Alex and I had our appt with his psyche today and we have been given a month before our next appt to make our minds up about this EMDR treatment. I have somewhat changed my opinio about this psyche as he does seem to know what he is talking about. He was trained by Dr Shapira in 94 or 95 so I guess that went in his favour. He explained that he doesn't really like using the lights though, because he prefers his patients to be able to close their eyes as he believes it helps them to picture the trauma; so instead he will be tapping Alex. I did warn him that directly after the accident another member of Alex's gu tried to pull him away and got punched, so he should be careful about touching Alex during that time! but he seems to think it will work well. I have told Alex that the decision is his however I think it is worth a try. The dr gave me some web sites to visit to have a look at and was IMO a little annoyed by all my questions. He did say that he has never had one of his patients have an adverse affect from this therapy and he has only heard of it happening once, but that that dr, who was trained, used another drs notes as the basis for the therapy instead of gaining a knowledge ofth client first hand! I told about people on here (without using names) who did not enjoy the therapy and who now have more problems and he said that if Alex starts to become too emotional he will use relaxation techniques to calm him down. He seems trust worthy though, but like I said it is up to Alex. I will let you know what he decides...
PS- Alex asked me today to take him into births deaths and marriages tomorrow to order his birth certificate, so fingers crossed he will have a licence soon. He actually apologised today for not being able to help me out more when it comes to transport so we are working through it now! Here's hoping it all goes well.