EMDR Therapy
EMDR therapy is a treatment that was originally designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. It has also been found to effectively reduce or eliminate other disorders that originate following a distressing experience. Other disorders that may benefit from EMDR include depression, anxiety, phobias, compulsions, pain, and body image disturbance. When traumatic and distressing experiences are not fully processed, the initial perceptions, emotions, and distorted thoughts will be stored as they were experienced at the time of the event. Unprocessed experiences can become the basis of current distressing reactions. Our EMDR therapy facilitates the accessing of the traumatic memory network, so that information processed is enhanced with new associations inherent between the traumatic memory and more adaptive memories or information. After successful treatment with EMDR, emotional distress is relieved, negative beliefs are reformulated, physiological arousal is reduced, and new cognitive insights are developed.
