EMDR and Grief: Overview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2024
- Understanding loss as wounding and how to address blocks and bottlenecks to adaptive grieving processes. Part of the EMDR Podcast: EmdrPodcast.com. If you are a therapist, you can schedule a consultation or get information about training with me at: EmdrTom.com
My 16 y/o son committed suicide in the 2nd row seats of the car while I was driving. I heard the gunshot, and what I saw I cannot get out of my head. It's been 3.5 months since he passed away, and every memory I have of him now ends the same way, with blood pouring from his head. I try to stop the images, but they just come and go as they please. Is this something EMDR will help?
I think is probably the therapy that can help you the most because is trauma related.
Please do consider EMDR. EMDR won't change what happened, but lessen the intensity of the memory. You deserve the space to safely process what happened.
Michelle, that is so terrible. I cannot imagine what you went through and what you are still going through. May heavens blessing be upon you as you figure out how to heal from this.
oh Michelle, I'm so sorry for your loss and omgosh the images and memories. I'm so sorry mama. Please seek out an EMDR therapist. Find one who is a consultant like Thomas here. Contact Thomas. He's a great guy.
So before processing the loss we resource by using bls about happy memories with the person they lost then do stndard protocol with the loss
Thank you for this. Very helpful.
I am still traumatized by my devastating divorce 10 years ago and have been unable to resolve the grief, which has only gotten compounded by subsequent losses. There's a well of sadness and despair which i keep at bay because it overwhelms me when I let my heart feel it all. The only time I feel the rawness of the losses is in dreams. . Can EMDR work when there patient can't stop crying while accessing tie trauma emotionally (vs just intellectually)?
yes it can. Please find an EMDR practitioner. You can be free.
Flash technique would probably work best when you can't stop crying while accessing the trauma.