About: EMDR Therapy
EMDR, or Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing, is a therapeutic approach that helps to process adverse experiences and trauma. It helps by using guided eye movements to process and integrate past experiences, leading to reduced emotional distress and a new perspective on past events.
While EMDR was originally developed to treat PTSD, it is now used to treat a range of conditions including depression, anxiety, phobias, OCD, attachment disorders, chronic pain, acute stress and more.
Many clients report feeling lighter and more able to cope with triggers that once overwhelmed them, as well as a decrease in symptoms, improved emotional regulation and a greater sense of resilience.
EMDR therapy can often treat single event PTSD in 6 to 12 sessions. However, treatment may take much longer and involve combining EMDR with talking therapy over several months or even years. This is especially the case when there isn’t a ‘single event’ trauma (also known as big ‘T’), but a collection of adverse experiences (also known as little ‘t’) throughout the lifespan. While EMDR is a strong and effective tool, it is not a quick fix.
For a brief introduction into EMDR and how it works, please see the following video: