What is EMDR Therapy?

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders.

EMDR therapy does not require talking in detail about the distressing issue. Rather than focusing on changing the
emotions, thoughts, or behaviours resulting from the distressing issue, EMDR therapy allows the brain to resume its natural healing process.

EMDR therapy is designed to resolve unprocessed traumatic memories in the brain. For many clients, EMDR therapy can be completed in fewer sessions than other psychotherapies.

 Who can benefit from EMDR therapy?

EMDR therapy can be used to address a wide range of challenges:

  • Anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias

  • Chronic Illness and medical issues

  • Depression and bipolar disorders

  • Dissociative disorders

  • Eating disorders

  • Grief and loss

  • Pain

  • Performance anxiety

  • Personality disorders

  • PTSD and other trauma and stress-related issues

  • Sexual assault

  • Sleep disturbance

  • Substance abuse and addiction

  • Violence and abuse

For more information you can visit www.emdria.org

Why I use EMDR?
Because it works. It works not just to freeze, but to truly heal the deepest and earliest wounds, which are the basis of our current symptoms.

EMDR goes beyond the conscious mind, working through our body, with out subconscious and unconscious.

As a therapist I hold space for this process to happen, but the one who is doing the work is my client’s own, deepest and inherent intelligence.