I'm currently creating a website for my good friend who is a leading trainer in EMDR therapy. I never stop being amazed and dismayed at how many participants on this forum are victims of abusive parents.
Since EMDR therapy is relatively new and shows very promising outcomes, I want to bring awareness of this option, so that those in emotional pain can seek this treatment for themselves.
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/22641-emdr-therapy
Painful, b/c you literally have to live through the initial triggers that gave you PTSD at the start--and I'd have a session and cry through the whole thing...
BUT--after quite a few session, working through past abuse by an OB, I was able to put the 'fear' (for lack of a better word) in it's place and I no longer am a victim of the past.
You need to have a therapist you TRUST implicitly, b/c you will go to places you don't want to go--and you need to have and open mind about it.
My therapist brought up using EMDR for about a year before I was OK to try it.
I'm not perfect, for sure, but so, so, so much better than I was.
Good for you and your friend for getting the word out about this treatment!
Not sure it would be a good idea to do it while also caring for abusive parent on a daily basis.....or if parent lives with you. Could be overwhelming, then.
I've been going to regular therapy for years but I'd love to try this as well.
The website just describes what EMDR therapy is. I would search online locally for yourself. You may want to consider posting for recommendations on Nextdoor.com, which an intranet of non-anonymous people who live in your actual neighborhood (and surrounding communities, if you expand the search option).