EMDR Therapy
Letting go of the past
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (E.M.D.R.) is a psychotherapy approach that is proven effective for the treatment of trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and more.
Experience the healing power of EMDR Therapy
Lay your memories to rest
and move forward with your life
If you’re feeling stuck, bothered by painful memories or talk therapy isn’t working for you, then EMDR can help.
EMDR allows you to confront your past and revisit traumatic experiences in a safe environment while reducing your body’s fear response. That's right, through EMDR you can reprocess memories without feeling overwhelmed by them. Your therapist will use eye movement or tapping to activate parts of the brain that promote self-soothing and problem solving. This allows you to explore your inherent resources within and use them to your advantage.
This method called “bilateral stimulation” will help you reprocess and reframe painful memories so that you can move forward from them for good.
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Difficult memories don't define you and they no longer need to bother you.
Mental clarity and growth are within reach.
50 Min - 140 + gst
80 Min - 180 + gst
Is It necessary to disclose details about past traumatic experiences in order for them to be processed?
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No, full disclosure of the experience is not necessary for the experience to be processed. You don't need to talk about your past in detail for this therapy to work. in d
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Will emotions and sensations be experienced?
Yes – emotions and sensations may come up during processing, although you will be prepared and safely managed by your therapist during processing. You will have the support of your therapist to stop the therapy at any point if necessary.
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Is EMDR like hypnosis?
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No, during EMDR processing, the client is present and fully in control of the experience.
Is EMDR brief treatment?
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EMDR therapy , as with all treatment approaches, will help clients accomplish their treatment goals.
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The length of time that it takes is dependent upon your complexity and goals.
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Frequently EMDR therapy is only one of several treatment interventions used to accomplish the client’s treatment goals.
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WHAT IS DIFFERENT ABOUT EMDR?
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EMDR’s focus is on the brain’s ability to constantly learn, modify, and adapt.
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This adaptive emotional learning is referred to as “Adaptive Information Processing” (AIP).
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Adaptive learning is constantly updating memory network systems, keeping what is important from past experiences and letting go of no longer necessary information.
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Disturbing events are often emotionally charged in a way that prevents adaptive learning. These past emotionally charged events become isolated from more positive, adaptive experiences. When activated in the present, these negatively charged feelings and emotions distort our current perceptions, attitudes, and behaviors. When our partner criticizes us, while we may know we are worthwhile, these negative emotions and sensations cause us to feel worthless.
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EMDR treatment identifies these negative and positive networks and then uses bilateral stimulation, i.e., eye movements, alternative tapping, etc. as the catalyst to activate our adaptive learning system. The result is a consolidated memory network that keeps what is healthy, and lets go of past, no longer useful emotions, sensations, and beliefs. As a result, we not only know with are worthwhile, we feel it, too! Information provided by EMDR Consulting. Visit https://emdrconsulting.com/about/what-is-emdr/ to learn more.
WHAT DOES EMDR LOOK LIKE IN TREATMENT?
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OVERALL TREATMENT PLANNING
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Clients come to treatment expressing concerns.
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The clinician will help the client understand the dynamics of the present concerns and how to adaptively manage them.
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An overall treatment plan will be developed that will accomplish the client goals.
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Within that treatment plan, EMDR therapy, along with other therapy approaches, will be used to accomplish treatment goals.
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EMDR PROCEDURES
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The client will be instructed, through a set of questions, to access and activate the negative experience and the desired adaptive resolution.
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Sets of rapid eye movement (or other forms of bilateral stimulation) will be applied.
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The client is encouraged to just “free associate” and allow the brain to work through the experience.
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Sets of eye movements will be alternated with brief client reports of what is being experienced.
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EMDR processing will continue until the past experience has been updated to an adaptive present perspective.
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With long standing issues, this process may take multiple sessions.
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INTEGRATION
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Once the disturbing experiences have been processed, the client and clinician work together to integrate these new insights and perspectives into their daily life.
information provided by EMDR Consulting. Visit https://emdrconsulting.com/about/what-is-emdr/ to learn more.
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