EMDR – Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

EMDR SPECIALIZATIONS

I am EMDRIA certified in EMDR, which means that I have completed additional training and consultation beyond the initial EMDR basic training. I have advanced training and experience utilizing EMDR with people who struggle with the impact of complex and relational trauma, dissociation, chronic pain, and chronic health conditions.

If you are curious or interested in how EMDR can help, or to learn more about EMDR in general, you can visit www.emdria.org, or bring your questions to your free 30-minute consultation.

EMDR is a powerful form of therapy that is helpful in recovering from distressing experiences which negatively influence your life.  It has been extensively researched, and found to be effective in addressing:

  • Trauma / Complex Trauma

  • Childhood Abuse

  • Sexual Assault

  • Attachment / Relational Trauma

  • Chronic Pain

  • Chronic Health Conditions

  • Dissociation

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Panic Attacks

  • Stress

  • Phobias

  • Grief and Loss

How EMDR Works:

When we go through adverse, traumatic, or overwhelming experiences, the information is stored in maladaptive neural networks in the brain. These experiences become stuck in the nervous system and are often triggered by present day situations that activate the past thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Each activation reinforces the maladaptive neural network. This creates a limited ability to process and resolve the associated distressing thoughts, sensations, and emotions. EMDR helps to efficiently blend memories of traumatic or adverse experiences with new or existing adaptive information stored in the brain. This blending facilitates healing and resolution of maladaptively stored information, decreasing distress around painful experiences. When the maladaptively stored information connects with adaptive neural networks, this bridge creates access to reparative resources that it cannot otherwise reach in order to resolve past painful experiences. The experiences don’t disappear from memory, but are stored in the brain in a new, less disruptive or distressing way.