EMDR THERAPY
EMDR Therapy is a comprehensive, evidence-based psychotherapy that positively impacts the way we see ourselves, others and the world.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a powerful and relational psychotherapy based on the premise that the nervous system, like other systems in the body, is naturally geared toward health. Painful and overwhelming experiences from an individual’s past can create rigid, isolated clusters of memories that negatively impact the present moment. Even if that individual knows that they are good enough or not to blame for what has happened, that they now have choices or are safe enough in the present day, they may feel quite the opposite. Cognitive, emotional, somatic and behavioral responses to this painful disconnect become habitual and maladaptive.
Working in relationship with a trained EMDR clinician, the individual accesses elements of these disturbing memories from the past, and then allows a bilateral stimulation of the brain through eye movement, tactile or auditory means. There follows a softening in the distress associated with these memories, and a new, integrated understanding of past events. Future experiences that may have previously brought up old patterns of thinking, feeling or behaving may now be faced with increased equanimity and reason.
EMDR Therapy is useful in the treatment of PTSD and other trauma-related disorders; anxiety, phobias and panic; depression and mood disorders; addictive and compulsive behaviors; dissociative disorders; grief and loss; chronic pain, illness and health anxiety; disordered and emotional eating patterns; and more.
For more information, go to EMDR International Association.
Working in relationship with a trained EMDR clinician, the individual accesses elements of these disturbing memories from the past, and then allows a bilateral stimulation of the brain through eye movement, tactile or auditory means. There follows a softening in the distress associated with these memories, and a new, integrated understanding of past events. Future experiences that may have previously brought up old patterns of thinking, feeling or behaving may now be faced with increased equanimity and reason.
EMDR Therapy is useful in the treatment of PTSD and other trauma-related disorders; anxiety, phobias and panic; depression and mood disorders; addictive and compulsive behaviors; dissociative disorders; grief and loss; chronic pain, illness and health anxiety; disordered and emotional eating patterns; and more.
For more information, go to EMDR International Association.