I want to share a very positive experience, in the hope that others can benefit too.
I experienced a traumatic event last summer with relation to my DHs illness. And developed PTSD which presented as anxiety, flashbacks, pannic attacks, emotional numbing and poor concentration. I was unable to cope at work and struggled to manage in the supermarket. At its worst I couldn't concentrate for long enough to make a cup of tea and even got stuck in the kitchen on one occasion because I couldn't work out how to get out.
Medication took the edge off the anxiety and helped me sleep, meditation, mindfulness and exercise helped. My councellor taught me some excellent anxiety management techneques, but then got stuck and refered me on to a psychologist. I found the sessions with the psychologist made things worse, the anxiety and pannic attacks got worse, I dreaded appointments got hugely anxious for at least 24 hours before them and my mood started to drop, for the first time I was low and tearful aswell as anxious.
And then last week I went to see a different therapist for EMI privately. In that 1 session we worked through the trauma and the anxiety right back to its childhood routes. I feel amazing, there is no anxiety, no flashbacks, no pannic attacks, no urges to self harm. I've gone back to work, I feel like a weight has lifted and I've got a future again. I can look back at the traumatic events of the summer and analyse them rationally without the overwhelming emotions I had taking over. I've been discharged by the psychologist today and the EMI therapist doesn't feel I need follow up either.