I am consistently amazed at the power of EMDR and its effectiveness in helping people to healing from a variety of mental health challenges. Just this week I was working with a client who experienced extreme fear of flying, The client did not have any upcoming trips planned and was working towards managing the fear prior to the actual experience of flying. During a 45 minute EMDR treatment the client dropped her SUDS (i.e., subjective unit of distress from 10/10 to 1/10 by the end of the session. Although this was a counselling session and not “the real thing” the verdict is still out, meaning how she will respond during the flight is yet to be determined.
In the meantime the client and I will be using EMDR Therapy to work on her fear of needles. Once her SUDS drops to 0 and/or 1, she will attempt to receive a needle injection. More to come once the treatment is completed.