EMDR Therapy for Women Exploring Trauma and Relational Patterns

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A world where you have a better understanding of how your relationship with the past influences your perceptions of the present.

A place where your body feels less like a battleground and more like a serene lake.

A meeting ground where shame is encapsulated by light, and you’re able to access more confidence and self-compassion; while simultaneously experiencing less persistent emotional turbulence and self-doubt.

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Working with Memory, Sensation, & Attention:

Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) is a form of adaptive information processing which uses bilateral stimulation (BLS), such as tapping, eye movements, or auditory tones, to reprocess traumatic material.

This allows integration of adverse experiences which may have informed distorted belief systems about ourselves and the world around us. This type of therapy can also reduce the emotional intensity of distressing memory content. Unlike traditional talk therapy, this technique allows for non-verbal processing, if desired.

The brain can run on overdrive when experiencing an adverse event, which leads to the memory being stored improperly in our brain. This can lead to persistent intrusion of somatic and emotional content related to the event, which frequently leads to intense physiological and emotional responses within the nervous system.

The mind and body are intimately connected.

So, when a person experiences a trauma trigger related to the memory, it’s as though the body and the brain believe the event is happening all over again in the present moment.

Traditional talk therapy can be very useful in the mentalization of various events in our lives. However, there is a risk of re-traumatization for some individuals. This is why EMDR can be a helpful tool, so that trauma can be reprocessed in a more targeted and sensitive manner.

There is a plethora of scientific literature illustrating how EMDR can be helpful in addressing a variety of concerns:

·       Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & Complex trauma (C-PTSD)

·       Disturbing memories

·       Relationship Problems

·       Panic Attacks

·       Phobias

·       Performance Anxiety

·       Dissociative Disorders

·       Addictions

·       Sexual or Physical Abuse

·       Body Dysmorphic Disorders

·       Personality Disorders

·       Complicated Grief

·       Depression

·       Anxiety

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EMDR FAQ’s

  • This is highly dependent upon your own specific goals for treatment, as well as what you’re hoping to get out of therapy during a given season of your life.

    Typically, more than one EMDR reprocessing session is required to begin to see a longer-lasting benefit — especially if you’ve experienced multiple traumas across the course of your lifetime. This is because there may be more traumatic material that needs to be “cleared” from both the mind and the body.

    However, this isn’t to say you can’t still experience powerful changes within a single EMDR session. More often than not, individuals can potentially expect to experience deep insights through a singular session; which can then be integrated to promote inner transformation.

  • Every EMDR session is unique and it’s oftentimes difficult to predict how a given individual may respond to treatment.

    It is possible that you will experience discomfort and strong emotional content. Distressing unresolved memories may also resurface through the use of EMDR. Some clients experience reactions during treatment such as:

    • a high degree of emotional disturbance

    • physical sensations

    • disorientation

    • fear

    • nausea

    Subsequent to the treatment session, the processing of trauma material may continue and dreams, memories, flashbacks (physical & emotional), or other feelings and sensations may surface.

    All of that said, the brain and body are very forgiving with this modality. Treatment can be dialed back and tailored to meet your nervous system where it’s at.

    We aim to ease our way into the “deeper end of things” — slowly but surely. This gradually allows you to build up your somatic tolerance over time to be able to reprocess deeper encoded traumatic material.

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