I don't agree. My Therapist did the tapping on my knees. I did not tap. I was speaking my traumas and crying as I watched myself like in a movie. Believe me. When it hit me at the end....wow!!!! I felt soooo different. I can't even explain how life changing that was! I feel that's the best....by far method! At least for myself. My therapist is very well known for her work with EMDR, a lot of experience! Maybe it depends on who's doing the EMDR and the experience that they have. I've seen some therapist on UA-cam doing EMDR, and it's almost laughable to me! I would never waste so much time like they do, with finger movements and asking the client questions?! That's not a helpful method
I also had the therapist tap my hand which I were resting on my knees. The first time it gave me too much anxiety, I communicated it and the therapist switched to a pair of remote controlled vibrating handles, which I was holding with my hands. In the following session we negotiated and this time his tapping was absolutely fine. In short, having the therapist do the bilateral stimulation directly with tapping or via a remote controlled device was working for me and it even felt like being cared for, which helped me access and shared my feelings and memories. I’m now interested in experimenting with the butterfly tapping next time as I want to see how far I can self regulate through the process. Importantly, I agreed with my therapist a way to communicate if I wanted to stop, so I felt like I had an easy way to pace the flow if for any reason I wanted to take a break.
Don't discount or make fun of a method you haven't used. Someone might read your comment & then put the Ida in their head that their therapist isn't going to help them & are doing EMDR wrong so it won't work. My new therapist wants to do tapping & I am having a hard time believing that it won't work & is ridiculous but I would never tell someone they shouldn't do it & tell them the way my 1st therapist did is the best & only way & that if they want to do tapping it's a waste of time & "laughable" Just because you did tapping & not the method w/ Them waving their 2 fingers in your peripheral vision as you follow w/ your eyes & then them stopping To ask ?'s as you go back in a memory is your experience not the experience everyone will have. W/out trying it yet, to me the entire tapping method sounds ridiculous & I'm really doubting that it's going to be helpful & I wish my Dr would do the method I know works But even though I am willing to try it bc I need the help I'm really trying to get the idea out of my head that it's not going to work but I would never tell people it's ridiculous & won't work w/out trying it myself 1st
I don't think tapping my knees by a therapist is a good idea. I would be way uncomfortable, it's too much of a physical contact. And with trauma we don't need it. 99%
When I deliver training l do not advise the delegates to tap their clients' knees. For some clients this will feel uncomfortable at best, for others, it can be triggering. It may be preferable to tap the clients' hands, or invite them to do their own bilateral tapping.
This is not true.I have a client that becomes very stressed by doing their own tapping. They also can’t do eye movement BLS. I do it (tapping on her knees) and it works. In this one case. The person is benefiting greatly from doing EMDR with me. My client is female and so am I. The tapping is with her is with her consent.
Saying this isn't true is based on your observation with one client, it seems. Please don't reject what is applicable for many. You advocate tapping a client's knees with her permission - that could be fine in many cases, but what about the client who has past memories outside conscious awareness where inappropriate touch started with touching their knees and progressed from there! As a therapist we need to be wary of such things and mitigate against them For example a physical barrier (e.g. cushion) on the client's lap and tapping their hands which are resting on it.
I don't agree. My Therapist did the tapping on my knees. I did not tap. I was speaking my traumas and crying as I watched myself like in a movie. Believe me. When it hit me at the end....wow!!!! I felt soooo different. I can't even explain how life changing that was! I feel that's the best....by far method! At least for myself. My therapist is very well known for her work with EMDR, a lot of experience! Maybe it depends on who's doing the EMDR and the experience that they have. I've seen some therapist on UA-cam doing EMDR, and it's almost laughable to me! I would never waste so much time like they do, with finger movements and asking the client questions?! That's not a helpful method
I also had the therapist tap my hand which I were resting on my knees. The first time it gave me too much anxiety, I communicated it and the therapist switched to a pair of remote controlled vibrating handles, which I was holding with my hands. In the following session we negotiated and this time his tapping was absolutely fine. In short, having the therapist do the bilateral stimulation directly with tapping or via a remote controlled device was working for me and it even felt like being cared for, which helped me access and shared my feelings and memories.
I’m now interested in experimenting with the butterfly tapping next time as I want to see how far I can self regulate through the process.
Importantly, I agreed with my therapist a way to communicate if I wanted to stop, so I felt like I had an easy way to pace the flow if for any reason I wanted to take a break.
Don't discount or make fun of a method you haven't used. Someone might read your comment & then put the Ida in their head that their therapist isn't going to help them & are doing EMDR wrong so it won't work. My new therapist wants to do tapping & I am having a hard time believing that it won't work & is ridiculous but I would never tell someone they shouldn't do it & tell them the way my 1st therapist did is the best & only way & that if they want to do tapping it's a waste of time & "laughable" Just because you did tapping & not the method w/ Them waving their 2 fingers in your peripheral vision as you follow w/ your eyes & then them stopping To ask ?'s as you go back in a memory is your experience not the experience everyone will have. W/out trying it yet, to me the entire tapping method sounds ridiculous & I'm really doubting that it's going to be helpful & I wish my Dr would do the method I know works But even though I am willing to try it bc I need the help I'm really trying to get the idea out of my head that it's not going to work but I would never tell people it's ridiculous & won't work w/out trying it myself 1st
Mandy you may like trying this type of taping www.youtube.com/@tapwithbrad
Thank you. That's helpful.
What is the way to tapp like 12 - 3 or 1 -23
Nice
I don't think tapping my knees by a therapist is a good idea. I would be way uncomfortable, it's too much of a physical contact. And with trauma we don't need it. 99%
When I deliver training l do not advise the delegates to tap their clients' knees. For some clients this will feel uncomfortable at best, for others, it can be triggering. It may be preferable to tap the clients' hands, or invite them to do their own bilateral tapping.
This is not true.I have a client that becomes very stressed by doing their own tapping. They also can’t do eye movement BLS. I do it (tapping on her knees) and it works. In this one case. The person is benefiting greatly from doing EMDR with me. My client is female and so am I. The tapping is with her is with her consent.
Saying this isn't true is based on your observation with one client, it seems. Please don't reject what is applicable for many.
You advocate tapping a client's knees with her permission - that could be fine in many cases, but what about the client who has past memories outside conscious awareness where inappropriate touch started with touching their knees and progressed from there! As a therapist we need to be wary of such things and mitigate against them For example a physical barrier (e.g. cushion) on the client's lap and tapping their hands which are resting on it.
Your exception does not make the rule