EMDR

What EMDR is

• What the letters stand for

  EMDR is short for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a well-researched therapy built for memories that never finished processing. Most of what happens to you gets filed away over time and loses its edge; an overwhelming experience can get stuck instead.

• Why a stuck memory lingers

  A stuck memory keeps the images, beliefs and body sensations it arrived with. Something small in the present pulls you straight back into it, and avoiding the reminders shrinks your life without ever touching the memory itself.

• How we use EMDR here

  EMDR works on the memory rather than on the symptoms around it. Research supports it for post-traumatic stress, and our therapists also use it for the stuck memories underneath anxiety, grief and long-held beliefs about yourself. It can help the past settle into the past.

What EMDR can help with

• Post-traumatic stress and flashbacks
• Complex trauma from childhood or relationships
• Memories that still feel like they are happening
• Grief that still feels raw
• Shame and limiting beliefs about yourself
• Sleep broken by the same memory