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What is EMDR
That feeling of being “stuck in the past.” It shows up seemingly out of no where, like a picture frozen in time and we relive that time in current relationships and other areas in life, like a loop that never ends. Leaving you feeling stuck, anxious, depressed and in a reactive state. The past can be just that, EMDR helps your become unstuck, moving through life in a responsive way versus a reactive ones.
EMDR allows you to learn from negative experiences of the past. Decreases present triggers associated with past events, allowing your brain to reprocess and create new pathways in the future.
Peter Levine says it best
“What I do know is that we become traumatized when our ability to respond to a perceived threat is in some way overwhelmed. This inability to adequately respond can impact us in obvious ways, as well as ways that are subtle.”
― Peter A. Levine, “Healing Trauma: A Pioneering Program for Restoring the Wisdom of Your Body”
When memories are triggered it can feel like you are in the middle of an experience, the threat is still real. This can happen in the form of flashbacks, nightmares, fear/startle responses, or other triggers.
How does EMDR help me?
EMDR therapy assists different areas of the brain to communicate with each other. Think of a kaleidoscope, it distorts the image through a lens, in many ways your memories are distorted in the same way. When your brain is able to reprocess these memories the image becomes clear and your brain is able to determine the memory is not a present threat and the memory is properly stored.
What Does EMDR Treat
- Trauma and PTSD
- Phobias
- Anxiety
- Panic Attacks
- Depression
- Abuse
- Grief
- Addictions
- Chronic Pain
- Disturbing Memories
- Phantom Limb Pain
- Performance Anxiety
EMDR therapy is one approach which can be used to tackle a variety of issues in your life. Call now for a free consultation so we can determine the best option to take on the challenges you have in your life.