Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a gold standard research based psychotherapy method. It was originally created for PTSD and has been found to be effective for anxiety, depression, other distressing life experiences, childhood trauma, phobias, chronic illness/chronic pain, grief, and eating disorders. EMDR is different than other modalities and great for returning therapy clients or new to therapy clients. 

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How I explain EMDR to clients includes an understanding of how their past experiences effect their current distress/triggers. Traumas and other life events can often have us feeling “stuck” leaving our wounds unable to process and heal properly. The goal of EMDR is to have us get “unstuck” and allow our brain to heal itself properly typically leading to less triggers/automatic responses in our day to day lives. EMDR focuses not just on the event, but also our thoughts, emotions, and body responses allowing us to process more effectively while staying in a window of tolerance aka without re-triggering the event.

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EMDR is a process and can look different for each client, please feel free to reach out if interested in EMDR or wanting to see if it may be a good fit for you! For more information you can also visit www.emdria.org or www.emdr.com.