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One of the unique things about EMDR is that it is very

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patient-focused, it's very patient-led.

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Different people respond differently to it.

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So we do start with the image of the trauma, but for some people

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they don't ever talk about the details of the trauma,

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and they're still able to reach a resolution.

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Other people really need to talk about

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the details of their trauma, and they do.

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I had one woman who, we started with the image,

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the negative belief, the emotions in her body,

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and she stayed in her body the entire time.

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And she got nauseous, and it got worse and worse,

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and then she said it's like curtains in the wind

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and everything felt calm.

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And when we went back to the original trauma

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there was no intensity around it, everything had been diffused.

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And we never talked about the trauma.

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So it really depends on who the person is

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and what they need to be able to resolve their trauma.

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There are some people who have traumatic events

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where they're not comfortable sharing every detail

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or they're not allowed to share every detail

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because maybe the information is confidential or classified.

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In EMDR I don't have to know all the details.

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You can keep some of those to yourself,

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and you just have to answer some basic questions for me

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so that I can make sure you're focusing on the correct stuff

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as we continue through our sets.