Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy approach designed to help individuals process and integrate traumatic memories. The technique involves guiding eye movements or other bilateral stimulation while you, the client, recall distressing events, which can facilitate the processing of these memories and reduce their emotional charge. EMDR aims to help individuals develop more adaptive beliefs about themselves and their experiences, ultimately fostering healing and resilience. Clinical research supports its effectiveness, particularly for those suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and other trauma-related conditions.
In addition to helping process traumatic events, EMDR also helps to process memories and experiences that have created negative beliefs about ourselves and the world, consequently creating painful emotional reactions to everyday things. These negative beliefs affect how we see ourselves and how we interact in our relationships. A few weekly EMDR therapy sessions (90 minutes) and/or an EMDR intensive session (4-6 hours) can help address and heal the root of the symptoms you are experiencing.
If you’re interested in learning more about how EMDR might help you, call or text me at 407-821-5923 for a free phone consultation and how I can help.
