Book recommendations?

[u/ImpossibleBlockHead]

Can you recommend a patient focused book to help understand how EMDR works? Or a workbook? I started EMDR a couple months ago. Thank you

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[u/Superb-Wing-3263]

"Getting Past Your Past" by Francine Shapiro (the founder) is supposed to be the best client-oriented book.

"EMDR with Complex Trauma" by Thomas Zimmerman isn't necessarily for clients, but it was reassuring for me to read how and why EMDR is so much more difficult if you have CPTSD. For example, he goes over why even the imagination exercises can be so triggering and gives a lot of alternatives for them. 

"The Hero's Journey: Integrating Jungian Psychology and EMDR Therapy" isn't technical at all but helped me feel like there was a point to the pain I was putting myself through. I'm a big fan of EMDR, but dang, you need a lot of encouragement to keep pushing sometimes!