Trauma Therapy

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR Therapy has been extensively researched and proven effective for the treatment of trauma and negative beliefs.

By utilizing the brain’s natural healing processes, EMDR therapy quickly heals many emotional problems and conditions which have been difficult and time consuming to treat in the past:When a person is very upset, their brain cannot process information as it does ordinarily. One moment becomes "frozen in time." Remembering a trauma may feel as bad as going through it the first time because the images, sounds, smells, and feelings haven’t changed. Such memories have a lasting negative effect that interferes with the way a person sees the world and the way they relate to other people.

EMDR has a direct effect on the way that the brain processes information. Normal information processing is resumed, so, 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. Many types of therapy have similar goals. However, EMDR appears to be similar to what occurs naturally during dreaming or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Therefore, EMDR can be thought of as a physiologically based therapy that helps a person see disturbing material in a new and less distressing way.

The goal of EMDR therapy is to reprocess disturbing memories that have unconscious, lingering effects on present situations.

For more information: www.Emdria.org