Deepening Your Awareness
EMDR
If you have ever experienced a traumatic event in your life, you know how it can affect all aspects of your life. Trauma can lead to anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and even physical symptoms such as chronic pain. This doesn't have to be your story.
Are you someone
that…
Has experienced things that continue to impact you today, and feels stuck or held back by trauma? Perhaps you find it challenging to go on about your day without intrusive thoughts popping into your head.
Becomes too distressed when talking about or revisiting certain experiences? Perhaps you struggle with depression, anxiety, OCD or phobias and are unsure why or how to move through it.
Still struggles to accept a loss that happened years ago, and it pains you to think or talk about them? Perhaps you find it easier to avoid reminders and find that your life has become gray.
Has tried talk therapy before and feel that you need something more or different this time around.
The life you envision is possible!
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a powerful and extensively researched psychotherapy method used to support individuals recover from trauma and PTSD.
Prior to EMDR, therapy relied on prolonged talking approaches which can be re-traumatizing and extremely painful. EMDR is meant to lessen the painful physical and emotional reaction you have to deeply traumatic memories by creating a safe, structured method to work through , heal, and move beyond the effects of trauma on the mind and body.
During EMDR, clients focus on a particular disturbing memory while engaging in bilateral stimulation (BLS), like eye movements or hand movements. This process activates the information processing system in the brain to tap into the working memory, creating new neural pathways for experiencing the trauma. After a series of these sessions, symptoms that the client experiences while speaking about the traumatic event will significantly reduce.
EMDR has proven to be more effective than Prozac in trauma treatment (Van der Kolk et al., 2007); and it is also effective for anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic pain, addictions, and other distressing life experiences (Maxfield, 2019). Current research shows that when administered by a trained professional, EMDR is safe, with no adverse side effects.
EMDR is effective in-person & online via video call.