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Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing, or EMDR, is an evidence-based therapy treatment for those who have experienced trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, and chronic pain. EMDR allows the body and brain to process intense emotions, sensations, images, and beliefs associated with our nervous system's memory network. We can use EMDR therapy to process single events and/or more vague experiences, such as long-term exposure to stress or neglect, even a witnessing of an experience. The body and brain are amazing at storing memories, and together we can discover the root cause of your current symptoms.
During a typical session, an EMDR Therapist will guide you through a research-based protocol using either eye movements or sounds to stimulate a bilateral neurological response. You will learn grounding exercises and experience a relaxation response to allow your mind and body to access memories, events, emotions, beliefs, and physiological responses that have been stored in your brain’s memory network. Your EMDR Therapist will help you reprocess stressful life experiences while simultaneously enhancing a relaxation response, which will allow your survival mechanism (the fight-flight-freeze-fawn response) to learn new and healthier ways of relating to past stressors and habitual patterns. The goal of EMDR therapy is to help you cope with past, present, and future emotions, moods, and physiological sensations while learning to connect authentically to your sense of self, your loved ones, and the world around us.
Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing has been extensively researched for decades and is an evidence-based treatment recommended by the American Psychiatric Association, Department of Veterans Affairs, Department of Defense, and the World Health Organization.