The safe and effective treatment for trauma
EMDR therapy is used to treat trauma and related symptoms by reconnecting the traumatized person in a safe and measured way to the images, thoughts, emotions, and body sensations associated with the trauma.
Trauma symptoms occur when negative experiences overwhelm the brain’s natural ability to heal.
EMDR uses bilateral stimulation while the client is re-experiencing the trauma to help the brain heal. Successful use of EMDR results in the trauma being processed which usually means the memory is less vivid, the emotions associated with the event less intense and the meaning of the event changes.
Symptoms of Trauma
Those of us with PTSD will experience four main types of difficulties:
Re-living the traumatic event – unwanted and recurring memories, vivid images and nightmares.
Being overly alert or wound up – sleeping difficulties, irritability, lack of concentration and excessive wariness.
Avoiding reminders of the event –avoiding activities, places, people, thoughts or feelings associated with the event because they bring back painful memories.
Feeling emotionally numb – loss of interest in day-to-day activities, detachment from friends and family, feeling flat and numb.
How it works
Sessions typically last for an hour. It is theorized that EMDR works because the “bilateral stimulation” bypasses the area of the brain that processes memories and has become stuck due to the trauma. The experience results in increased insight regarding both previously disturbing events and the negative thoughts about themselves that have grown out of the original traumatic event.
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