EMDR Therapy Session

Ever wonder what an EMDR session is really like? Curious what we have to do before we get into reprocessing? Today my good friend, psychologist, and trauma specialist Dr. Alexa Altman walks me through a real EMDR session, asking me to come up with resources to protect me during the process. I was surprised at how powerful this style of therapy is and how quickly I was able to dive into my past. I know getting into therapy (especially for trauma work) is scary and can be difficult, and I hope seeing it play out gives you the strength to reach out and get the help that you need. xox

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[coolcoolercoolest]

Realizing the throw pillow on the couch was actually a cute dog halfway through the video was a nice experience.

[Dwigt_Rortugal]

As I'm about 6 minutes into watching this, I'm feeling that intense sadness and despair in my gut area, and they haven't even started yet. I think I forget sometimes how much the trauma causes continuous pain. It becomes "normal" to hurt at some base level. "Not good enough" was the burden I wore every day as a kid.

[scottland]

The most realistic part of this video is how Kati laughed about her fear of her book being hated and the therapist not responding with a smile or a laugh. Its truly a no judgement zone and a lot of us when talking about our struggles tend to self-depricate or make light of our feelings. Therapy is a really empowering thing when you realize that your therapist genuinely views your individual struggles as serious.

Out of therapy -- if Kati said "yeah I'm worried about my book being hated haha" she'd likely get a smile and a brush-off of "ahh no it's gonna be fine". As supportive as that is, it doesn't get to the root of our beliefs about ourself.

Again, great video and thanks for being vulnerable in this session.

[emilyann]

Emdr gave me dissociative symptoms and bad anxiety. My therapist wanted it to work so badly, that he seemed to be completely ignoring how uncomfortable I was. If you're a therapist reading this, keep in mind this may not work for everybody and you shouldn't push people with trauma to do something that isn't helping them.

[TheExplodingGerbil]

EMDR treated my agoraphobia and ptsd from an assault. The incident happened 10 yrs ago, I had just 7 sessions this summer. Changed my life. This video is in line with my experiences, however it is hard core in real life and take their advice- takr the rest of the day off work afterwards of you can. V good example though. May I just say Katie, you did a fab job explaining it, bringing on a specialist to give an example session and you being the guinea pig! Thanku. I say to other viewers suffering from trauma and are considering it, please give it a try. Symptoms may never fully disappear, but they do improve, and even that's gotta be worth it. Blessings xx

[katiebwheeler]

LoveLoveLove EMDR, was life changing for Severe c-ptsd symptoms that made basic daily existing and caring for myself feel impossible. Night and day difference to what my life looks like today. So thankful my counselor suggested it!

[GodiscomingBhappy]

showing ones vulnerability actually shows a TRUE courage.
awesome video. thx

[shahadhamid]

Thank you Kati for being vulnerable this session gave me a better idea of what EMDR is like

[loisann]

Dr. Alexa Altman appears calm, gentle, confident. She is not attempting to prove what she knows, does not use fillers such as “like” and “obviously.” I would like to hear more from Dr. Alexa Altman, less about Talk Therapy and more from Dr. Alexa about EMDR. Thank you 🙏🏽

[Dejavu]

I love EMDR! It helped me a lot when I was younger and when I became a therapist my self I got EMDR trained and then certified. I do like it a lot!

[guskoerner]

I had my first EMDR session yesterday and it was enlightening, therapeutic, and similar to what you demonstrated. I'm looking forward to my next session. Kati, thank you for opening up like that. Great job to you both.

[nancyliston]

I did my own little emdr season parallel to yours and experienced a little physical pain relief in my back and was able to feel an old memory and also connect to why it was so “up” and triggered right now.
Thanks for sharing this. I can’t afford therapy. I use the cbt bloom app and it helps lower some anxiety and stress an depression in particular with work and self compassion. And I love a lot of the psychology YouTube Chanel’s and always pursue healing and have a larger capacity to contain Hope and faith. ❤️

[SavedbyGod_]

EMDR was one of the most incredible experiences I’ve ever had - so grateful, so helpful! Thank you for a great video, the information, and vulnerability! 🙌🏻

[TheRockMorton]

Thank you for your excellent way of describing the EMDR process in this video. Many years ago I was skeptical at first, but quickly learned that EMDR could successfully treat an unhealthy memory in me. I had a traumatic experience in childhood that continued to haunt me as an adult. It took only one EMDR session to stop the target memory from haunting me. As I write this comment, I do not re-live the memory in my mind or have side-effects in my body from the memory. I have no interest in the memory whatsoever. EMDR has been effective in treating other trauma events in my life. I forgot to mention that the light bar and hand vibe devices were also used in addition to the tapping demo in this video.

[cindyc]

Kati you are incredible to be so open and vulnerable with us. 🤗🙏🕊❤🌈 Hope this will help others to get the right help from their therapists. God bless you

[Sarahhedger]

I had EMDR in 2018 it was so damaging for me, I have a rare sleep disorder so the weekly sessions were too much I couldn’t focus. I asked to have them every 2 weeks and he wouldn’t. So after 10 sessions I was left with all these traumas that I didn’t think too much about before, they really fucked me up. I’ve been seeing my therapist almost 7 years and she suggested it so I took a break while seeing the emdr specialist. I immediately went back to seeing her after but I’m still not quite over some of the things that were brought up. I know EMDR can be great for some people but it’s definitely not for everyone.

[starztina]

HI ladies, The past few weeks have been challenging and it just seemed to be getting worse. i texted my therapist this morning and the past week i have been doing all the things with no help. journaling, yoga and meditaion. anyway my client does emdr therapy. she sent me a video about it and after watching it your video popped up. I did it. I have many trauma and tragedies. (traumedy). the biggest one is the murder of my 21 year old son and next month will mark 8 years. i am/was ok am nervous about it. anyway to the point i did your video and when i did the tapping it instantly made me feel better. i think my brain had something else to think about besides that pain. thank you soo much ladies

[juliecosgrove]

I have been having EMDR since 22nd of April this year. I needed emdr as a child but it wasn’t around when I was 7 yrs old, (I’m in the UK). I am 39 now. I have had the goose chase as I was with the wrong mental health provider for 14 yrs (they didn’t have the right therapist for me), they referred me last year, to where I am now. Better late than never though. My therapist is doing history gathering and giving me tools to help manage the intense emotions. Thank you Kate Morton🙂🙂

[sandrasantori]

As a Therapist using EMDR with patients and going thru EMDR myself for a phobia, I highly recommend this technique! The relief is enormous!

[adrianmiles]

I find my executive functioning is gone after 10 rounds of processing in a session, gotta eat and nap afterwards. The processing is also working in ur subconscious so you have to fully immerse yourself in the emotions involved in the memory or else you won’t be trimming the memory network with the tapping. For me it takes about 4-6 weeks for integration after EMDR and I feel lobotomised constantly when I’m in a processing cycle, but then we swap back into the mapping cycle and I’m good again. As hard as it is sometimes, I love it cos when I get back into mapping, I can see and feel the huge steps forward I’m making!