Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR is a psychological therapy for trauma and some other mental health needs. It can be used to treat:
- Grief
- Beareavement
- Phobias
- Anxieties
- Pain
- Depression
It is recognised by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) for the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress (PTSD) and trauma.
What is EMDR like?
The therapist will carry out an assessment to work out if EMDR is appropriate for the client and their presenting needs.
The therapist will spend time preparing the client for therapy and ensure that they have been supported and enabled to develop a number of emotional coping strategies. These along with other support provided in therapy aim to give the client more control of what happens in the work.
How does EMDR work?
When people are involved in a distressing event or situation they may feel overwhelmed by it. As a consequence they may not be fully able to make sense out of what happened. The brain is then not able to transfer what happened to long term memory. Instead the event or situation remains ‘alive’ as recent event and can be re-lived by the individual. In EMDR the threat system is unlocked and as a consequence the client can process and make sense of the situation and the event is then stored as an ordinary memory and can be recalled without the re-living and the distress.
Your therapy Bryan will explain the process in greater detail during your initial assessment / review.
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