EMDR is good for reprocessing past traumas. There has been a lot of study about how this works. Standard counselling, which I went to and greatly benefit, was more about retraining thought processes. The standard counselling helped me get my confidence back, to work through anger, recognise and not be as triggered by things stemming from abandonment and betrayal.
EMDR has basically made it easier to remember past traumas and not be hurt or as affected by them. Its a strange process but for me (and Hope) seems to have worked.
Hope this helps, any questions, fire away...
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"What happened happened, and couldn't have happened any other way...because it didn't"