Hi,

I really appreciate your expertise and especially your information about the cutting. I was cutting when I first saw him but had stopped quite early in the process...it was almost an episodic cutting, if that makes sense. I experienced a traumatic time which was preceded by a very long depression and I was cutting off and on for a month or so, and that was the first and last episode of cutting. I am not sure if this makes any difference in terms of the safety reasons for not doing EMDR. You did mention "active cutting" and I have not cut in a while. I have to admit though, the urge has been strong lately since doing the abandonment work.