What is EMDR?

EMDR therapy is the leading approach for PTSD and those recovering from traumatic events. It has also been shown to be an effective treatment for mood and anxiety disorders, phobias, grief and loss among others. Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference.

EMDR enables people to heal from the symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences without verbally processing them. Why re-traumatize yourself by continually talking about the distressing events if you don't have to? Your therapist guide you through an 8 phase protocol that includes identifying your target memory, negative cognition, and level of disturbance.

EMDR also includes bi-lateral stimulation through eye movements, tapping, or sounds. Bi-lateral stimulation occurs during REM sleep which is a period of our sleep when our brain does a lot of it's self-healing and processing of experiences. So EMDR Is really just tapping into this self-healing mechanism!