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What is EMDR Therapy?
If you’re looking for an innovative therapy, one that gets beyond just talking about your problems, and a therapy that breaks the pattern of feeling emotionally stuck, EMDR may be for you!
EMDR stands for “Eye Movement Reprocessing Desensitization”, and it is an evidence-based practice that helps relieve trauma stored in the mind and body from previous experiences that may be currently impacting you.
EMDR is described like this:
"No one knows how any form of psychotherapy works neurobiologically or in the brain. However, we do know that when a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. One moment becomes ‘frozen in time,’ and remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time…” (EMDRIA.ORG).
““EMDR feels like releasing my traumatic memories into the compost of the universe!””
Many people are great candidates for EMDR psychotherapy. Those with a diagnosable condition that include symptoms of trauma (such as PTSD, a.k.a. post-traumatic stress disorder) often respond very well to EMDR and report they re-process their experiences of trauma approximately two times more directly and rapidly than traditional talk or supportive therapy. Moreover, most EMDR therapists agree that this therapy is excellent at finding root causes of general anxiety and depressed mood and at helping clients of all backgrounds with different problems to improve their mood and to reduce emotional disturbances. EMDR clients often say it helps them let go of negative beliefs about themselves when they feel triggered, and to find a way to move forward from their root causes of getting emotionally stuck and finally experience long lasting emotional wellness.
The brain is pre-programmed to heal itself after a psychological trauma. But sometimes it gets frozen in time (like when your computer overheats when it has too many apps running). This is where EMDR can help, by re-programming what’s stuck and allowing healing to take place again!
““EMDR helped me finally put my traumas to rest - and for good!””
Experiences of “images, sounds, smells, and feelings… can create lasting negative effects that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way they relate to other people. EMDR seems to have a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relieves the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting” (EMDRIA.ORG)
So EMDR is essentially a psychotherapy that simply helps people see disturbing material in a new and less distressing way!