EMDR

Effective with:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • OCD

  • Chronic pain

  • Addiction

  • Negative sense of self

  • Intrusive thoughts or memories

A helpful approach if you are done talking about it and just want results.

Virtual or in-person

Ways to do EMDR

Tapping 

Well suited if you like (proprioceptive) touch.

Listening

Eye movement 

Not suited for people with epilepsy or any medication conditions with their eyes.
Well suited if you want to close your eyes to fully enter the experience.

“EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to focus briefly on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and PTSD symptoms. Ongoing research supports positive clinical outcomes, showing EMDR therapy as a helpful treatment for disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic pain, addictions, and other distressing life experiences (Maxfield, 2019).

EMDR therapy has even been superior to Prozac in trauma treatment (Van der Kolk et al., 2007). Shapiro and Forrest (2016) share that EMDR therapists in 130 countries have successfully treated millions.”

EMDRIA website: https://www.emdria.org/about-emdr-therapy/