly this is part of why EMDR was very helpful and indeed immediately helpful for me.
A good EMDR therapist, I gather, should ensure that the level of probing is appropriate and to provide sufficient care before and afterwards.
where do i start is there online stuff i can use ?
i have done self hypnosis and self meditate so i should be able to have a go at this as well
There is a webinar shortly on
Weds 18th November -1400-1530 hrs -
Free Webinar- Using EMDR with Clients on the Autism Spectrum
https://emdrassociation.org.uk/event/18th-november-1400-1530-hrs-free-webinar-using-emdr-with-clients-on-the-autism-spectrum/
That's a week on Wednesday!
Have a look at this guys videos
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FkuqlRkMk_s
The idea of bilateral auditory as well as visual stimuli while regressing your thoughts, seems a good idea
https://www.virtualemdr.com/
https://emdrhealing.com/how-to-self-administer-emdr-therapy/#:~:text=%20Here%20is%20a%20summary%20of%20the%20general,beliefs%20and%20affects%20associated%20with%20memories.%20More%20
Trying looking and listening
she's the one who created EMDR I'll investigate a bit more..
The way I did things was to read:'Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self-Help Techniques from EMDR Therapy' by Francine Shapiro
I read the first handful of chapters and then decided to give it a go.
Just for responsibility (for anyone who may skip through to this message), the book does state to get clearance from a therapist first before applying the techniques.