people dont chose what or how many commercials are in their videos TH-cam determines that. You can eliminate them by getting TH-cam premium which i did but it is $12 a month.
@@alyxchristophe4385 That’s not true though. (Which is why some videos like this have them every 2 min and others have it far less). They can choose. And not everyone wants to pay $12 a month to avoid having ads every 2 minutes.
Allison Blackwood ....Agreed! She almost died!!! If that isn't traumatizing, I don't know what is! Everyone has real trauma at varying levels, yet it doesn't make it less traumatic to the individual.
I have no doubt she (the patient) and the practitioner elected to do a "lesser" trauma but one that impacts her in a significant way for the benefit of the session and so as to not trigger anyone else in the audience. It is a shame that viewers on here would opt to minimize (invalidate) her trauma but it is truly only a reflection of their own trauma/limitation. People who do this reflexively are mimicking their own abusers' invalidation (while privileging their own trauma and isolating themselves further) - which has become a central feature of "trolling". The "trick" is to feel compassion for those who show none!
I got trapped under a wave a few times back when I lived in Hawaii and it scared the crap out of me, not to the point where I’m scared of pools and the ocean shore. But I recently tried to go snorkeling in The Bahamas and I completely panicked. My bf did not understand at all. Once you feel you can’t breathe for a second and that panic sets in, it’s very difficult to overcome.
That is because ALL of our brains are wired for survival. Anything that truly threatens our life will get imprinted on the brain, and when it does that it's called trauma. Often we don't even realize it until the NEXT TIME we are in a similar situation and then freak out (and no on-looker can figure out why we are "over-reacting" to the current situation...when the brain is remembering the PAST situation that threatened our ability to go on living).
@Rick1979 No. She needs to explain her boyfriend what happened so next time he can adapt to the situation and help her to calm down. Don't blame it on him. Just don't blame it on anyone.
I have the same issue. 32 years old have tried to Scuba Dive twice. Took me about 30 minutes the first time to make it 20 feet down and had to immediately come back up. Just tried again in Oahu and immediate panic attack again. I recall almost drowning from a wave that took me as a child in San Diego. Totally forgot about that memory until trying to rack my brain recently as to why I cant do it and that memory came back up. Going to look into emdr because I really want to scuba dive.
Thanks I've been nervous about what a session would entail, now I'm more comfortable going into this. Kudos to the patient for allowing this to be shown publically. Know that you are helping so many people out, thank you for sharing this part of your life with us.
What about individuals that are legally blind, can you help them or find a way to adapt the process? People with special needs in varying degrees could use this also and modifications would be needed regarding communication in the therapeutic process. I have observed a lot and read a great deal. I feel EMDR with very patient therapists with a Special Education/ ASL/Braile in an otherwise ignored part of our population may need this type of mental health intervention.
My personal experience is that EMDR works, but it is way less complicated as shown here. But usually EMDR therapists aks 100 bucks an hour so it has to look complex. For me it was just thinking about the incident where i felt powerless, and looking at a moving dot to override my brain, and the picture became less powerfull and didn't came back bothering me. You can actually do this yourself at home, with a moving dot vid on youtube.
It is specifically this complex because trauma is extremely complex and how it effects the brain. I would suggest looking into new therapists in your case.
I tried EMDR with my therapist for the first time a few days ago and I am so surprised at how vividly I remembered my emotions during my trauma. I even cried pretty hard which I found unexpected.
I was recommended it by my therapist. I had a traumatic event I went thru at my workplace and I've been stuck for 9 months now. Anxiety/Depression/Insomnia/intrusive thoughts/OCD obessive thoughts, hoping this works.
Really? I start my first session in 2 days and I'm not sure what to think of it and I feel very uncomfortable with the thought of being face to face with someone for an hour staring at their fingers. I am somewhat terrified.
@I am Jack's Smirking TH-cam Account - Love your Fight Club screen name :-) Did you go to that he EMDR session? What did you think about it? I'm just learning about this and my first impression is that this is pretty ridiculous and ineffective Hocus pocus...BUT I realize I'm only just learning about it so I will keep my mind open to it and learning more.
Oh wow ...I NEVER thought of it that way..holy crap...I FELT your words in my body reading them. I felt a lot of anxiety around watching this and doing it for my own PTSD issues but now after reading that I feel MUCH better and more connected to doing it.THANK YOU!!! ❤
Oh except now when sha says POSITIVE things like "I AM HERE AND A SURVIVOR....AT THE END I WAS SAFE" now I see her wiping that away as well...hmm..anyway to help me see that differently? Ahahah!
@@TahshaRenee hello I hope you get freedom and yours eyes will smile and your countenance shine. Have you heard of polyvagal theory? this is the short explanation th-cam.com/video/ec3AUMDjtKQ/w-d-xo.html and this is more in detail th-cam.com/video/8tz146HQotY/w-d-xo.html I was researching it and someone's comment led me here to EMDR. Polyvagal theory has hit the hammer on the head for a few persons I know and hope they will now understand the root of their anxiety and emotional shutdown.
You are doing the hard work - not your therapists' hands. When therapists don't do these hand things the outcomes are the same. You should take credit.
Me too, but after awhile it subsided. I’m starting EMDR sessions on June, 25 2019. I have a debilitating fear of losing my husband and being all alone. The fixation leaves me paralyzed and not able to function. I fight the anxiety every day, and it keeps me from enjoying life. My mom died when I was 2, and I wonder if that has something to do with being abandoned?
I find when doing emdr that keep returning to the patient's 'safe place' between sets of eye movements is very helpful in processing the memory faster.
Cyn Standish bless your heart 💛💛💛 I understand, a lot of my trauma was too much to process consciously so it happens in dreams/nightmares and that’s where a lot of memories have come up for me. Sending love ✨🙏🏼✨
This is so beautiful, so moving. I was with the lady throughout the process. I felt her fear, her anger, her anxiety. Her whole body was so tense for so long. The meltdown made me smile, smile through my tears. What a courage to do it all in public. My sincere congratulations. I am very grateful to both ladies. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you very much for this demonstration, Jamie, it was very helpful to me. I learned lots of 'tweaks' to add to my practice eg 'ask yourself why you are not a 7' when doing the installation. That useful question was not included in my training. I am just between 1 and 2 training and trying it out on simple cases and it's quite amazing how it works. It is so useful to see a real live demo. So a big thanks from me. Kaeren
Its so crazy how you can see her labored breathing going back to the emotions, but still being connected to the therapist. I have multiple traumatic experiences that have left me with PTSD, night terrors, anger issues and an eating disorder. I start with a trauma therapist next week and she does EMDR. It's scary, but I'm sure it will do wonders for me. I want to live a normal life and turn the page.
Hey what symptoms do you suffer from I would love to help you have please find some help and support and talk to someone therapy like cbt emdr or try natural remedies.❤️
Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I cried so much when she yelled daddy and raised her arm. That is a real breakthrough and getting unstuck from this trauma.
I'm amazed it took so long.. 15 minutes maximum is all that is needed... not sure why this was so drawn out... as if the original trauma wasn't bad enough but to go through it again for this long? 15 minutes is really more than enoug time to have completely resolved this issue.
@@stevegreen243um what? who are you to say her trauma wasn't that bad? we each experience pain relatively, in different ways and at varying degrees and some people do need more time. maybe it was "drawn out" because she actually wanted to be thorough and help this woman.. i know a lot of doctors and psychologists are just in the field to get paid, but some of them actually want to see clients healing.
I cried, too....also when she began coughing I started to cry for the child so long ago who must have been so terrified in the moment. I also JUMPED when she called out "god!". I wasn't ready for her to say anything. lol (and I'm an atheist-leaning agnostic lol)
I have done four sessions of EMDR with my therapist. I will be doing two sessions back to back on the 31st of July (2021) and one on August 1st. I think I noticed a difference after four sessions. It's somewhat significant, but I've experienced a lot of trauma, so I'll see after say 5 more sessions, but I am glad I received some benefit after four.
I was drug by my cousin under water when I was about 8 and still to this day I can't stand having my ankles touched by other people. I react aggressively and panic. My whole life was a series of abuse by multiple people and I'm about to start EMDR treatment because my therapist thinks it will help me process all of my traumas.
My psychiatrist has decided to try this on me as I have an EXTREME fear of needles. I can't take any shots or blood tests. I can barely puncture my skin with a needle, unless I'm the one in control. I cry and scream if a syringe just comes near me. So I'm exited to see if this treatment work, but I'm also terrified that I might say or do something I don't want to...
Thanks for this and to Elanor Shapiro for EMDR discovery. As a practicing psychiatrist, I referred over 100 of my patients to psychotherapists trained in EMDR for trauma resolution, but only now have come to realize that I, too, am a trauma survivor, that my lifelong "night terrors" were actually reliving dreams from attempted rapes by an uncle when visiting him, and that I've had all the symptoms of PTSD all my life. Now, at 77, I'm retired and a recovered alcoholic/addict, and attend 4-9 AA mtg's/wk. I am impressed with the emotional "holding" in this video and in my AA mtg's, which allowed me to finally have the definitive reliving dream, share it with many others without shame, and even speak of it in meetings. A few oldtimers scolded me gently for bring "outside issues" into our meetings, but they don't realize how many of us trauma survivors are in AA/NA meetings and used alcohol and other drugs to escape the pain and fear residual from that childhood trauma. Stress R Us
I coincidently found this video and watched it for my assignment. It is so unbelievable. and I can see your expertise at every pause there. Amazing! Hope to be like you soon!!
This video made me cry. It seems so possible now to process all of the trauma I've experienced in my life. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world!
I did this with my therapist....& It seems more hypnotic??? I get the process but it id still.....Hypnotic&somewhat meditation....I appreciate therapist however, I will still believe in my own instincts, not what you believe with a tactic_technique trigger points....
@@BenDovaAlready I can tell by your comment you are very well informed and have done a good deal of research on EMDR. Come to think of it ... you obviously don't even know what bullshit looks like. Go to a pasture that has cows in it ... walk around for a while ... then take a look at your left shoe, then your right shoe ... and do that over and over. Now you'll get an idea of what bullshit looks like.
I used EMDR to process childhood and adult traumas. I have been very successful in my life since addressing those traumas 2 years ago . I am very thankful to this technique in calming me
ThankYouG0d6! IAmLove yes I am still far calmer than I have ever been in my life. I still startle sometimes and some can sense anxiety in me but based on where I was and where I am now it’s nothing
15:46 worst memory+ negative cognition 19:41 start 23:19 Stop sign 26:41 Atempause 35:48 It wasn't intentional 41:03 starting to feel peaceful 42:14 No need to be afraid of water 43:33 Installation - feel powerful 49:35 Body scan + settling the feeling of being powerful
@@kayex61 thanks for the appreciation! I did this for a presentation so I could just click on the time stamps instead of skimming through the video. but I'm happy that it saves some people time
At first I thought "are you kidding me?" Then I started thinking about it some more and realized my ego had taken over a lot there. I guess because a few of us have had much more traumatic issues we find this to be very "minor" however after giving it some thought, if I never had my traumatic issues and this was the only issue in my life it WOULD have been a very traumatic moment. So I apologize for my first snap judgment.
This may not have been her only one. Its just one instant in a string of their life, that was used in a demo for a reason to not air laundry on the internet.
@@barbarapeters3576 oh absolutely! We have no idea of knowing. Either way like I said I realized I had let my ego take over and apologized for my rash judgement! Hope she is doing well either way!
Josh Belcher this more than likely was used for demonstration because it was an easy event. different things stick with people differently and you’re kinda being an asshole
@Josh Belcher I mean this as respectfully as possible... YOURE no one to say what does and doesn’t count as PTSD, it’s her life and her memories and her experiences. Not yours. And I bet that if someone where to do that to YOUR experiences whether they’re big or small, you would not appreciate the treatment you’re giving her. It’s her traumatic event, her session. Don’t be so quick to judge because you wouldn’t like it if people did that to you.
This works on all types of traumas from minor to severe. Guarantee your most severe traumas are not the only things causing stress in your life. Once I worked through my deepest traumas, I started to move onto the ones that I used to scoff or even chuckle at. Turns out there was even more healing to be had. Since this woman is a therapist, I’d think she’s worked on any severe traumas for a while, and this was likely something she’d been putting off because it was so “minor.” I realized by watching her that I have an untapped trauma from age 6 where I flipped in a canoe with my dad in rapids and he broke his ankle. I used to be a “water baby” but after that I slowly started to fear water and never realized why until seeing this demo. Glad you caught yourself being judgmental, but take it a step further and realize you’re still judgmental at the end of your comment for assuming this was the worst thing to happen to her when it almost certainly was not.
Will it work for a general feeling of feeling stuck, not enough, unworthy...and so on? If you can't rememer specific episodes and just have a feeling of being caged in....unlovable?
Wow, how did i not stumble onto your tiktok account during the height of the pandemic when we all got lost on that app to pass the time at home. What a treasure trove of information. Did my doctorate in clinical side and fully respect you for your bravery. It is a shame that it still feels like the scariest people to come out to regarding mental health are one’s colleagues in the field. I just started EMDR for myself and the practitioner had me stand up and move side to side and tap my legs all while watching her fingers. No idea why since I am barely coordinated enough to track fingers while seated, but it was really nice to see what a typical session looks like here.
Thank you for the demonstration. I've been seeking various forms of therapy trying to find the form that can help me. This brings me hope that diving into my subconscious will help manifest healing.
legit just cried throughout the entire desensitisation process nd then it stops working emdr is supposed to aid with memory boosting, isn't it? i think that part works, since you're focusing more these kinds of things help individuals in specific ways, it's not for everyone all the time - i've had sessions where nothing happened and sessions where i'd slip into a panic attack - the brain is weird but honestly it works sometimes
Did she go swimming? I really hope this helped her. Wow, this was fascinating and seemed very intense. Flashbacks and all. I can't wait to experience EMDR myself in a few weeks. I really hope I can soften the feelings I have surroundings certain childhood experiences.
hello, did it work well for you? a really good freind of mine also had some really traumatic events in her past and she hast ptsd crisis every 2 days. we are looking for help and if the therapist recommand edmr we will try it but i'm curious about it. did it help you?
Has anyone done this for trauma based mind control? If you have please share if it was retraumatizing or if it helped you release the emotions and overcome them 💛
Im getting this done for the first time soon...first kind of intensive therapy since my trauma. I'm honestly really scared. I feel like I'll end up sobbing half way through the session.
thank you so much Jaime... you both were really great. I have no way of doing EMDR in my country so I am learning how to process it on my own with youtube videos. So far some decent progress. Don't worry about me though, I don't have severe trauma, just some anxieties and fears and bad habits due to poor internal beliefs about myself that were developed in my adolescence.
try EFT aka the tapping method. It can be done very easily on your own..and isnt quite the extreme brain reprogramming that EMDR is. There are many studies on it being super effective.
I love the ocean without fear, when I'm awake, but it's still a symbol of something deep and unknowable and irresistible (not in the positive way). I often have dreams where I'm in some habitat on stilts in the middle of a vast ocean with HUGE waves, (rather like the place in Star Wars where the Fetts help create the clone army ("this is not the trauma you're looking for")) It's thrilling and somehow tragic
I have ASD, so I am wondering how well this would work for me. I would focus on your fingers more than my feelings. My therapist wants to do this with me.
Very useful demonstration, I'm from iraq, this treatment is not available here, but I would like to do it myself. I'm very grateful if you help me to get self help books or so to do emdr, thank you for your advice.
I did a second time. I have child & religious CPTSD and I grew up alone and neglected. The root of it all/I NEVER FELT SAFE. MY MOM SAID THE DEVIL WAS MAKING ME FEEL SICK. NOPE. I had hyperthyroidism age 10 and left untreated, i would have died. 3 months before i saw a doctor. I hate her and my family. I was suicidal after that event. At age 10.
Question, does the practitioner always sit that close to the client/patient for EMDR? I’m assuming yes because it keeps the finger stimulus within the field of vision without too large of movements by the clinician, but the proximity could be uncomfortable for some Recipients
No not always. I use an app on my IPad and so I sit to the side but close enough to stop and start the iPad between each set. Some therapists use a light bar with a remote and so can sit very far away.
Great video. Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self- Help Techniques from EMDR therapy by Francine Shapiro is a great book. I personally prefer headphones and a metronome.
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absoltly amazong, I did the same thing she was doing with a little trauma I have and at the end I cried of relief! this absoltuyl amazing!!!! what the heckk...how can this even be so ''easy'' :O thank you!
Thank you for sharing your work. Funny enough, when I took my training I did my "easy" trauma on a water incident. Turns out it wasn't so easy, but I was able to clear some of my stuff and get a lot calmer in the water. I use EMDR almost daily in my practice. I have see remarkable results; sometimes subtle and other times (like in your example), huge shifts happen quickly. I learned a lot from your example and look forward to incorporating some of it. As an aside, it was too much wear and tear on my shoulder so I bought the thera-tappers. They work great! I used the ones with the headset as well but I found it way too distracting. I just love EMDR! And for those people who don't believe it, or discount it because their traumas are more complex, give it a shot. It may not fix all of your issues, but it can certainly give you relief and help you lead a happier life.
Clinicians are given a general guideline of 24-36 full passes of eye movements per set although this can be altered based on observation and clinical judgment, which is what I did with this client. In terms of dissociation, talk with your therapist about this about having more grounding strategies on hand, also may be an issue with the form of stimulation used. For instance, I have some clients who drift too much with eye movements so doing tactile stimulation with eyes open may be advisable. This has to be handled case-by-case with a skilled clinician. Feel free to look through some of my other videos on grounding and stabilization strategies; it may be a good idea for you to do some of these before you come in for EMDR sessions or to ask your therapist for more breaks in the action if they find that appropriate.
@@DrJamieMM My trainer mentioned that EMDR was not advisable for people who can easily dissociate. She suggested that we screen for this prior to initiating EMDR. What are your thoughts on this?
@@utsutspurouts There are specific tools you can use with a client who dissociates, but that is how I was trained using Francine Shapiro's method. It is not impossible.
Like Dr. Jamie said, there are guidelines for how many passes of BLS to implement before stopping, and also, there are techniques like Fraser's dissociative table technique that can be used during EMDR desensitization to work with the split off parts of the personality that are dissociating during the processing. It can be done, but the clinician must have proper training and a good handle on managing dissociative episodes while performing bls.
@@ALCRAN2010 I had one therapist use headphones on me and it didn't seem to work at all. So, if it's the sound you're asking about, no. Also, I think a metronome goes too fast visually. A long light bar worked best for me.
I came here to learn about this technique. My therapist wants to try this with me. She doesn't know what she's about to enter. I was neglected as a child I was molested by my brother; uncle and brother in law, lost a sister who died suddenly at age 12, At 15, I ran away and moved in with an abusive alcoholic. Had 3 children before I escaped 4.5 yrs. later, Was in a car that went off a bridge, my daughter was molested by my new husband, he died suddenly in a car accident that also killed my mother in law, had my home flooded twice, both my parents died young.....I
Just heard of this my first therapy session was yesterday and I’m nervous and excited about getting this done I have had this big weight on my shoulder for to long now it is finally time I take control!!#Wish me luck everyone thanks in advance 😎
Emdr is difficult for me because I can’t trust enough to let go. I had a therapist just a week or two before she tried to introduce it and I couldn’t relax and let it work. I know laying alone in my room and tapping can bring tears even tho I am not focusing on anything in particular. I think it truly can help people
You can do this yourself for Yourself You don't Need a therapist YOU are always your best therapist Just watch a video with a light moving side to side ... Curious thing I first did this with a therapist, it actually made me WORSE, Because she wasn't good at it at all, left me stuck right in the rape/trauma ... After picking myself up, I learnt to do it by myself & it worked (with learning Emotional intelligence) & (Learning myself)
It looks interesting how it is working on clients. My therapist tried the same and it was too fast for me, so we used the tapping. But even there, my brain was way too focused on surroundings instead of bringing up the memories as it should. Is this normal?
@@christinak4082 thank you. :) We are finaly making progress and I can now follow his fingers when he is moving them before my eyes. nightmares and nightly flashbacks almost stopped completely after 5 sessions. the intensity of fears lowered from 7-10, down to 4-6 after 6 month. the triggerability is still high when situations was unexpected, but i think thats just a matter of time.
I'm just starting EMDR but my spirit is skeptical and I think having to do eye movement like that will be distracting and uncomfortable. Not really looking forward to it.
Sometimes the history taking can take many sessions. However, if we are fortunate, we can do a single incident and preparation in two sessions before starting phase 3.
When you're sleeping you're brain stores away your memories properly. When someone is traumatized their brain isn't able to do that with certain memories and this therapy helps to properly store them away so that you have more control
I've been looking into this therapy for a loved one. Best corollations I've been able to understand is, one, when a person is trying to remember they look away and to the side; another is in REM sleep a person's eyes dart left and right. So it seems that the eyes and the minds memories are indeed tied together, this method exploits that bond as an access point into the memory of the trauma.
You will feel many things. Many diverse emotions, body sensations associated with memories/feelings. You are working to exchange negative beliefs/feelings for positive ones. Your brain does it and you are able to handle triggers or situations better because the reaction you'll have to them will have changed internally, you'll feel better, stronger and more peaceful, safe, and more like the special, loved and complete person you were born as. I've been doing it for about 6 months and it's really helped me!
Someone got carried away with the commercials...
Fast forward all the way to the end then replay. You won't see any adverts
people dont chose what or how many commercials are in their videos TH-cam determines that. You can eliminate them by getting TH-cam premium which i did but it is $12 a month.
@@alyxchristophe4385 That’s not true though. (Which is why some videos like this have them every 2 min and others have it far less). They can choose. And not everyone wants to pay $12 a month to avoid having ads every 2 minutes.
True. Not always the posters fault
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Some of the comments here are really disgusting and judgmental. Who the heck are you to determine what is traumatic for her in comparison to you? Smh.
Allison Blackwood ....Agreed! She almost died!!! If that isn't traumatizing, I don't know what is! Everyone has real trauma at varying levels, yet it doesn't make it less traumatic to the individual.
isnt that doing reverse psychology.. oh that is not painful...
Allison Blackwood absolutely
@@rosemarykelley4201 no its invalidating another persons experience because they lack the ability to put themselves in another humans shoes.
I have no doubt she (the patient) and the practitioner elected to do a "lesser" trauma but one that impacts her in a significant way for the benefit of the session and so as to not trigger anyone else in the audience. It is a shame that viewers on here would opt to minimize (invalidate) her trauma but it is truly only a reflection of their own trauma/limitation. People who do this reflexively are mimicking their own abusers' invalidation (while privileging their own trauma and isolating themselves further) - which has become a central feature of "trolling". The "trick" is to feel compassion for those who show none!
I’m looking into EMDR for C-PTSD. My therapist will need superhuman arms to wave me through all of the trauma I’ve experienced.
Leslie Sinclair got a laugh there! Same here, starting first session tomorrow
they also use a small pulsing disk like thing/electronic tool that you hold in your hands, that does the same thing.
I hear you! Same here.
Renita Mouton wondering how the EMDR is going
Renita Mouton how are you now?
I got trapped under a wave a few times back when I lived in Hawaii and it scared the crap out of me, not to the point where I’m scared of pools and the ocean shore. But I recently tried to go snorkeling in The Bahamas and I completely panicked. My bf did not understand at all. Once you feel you can’t breathe for a second and that panic sets in, it’s very difficult to overcome.
That is because ALL of our brains are wired for survival. Anything that truly threatens our life will get imprinted on the brain, and when it does that it's called trauma. Often we don't even realize it until the NEXT TIME we are in a similar situation and then freak out (and no on-looker can figure out why we are "over-reacting" to the current situation...when the brain is remembering the PAST situation that threatened our ability to go on living).
@Rick1979 No. She needs to explain her boyfriend what happened so next time he can adapt to the situation and help her to calm down. Don't blame it on him. Just don't blame it on anyone.
I have the same issue. 32 years old have tried to Scuba Dive twice. Took me about 30 minutes the first time to make it 20 feet down and had to immediately come back up. Just tried again in Oahu and immediate panic attack again. I recall almost drowning from a wave that took me as a child in San Diego. Totally forgot about that memory until trying to rack my brain recently as to why I cant do it and that memory came back up. Going to look into emdr because I really want to scuba dive.
@Rick1979 no.
Thanks I've been nervous about what a session would entail, now I'm more comfortable going into this. Kudos to the patient for allowing this to be shown publically. Know that you are helping so many people out, thank you for sharing this part of your life with us.
She was so brave to be so vulnerable!
Why hasn’t she mentioned panic. Wouldn’t that be the first feeling.
I’m 4 years late to this comment, but, I hope it worked out for you. I’m gonna look into this for myself
Phase 1: Client History (1:05)
Phase 2: Preparation (4:21)
Phase 3: Assessment (15:48)
Phase 4: Desensitization (19:25)
Phase 5: Installation (43:35)
Phase 6: Body Scan (49:36)
Phase 7: Closure (56:40)
Phase 8: Reevaluation (57:44)
Useful, thank you!
Thank you so much, exactly what I needed. Very helpful to have it in writing!
Can it be done in a single session
thanks 👍
What about individuals that are legally blind, can you help them or find a way to adapt the process? People with special needs in varying degrees could use this also and modifications would be needed regarding communication in the therapeutic process. I have observed a lot and read a great deal. I feel EMDR with very patient therapists with a Special Education/ ASL/Braile in an otherwise ignored part of our population may need this type of mental health intervention.
My personal experience is that EMDR works, but it is way less complicated as shown here. But usually EMDR therapists aks 100 bucks an hour so it has to look complex. For me it was just thinking about the incident where i felt powerless, and looking at a moving dot to override my brain, and the picture became less powerfull and didn't came back bothering me. You can actually do this yourself at home, with a moving dot vid on youtube.
you aren't supposed to do this at home for a variety of reasons. stop giving bad medical advice.
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I totally agree with you
It is specifically this complex because trauma is extremely complex and how it effects the brain. I would suggest looking into new therapists in your case.
I tried EMDR with my therapist for the first time a few days ago and I am so surprised at how vividly I remembered my emotions during my trauma. I even cried pretty hard which I found unexpected.
I just started about 3 months ago.. its amazing isnt it!!! I hate it though lol
@@Nunya-77 Keep going with it... the worst tasting medicine works the best! Good luck!
EMDR is awesome. Keep going!
OMG ME TOO
Did the crying make you feel better or worse? Crying always gives me migraines and makes me depressed. I avoid it whenever possible. Did it help...
This works. I didn’t expect it to work. But I can think of my trauma without feeling any pain now.
Merlot Time That’s Wonderful!!! Congrats great hard work!!!
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I was recommended it by my therapist. I had a traumatic event I went thru at my workplace and I've been stuck for 9 months now. Anxiety/Depression/Insomnia/intrusive thoughts/OCD obessive thoughts, hoping this works.
Really?
I start my first session in 2 days and I'm not sure what to think of it and I feel very uncomfortable with the thought of being face to face with someone for an hour staring at their fingers.
I am somewhat terrified.
@I am Jack's Smirking TH-cam Account - Love your Fight Club screen name :-) Did you go to that he EMDR session? What did you think about it? I'm just learning about this and my first impression is that this is pretty ridiculous and ineffective Hocus pocus...BUT I realize I'm only just learning about it so I will keep my mind open to it and learning more.
The therapists hand movements are like a wiping away...a cleaning... a rubbing away....a polishing the "dirt" off the brain/memory
Oh wow ...I NEVER thought of it that way..holy crap...I FELT your words in my body reading them. I felt a lot of anxiety around watching this and doing it for my own PTSD issues but now after reading that I feel MUCH better and more connected to doing it.THANK YOU!!! ❤
Oh except now when sha says POSITIVE things like "I AM HERE AND A SURVIVOR....AT THE END I WAS SAFE" now I see her wiping that away as well...hmm..anyway to help me see that differently? Ahahah!
@@TahshaRenee hello I hope you get freedom and yours eyes will smile and your countenance shine. Have you heard of polyvagal theory? this is the short explanation th-cam.com/video/ec3AUMDjtKQ/w-d-xo.html and this is more in detail th-cam.com/video/8tz146HQotY/w-d-xo.html I was researching it and someone's comment led me here to EMDR. Polyvagal theory has hit the hammer on the head for a few persons I know and hope they will now understand the root of their anxiety and emotional shutdown.
the memory is still there but the emotions are no longer there it just becomes stored away like a normal memory
You are doing the hard work - not your therapists' hands. When therapists don't do these hand things the outcomes are the same. You should take credit.
Watching this gave me anxiety for some reason.
Dont fight it. Just observe the anxiety. ACT therapy is crazy helpful
Me too, but after awhile it subsided. I’m starting EMDR sessions on June, 25 2019. I have a debilitating fear of losing my husband and being all alone. The fixation leaves me paralyzed and not able to function. I fight the anxiety every day, and it keeps me from enjoying life. My mom died when I was 2, and I wonder if that has something to do with being abandoned?
I'm not Ricky White, I am his wife.
@@rickw43 what?
Sameeeee
I love the therapist. Her voice, the way she sounds, calming.
I find when doing emdr that keep returning to the patient's 'safe place' between sets of eye movements is very helpful in processing the memory faster.
I’m tired of the nightmares I barely remember more then half of my childhood but I have small pieces that come out in my dreams.
Cyn Standish bless your heart 💛💛💛 I understand, a lot of my trauma was too much to process consciously so it happens in dreams/nightmares and that’s where a lot of memories have come up for me. Sending love ✨🙏🏼✨
I can relate. You are not alone.
That woman was really brave!
So brave!!!! I agree! ❤
What part of 'role playing' don't you understand...
@@magina23 i don't believe this is role playing. In EMDR they usually do not role play even in trainings.
I am a therapist and when we where training in EMDR we had to use real $h!+ from our own past. I have never seen an EMDR role play.
Why she is brave,? I don't understand
This is so beautiful, so moving. I was with the lady throughout the process. I felt her fear, her anger, her anxiety. Her whole body was so tense for so long. The meltdown made me smile, smile through my tears. What a courage to do it all in public. My sincere congratulations. I am very grateful to both ladies. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you very much for this demonstration, Jamie, it was very helpful to me. I learned lots of 'tweaks' to add to my practice eg 'ask yourself why you are not a 7' when doing the installation. That useful question was not included in my training. I am just between 1 and 2 training and trying it out on simple cases and it's quite amazing how it works. It is so useful to see a real live demo. So a big thanks from me. Kaeren
The amount of sponsored ads on this video is disappointing and frustrating.
Just tryna get people to pay for premium smh
that's good, I am EMDR practioner in Cambodia.
Does this work for depressed people?
I'm about to start this soon. Hopefully it's a tactic that will help me. Also, thank you a million times to all therapists, you're all amazing!
How did it go?
Its so crazy how you can see her labored breathing going back to the emotions, but still being connected to the therapist. I have multiple traumatic experiences that have left me with PTSD, night terrors, anger issues and an eating disorder. I start with a trauma therapist next week and she does EMDR. It's scary, but I'm sure it will do wonders for me. I want to live a normal life and turn the page.
Hey what symptoms do you suffer from I would love to help you have please find some help and support and talk to someone therapy like cbt emdr or try natural remedies.❤️
I'm there with you on multiple trauma events and ptsd.
The “I’m here” and “I survived” made me so happy to hear!!!!
Thank you so much for demonstrating this technique. I cried so much when she yelled daddy and raised her arm. That is a real breakthrough and getting unstuck from this trauma.
Steven Reichert does this really work for sra survivors
I'm amazed it took so long.. 15 minutes maximum is all that is needed... not sure why this was so drawn out... as if the original trauma wasn't bad enough but to go through it again for this long? 15 minutes is really more than enoug time to have completely resolved this issue.
@@stevegreen243um what? who are you to say her trauma wasn't that bad? we each experience pain relatively, in different ways and at varying degrees and some people do need more time. maybe it was "drawn out" because she actually wanted to be thorough and help this woman.. i know a lot of doctors and psychologists are just in the field to get paid, but some of them actually want to see clients healing.
+Steven Reichert hearing and seeing that was very moving to me as well!!
I cried, too....also when she began coughing I started to cry for the child so long ago who must have been so terrified in the moment.
I also JUMPED when she called out "god!". I wasn't ready for her to say anything. lol (and I'm an atheist-leaning agnostic lol)
I have done four sessions of EMDR with my therapist. I will be doing two sessions back to back on the 31st of July (2021) and one on August 1st. I think I noticed a difference after four sessions. It's somewhat significant, but I've experienced a lot of trauma, so I'll see after say 5 more sessions, but I am glad I received some benefit after four.
I was drug by my cousin under water when I was about 8 and still to this day I can't stand having my ankles touched by other people. I react aggressively and panic. My whole life was a series of abuse by multiple people and I'm about to start EMDR treatment because my therapist thinks it will help me process all of my traumas.
Unfortunately, we get traumatized and unless we get help we continue to be victims.
I hope it is going very well for you with your EMDR treatment.
@bonnie valker how did it go?
My psychiatrist has decided to try this on me as I have an EXTREME fear of needles. I can't take any shots or blood tests. I can barely puncture my skin with a needle, unless I'm the one in control. I cry and scream if a syringe just comes near me. So I'm exited to see if this treatment work, but I'm also terrified that I might say or do something I don't want to...
How did it go?
This is a great demonstration! As a fellow therapist in the trauma field, you have given me even more encouragement to seek out EMDR training.
Thanks for this and to Elanor Shapiro for EMDR discovery. As a practicing psychiatrist, I referred over 100 of my patients to psychotherapists trained in EMDR for trauma resolution, but only now have come to realize that I, too, am a trauma survivor, that my lifelong "night terrors" were actually reliving dreams from attempted rapes by an uncle when visiting him, and that I've had all the symptoms of PTSD all my life. Now, at 77, I'm retired and a recovered alcoholic/addict, and attend 4-9 AA mtg's/wk. I am impressed with the emotional "holding" in this video and in my AA mtg's, which allowed me to finally have the definitive reliving dream, share it with many others without shame, and even speak of it in meetings. A few oldtimers scolded me gently for bring "outside issues" into our meetings, but they don't realize how many of us trauma survivors are in AA/NA meetings and used alcohol and other drugs to escape the pain and fear residual from that childhood trauma. Stress R Us
I coincidently found this video and watched it for my assignment. It is so unbelievable. and I can see your expertise at every pause there. Amazing! Hope to be like you soon!!
I wouldn't dare to arm wrestle you Dr. Marich. Thank you for this video, it has been a very interesting watch.
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Fat Bastard lol
This hit home. Very interesting and brings a lot of hope.
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I closed my eyes and listen to her like she is doing the therapy to me. I’ve bust into tears at the middle and at the end. It was powerful. Thank you.
funciona? como te sentiste? does it work?? how did you feel?
you aren't supposed to do this at home.
@@suddenimpulse030why?
@@pipinovelo1505not sure if it worked. Just felt very emotional.
Has anyone felt nervous or weird doing this the first time with their therapist? I'm about to start and trying to not feel weird about it.
Thank you for your courage and what a great example of EMDR!
This video made me cry. It seems so possible now to process all of the trauma I've experienced in my life. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world!
Excellent video of proper technique of EMDR! I am a therapist and trained in EMDR ...good refresher for me! Thanks
looks like bullshit to me
I did this with my therapist....& It seems more hypnotic??? I get the process but it id still.....Hypnotic&somewhat meditation....I appreciate therapist however, I will still believe in my own instincts, not what you believe with a tactic_technique trigger points....
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@@BenDovaAlready I can tell by your comment you are very well informed and have done a good deal of research on EMDR. Come to think of it ... you obviously don't even know what bullshit looks like. Go to a pasture that has cows in it ... walk around for a while ... then take a look at your left shoe, then your right shoe ... and do that over and over. Now you'll get an idea of what bullshit looks like.
@@brianbcpryor112 I am concerned a little too because I think it might be hynotic and I wouldn't be comfortable with that personally.
what does it mean if I laughed the whole time bc I cannot take manipulation seriously , like are we all playing rn
It's not manipulation. It means you lack knowledge around this topic and are biased.
I used EMDR to process childhood and adult traumas. I have been very successful in my life since addressing those traumas 2 years ago . I am very thankful to this technique in calming me
michelle clermont wow, I could use that. Is it a specialty technique or can any therapist do this?
Jarita McCully they are trained specifically on the method . Search Emdr therapist
Even after so much time passing,it hasn't worn off?You are still feeling better from doing this therapy?I start my first session in 2 days.
ThankYouG0d6! IAmLove yes I am still far calmer than I have ever been in my life. I still startle sometimes and some can sense anxiety in me but based on where I was and where I am now it’s nothing
How many sessions of EMDR did you have and how many memories did you work in on one session?
I'm currently learning EMDR in my trauma class with Edinboro University MSW program.
Does it work for Gang Trauma, Murders, Sexual abuse, Violence and alcohol, OH there's so much more. ....
@@theresamischeski71 I would assume so! trauma is trauma is trauma.
My therapist recommended this and totally scared
15:46 worst memory+ negative cognition
19:41 start
23:19 Stop sign
26:41 Atempause
35:48 It wasn't intentional
41:03 starting to feel peaceful
42:14 No need to be afraid of water
43:33 Installation - feel powerful
49:35 Body scan + settling the feeling of being powerful
my friend you are a hero, your unpaid work is thankless and offers no material rewards but you just saved me several minutes and i appreciate it
@@kayex61 agreed
Thank you!
thank you for this !!
@@kayex61 thanks for the appreciation! I did this for a presentation so I could just click on the time stamps instead of skimming through the video. but I'm happy that it saves some people time
At first I thought "are you kidding me?" Then I started thinking about it some more and realized my ego had taken over a lot there. I guess because a few of us have had much more traumatic issues we find this to be very "minor" however after giving it some thought, if I never had my traumatic issues and this was the only issue in my life it WOULD have been a very traumatic moment. So I apologize for my first snap judgment.
This may not have been her only one. Its just one instant in a string of their life, that was used in a demo for a reason to not air laundry on the internet.
@@barbarapeters3576 oh absolutely! We have no idea of knowing. Either way like I said I realized I had let my ego take over and apologized for my rash judgement! Hope she is doing well either way!
Josh Belcher this more than likely was used for demonstration because it was an easy event. different things stick with people differently and you’re kinda being an asshole
@Josh Belcher I mean this as respectfully as possible... YOURE no one to say what does and doesn’t count as PTSD, it’s her life and her memories and her experiences. Not yours. And I bet that if someone where to do that to YOUR experiences whether they’re big or small, you would not appreciate the treatment you’re giving her. It’s her traumatic event, her session. Don’t be so quick to judge because you wouldn’t like it if people did that to you.
This works on all types of traumas from minor to severe. Guarantee your most severe traumas are not the only things causing stress in your life. Once I worked through my deepest traumas, I started to move onto the ones that I used to scoff or even chuckle at. Turns out there was even more healing to be had. Since this woman is a therapist, I’d think she’s worked on any severe traumas for a while, and this was likely something she’d been putting off because it was so “minor.” I realized by watching her that I have an untapped trauma from age 6 where I flipped in a canoe with my dad in rapids and he broke his ankle. I used to be a “water baby” but after that I slowly started to fear water and never realized why until seeing this demo. Glad you caught yourself being judgmental, but take it a step further and realize you’re still judgmental at the end of your comment for assuming this was the worst thing to happen to her when it almost certainly was not.
I have cptsd. I have multiple traumas and they are deeply buried. How will they come out and what is the big trauma which need to be digged out?
So many advertisements i had to stop watching
I’m a hiker, fairly fast-paced, always have positive thoughts after 4-5 miles in nature. It’s rough terrain, so lots of eye movement as I go.
Is the client acting or engaging in a real emdr session? Very helpful for training in emdr
Will it work for a general feeling of feeling stuck, not enough, unworthy...and so on? If you can't rememer specific episodes and just have a feeling of being caged in....unlovable?
I use a slightly different technique. I also do not ask a lot disclosure. Great job on the session! Fantastic results! I love your technique.
Wow, how did i not stumble onto your tiktok account during the height of the pandemic when we all got lost on that app to pass the time at home. What a treasure trove of information. Did my doctorate in clinical side and fully respect you for your bravery. It is a shame that it still feels like the scariest people to come out to regarding mental health are one’s colleagues in the field.
I just started EMDR for myself and the practitioner had me stand up and move side to side and tap my legs all while watching her fingers. No idea why since I am barely coordinated enough to track fingers while seated, but it was really nice to see what a typical session looks like here.
when she said dad and put her hand up i got spooked
Thank you for the demonstration. I've been seeking various forms of therapy trying to find the form that can help me. This brings me hope that diving into my subconscious will help manifest healing.
legit just cried throughout the entire desensitisation process nd then it stops working
emdr is supposed to aid with memory boosting, isn't it? i think that part works, since you're focusing more
these kinds of things help individuals in specific ways, it's not for everyone all the time - i've had sessions where nothing happened and sessions where i'd slip into a panic attack - the brain is weird but honestly it works sometimes
I can't image the the therapist arm not hurting from using this technique.
Did she go swimming? I really hope this helped her. Wow, this was fascinating and seemed very intense. Flashbacks and all. I can't wait to experience EMDR myself in a few weeks. I really hope I can soften the feelings I have surroundings certain childhood experiences.
hello, did it work well for you? a really good freind of mine also had some really traumatic events in her past and she hast ptsd crisis every 2 days.
we are looking for help and if the therapist recommand edmr we will try it but i'm curious about it. did it help you?
Has anyone done this for trauma based mind control? If you have please share if it was retraumatizing or if it helped you release the emotions and overcome them 💛
I know people who have, and have found it helpful. Best of luck.
Of course it does
getting this done soon can't wait had a traumatic bullying past
How did your edmr session go, do you feel it helped you recover?
Updateeee us girl 🙌🏾
You have enough add rolls in this?
Im getting this done for the first time soon...first kind of intensive therapy since my trauma. I'm honestly really scared. I feel like I'll end up sobbing half way through the session.
Fabulous! Thank you ladies for sharing your ability and your trauma. I do hope this lovely lady enjoys our beautiful oceans.
thank you so much Jaime... you both were really great. I have no way of doing EMDR in my country so I am learning how to process it on my own with youtube videos. So far some decent progress. Don't worry about me though, I don't have severe trauma, just some anxieties and fears and bad habits due to poor internal beliefs about myself that were developed in my adolescence.
Ace How are doing?
Ace, where are you from? In my country i get the opportunity to study EMDR on NLP masterclass.
try EFT aka the tapping method. It can be done very easily on your own..and isnt quite the extreme brain reprogramming that EMDR is. There are many studies on it being super effective.
I love the ocean without fear, when I'm awake, but it's still a symbol of something deep and unknowable and irresistible (not in the positive way). I often have dreams where I'm in some habitat on stilts in the middle of a vast ocean with HUGE waves, (rather like the place in Star Wars where the Fetts help create the clone army ("this is not the trauma you're looking for")) It's thrilling and somehow tragic
I have ASD, so I am wondering how well this would work for me. I would focus on your fingers more than my feelings. My therapist wants to do this with me.
If u are emotional detachment can this help
Very useful demonstration, I'm from iraq, this treatment is not available here, but I would like to do it myself. I'm very grateful if you help me to get self help books or so to do emdr, thank you for your advice.
Fixed after one session. Flight to health?
Im so confused. What is this “light”, is this something the patient should be imagining? Or actually seeing
I think it is a positive image used in case the patient needs to interrupt and go back quickly to a positive and calming scenario.
Imagining, this is one of mindfulness exercises
It’s a Light stream technique.
Will this work if youve had a trauma that you don't remember?
I offer juggling therapy and coaching
I did a second time. I have child & religious CPTSD and I grew up alone and neglected. The root of it all/I NEVER FELT SAFE. MY MOM SAID THE DEVIL WAS MAKING ME FEEL SICK. NOPE. I had hyperthyroidism age 10 and left untreated, i would have died. 3 months before i saw a doctor. I hate her and my family. I was suicidal after that event. At age 10.
Question, does the practitioner always sit that close to the client/patient for EMDR? I’m assuming yes because it keeps the finger stimulus within the field of vision without too large of movements by the clinician, but the proximity could be uncomfortable for some Recipients
No not always. I use an app on my IPad and so I sit to the side but close enough to stop and start the iPad between each set. Some therapists use a light bar with a remote and so can sit very far away.
You check out proximity with clients first
I agree with Lance. I'm also just out of training 1 and really needed this! Thank you.
Who else is noticing that the silhouette of the horizontal band is like....an ocean?!
I am about to begin EMDR so this was extremely helpful for me to see the process. Thank you so much.
Great video. Getting Past Your Past: Take Control of Your Life with Self- Help Techniques from EMDR therapy by Francine Shapiro is a great book. I personally prefer headphones and a metronome.
I got pretty bad PTSD and my therapist has recommended using EMDR. Thought I would check it out
Did you try the TRE tremor therapy of David Berceli yet. I would do that in conjunction with EMDR.
Do it, it will help you a great deal! You can get back to normal and have an awesome life!
marcus zarafonetis TRE EFT VortexHealing and EMDR saved my life.
may I ask whether EMDR has helped you?
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absoltly amazong, I did the same thing she was doing with a little trauma I have and at the end I cried of relief! this absoltuyl amazing!!!! what the heckk...how can this even be so ''easy'' :O thank you!
Thanks TH-cam for the multiple loud irrelevant adverts mid stream 👌
Thank you for sharing your work. Funny enough, when I took my training I did my "easy" trauma on a water incident. Turns out it wasn't so easy, but I was able to clear some of my stuff and get a lot calmer in the water. I use EMDR almost daily in my practice. I have see remarkable results; sometimes subtle and other times (like in your example), huge shifts happen quickly. I learned a lot from your example and look forward to incorporating some of it. As an aside, it was too much wear and tear on my shoulder so I bought the thera-tappers. They work great! I used the ones with the headset as well but I found it way too distracting. I just love EMDR! And for those people who don't believe it, or discount it because their traumas are more complex, give it a shot. It may not fix all of your issues, but it can certainly give you relief and help you lead a happier life.
Te lo haces a ti mismo ? Yo si lo estoy haciendo sola , no tengo dinero para psicoterapia😊
How do you know when to stop moving your fingers for her? Also what happens if you dissociate too much during EMDR, as in my case.
Clinicians are given a general guideline of 24-36 full passes of eye movements per set although this can be altered based on observation and clinical judgment, which is what I did with this client. In terms of dissociation, talk with your therapist about this about having more grounding strategies on hand, also may be an issue with the form of stimulation used. For instance, I have some clients who drift too much with eye movements so doing tactile stimulation with eyes open may be advisable. This has to be handled case-by-case with a skilled clinician. Feel free to look through some of my other videos on grounding and stabilization strategies; it may be a good idea for you to do some of these before you come in for EMDR sessions or to ask your therapist for more breaks in the action if they find that appropriate.
@@DrJamieMM My trainer mentioned that EMDR was not advisable for people who can easily dissociate. She suggested that we screen for this prior to initiating EMDR. What are your thoughts on this?
@@utsutspurouts There are specific tools you can use with a client who dissociates, but that is how I was trained using Francine Shapiro's method. It is not impossible.
Like Dr. Jamie said, there are guidelines for how many passes of BLS to implement before stopping, and also, there are techniques like Fraser's dissociative table technique that can be used during EMDR desensitization to work with the split off parts of the personality that are dissociating during the processing. It can be done, but the clinician must have proper training and a good handle on managing dissociative episodes while performing bls.
Loved this. So special it made me cry. What a gift. Thank you!
Excellent outcome, brave client.
This therapy, in my experience with a light bar, worked almost miraculously.
greeneyeddg a light bar? Please explain thanks
pinkformarie it’s a bar with lights that flash from side to side for the bilateral stimulation.
Do you think a metronome could work as well?
@@ALCRAN2010 I had one therapist use headphones on me and it didn't seem to work at all. So, if it's the sound you're asking about, no. Also, I think a metronome goes too fast visually. A long light bar worked best for me.
I came here to learn about this technique. My therapist wants to try this with me. She doesn't know what she's about to enter. I was neglected as a child I was molested by my brother; uncle and brother in law, lost a sister who died suddenly at age 12, At 15, I ran away and moved in with an abusive alcoholic. Had 3 children before I escaped 4.5 yrs. later, Was in a car that went off a bridge, my daughter was molested by my new husband, he died suddenly in a car accident that also killed my mother in law, had my home flooded twice, both my parents died young.....I
Wow! That’s a lot of heavy stuff you’ve gone through. I am so sorry. Good luck with emdr. Would love to hear about your sessions
By 31:05 I was in tears just listening to this as I am about to face it tomorrow. Please wish me luck that this can work for me .
How did it go any luck?
I hope the best for you in this journey. Sending lots of love & good intentions ✨
I will be beginning this therapy with a new therapist soon, I hope that it can help me get back to work.
How did emdr work out for you?
It would have been good to explain the "light stream" exercise to better understand the process. Thank you.
Not really. All Jewish hypnotic witchcraft
She has another video on the light stream technique.
Thanks, really insightful (2nd year psychiatric nursing student).
Just heard of this my first therapy session was yesterday and I’m nervous and excited about getting this done I have had this big weight on my shoulder for to long now it is finally time I take control!!#Wish me luck everyone thanks in advance 😎
redpooh5 good luck!!!
Lizette Vergara thank you I appreciate that!!👌🏽
Emdr is difficult for me because I can’t trust enough to let go. I had a therapist just a week or two before she tried to introduce it and I couldn’t relax and let it work. I know laying alone in my room and tapping can bring tears even tho I am not focusing on anything in particular. I think it truly can help people
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Maybe you need to talk to somebody (therapist, friend) before? Experience more empathy or something? ❤
Happy for this lady & those who have success with this… even in our weakest moments we are strong… believe that! It’s so true!
You can do this yourself for Yourself
You don't Need a therapist YOU are always your best therapist
Just watch a video with a light moving side to side
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Curious thing I first did this with a therapist, it actually made me WORSE, Because she wasn't good at it at all, left me stuck right in the rape/trauma
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After picking myself up, I learnt to do it by myself & it worked (with learning Emotional intelligence) & (Learning myself)
Ok the ad level makes this almost unwatchable
It looks interesting how it is working on clients. My therapist tried the same and it was too fast for me, so we used the tapping. But even there, my brain was way too focused on surroundings instead of bringing up the memories as it should. Is this normal?
That’s dissociation. Means your brain doesn’t feel safe enough yet.
@@christinak4082 thank you. :) We are finaly making progress and I can now follow his fingers when he is moving them before my eyes. nightmares and nightly flashbacks almost stopped completely after 5 sessions. the intensity of fears lowered from 7-10, down to 4-6 after 6 month. the triggerability is still high when situations was unexpected, but i think thats just a matter of time.
Brilliant, thanks. And thanks to your 'client' too - a very brave effort.
I'm just starting EMDR but my spirit is skeptical and I think having to do eye movement like that will be distracting and uncomfortable. Not really looking forward to it.
Sometimes the history taking can take many sessions. However, if we are fortunate, we can do a single incident and preparation in two sessions before starting phase 3.
I would love to see you apply all these phases with art , sand tray, and Somatic approaches.
This is confusing. I don't understand how this works.
N C EMDR engages both sides of the brain to reprocess old memories and make sense of them.
me either
me either. i think you need a very specific bad memory for this. a soldier that goes through war and has a bunch of bad memories how could this work?
When you're sleeping you're brain stores away your memories properly. When someone is traumatized their brain isn't able to do that with certain memories and this therapy helps to properly store them away so that you have more control
I've been looking into this therapy for a loved one. Best corollations I've been able to understand is, one, when a person is trying to remember they look away and to the side; another is in REM sleep a person's eyes dart left and right. So it seems that the eyes and the minds memories are indeed tied together, this method exploits that bond as an access point into the memory of the trauma.
I’m even more scared now to do this. Can anybody tell what you feel during this
You will feel many things. Many diverse emotions, body sensations associated with memories/feelings. You are working to exchange negative beliefs/feelings for positive ones. Your brain does it and you are able to handle triggers or situations better because the reaction you'll have to them will have changed internally, you'll feel better, stronger and more peaceful, safe, and more like the special, loved and complete person you were born as. I've been doing it for about 6 months and it's really helped me!
Is it weird that I'm actually excited to try this with my therapist?