It is so understandable that discussing trauma is hard! This is expected. Luckily, there are many techniques available to assist individuals who avoid trauma work for this reason! The beauty of EMDR is that it does not require disclosing every detail. It does require not avoiding the material that creates problems for you. In many cases, a trauma can be resolved without telling me a piece of information that you prefer to keep private. For others, being able to verbalize what happened is part of the work. Please also know our work occurs within a safe, non-judgmental relationship. I have heard it all when it comes to trauma and I am here to support you in the process. At the end of the day, you have to decide if you are ready to do trauma work and if it is a good time in your life to do so.
“The conflict between the will to deny horrible events and the will to proclaim them aloud is the central dialectic of psychological trauma.” – Judith Herman
