EMDR Therapy
You don’t have to stay stuck in the past.
EMDR may be helpful for:
- Trauma & difficult life experiences
- Anxiety & depression
- PTSD
- Stress & emotional overwhelm
- Substance abuse
- OCD
- Traumatic or sudden loss
- Grief following traumatic, unexpected or difficult circumstances
- High conflict or distressing relationships
- Experiences that continue to impact your day-to-day life
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a therapeutic approach that can help you process difficult, distressing, or overwhelming life experiences that may be impacting how you think, feel and respond in the present.
Do I Have to Talk About Everything That Happened?
One reason many people are interested in EMDR is that it does not require you to describe every detail of an experience at length.
What Is EMDR?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.
During EMDR therapy, your therapist helps you briefly focus on a distressing memory, thought, feeling, or body sensation while using bilateral stimulation. Bilateral stimulation involves alternating stimulation of the left and right sides of the body and may include guided eye movements, tapping, or sounds.
The goal is to help the brain process maladaptive experiences so that the memory becomes less intense and disruptive in everyday life.
Your therapist will need enough information to understand what you are experiencing and develop an appropriate treatment plan.