EMDR THERAPY
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is a special kind of therapy that can treat the following symptoms, often times more quickly than traditional talk therapy:
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
Anxiety Disorders
Panic Attacks
Complicated grief
Disturbing memories
Addictions
Sexual and Physical abuse
Performance anxiety
General stress
Reduction in Grief and Loss around the death of a loved one through the IADC model
How does EMDR work?
When a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information the same as when we are calm. When something upsetting happens, one moment can become "frozen in time," and remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, smells, and feelings haven’t changed.
EMDR seems to have a direct impact on the way that the brain processes information. Following a successful EMDR session, a person no longer relives the images, sounds, and feelings when the event is brought to mind. You still remember what happened, but it is less upsetting.
EMDR works with traditional psychotherapy to help people better understand what has happened to them. People who have experienced trauma tend to feel unsafe, out of control, and responsible for the bad things that have happened to them. EMDR helps people to become more emotionally organized around the event(s) so that they can feel more in control, safe, and productive.
EMDR is...
A psychotherapeutic approach
Great for helping with trauma
Extensively researched
Successful for people of all ages
A kind of therapy that changes the way we relive our memories in a less upsetting way
EMDR does not erase or change memories.
Rather the memories become integrated into a person's overall experience of themselves and their world and then feel much less upsetting.
Have you experienced the death of a loved one and are having trouble moving through the grief process?
The IADC (Induced After-Death Communication) EMDR Protocol can help!
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