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EMDR Therapy

"What is EMDR therapy?


Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and other distressing life experiences, including PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders." ~ EMDRIA

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APA's (American Psychological Association) EMDR explanation:

"A structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.


Introduction to EMDR


Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy (Shapiro, 2001) was initially developed in 1987 for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and is guided by the Adaptive Information Processing model (Shapiro 2007). 

EMDR is an individual therapy typically delivered one to two times per week for a total of 6-12 sessions, although some people benefit from fewer sessions. Sessions can be conducted on consecutive days.


The Adaptive Information Processing model considers symptoms of PTSD and other disorders (unless physically or chemically based) to result from past disturbing experiences that continue to cause distress because the memory was not adequately processed. These unprocessed memories are understood to contain the emotions, thoughts, beliefs and physical sensations that occurred at the time of the event. When the memories are triggered these stored disturbing elements are experienced and cause the symptoms of PTSD and/or other disorders.  


Unlike other treatments that focus on directly altering the emotions, thoughts and responses resulting from traumatic experiences, EMDR therapy focuses directly on the memory, and is intended to change the way that the memory is stored in the brain, thus reducing and eliminating the problematic symptoms. 


During EMDR therapy, clinical observations suggest that an accelerated learning process is stimulated by EMDR’s standardized procedures, which incorporate the use of eye movements and other forms of rhythmic left-right (bilateral) stimulation (e.g., tones or taps). While clients briefly focus on the trauma memory and simultaneously experience bilateral stimulation (BLS), the vividness and emotion of the memory are reduced.

The treatment is conditionally recommended for the treatment of PTSD."


For more info please go to: https://www.apa.org/ptsd-guideline/treatments/eye-movement-reprocessing

My Own Summary

  • It's different from just talk therapy! 
  • It can have faster results. 
  • It can decrease triggering traumatic memories and the impact they can have in one's life. 
  • If focusing on one specific trauma that's more recent just a few sessions can make a difference.
  • If focusing on multiple traumas that go back to childhood it can take more than a few sessions to work through using EMDR.
  • It's hard to describe but easier to understand once actually experiencing it.
  • It changed my life by reducing my PTSD.

HELPFUL LINKS for more information about EMDR

What the Heck Is EMDR Therapy? Can It Really Help Me?  | Psychology Today https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/relationship-and-trauma-insights/202007/what-the-heck-is-emdr-therapy-can-it-really-help-me 


In a crisis, we can learn from trauma therapy I The New York Times

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/15/health/resilience-trauma-emdr-treatment.html


EMDR - more than just a therapy for PTSD? I The British Psychological Association

https://thepsychologist.bps.org.uk/volume-27/edition-7/emdr-more-just-therapy-ptsd


The EMDR Institute, Inc. www.emdr.com


For more information please go to the EMDR International Association's website:


https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/ 


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