EMDR

(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)

Trauma from the past keeps intruding on the present.

Getting over an incident that happened to you or near you seems impossible.

That event stays with you all the time. As much as you try to hold it back, it intrudes into your thoughts and dreams.

Maybe you even relive the experience over and over. No matter what you do, it does not seem to go away. A smell or sound triggers that event – like you are living it again. Nothing seems to work long-term.

Sometimes, you can distract yourself by working a lot, drinking, or abusing substances. These distractions only work for a short time, and you look for another way to distract yourself or reduce the emotional pain.

EMDR can help stop the intrusion.

EMDR is an evidence-based method of therapy that helps you process trauma.

This form of therapy has a direct effect on the way the brain processes information.

Following a successful session of EMDR, you begin to process experiences normally without images, sounds, or feelings triggering those thoughts of the trauma.

EMDR is like what occurs naturally during dreaming or REM (rapid eye movement) sleep and helps you see disturbing material in a new and less distressing way.

“What if I have a lot of trauma?”

Trauma comes in two forms, simple and complex trauma.

Simple trauma is a single traumatic event or a group of similar traumas. Complex trauma involves several traumatic incidents.

EMDR can process both simple and complex trauma. The more trauma you have experienced, the more sessions it will take to process the trauma.

Processing complex trauma is not more difficult, but it does take more time to learn how to process it.

Let’s work to reprocess your trauma.

It’s time to stop those past traumatic events from keeping you from moving forward.

Over the last 25 years, I have used EMDR to help individuals overcome past traumatic events. My work has included war veterans, sexual assault victims, and people who experienced other types of traumatic events.

Based on my experiences, I know that EMDR works. It can help you prevent those events from resurfacing, causing you to experience the trauma again. You can learn to reprocess, which will allow you to move forward and process that trauma for what it is – something in the past that is no longer a threat.

Don’t let the past keep you from enjoying the present and looking forward to the future. Are you ready to let go of your trauma for good? If so, contact me today at (360) 480-0027.