2020 was an intense year for Eric. In addition to the social isolation, caused by Covid-19, he also experienced a traumatic event that affected his life. Fortunately, he was able to contact a therapist relatively quickly who offered online treatments and also used EMDR remote. Eric was open for online treatment, although initially sceptical of the potential effect, a choice he is now very grateful for.

We spoke to Eric about his experience with online EMDR.

What did you think when your therapist suggested online treatments? your therapist suggested online treatments?

"I was very sceptical. This was my first experience with a therapist and I believed that only face-to-face sessions could work. But since Corona made this practically impossible, I was open to the online version."

How did the online contact go?

"After 5 minutes of setting up the camera and microphone, it really went smoothly. I actually liked staying at home and chatting from there. In my own living room, it's a little more pleasant to talk about what happened. I can imagine that I probably would have been less relaxed in a consultation room. "

How did you experience your first remotely online EMDR treatment? First experience online remote EMDR treatment?

"Before I spoke to my psychologist, I had never heard of EMDR. When I heard I was going to watch a ball, I thought she was joking; I never thought the effect would be that great. We did EMDR-remote and although I still don't fully understand how EMDR works in my head, the effect was actually there!

I really enjoyed working with the program, although it sometimes got intense, for example when I had to do different things at the same time. For example, I had to look at the ball at a certain point, name colours, hear clicks and press the space bar on certain symbols. Now of course I'm not sure why I felt so much better after one session, but it worked great and that's what matters. "

Was it a problem that your therapist wasn't in the room?

"Not at all, it was really nice when I'm being very honest. But of course that could also be just me as a person."

What effect did you notice after the first treatment?

"Immediately after the first session I felt improvements, the memory had become much less intense. When I think back at it now, it's actually pretty bizarre that such a great result can be achieved in a single session."

What do you want to see differently?

"This is a tough question as I feel so much better again thanks to the online EMDR. But if I got to choose something, it would be to start working on my trauma faster because now I had to wait for my psychologist to be available every time . But since I no longer suffer from my trauma, you won't hear me complain! ""

Would you recommend EMDR-Remote?R-Remote recommend it to others?

"It worked great for me. But I can imagine that there are some people who may have problems using a computer, who won’t like it that much. 

* Eric's name has been changed for data protection reasons.

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