EMDR
Therapy
What is EMDR Therapy?
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing.
It is a form of psychological treatment that, when administered by an appropriately trained and experience therapist, can help people deal with
the symptoms and emotional distress (like anxiety, sleeplessness, panic attacks and depression) that are the result of traumatic life experiences.
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EMDR Therapy might be useful to improve affective and cognitive symptoms and could be add-on treatment in chronic pain conditions.
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There are eight phases to EMDR therapy: initial history discovery and treatment planning, preparation, assessment, desensitization, installation, body scan, closure, and then reevaluation.
Who can benefit from EMDR therapy?
EMDR therapy helps children and adults of all ages.
Therapists use EMDR therapy to address a wide range of challenges:
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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and other trauma and stress-related issues
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Recent traumatic events
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Anxiety, panic attacks, and phobias
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Depression
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Grief and loss
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Sexual assault
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Sleep disturbance and nightmares
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Violence and abuse
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Abandonment
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Chronic Pain
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Social Anxiety
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Performance anxiety
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Optimal Performance
ABOUT EMDR THERAPY
ABOUT EMDR THERAPY
Introduction to EMDR Therapy
EMDR Therapy explained, Rochester, NY
Evidence for EMDR
The American Psychiatric Association, the American Psychological Association, the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, National Alliance on Mental Illness, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, the U.K. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, the U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs/Dept. of Defense, The Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and the World Health Organization among many other national and international organizations recognize EMDR therapy as an effective treatment.