EMDR

EMDR stands for Eye Movement Reprocessing and Desensitization.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is a treatment for reducing the impact of historic events on current life. It replicates the eye movements of REM sleep to assist the brain in processing and reducing its arousal state response to the event.

Imagine your memory as a book. Trauma rips pages out, and haphazardly puts the book back together and on a shelf. EMDR takes it down, smooths out and puts the pages back in the right places, and puts it back on the shelf. The story is still there- EMDR doesn't erase the memory, but reduces its impact on your emotions.

EMDR is used in session to release the emotional ties to historic stories. This is an excellent resource for persons with historic trauma that impacts their life today. This can include but is not limited to:

• Hypervigilence
• Flashbacks
• Feeling like you have no control over your feelings
• Avoiding people, places, and experiences
• Substance use to cope
• Difficulty trusting others
• Chronic pain
• and more...

If these syymptoms feel resonant, and you would like to use EMDR in your healing journey, please consider scheduling an appointment.