EMDR
Trauma can deeply impact your emotional well-being, but healing is possible. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a highly effective, evidence-based therapy that helps individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences. By using bilateral stimulation (such as guided eye movements), EMDR helps reprocess painful memories, reducing their emotional intensity and allowing you to integrate them in a healthier, more adaptive way.
EMDR is particularly effective for those struggling with PTSD, childhood sexual trauma, narcissistic abuse, and other life-altering experiences. Through this transformative therapy, we help you break free from the hold trauma has on your life, shifting negative thought patterns, and fostering emotional resilience.
In addition to EMDR, we use trauma-informed techniques that create a compassionate and supportive space for healing. We work together to identify the root causes of your pain, provide tools for coping, and guide you toward emotional well-being. Through this therapeutic partnership, you’ll regain control over your life, develop a sense of empowerment, and build a healthier, more positive future.
What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach developed by psychologist Francine Shapiro. It is primarily used to treat individuals who have experienced traumatic events and are struggling with the effects of trauma.
How does EMDR work?
EMDR therapy is an integrative psychotherapy method that uses a technique called bilateral stimulation to repeatedly activate opposite sides of the brain. Therapists often use eye movements to facilitate bilateral stimulation. These eye movements mimic the period of sleep referred to as rapid eye movement or REM sleep, and this portion of sleep is frequently considered to be the time when the mind processes the recent events in the person’s life.
EMDR seems to help the brain reprocess the trapped memories in such a way that normal information processing is resumed. Therapists often use EMDR to help clients uncover and process beliefs that developed as the result of relational traumas, or childhood abuse and/or neglect. For a more detailed explanation please visit the
EMDR Institute, Inc.
What does EMDR help?
EMDR had been originally established as helpful for PTSD, although it’s been proven useful for treatment in the following conditions:
- Panic Attacks
- Complicated Grief
- Dissociative Orders
- Disturbing Memories
- Phobias
- Pain Disorders
- Performance Anxiety
- Addictions
- Stress Reduction
- Sexual and/or Physical Abuse
- Body Dysmorphic Disorders
- Personality Disorders
None of the above symptoms or experiences fit you?
Do you experience distressing emotions that appear to you, and perhaps to others, to be excessive given the current situation? Do you tend to be highly reactive to certain triggers? Is there one or more dysfunctional beliefs that you believe about yourself that on an intellectual level you know is not true?
If so, you may still be a good candidate for EMDR therapy. Contact me today for a free phone consultation to see if EMDR might help you release what no longer serves you.