I'm on a few waitlists right now for therapy. I'm not new to therapy. I've actually been through DBT, and before that I attempted EMDR with a previous therapist. It didn't seem to help much, I think maybe because I wasn't ready for it and also because the childhood trauma we were addressing wasn't so much linked to specific, concrete memories - it was more of a broad, long-term thing.

This time I'm going in with a more specific focus. I'd really like to address some medical trauma that is making it really difficult to take care of myself, and if possible I'd like to see if it could help at all with my phobias of spiders and needles. 

Has anyone found EMDR to be helpful in this way? Would love to hear about your experiences with it, good or bad.