EMDR

(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Something makes you feel stuck.

Trauma still feels present, affecting you and your life.

Your sleep sucks. You’re still having nightmares, being easily startled, and you still find yourself avoiding certain people or situations.

But you have spent hours and hours in your therapist’s office talking about how you feel. You aren’t sure there are more words; you’ve done all the talking you can do. You feel stuck.

You wonder, “Is this just life now, always struggling to some degree because of something from your past?”

It’s time for Something Different!

EMDR can help. EMDR helps you go deeper than talking about the trauma; it lets you feel the trauma in your body and allows your brain to do the reprocessing work.

We know from research that our bodies store memories even if we aren’t always aware. For instance, you can re-experience a past traumatic event (travesty of war, child abuse, rape, accident, etc.) when some situation triggers a memory of that event. EMDR helps you process that event.

EMDR will target the memories, focusing on the body sensations while allowing you to have a positive experience and outcome.

By processing those experiences, those negative feelings lose their ability to keep you stuck, allowing you to avoid those triggers and lead a healthy life free of fears.

So, what is EMDR?

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It’s a therapy that uses bilateral eye movement to assist with reprocessing those traumas that we couldn’t process when we were in the midst of the negative experience/s.

EMDR is widely known as an effective treatment for trauma; however, it is also helpful for other distressing life events, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders.

EMDR may be the answer to overcoming the past trauma that keeps you stuck.

Call today for a free consult to see if you’d be a candidate for EMDR.