EMDR
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What is EMDR Therapy?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an integrative psychotherapy approach that has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma. EMDR is a set of standardized protocols that incorporates elements from different treatment approaches.
How does EMDR work?
EMDR therapy is an integrative psychotherapy method that uses a technique called bilateral stimulation to leverage the natural capacity to reprocess pathogenic memories that have been feeding life limiting symptoms.
This short clip offers insights from researchers, neuroscientists and emdr therapists:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDivEv1U3Pg
The form of bilateral stimulation used in EMDR therapy is determined based on each person's capacities and can take place using tactile or auditory stimulation, not just eye movement.
EMDR seems to help the brain reprocess the maladaptively stored memories in such a way that resumes the adaptive information processing that was blocked due to the nature of the memories being traumatic or ongoingly stressful.
How can EMDR help?
Research shows that EMDR can be useful for a variety of conditions including:
- Panic Attacks
- Complicated Grief
- Trauma induced reactivity
- Medical Trauma
- Psychological impacts of accidents, wars and disasters
- Disturbing Memories
- Phobias
- Performance Anxiety
- Prolonged exposure to stress and stressful environments
- Sexual and/or Physical Abuse
- Body Dysmorphia
- Distressing emotions that appear excessive given the current situation
- PTSD, depression and anxiety symptoms related to living with chronic diseases such as cancer
- Unhelpful beliefs about yourself that persistently impact you relationships with yourself and others while on a logical level you know that those beliefs are not true.
Learn more from the EMDR International Association:
You are welcome to schedule a consultation to see if / how EMDR can be part of your healing and growth.
What is EMDR intensive therapy?
In addition to the standard EMDR protocol that can be utilized in weekly sessions, specialized EMDR protocols were designed and researched to facilitate treatment for specific challenges within a condensed time frame.
Using a multimodal and personalized approach where different modalities are integrated to meet individual needs, the relevant EMDR protocols can be integrated with different therapeutic modalities to offer the desired outcomes through focused engagement that takes days rather than months.
The intensive format may be used as adjunct therapy at the request of the primary therapist, or as a standalone intervention when there is a need for resourcing and treatment related to life limiting symptoms but ongoing clinical care is not needed. A careful assessment is required to reveal which format can responsibly meet individual needs and capacities.
