What is EMDR?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.
It is widely used to treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) for example if someone experienced a severely harrowing road traffic accident, anxiety, depression and other mental health conditions.
It involves recall of difficult or traumatic memory, while being guided by the therapist using side to side eye movement or other gentle stimuli.
EMDR is based on the research into Rapid Eye Movement (REM) a phase of sleep that can help the brain process disturbing memories.
EMDR can be a powerful, life-changing tool for recovery, is highly researched and is recommended by WHO (the World Health Organisation).
What conditions do we treat with EMDR?
EMDR is particularly effective in treating disorders caused by trauma including:
- PTSD
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Phobias
- Grief and loss
- Addiction
- Trauma-linked chronic pain
How does EMDR work?
After a period of assessment by the therapist, learning the specific history behind the condition, the process of EMDR mimics the REM stage of sleep by having patients move their eyes in a certain way while recalling a traumatic event.
By mimicking REM in safe and controlled conditions, using light or sound stimuli, EMDR helps your brain to reprocess challenging memories, reducing their emotional hold and impact, and allowing you to see them in a healthier, more reasoned way.
This final process of re-thinking the events or incidents is guided by the therapist. They will also help reinforce positivity and use relaxation exercises to ‘warm down’ at the end of a session.
Why would I be encouraged to practice EMDR?
This therapy is specifically designed to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, so is carefully curated and applied by our therapists for those specific conditions.
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