Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Evidence-Based Treatment For Trauma
Getting to the source of the painYour body and mind have an incredible ability to protect you at all costs. This is why traumatic experiences may not look or feel like trauma at first.
Instead, your body may store traumatic memories or visions in unexpected or hidden places, causing them to periodically pop up out of nowhere, manifesting as anxiety, depression, and stress.
EMDR is a helpful tool in rooting out the source of potentially traumatic experiences. A lot of people like EMDR because you don’t have to talk in-depth or at length about what you went through.
EMDR has proven that the mind can heal from psychological trauma similarly to how the body recovers from physical trauma.
How it works
Focused AttentionWe’ll have you focus on a negative feeling, memory, image, or belief and then switch to a positive thought, creating a sensation that the issue has been resolved.
When you’re in the negative thought space your therapist will begin a set of side-to-side eye movements, sounds, or taps.
These will be conducted in three phases: past memories, present disturbances, and future actions.
You’re In ControlYou’re invited to let your therapist know if you need to pause or stop at any point. There’s no pressure should you need a break.
You will be guided to notice what comes to mind after each set. This is when you may begin to notice a shift in the imagery, memory, or belief surrounding the negative event.
We will repeat the movements, sounds, or taps until the event becomes less and less upsetting.
