KarmaCat (original poster new member #85700) posted at 2:30 PM on Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Would love to hear if any WS or BS have went through EDMR therapy treatment to tackle the trauma associated with your betrayal/affair. My husband’s IC recommended he start this process during his session yesterday & from what I’ve seen online it is very intense but can often have wonderful results if conducted correctly by the therapist. If you have gone through this process is there anything I can do to help my BS while he is processing and reliving traumatic events? Did you see positive results from your sessions?
leafields ( Guide #63517) posted at 6:17 PM on Saturday, June 7th, 2025
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR( is a form of psychotherapy designed to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). While I didn't do EMDR, I spoke with my therapist about it as a treatment option. There are several on the forum that have successfully gone through EMDR and found it very helpful.
Hopefully some others who actually did EMDR will weigh in with their experiences.
BW M 34years, Dday 1: March 2018, Dday 2: August 2019, D final 2/25/21
Copingmybest ( member #78962) posted at 8:38 PM on Sunday, June 8th, 2025
I’ve been through EMDR. The process may be different for individual therapists, but mine used tapping devices initially in each hand and eventually we used the moving ball on the screen. I was really affected by parts of my WW’s affair and the EMDR actually helped me to open up to the actual things that were affecting me the most. It doesn’t work like I had read about it but for me the results were worth it. It allows your mind to roam outside of the normally confined thinking and helps you get to the root of what’s really bothering you. We didn’t use EMDR exclusively, it was a blend of EMDR and conventional therapy. It worked for me and I’m grateful to have found my therapist.
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