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Dear Colleagues:

I am posting this letter to me, which showed up on my Mark Dworkin.com website. I hear about these kinds of situations all too often. That’s part of the reason I chose to do my own trainings.

I am remiss to say I have no love for EMDR. While knowing I had no memory of the first 12 years of my life, yet I was raised in a large traditional Italian family which didn’t seem odd compared to other families in our neighborhood. I have 6 siblings. My parents worked hard, we always had food, a clean home, a normal childhood, went to church celebrated holidays, all of it.

Convinced to seek EMDR therapy to learn why I felt I was born at age 12, I spent 3 years in EMDR therapy, weekly at $100 dollars a week. The clinician convinced me to see a psychiatrist to get medication. I did that.

Within those 3 years I attempted suicide twice. EMDR did not bring up memories of anything significant and the antidepressant medication nearly killed me.

I recovered from EMDR when I tossed the antidepressants in the garbage and all I did learn was; the clinician was an irresponsible and dangerous man. EMDR, if it is done properly should last about a month. I read the books.

What I got out of the entire experience is, It cost me a lot of money to find out I had dissociated what ever trauma it was that cost me a childhood, and I also survived it. With that obvious truth, I am in charge now. Blaming my childhood for my issues is passed its sell by date. I have a beautiful life and can live it in spite of a lost childhood and in spite of misfortunes I do remember.

I enjoy your writing,
God Bless