EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing)

What is EMDR?

Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprogramming is a psychotherapy treatment designed to alleviate the distress associated with traumatic memories. It is a highly effective treatment that can help you to reprocess grief, pain and trauma through the use of stabilising techniques and the use of eye movements with the support of a professional therapist.

EMDR is recognised by the National Institute of Mental Health as being 97% effective in the complete amelioration of Post Traumatic Stress and is recognised as being far more effective than drug therapy.

Who would benefit from EMDR?

EMDR is a treatment for generalised anxiety, bereavement, abuse, rape victims, war veterans and sufferers of PTSD, including clients presenting with associated addictions, OCD or memories of emotional or psychological terror or trauma.

What to expect?

During an EMDR session the person will focus on the issue or trauma, whilst the therapist begins sets of eye movements, sounds or taps. The person is then asked how they feel and this process is continued until the memory becomes less disturbing.

For some sufferers of PTSD it may be difficult at first and often very emotionally overwhelming to disclose or discuss details of their traumatic events. EMDR does not require any such disclosure, you don’t even have to close your eyes and with the use of specialist technique multiple traumas can be worked on in a single session.

Where multiple chronic traumas or parts are presented more than 1 session may be required and a ‘top up’ here and there in the future if required.