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Posted By Hayley McBride
Hi folks, i am currently finishing my Masters dissertation and was looking for some help. I have questionnaires that require filled in by people who have suffered from workplace trauma, through accidents, hold ups, bullying etc and have been treated by a therapy called EMDR (eye movement desensitation and reprocessing). Is there anybody out there who could fill this in or anybody that knows anybody that could fill it in. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hayley
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Posted By Merv Newman
hayley,
30 years in the trade and I have never heard of EMDR.
Would you care to tell us a bit more about it ? Or point us to a source ?
You might be a bit esoteric for this site.
Merv (more baffled (or is that boggled) than critical) Sorry
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Posted By Ian G Hutchings
Hayley
Somewhere I have a few contacts that I believe practice in this area of psychology / treatment. I wonder if there may be any issue with confidentiality, but please email me your details and I can see if I can contact them and see if they have any patients who may be willing to take part.
Cheers
Ian
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Posted By Hayley McBride
Hi Merv,
EMDR stands for eye movement desensitation and reprocessing, it has only been used since the early 90's and is hailed as a miracel cure in treating people with PTSD. The very basic rough principle of te therapy is it processes memories which the brain has not processed thoroughly, it is these unprocessed memories that cause flashbacks and arouse emotions and feelings etc that were experieced at the time of the very traumatic event. For example a police man involved in a bomb, may suffer from various symptoms leading to PTSD, after a few sessions of EMDR he can be cured.
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Posted By FJ
Sounds fascinating- please post more on this- at least when you've finished (and good luck with that).
Have you looked at it from another angle- rather than targetting general safety practitioners how about talking to people who regrettably have alot of potential for PTSD- eg the Emergency Services (your local IOSH Branch may have a link or two)?
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Posted By Merv Newman
Hayley,
I'm a bit off PTSD counselling. I would much rather people learned to regret/forgive/forget such incidents. I don't want them reliving/remembering. That can only hurt.
It happened. You grieve. Then it is done and you have to live.
I have lost grandparents, parents, siblings, friends.
You do NOT think of them every day. you just blank it and do your best to forget.
So, Merv is a Harsh, Hard [expletive deleted]. (a few asterisks are allowed here(keep it down to four)) Get a life.
Merv (sorry if I have offended)
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Posted By Ken C
Having been a sufferer of PTSD (Rail fatality in 1992) I would have loved to have heard of this system. Unfortunately, I had to do things the old fashioned way.
Merv, I agree with you on the process but having lived through it, more importantly having watched my family live through it, anything that can speed up the recovery process is fine by me. My recovery eventually took over 10 years.
Good luck with your research Hayley and feel free to contact me if I can be of help.
Regards
Ken C
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Posted By Merv Newman
Hayley,
good luck on the doctorate. Please share your conclusions with us.
Ken, I lost my mum and my dad on the same day. Went to his cremation then to the nearby clinic to be told that she had died that morning.
I reallyreally kicked (expletive) out of that garden wall.
Back to the flat to finish off his last bottle of scotch. 50/50 with his widow.
Done. Dusted.
Can you cry forever ?
Merv
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Posted By Ken C
Merv
Sorry to hear that life dealt you a p**s poor hand. I agree that some people are better able to deal with these incidents and if your way worked I am happy for you.
Unfortunately, in mine and many other cases, it didn't and I would have jumped at the chance to find something that worked.
Life as we all know can really suck sometimes. Anything that will make it easier to deal with when it does can only be a good thing.
Regards
Ken C
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Posted By Hayley McBride Merv, I think if you had a greater knowledge of the process, you would probably be more for the process. Some people can deal with grief/incidents etc and move on, but for others it completely ruins their life. I have seen people who cannot continue to live a normal life, they have had this treatment and with no exaggerating they are a different person after having the treatment. To anybody who would like to learn or simply understand more about EMDR have a look at this website, www.emdr.org.ukIt will give you an idea of the sheer capability of the system and the effect it can have on peoples lives. Thanks to everyone who have responded to this thread. Hayley.
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