How to Get the Results You Want From Virtual EMDR

​I wanted to know what we could do to improve Virtual EMDR and maybe this person had some sort of insight that we had missed during development and beta-testing.

Were you doing a least one or two sessions per week? I asked. Were the instructions too confusing? Did you understand the control functions of the different EMDR Session Tools? Could you tell me what happened?

Her response? “I tried it once and it didn’t change anything and I still had the same problem,” she said.

I thought to myself, does she really think it will work just like that and after just one attempt?

The fact is, learning self-administered EMDR Therapy takes a bit of practice.

The first time you tried to learn to ride a bike, did you just jump on and away you went with no training wheels? Of course not. But this person thought they could do the EMDR without practicing or even trying to learn how.

And that’s just not going to work.

You know how they say that losing weight is 80% diet and only 20% exercise? Well it’s really the same thing with self-administered EMDR Therapy.

Getting good at online EMDR is 80% practicing what to do in your session. And anything that’s worth doing takes a little bit of effort.

You can’t just try EMDR Therapy for ten minutes one time and then throw in the towel and say “I’m not getting any better, this isn’t working for me.”

The most important thing is to be patient and work your way through those first couple of awkward sessions where you are trying to learn the EMDR process.

To be honest, EMDR Therapy isn’t all that hard to learn. It doesn’t even take very much effort. But if you sign up for Virtual EMDR and expect magic to happen with no effort at all on your part, you will be sorely disappointed because you won’t get the results you are looking for.

It is very important to read ALL of the instructions carefully and become familiar with the EMDR process and the steps of an EMDR Session. You may even want to begin with some practice sessions.

Your first Virtual EMDR Session might take you an extended length of time because you will need to teach yourself a few key ideas and concepts.

• Your first Virtual EMDR Session might take you an extended length of time because you will need to teach yourself a few key ideas and concepts.
• Your second session may only require half the preparation time because you will understand what to do better.
• ​By the time you get to your third and fourth sessions, the prep-work will only be a few minutes and you’ll be able to jump right into the EMDR.