E M D R
EMDR Therapy can really help!
Do you feel that events from your past are weighing you down?
When you think about painful past events, are the feelings so intense that you feel like the event is still happening?
EMDR is probably good if you have PTSD or if you are in the aftermath of a recent traumatic event and your brain is struggling to keep you safe.
How do you know if your brain is struggling to keep you safe?
- Flashbacks
- Trouble holding it together
- Confusion or disorientation
- Difficulty sleeping
- Use of drugs and alcohol to try to stop the memories from intruding
EMDR…What is that? What do these letters mean?
If you REALLY want to know…
EMDR (Eye Movement De-sensitization Reprocessing) Therapy, aka AIP (Adaptive Information Processing) Therapy, uses the brain’s ability to heal itself through bringing the memory back to mind in a safe, controlled setting, measuring the disturbance and negative beliefs about yourself and your environment, and then through using a series of bi-lateral stimuli that mimic REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep cycles, there is a proven effect of reducing the disturbance associated with the memory. Part of the process includes Installing positive thoughts about yourself and your life.
Maintaining present awareness, here and now in the room, we will keep traveling to memories that need to be explored and healed. You will bring to the present the feelings and thoughts that are related to the traumatic event that were “miss-filed” in the mid-brain; the brain will then “re-file” the memory so that it is no longer associated with the fight, flight or freeze response.
Many books have been written about this therapy modality, and there are protocols for a myriad of issues from crushing anxiety to sports performance enhancement.
I can say with certainty that the explanations anyone can give about this unique therapy are nothing compared to the amazing results that I have seen this process produce.