In short, if a client requests a talk session, it’s generally fine to pause EMDR and use the session to build attunement or explore their needs? That flexibility can strengthen the therapeutic relationship and provide information for future work? Question, how many sessions in a row or total of "interrupted EMDR" would you do before suggesting a return to EMDR sessions?
Well, it's complicated. EMDR is slow enough to develop and enhance distress tolerance (an important life and recovery skill), EMDR is slow and deep enough to play the scene differently and perhaps get different perspectives on it (which is an important asset), and EMDR is slow enough for insight to emerge. There is often plenty of room for both... and also some parts work.
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In short, if a client requests a talk session, it’s generally fine to pause EMDR and use the session to build attunement or explore their needs? That flexibility can strengthen the therapeutic relationship and provide information for future work?
Question, how many sessions in a row or total of "interrupted EMDR" would you do before suggesting a return to EMDR sessions?
It depends, I usually bring it up with a client where trauma resolution is a part of their treatment plan after a few talk sessions.
Why would a client want to relive a trauma doing EMDR when Flash Therapy allows the client to heal their traumas without having to relive the trauma?
Well, it's complicated. EMDR is slow enough to develop and enhance distress tolerance (an important life and recovery skill), EMDR is slow and deep enough to play the scene differently and perhaps get different perspectives on it (which is an important asset), and EMDR is slow enough for insight to emerge. There is often plenty of room for both... and also some parts work.