Eye Movement Desensitizaton & Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR can help with:
ANXIETY
COMPLEX TRAUMA
COMPLICATED GRIEF
DEPRESSION
LIMITING SELF-BELIEFS
PANIC ATTACKS
PAST ABUSE
PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
PHOBIAS
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
STRESS
SEXUAL ABUSE
VICTIMIZATION
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate distress associated with traumatic memories.
Shapiro’s (2001) Adaptive Information Processing model posits that EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories and other adverse life experience to bring these to an adaptive resolution. After successful treatment with EMDR therapy, affective distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiological arousal is reduced.
During EMDR therapy, the client attends to emotionally disturbing material in brief sequential doses while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus. Therapist directed lateral eye movements are the most commonly used external stimulus but a variety of other stimuli including hand-tapping and audio stimulation are often used (Shapiro, 1991).
Shapiro (1995, 2001) hypothesizes that EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing of the traumatic memory network, so that information processing is enhanced, with new associations forged between the traumatic memory and more adaptive memories or information. These new associations are thought to result in complete information processing, new learning, elimination of emotional distress, and development of cognitive insights.
The Brain's Natural Healing Mechanism
Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound. If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.
EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.
Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.
Excerpts taken from https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr-therapy-layperson/
The amount of time EMDR takes depends on the complexity of the experience(s)
Bi-lateral stimulation may be delivered through eye movement or tactile
1600 W 2200 S West Valley, UT
therapy@juniper-healing.com
385-501-5420
Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing (EMDR)
EMDR can help with:
ANXIETY
COMPLEX TRAUMA
COMPLICATED GRIEF
DEPRESSION
LIMITING SELF-BELIEFS
PANIC ATTACKS
PAST ABUSE
PERFORMANCE ANXIETY
PHOBIAS
POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER (PTSD)
STRESS
SEXUAL ABUSE
VICTIMIZATION
What is EMDR?
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy treatment that was originally designed to alleviate distress associated with traumatic memories.
Shapiro’s (2001) Adaptive Information Processing model posits that EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing and processing of traumatic memories and other adverse life experience to bring these to an adaptive resolution. After successful treatment with EMDR therapy, affective distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, and physiological arousal is reduced.
During EMDR therapy, the client attends to emotionally disturbing material in brief sequential doses while simultaneously focusing on an external stimulus. Therapist directed lateral eye movements are the most commonly used external stimulus but a variety of other stimuli including hand-tapping and audio stimulation are often used (Shapiro, 1991).
Shapiro (1995, 2001) hypothesizes that EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing of the traumatic memory network, so that information processing is enhanced, with new associations forged between the traumatic memory and more adaptive memories or information. These new associations are thought to result in complete information processing, new learning, elimination of emotional distress, and development of cognitive insights.
The Brain's Natural Healing Mechanism
Repeated studies show that by using EMDR therapy people can experience the benefits of psychotherapy that once took years to make a difference. It is widely assumed that severe emotional pain requires a long time to heal. EMDR therapy shows that the mind can in fact heal from psychological trauma much as the body recovers from physical trauma. When you cut your hand, your body works to close the wound. If a foreign object or repeated injury irritates the wound, it festers and causes pain. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.
EMDR therapy demonstrates that a similar sequence of events occurs with mental processes. The brain’s information processing system naturally moves toward mental health. If the system is blocked or imbalanced by the impact of a disturbing event, the emotional wound festers and can cause intense suffering. Once the block is removed, healing resumes.
Using the detailed protocols and procedures learned in EMDR therapy training sessions, clinicians help clients activate their natural healing processes.
Excerpts taken from https://www.emdr.com/what-is-emdr-therapy-layperson/
The amount of time EMDR takes depends on the complexity of the experience(s)
Bi-lateral stimulation may be delivered through eye movement or tactile
1600 W 2200 S West Valley, UT
(385) 501-5420
therapy@juniper-healing.com